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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Dennis Cross, a member of an Orono committee that is working to change how the town defines and enforces against disorderly activities. The new rules would apply to everyone but are being considered after a recent assault of a man by a group of young adults who had come from a college party.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins voted to advance President Donald Trump’s megabill over the weekend. But the Republican is leaning against the final version unless there are changes.
Gov. Janet Mills signed into law a plan by Maine Democrats to rein in solar subsidies. The changes could save Maine ratepayers an estimated $1.2 billion over the next 16 years.
After a violent assault, an Orono group wants to change the town’s rules for disorderly activity. Four people summonsed after the assault had come from a party with more than the allowed number of guests that had been the subject of multiple complaints.
Construction has resumed in Pickering Square after a months-long delay. The site between the parking garage and transit center was torn up in July 2024 with plans to finish by Halloween of that year.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Revolutionary War officer’s Hampden home is added to National Register of Historic Places
- There will be no parking on this downtown Bangor street Tuesday and Wednesday
- 2 new HIV cases detected in Penobscot County outbreak
- Maine potato scientists say conditions are ripe for late blight
- Caribou police seek man who disappeared after high-speed chase
- Former Maine town clerk to be sentenced for embezzling $111,000
- Firefighter treated for heat exhaustion while battling Ellsworth blaze
- Ellsworth man gets nearly 6 years in prison for meth trafficking
- Brunswick council doesn’t support expanded biosolids digester
- Nova Scotia man dies after sailboat runs aground off Isle au Haut
- Man accused of firing a rifle in Maine neighborhood
- Man sentenced in deadly Waterville shooting
- At Maine Roller Derby, everyone has a place. And a derby name.
- Missing Gray man has been found safe
- Missing Hollis man found safe
- Bangor Babes want a 2nd-straight championship despite revamped roster
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“If lawmakers truly want to reduce energy costs and increase reliability, I think they need to stop interfering with the solutions utilities and providers are trying to put into place.”
Opinion: Legislative roadblocks are driving up Maine’s energy costs
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine has made some changes to the antlerless deer permit lottery.
A church converted into a single-family home is for sale in Rockland
Mainers’ moose hunt videos might help you prepare for this year’s hunt.