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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Newport Fire Chief Jeff Chretien on why the town doubled its rate for emergency services provided to neighboring Palmyra.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Unenrolled voters will be prized in Maine’s crowded primaries for governor. This will be the first Blaine House race waged under a law that allows unenrolled voters to vote in the party primary of their choice.
New site plans offered a first look at the proposed Penobscot County Jail. Among other things, the jail would be built in Hampden — though a countywide vote is still required to move it out of Bangor.
See which Maine towns have the most cannabis businesses. Marijuana has grown into a nearly half-billion-dollar industry in Maine, but some towns are taking steps to rein it in.
Here are five Penobscot County homes that sold in the last month. With an average sale price of roughly $232,000, the properties fall just under the county’s median home sale price.
When Newport doubled its rate for fire protection, Palmyra went looking elsewhere. The upheaval in central Maine is not unique as small towns across the state reckon with high costs.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Jared Golden joins GOP to reject war powers resolution, backs different bill to limit Trump on Iran war
- Maine Democrats move to exempt political groups from sweeping data privacy bill
- Rehab recruiters are using free flights to lure Bangor residents to out-of-state addiction treatment
- Alleged Bangor burglar arrested after returning to try again
- Presque Isle Bypass work will start Monday
- Presque Isle adopts new procedure for air service recommendations
- Aroostook town accuses plowing service of breaking contract
- Maine supreme court weighs MDI dispute over $230K code violation
- Blue Hill rejects proposed 10-lot subdivision
- Woman killed in rollover crash in Searsmont
- Man dies after his van went over a Maine bridge
- Camden Select Board meeting grows heated over police budget
- Border agents detain 2 Chinese men in Maine while responding to attempted suicide
- Man who died at Maine homeless encampment has been identified
- The awards just keep coming to this Aroostook town’s athletes
- Fearless freshmen helped this Maine hockey team to a long-awaited state title shot
- UMaine women’s basketball thumps UNH
- Cooper Flagg becomes 2nd youngest player in NBA history to score 1,000 points
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Most candidates and elected leaders running for office have learned that the way to get attention is not through sincere acts of leadership, rooted in kindness and understanding; it is through hate-filled rhetoric.”
Opinion: Where have all the heroes gone?
LIFE IN MAINE
A new cultural exhibit in Houlton tells the artistic story of the Wabanaki Nations.
Here are Maine’s 2026 moose permit numbers by hunting zone.
This warm-weather fisherman went ice fishing with a fly rod.