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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Deirdre Dixon, a seasonal resident of Islesboro who was hospitalized with anaplasmosis, a tick-borne bacterial infection. The midcoast island has some of the highest tick-borne illness rates in the state.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Here’s what it’s like on a Maine island battered by tick-borne diseases. Islesboro has long wrestled with high rates of Lyme disease and is now seeing growing numbers of new illnesses, such as babesiosis and anaplasmosis, that can be harder to detect.
Washington County is asking Maine lawmakers for an $8 million bailout. Years of budget mismanagement drained the Down East county’s finances.
What to know if you visit Acadia during the government shutdown. The biggest question among visitors Tuesday at the Hulls Cove center was whether they still needed passes for the park.
The Houlton police union declared no confidence in town leaders. In a letter to the Town Council, the union expressed shock at the council’s response to the arrest of Town Manager Cameron Clark, who will be arraigned next year on a felony charge.
Hampden Academy is the latest school to bar students from using cellphones. Starting in January, students will have to lock their phones and smartwatches in a magnetic pouch during the school day.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- What Susan Collins is saying about her negotiations to end the federal shutdown
- Susan Collins opposes Trump’s layoff threats, but blames Democrats for shutdown impasse
- Maine’s highest court to decide if state is providing lawyers fast enough to people who can’t afford them
- Maine is looking for its next poet laureate
- Bangor is restoring scaled-back public bus routes
- Bangor man allegedly had drugs hidden in Vespa scooter
- Baby python found in Orrington yard
- Caribou spent 8 years on a new police station that won’t be built
- This Down East home for sale comes with a built-in lobster pound
- Human remains found in Clinton
- 2 rescued after boat sinks off the Maine coast
- 1 dead and 3 injured after Gorham crash
- Hermon football didn’t exist 15 years ago. Now it’s packing the stands and dominating games.
- UMaine women’s ice hockey goalie leads the nation in saves
- Soccer player from Bangor is assists leader for a top college team
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“By blocking cooperation, Maine would be signaling that some laws can be ignored based on political preference.”
Opinion: I fear Maine is one legislative session away from becoming a sanctuary state
LIFE IN MAINE
A documentary about a Maine man’s survival on the ocean will be shown in Bar Harbor.
What’s the most lethal spot to shoot a moose? BDN Outdoors contributor V. Paul Reynolds asked experienced guides and hunters.
Here’s how to grow pumpkins to carve next year.