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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Public service is an honor, yet I do not believe it should come at the cost of one’s health.”
— Cara Pelletier, Bangor City Council chair, in her resignation letter submitted Tuesday evening.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
The state’s takeover of newborn services is rattling nurses in Maine’s poorest county. Changes in Bangor have gotten more attention, but nurses farther east are worried about ending relationships they’ve built with families.
Bangor’s City Council chair resigned citing “personal attacks.” Cara Pelletier had not planned to run for reelection but bowed out a few months before the end of her three-year term.
Washington County’s treasurer has stepped down in the middle of a budget crisis. The county is asking voters to approve an $11 million bond to cover costs from years of budget mismanagement.
Howland is suing a man because he didn’t build a grocery store. Nearly five years after selling land to the developer for $1, the town wants it back.
The Ellsworth City Council is likely to get three new members this fall. Seven people, none of them incumbents, filed candidacy papers by Monday’s deadline.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Janet Mills says she is ‘seriously considering’ running for Senate
- For a 2nd time, Maine’s Secretary of State rejects DOJ demands for voter data
- Central Maine Power names new company president
- Regulators side with Passamaquoddy Tribe in rooftop solar dispute
- Mainer infected with eastern equine encephalitis
- Janet Mills criticizes Bob Dylan’s ‘reclusive’ performance in Bangor
- Down East health provider ends maternal and child health program
- PETA’s ice cream truck protest did not violate Bar Harbor’s town ordinance
- Maine man accused of stealing $225K from former Senate candidate goes on trial
- Southwest Harbor man pleads guilty to receiving child sex abuse material
- Searsport falls behind on completing municipal audits
- Woman dies after head-on crash with FedEx truck in central Maine
- Bangor football to take bruising style on road to Thornton Academy this week
- Late penalty kick gives Bangor girls soccer hard-fought win
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“In Maine’s private sector, it’s increasingly hard to even find a primary care doctor who is accepting new patients, much less a team that offers wrap-around services.”
Opinion: Maine’s private sector providers can’t absorb veterans at risk of losing VA care
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine’s Ricky Craven will to drive the pace car at his favorite NASCAR track.
Deer Isle and Rockland eateries are among the best in the country, according to The New York Times.
BDN birder Bob Duchesne is on YouTube blending his old-school skills with new tech.