A version of this story first appeared in the Morning Update newsletter. Sign up here to receive the Morning Update and other BDN newsletters directly in your inbox.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Peter Swanson, a journalist who writes about boating, on a flaw that prompted a February recall of certain Sea-Doo pontoon boats, including the model that flipped on Flagstaff Lake over Labor Day weekend killing three people.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Maine’s largest compost operation, heavily contaminated by PFAS, is closing. For almost four decades, Hawk Ridge turned sewage sludge into compost used in Maine and beyond.
The pontoon boat that flipped on Flagstaff Lake killing three was a known “death trap.” The 2024 18-foot Sea-Doo Switch was one of thousands recalled due to an increased risk of the boat nosediving into the water.
A woman convicted of a brutal Down East murder is challenging the “junk science” testimony of a forensic podiatrist. Kailie Brackett is serving a 55-year prison sentence for the murder of 43-year-old Kimberly Neputune in 2022.
Bangor recouped $9,000 in unpaid parking tickets after threatening to use the “Barnacle.” The windfall comes during a last-call amnesty before the city starts using its new parking enforcement tool.
A $1.4 million price cut has sparked a rally to save a Presque Isle outdoor center. Designed as a world-class biathlon venue and ski trail system, the facility was built in 1999 as part of the Maine Winter Sports Center.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Bangor woman who claimed to be an heiress convicted in UK of theft and fraud
- Nurses at 2 Aroostook hospitals OK strike over contract negotiations
- Presque Isle looks to hide new solar projects from public view
- Fallen Maine veteran laid to rest Down East after 75 years
- A new restaurant will take over former MacLeod’s space in Bucksport
- MDI man will spend 5 years in prison for setting couple’s home ablaze
- Driver crashes through wall of Brunswick tennis club and keeps going
- 1 dead after plane crashes into Maine woods
- Augusta man dies after his pickup rolls over on I-95 off-ramp
- Maine man accused of bear-spraying officers and police dog
- Man killed in Maine ATV rollover crash
- New group of ‘gifted’ runningbacks boosts UMaine football offense
- NHL draft pick from Maine is ready for college hockey after knee injury
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“In 1970, the University of Massachusetts Medical School opened in Worcester in a single-story building not too much unlike the Bangor Mall Sears building.”
LIFE IN MAINE
These Maine water birds look like ducks but are related to flamingos.
Here’s how Cooper Flagg fell in love with golf.