Morning Update: What you need to know in Maine today

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We found that there really wasn’t a meaningful correlation between open houses and actually selling the property.”

— Chris Lynch, president and owner of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, on the decline of open houses in Maine.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

A Bangor wedding caterer has received dozens of complaints and owes $70,000 in taxes. Most of the 25 complaints against Bethany Gregory in the past six weeks have been for failing to provide a refund.

Twenty two years after a manslaughter conviction, she’s running for Bangor City Council. “I want people to see that it’s possible that we can change,” said Angela Walker, who believes her experience will help her navigate issues in the city like homelessness and addiction.

Maine’s real estate market is shifting away from open houses. The pandemic did away with the gatherings for a time, but even before then they were becoming less common.

A Lincoln school board meeting descended into chaos Wednesday evening as community members and parents expressed outrage over a teacher’s alleged comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing. Police are investigating a school board member who smacked a recording phone out of the hand of a right-wing activist.