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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Linda Deane, president of the Western Maine Labor Council, on the decline in union power since the Reagan years. In 1987, Deane was one of hundreds of striking millworkers in Jay at a fiery pro-union speech by then-presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Here’s what members of Bangor’s first mobile home co-op have learned in the year since they bought their park. Among other things, residents say they’ve improved conditions while dodging steep rent increases that a large corporation might have demanded.
A contractor is suing a trash incinerator company alleging $700,000 owed. Zampell Refractories is accusing Maine Waste to Energy of stiffing it on six different jobs.
Nearly 40 years ago, Jesse Jackson rallied striking millworkers in rural Maine. The late civil rights leader’s robust critique of the Reagan administration and corporate power helped him to a surprise second-place finish in Maine’s 1988 Democratic presidential caucus.
Four more measles cases were confirmed in Maine. The good news is that no new exposure locations are associated with the new diagnoses, and there are no new exposure risks to the public. The bad news is more measles.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Susan Collins backs voter ID bill but not eliminating the filibuster to pass it
- Bangor children’s museum wins prestigious national award
- Woman killed in Winterport collision
- Judge orders Houlton police to turn over footage in case involving minor
- Earthquake shook Aroostook town
- 2nd worker dies after gas exposure at Woodland Pulp mill
- Ellsworth denies license for medical cannabis chain with contaminated products
- Blue Hill man gets 1 year for lying on form to buy a gun
- Belfast-area towns could pay 4 times more for ambulance services under newly approved rates
- Waldo County proposes new budget with deeper cuts
- NY man accused of poisoning his Maine neighbor’s trees to get better view of water
- Contractors file $345K in liens against midcoast strip mall
- New trial begins for man accused of killing 3-year-old Maine girl
- Suspect in deadly Rhode Island shooting was Bath Iron Works employee
- California nonprofit buys Maine health care system
- For Maine restaurant workers, seasonal jobs come with perks
- He grew up playing soccer in Brazil. Now he’s an unlikely star in the Maine basketball tournament.
- Maine basketball coaches say goodbye to their seniors after difficult tournament losses
- Scrappy Katahdin girls punch ticket to regional championship
- Mattanawcook girls cruise past Orono after early nerves
- Quinn Corrigan is the hero again for Caribou girls
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Voters across the state saw through the false claims that voter fraud is a problem in Maine and rejected restrictions that would have made it harder for many Mainers to cast a ballot.”
Editorial: Mainers rejected restrictions on voting. Congress should too.
LIFE IN MAINE
This Down East family still cuts ice in Maine like in Disney’s “Frozen.”
Earthquakes in northern Maine are exceedingly rare. See where they have happened.
Some of the best boys basketball players in Maine are coached by their dads.