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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“With or without this resolve, the actions of ICE are not going to change.”
— Dan Tremble, one of five Bangor city councilors who voted against a resolve that would have established an official process for any future cooperation between the city’s police department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The resolve failed by a 5-3 vote.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A resolve on immigration enforcement failed in a Bangor City Council vote. The proposal had many supporters at a crowded council meeting and a few detractors, including some whose hateful remarks delivered anonymously over Zoom led the council to rethink its public comment policy.
The number of Maine homes for sale hit a post-pandemic high. The rebound since 2020 has been significant but the volume of homes for sale still isn’t where it was a decade ago.
This central Maine couple sold their 200-acre farm to run an Aroostook convenience store. A series of coincidences steered Sarah Leavitt and Bill Witham away from raising goats, poultry and pigs to the new opportunity.
Janet Mills would support keeping the filibuster if elected to the Senate. The Democratic governor’s stance is shared by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican whom Mills entered the race to defeat earlier this week.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Janet Mills disagrees with Graham Platner’s unearthed Reddit posts
- Graham Platner once described himself as a ‘communist’ in deleted social media post
- 37 protests against Trump administration planned across Maine
- Bangor YMCA will break ground on new facility Friday
- Fort Kent water customers will see 75% rate hike in January
- Councilor replaces unpermitted banner criticizing Ellsworth with semi-trailer
- Hancock man gets 3 years in prison for stealing $225K from late Senate candidate
- Waldo County’s emergency alert system will be tested next week
- Boat sinks in Rockland Harbor
- New York man arrested in central Maine killing
- Maine woman survives collision with dump truck
- Maine woman accused of killing her former partner
- Returning to Hermon girls basketball was ‘no-brainer’ for new head coach
- 5 UMaine women among best America East basketball players over last 25 years
- New Balance launches Cooper Flagg’s 1st sneaker design with tribute to Maine
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“No matter how you vote on these questions, and the other issues and candidates on your local ballot, be sure to return your absentee ballot, vote in-person absentee if your town offers it or go to the polls on Nov. 4.”
Editorial: Reject voting restrictions and give families more options to stop gun violence
LIFE IN MAINE
Fifteen never-before-seen Andrew Wyeth paintings will be shown in Rockland.
A real moose hunt is a wild, hands-on experience, not just driving until you get lucky.
Consider these hunting tips for the North Maine Woods.