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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Fred Grant, owner of the Temple Theatre in Houlton, which will host the only Maine screening of a new John Prine film on Dec. 8 and 9.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A new John Prine film is coming to Maine and Houlton is the only place to see it. The concert documentary opens in New York City this weekend, and the Temple Theatre in Houlton will host one of the first national screenings.
Is it necessary to get a home inspection before buying in Maine? During the pandemic-era run on Maine’s housing market, many buyers chose to forego a home inspection before closing.
Here’s where to find a free Thanksgiving meal in the Bangor area. If you’re cooking a turkey yourself, do it safely, get the most meat from your bird and consider taking a walk afterward.
Take a look back at what Mainers ate for Thanksgiving 100 years ago. An archivist for the University of New England’s Maine Women Writers Collection learned from diaries written by Maine women from the 1870s to the 1940s.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine students report improved mental health and less substance use
- The USDA declares Maine drought a natural disaster
- Maine joins multi-state lawsuit over Trump administration’s homelessness funding cuts
- A man was hit by a car as he chased a thief in Bangor
- Firefighters save Carmel home from blaze
- 33 Penobscot County groups are vying for $400K from opioid settlement
- Iconic northern Maine restaurant sells at foreclosure auction
- Maine short-term rental that sleeps 24 has neighbor on her last nerve
- 2 accused of drug trafficking out of Ellsworth short-term rental
- Rockland school bus driver was not looking when he fatally struck child, report says
- Maine island doesn’t have enough players for boys basketball team this season
- Unexploded WWII British artillery shell found in Maine town
- Maine woman severely burned after hair-removal device ignites supplemental oxygen
- Propane heater burns vacant Maine home
- Fire burns down rural Maine home
- UMaine women’s basketball team is a ‘work in progress,’ coach says
- How Cooper Flagg is handling a tough start to rookie season with the Mavericks
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“My brief experience more than five decades ago still convinces me that every able person should repay our country in some way with two years of service.”
Opinion: Everyone should serve America
LIFE IN MAINE
The first Thanksgiving meal might have been served in Maine 14 years before the Pilgrims’ feast.
This hunter kept a promise to a widow and took his first Maine buck with her husband’s rifle.
A monster Maine buck was tagged as a doe in 2022 for a weird reason.