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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“This kimchi I’m making is a Korean food, but it’s being made with ingredients from Maine. It’s Asian and it’s American, and it all comes together. It’s me.”

— Ger Liang Tysk, owner of Belfast-based Red Kettle Foods, which released a new Maine kelp kimchi this month.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Hancock County towns are grappling with keeping coastal roads above rising seas. Moving “coastal resiliency” projects from planning to construction has been hard for small communities damaged by a pair of historic 2024 storms.

A small nonprofit is on pace to build 22 apartments in Deer Isle and Stonington. The island for years has faced an increasing shortage of housing affordable to local residents.

A well-traveled foodie is making kelp kimchi in Belfast. The new product from Ger Liang Tysk’s Red Kettle Foods is made with napa cabbage and locally grown sugar kelp.

$49 million from the federal government promises to bring high-speed internet to the last unconnected Mainers. The funding will allow connections to 22,000 Maine homes and businesses that have unreliable or nonexistent high-speed internet capability.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

Penobscot Valley’s McKenna Ireland (No. 4) drives the ball past Southern Aroostook’s Tess Russell (No. 5) and Shelby Scott (No. 34) during first half action of a Class D quarterfinal game Monday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Ireland, an eighth-grader, was nervous about playing in her first high school basketball tournament, but you wouldn’t have known that if you saw her performance on the court. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

In this Aug. 18, 2023, file photo, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins shakes hands with the University of Maine’s field hockey team before a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the official opening of the new UMaine Field Hockey Complex. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN

“The research suggests Collins’ 1996 pledge is unlikely, by itself, to be the decisive issue in 2026.”

Opinion: Do campaign promises matter anymore?

LIFE IN MAINE

Too much prime hunting land being posted, Outdoors contributor V. Paul Reynolds says, but incentives might make a difference.

McKenna Ireland is only in eighth-grade but is taking on her first high school basketball tournament.

Bangor’s playoff atmosphere brings “something different” for teams used to playing in Augusta.