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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Todd Martin, a senior program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, on the National Park Service’s removal of signs at Acadia National Park that refer to climate change.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
RFK Jr. is revealing tension between Susan Collins and top Maine politicians. Asked last week if she regrets voting to confirm Kennedy, Collins wondered if Democrats regret voting against Dr. Susan Monarez to lead the CDC before Kennedy fired her.
Brewer city councilors will reject a child care center’s appeal for a license. Councilors cited an investigation that led to a former staff member being charged with assaulting a child under 6 years old.
A salvage company is suing the National Park Service to get a shipwreck off Bar Harbor. The ship, Delhi, sank in the 1890s with a cargo load of stone pavers that are still aboard the wreck, the company has said.
After its first alewife harvest in decades, Penobscot is trying to keep it going. Officials hope a reconstructed fishway will make it easier for the river herring to reach the upstream town.
The new leaders of Belfast’s Colonial Theatre want to make the venue an arts hub. Plans include more live events at the theater, such as a “haiku death match” that is part of the annual Belfast Poetry Festival.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Former Eastern Maine Community College president dies weeks after retirement
- Old Town bakery closes after 2 years
- 73-year-old inmate at Mountain View Correctional Facility dies
- Victim became combative with first responders after Dexter crash
- Acadia National Park removes signs outlining climate change impacts
- Man convicted after regularly showing up nude at Ellsworth Dunkin drive-thru
- ‘Suspicious device’ found during midcoast traffic stop
- A large data center could come to midcoast Maine town
- Historic sale of dams clears the way for salmon to return to the Kennebec River
- 2 men who died in Lewiston mass shooting awarded Carnegie Medal for heroism
- Maine man walking down road dies after truck hits him
- New Balance marks completion of Skowhegan expansion
- Portland is looking for the perfect holiday tree for Monument Square
- Mainer gets 50 years for killing his sister’s boyfriend
- Former Bangor High quarterbacks have ‘unique’ reunion as college opponents
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“How can we, as a nation, debate our differences without hate, reach out to one another, ‘disagree better’ when our president can’t even show empathy and compassion for a former president, a fellow human being?”
Editorial: Yes, we must ‘disagree better.’ It should start with Donald Trump.
LIFE IN MAINE
A midcoast woman hunted a moose while carrying her baby on her back. And these moose hunters tagged out on opening day.
Take a fantastic fall foliage hike on this midcoast preserve.