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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The last maritime emergency I was in, I was lucky. Now I need to be trained.”
— Dylan Silverthorne, a sternman on a lobster boat, at a safety training Monday in Bucksport for commercial fishermen.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A Maine woman paid her back rent. Her record still says she was evicted. Repayment plans are supposed to help public housing tenants avoid eviction, but in Maine, such deals have instead put it on their permanent records.
Susan Collins was quiet on Donald Trump’s firing of the federal labor statistics chief. The rest of Maine’s congressional delegation criticized the president’s decision, which followed a weaker-than-expected jobs report.
Bangor added a weekly cleaning to its public bathrooms after residents complained of unsanitary conditions. The city has struggled to keep the restrooms in good condition since they were installed a year ago.
A Brewer park will get the first steps of a new amphitheater this fall. The natural wooded area worked for a recent production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” but new seats and an eventual permanent amphitheater are expected to improve future productions.
Recent Maine fishing deaths have put a new focus on safety training and remembrance. A new nonprofit was recently started to help prevent accidents, and lawmakers recently created a commercial safety fund.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Health insurance rates in Maine set to skyrocket
- Tight rental market keeps Maine’s domestic violence survivors in shelters longer
- Should Mainers be concerned by shark sightings?
- Man accused of shooting at Glenburn home appears in court
- 2 men accused of shooting up woman’s Glenburn home and car
- Dog missing after Glenburn shooting suspect broke into home to hide from the police
- Bangor teen dies in ATV crash
- BIW uses virtual reality to teach Aroostook campers to paint and weld
- Janet Mills was a target in Republican dart gun game at Maine fair
- Maine Capitol Police chief charged with assaulting a Hallowell officer
- Maine cop’s ICE arrest sparks debate over Massachusetts’ law allowing noncitizen driver’s licenses
- 2 Mainers injured when their UTV rolled over in NH gravel pit
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“These are challenging times for conservationists who are dealing with a federal government and Congress emboldened to weaken federal environmental laws and slash funding and staffing levels at natural resource agencies.”
Opinion: Maine Legislature bucked national trends to protect wildlife
LIFE IN MAINE
Here’s how wildfire smoke may affect fishing in Maine.
These are the best deer rifles according to Maine hunters.
An ESPN anchor learned about Maine lobster and how to use the word “wicked.”