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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We have a 27-foot-wingspan drone right now in our office. We need space.”
— Mark Contarino, chief operating officer for the aviation safety systems company R Cubed Engineering, which is expanding to Bangor after outgrowing its facility in Florida.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A Maine man whose leg was amputated at a Bangor hospital is suing. Joshua Berube’s lawsuit alleges negligence by the staff at Eastern Maine Medical Center.
A defense engineering company is expanding to Bangor. The new Hammond Street facility will support R Cubed Engineering’s work on systems that help combat aircraft identify friendly or unfriendly forces.
Here are five homes that recently sold in Bangor. Together they paint a picture of what buyers are looking for and what they can afford.
A judge ordered a former Maine youth prison guard arrested after his third no-show in court. John Emerton allegedly lifted a 16-year-old off the ground by the neck in a 2024 case that is a rare example of a guard being arrested for on-the-job conduct.
Eliot Cutler will be held without bail after his latest alleged porn relapse. The disgraced former gubernatorial candidate is back in jail after state police allegedly found him at a South Portland hotel with a stash of pornographic DVDs.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine Legislature passes ranked-choice voting expansion
- Man allegedly used hammer to destroy granite pillar outside downtown Bangor business
- Maine towns are using AI for policing, lawmaking and budgets. Safeguards are optional.
- Crews battle Presque Isle house fire
- Business group argues that Bar Harbor’s new limits unfairly target cruise ships
- Private Blue Hill academy to give area towns greater say in how it is run
- Border Patrol arrests at least 17 Maine farmworkers, according to immigrant rights groups
- Man killed in Maine collision
- Maine hockey coach says he pulled team from ice due to safety concerns
- Maine high school hockey team done for year after leaving ice mid-game, will appeal 2-year ban
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“As we cheer on the world’s best athletes, it is time to put away divisions and fear based on where someone is born, the color of their skin and who they love.”
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LIFE IN MAINE
Maine’s largest snowmobile event is going big in its fourth year.
Three generations from the same family are part of this coastal basketball team.
How old should kids be before you take them fishing? The answer might surprise you.