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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Jack McKay, executive director of Food and Medicine, a Brewer-based nonprofit that is distributing free Thanksgiving meals.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A former senior living facility in Bangor is going to be turned into 30 apartments. The studios and one-bedroom units are likely to be priced at $1,000 to $1,400 per month.
Washington County is asking towns to pay their taxes early to address its budget crisis. Paying early may avoid further interest costs the county could incur if it fails to repay its debt in time, which now appears inevitable.
The renovation of Bangor’s Pickering Square has been marred by defects and delays. The site was torn up in July 2024 with improvements initially set to be completed that fall.
Acadia National Park is on pace for its busiest year ever. The only time the national park has surpassed 4 million visits in any calendar year was in 2021 on a post-COVID upswing.
UMaine is considering phasing out its “outdated” emergency blue-light callboxes. The move would follow a nationwide college trend, but UMaine students are pushing back against it.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Demand surges in Maine for free Thanksgiving meals
- Aroostook farm-to-table mission links local growers to community
- Every St. John Valley eighth grader will explore the Allagash starting next year
- Maine home sales are up this October and so are prices
- Maine lawmakers won’t consider proposed ban on masks for ICE agents
- Hermon man accused of trying to vote twice in 2024 election
- Proposed sale of Belfast shipyard clears 1st city review
- Midcoast furniture store prepares to close after 87 years in business
- Multiple agencies continue to search for person missing from Peaks Island
- CMP hydropower corridor gets final approval
- Watch this year’s holiday tree go up in downtown Bangor
- Hampden firefighters douse vehicle fire
- As backcountry rescues rise, some Maine first responders turning to location app for help
- Graham Platner is sharing more about post-combat struggles. Has it made his campaign more resilient?
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Thoughtful reform can strengthen the 340B program by ensuring that savings are used as intended to improve patient access to care.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine is building solar-powered ferries to bring back service on a Massachusetts river.
This wild game recipe will completely change your Thanksgiving table.