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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“This ecological memory we have about how things are supposed to work is becoming unreliable.”
— Bob Seymour, a woodlot owner and a retired UMaine silviculture professor, on how climate change is reshaping the state’s forests and, eventually, the forest products industry.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Penobscot County’s top prosecutor, R. Christopher Almy, won’t seek reelection this year after four decades in that post. He is supporting Democrat Chelsea Lynds in her bid to succeed him. Meanwhile, three incumbents for Penobscot County posts — treasurer, sheriff and commissioner — face no primary challengers.
A third candidate has entered the race to earn the Democratic primary nomination and take on Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. David Costello challenged U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2024.
A teacher’s job application sparked culture-war backlash in the midcoast. It started when a Republican candidate for the Legislature made a Facebook post with information about the applicant that is confidential under Maine law.
The state is reconsidering whether to name a new ferry after George Mitchell. Island residents have expressed concerns in light of the former senator’s ties to convicted pedophile sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Woodlot owners in Maine are adjusting to how their properties are being affected by climate change. Destructive new pests, fast-moving diseases and warmer winters that change wildlife conditions are symptoms of the changing forests.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- New Janet Mills ad slams Graham Platner over old posts on sexual assault
- Wabanaki Alliance to host its 1st gubernatorial candidate forum this week
- Janet Mills nominates chief deputy attorney general for Maine’s high court
- Historic Islesboro house and former school are selling for $850K
- Bangor closes parking by Kenduskeag Stream over flood risk
- Maine prison official pleads guilty to spending nearly $2.4M in theft and bribery case
- Caribou takes large downtown building for unpaid taxes
- USDA awards $1M to Houlton school district for remote learning tech
- Man dies at Maine prison
- 3 Piscataquis County officers are vying to replace outgoing sheriff
- Connecticut man pleads not guilty to assaulting border officer in Maine
- Jonesport residents vote to pause spending on historic building
- Lubec will explore short-term rental ordinance
- Machias Select Board adopts town electronic communications policy
- Hancock County Sheriff won’t seek reelection
- Former prosecutor will run for disgraced Hancock County probate judge’s seat
- Maine AG’s office charges Brunswick officer with assault
- Maine man allegedly tried to run random vehicle off the road
- 64-year-old Maine man accused of sexually abusing young child
- Portland man allegedly set 3rd floor fire then tried to climb down tied-together sheets
- Weak goaltending and bad culture define UMaine men’s hockey’s disappointing season
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Their puffed-up silly tough talk would be laughable if it was not causing so much pain.”
Opinion: Bombast from Trump administration can’t drown out bomb blasts in Iran
LIFE IN MAINE
Customers flocked to the new Bangor Marden’s location Monday after the surplus and salvage store opened after moving from its Brewer location.
Watch a diver and team of rescuers recover a snowmobile that recently fell through the ice in Piscataquis County.
A team of “ice busters” have completed an ice carousel that measures 250 feet in diameter in an Aroostook County lake.
The five-race New England X Country Racing snowmobile championships wrapped up in Aroostook County on Saturday.