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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The dumbest thing in the world you could possibly do is just sit there and continue losing that much money and watch all your cash disappear.”

— Joshua Nemzoff, a Pennsylvania-based health care CEO and hospital mergers and acquisitions expert who reviewed Northern Light Health’s financial audit from 2024.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Here’s what could be next for a reeling Northern Light Health. The Brewer-based health system lost $156 million last year, closed a hospital and has seen its credit rating take significant hits. But not all options are on the table.

Drivers owe Bangor more than $10,000 in overdue parking tickets. Anyone with more than three unpaid tickets is at risk for towing — and soon, the Barnacle.

Fewer Canadians are coming to Maine this summer on the ferry to Bar Harbor. The CAT seasonal service across the Gulf of Maine has carried almost 20 percent fewer travelers than at this time last year.

A Hancock County couple have closed their farm while they fight an assault charge. Jacob Langley of Northern Bay Organic is accused of throwing cash and then his wallet at an Acadia National Park employee who could only accept cards, and pounding on the door of her booth.  

Albion residents are grieving after a 3-year-old was killed in a hit-and-run. A mother and her twin boys were allegedly hit by a drunken driver who made his first court appearance Monday.

Jonathan Bush took the next step in a potential run for Maine governor. A run would put one of America’s most storied political families, with ties to Maine, back in the picture for a prominent office.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

A truck towing an RV trailer slowly backs out of The CAT after the ferry arrived in Bar Harbor from Canada on the morning of June 25. The Canadian company that operates the ferry service says that bookings this summer are down nearly 20 percent from 2024. Credit: Bill Trotter / BDN

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

In this Feb. 27, 2014, file photo, a newly diagnosed HIV positive woman, who arrived at the hospital with symptoms of tuberculosis (TB), lies in the treatment ward of the Mildmay Uganda clinic, which receives funding from the US government through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Kampala, Uganda. Credit: Rebecca Vassie / AP

“The administration’s rescissions package threatens work that reflects American values on a global scale.”

Opinion: Susan Collins should continue to stand against cuts that cost lives

LIFE IN MAINE

What are the ethics of eating native brook trout?

The midcoast is Maine’s new tick “epicenter.”

The queens and princesses Maine fairs and festivals used to crown each year. We’ve gone back through our archive to find photos and articles to find some of the most amusing and, in some cases, old-fashioned examples of Maine pageant winners.