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TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Paul LePage is embracing the key parts of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” It puts LePage at odds with U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat, who will be trying to keep his seat in Maine’s 2nd District in 2026.

Aging homesteaders who came to Maine in the 1960s and ‘70s are leaving the lifestyle. But that doesn’t mean that they have left behind the ethics and skills they learned while living off the land.

A grand mountaintop Maine mansion and former glass museum is for sale. The house on Douglas Mountain in Sebago was created to be a glass art dealer’s main residence before it became a museum.

Bangor has partnered with Wabanaki Public Heath and Wellness to clean up syringes around the city. The partnership with Health Equity Alliance ended amid an ongoing HIV outbreak in the Bangor area. 

Milford residents will vote this evening on more than 20 articles regarding the school budget and two articles after the proposals failed to pass. The Select Board abruptly shut down the June 17 meeting after residents voted down one article. 

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

Hans Krichels has built multiple woodsheds since moving away from his Bucksport homestead decades ago. He’s still hooked on heating with wood, gardening and using the handy skills he honed as a back-to-the-lander. Krichels and many of his 1970s contemporaries who left homesteading still keep the values and abilities they developed there, he said. Credit: Elizabeth Walztoni / BDN

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

Former Maine state Sen. Harold Silverman, right, enjoyed a visit to Maine with his daughter Anav and granddaughter Carmel in 2023. Credit: Courtesy of Anav Silverman Peretz

“I had been praying that I would get one last chance to see my dad, to hold his hand and hear him say, ‘I love you.’”

Opinion: The final journey of former Maine state Sen. Harold L. Silverman

LIFE IN MAINE

Mainers are clamoring to visit a handful of Amish markets and stores in Aroostook County. The goods range from locally-farmed meat to wood-fired pizza.

It’s the perfect time to plan a boating trip if you’re interested in coastal birds. Three trips run by Bar Harbor Whale Watch will get you a view of more than whales. 

Sometimes you just need to get away from people. A trip to the North Woods may be the secret to recharging your emotional and social battery. 

You don’t get to see Maine’s water-loving animals up close just any day. But that’s what happened to Kittiya Reeves yesterday morning.