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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It would be quite onerous becoming a town. We have no officials now.”
— Bob O’Brien, the unofficial mayor of Albany, a township that the state says has grown to the point that it “no longer fits” the township model.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A fast-growing community is resisting becoming a town again. Albany is one of the most densely populated parts of Maine’s Unorganized Territory and accounts for 42% of Oxford County’s road maintenance budget.
Graham Platner hosted a Passover seder in Bath. The traditional Jewish ritual meal came as the U.S. Senate candidate’s sharp criticism of Israel and an old tattoo of a Nazi-linked symbol remain among the major factors in a primary against Gov. Janet Mills.
Deer Isle has another causeway threatened by sea level rise. Like the primary causeway, the smaller causeway linking the island of Sunshine to the rest of Deer Isle is at risk of failing.
The value of billionaire Mitchell Rales’ MDI estate keeps growing as construction continues. The minority owner of the Washington Commanders has spent millions renovating the oceanfront property that was once home to a Rockefeller.
Rural Maine homeless shelters say they could close without more state funding. As costs have increased, state and local subsidies largely have not. A bill before the Legislature could help.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine’s high court takes up ranked-choice voting ahead of fall elections
- Federal appeals court rejects HUD bid to cut funding for Maine housing programs
- Prospective buyer wants to convert portion of Bangor Mall into condos
- 3 arrested in Milford drug bust
- Former UMaine football player arrested in Florida on sexual assault charges
- Trash piles up on midcoast Maine island after transfer station employees resign
- Man charged in Sugarloaf killing threatened girlfriend before shooting, court records say
- Maine man accused of 3 arson fires dating back to 2023
- Longtime Kennebec Journal photojournalist Andy Molloy dies at 57
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“More than four out of 10, almost half of Maine families, carry burdensome medical debt.”
Opinion: All Mainers need relief from rising cost of health care
LIFE IN MAINE
Making a living as a Maine guide is tough. Outdoors contributor Tim Rafford describes how he’s made it work.
Here’s where to go fishing during Maine’s spring ice melt.