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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Laura Baker, one of two members of the Regional School Unit 71 board of directors who voted against closing the Kermit Nickerson Elementary School in Swanville. Baker and fellow Belfast board member Madison Cook say they were later pressured by administrators to get behind closing the school.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
The Bangor Mall is going to be sold to a mystery “local buyer,” a state senator told the Bangor Daily News. If the sale goes through, it could usher in a new era for a building mired in legal disputes over its deteriorating condition and environmental hazards.
A Bangor city councilor was found to have violated the city’s ethics code. Wayne Mallar was accused of inappropriately trying to influence a decision by the city’s Historic Preservation Commission about a resident who replaced his slate roof with asphalt shingles.
National Democrats aren’t using their money to help a struggling Janet Mills. The governor has struggled to gain momentum in her U.S. Senate race as major Democratic-aligned groups await the outcome of the primary.
The owner of an MDI mansion slashed the price by $10 million and still can’t find a buyer. The 10-bedroom, 11-bathroom estate is perched on a cliff in the Seal Harbor neighborhood.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Watch: Artemis II moon mission rocket prepares to launch Wednesday
- Janet Mills will not attend a tribal group’s US Senate candidate forum
- Maine electric ratepayers could get refunds for 15 years of overpaying for power transmission
- Bangor man accused of whacking someone in the face with a compound bow
- Hermon man accused of assaulting and threatening Bangor woman with a gun
- NH man killed when tractor-trailer hit his vehicle on I-95 in Newport
- Former UMPI basketball star who was success story for prison rehabilitation dies
- Houlton men who sued over security cameras say town still withholding information
- $2.5M state project will connect Ellsworth’s walking path to the Down East Sunrise Trail
- 3 Blue Hill houses sell for combined total of $13M
- Liberty wants to leave RSU 3 after elementary school closed last year
- RSU 71 board members say they were pressured to support closing Swanville school
- Maine man accused of stealing $2K in lobsters
- Maine motorcyclist killed in 3-vehicle crash
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“For Maine’s immigrant communities who are using the internet to seek legal services and access other services and resources, digital profiles hold details about their lives that could easily be used to target them for mass immigration enforcement and deportation.”
Opinion: Mainers don’t want companies tracking them without their consent
LIFE IN MAINE
Have you been waiting forever to draw a Maine moose tag? The lottery is open now.
Maine Guides want to change how moose hunting permits are awarded.
James Beard Restaurant and Chef Award finalists include two from Maine.