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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I’ve met some amazing real life people through being vulnerable on the internet.”

— Magan Reese of Exeter whose video about her looming home foreclosure received comments that opened her eyes to options she hadn’t known about.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Police groups said Graham Platner’s Reddit posts have “no place in Maine politics.” The Democratic Senate candidate’s old posts included coarse criticism of police dating back to the “Black Lives Matter” protest movement in 2020.

Two Bangor City Council hopefuls owe back taxes to the state. James Gallagher and Angela Walker both had liens filed against them by the state just weeks before the election. 

Lincoln is preparing for its future with an eye on its past mistakes. With the world’s largest battery system slated to be built on the former mill site in 2027, the town is planning for the worst.

A viral TikTok is saving a Mainer from foreclosure. Among nearly 2,000 comments on her video received, Magan Reese got advice on options she hadn’t known existed.

Contractors say the owner of a historic renovated MDI hotel owes them $14 million. Kennebunk hotelier Tim Harrington bought the former Asticou Inn through an LLC in 2023 for $7 million and had it renovated extensively over a period of two years.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

Millworkers return to the Lincoln Paper and Tissue mill in Lincoln in 2008 after a lunch break. Nearly two decades later, after the collapse of the mill, town leaders are preparing for the site’s future by trying to avoid past mistakes. Credit: Kevin Bennett / BDN

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

Robin Sandau, who founded Design Wall Housing with her husband, Jonathan, has been renovating a vacant home on Smith Street Avenue in Bangor into supportive housing for people previously homeless needing immediate and frequent support. The first tenants moved in on May 1. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN

“Maine has been a leader in investing in permanent supportive housing — affordable apartments paired with services.”

Opinion: Maine needs continued federal funding to make homelessness rare and brief

LIFE IN MAINE

Nearly all of Maine is in a severe drought

Cooper Flagg’s New Balance shoes are already going for $500 on a resale site. 

A company from Cyprus is putting on Maine’s largest-ever drone show for free.

Sword fights and acrobatics make this UMaine play a joyous rollercoaster ride.