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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Tim Raye of Deer Isle, who has spent his retirement picking up returnables and trash from roadsides in Hancock County.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Look behind the scenes at how Janet Mills’ U.S. Senate campaign fell apart. The governor ended her bid to replace U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Thursday, and Democrats quickly unified behind Graham Platner, who had led Mills handily in recent polls.
The Democratic gubernatorial candidates debated for the first time. Health care and housing discussions revealed some of the clearer contrasts among the candidates.
A sour economy looms over Maine’s upcoming tourism season. People whose livelihoods depend on the state’s $16.5 billion tourist industry are watching uneasily as gas, health care and food costs rise to punishing highs.
A retiree on the Blue Hill peninsula collects roadside trash for gas money and to clean up his town. Tim Raye now cleans up several miles of road a day or more on most clear days.
These are the most expensive Maine homes sold in April. Asking prices are leveling out, but residential properties have remained expensive across the state.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine investigates oil spill along the Kennebec River
- How Janet Mills’ US Senate exit landed in a Maine Democratic stronghold
- Mainers scramble for Canadian citizenship under new law expanding eligibility through ancestry
- Bangor cuts hours for park near the library
- Oregon man accused of assaulting woman in downtown Bangor
- Renderings reveal plans for credit union’s new branch coming to empty Bangor lot
- Brewer man allegedly confessed to hit-and-run that sent car spinning off I-395
- Credit union buys Presque Isle compound for $2M
Maine’s highest court upholds murder sentence for Aroostook County man - Water tank repairs will temporarily disable Madawaska hydrants
- Man who repeatedly exposed himself to Ellsworth Dunkin’ workers fined $850
- Hancock County probate judge held in contempt for 4th time
- Unsealed court document reveals details in killing of midcoast man
- Judge finds Maine teen accused of killing paddleboarder competent to stand trial
- Skowhegan again declines to help law firm fix its crumbling wall
- Waterville man sentenced to 35 years for murdering roommate
- Maine police seize more than 3 pounds of fentanyl after undercover buys
- Meet Gertie, the world’s oldest chicken who lives in Maine
- Fort Kent High boys basketball coach steps down after winning state title
- UMaine is 5th seed for next week’s America East softball tourney in Orono
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Her lackluster poll performance and early exit are more a rejection of what she represents than her record in the Blaine House.”
Opinion: The political moment that ended Janet Mills’ Senate campaign
LIFE IN MAINE
At a recent Bangor Symphony performance concertgoers couldn’t hear the soloists.
Snowmobilers haven’t been deterred by the lack of snow in Aroostook County.
I hunt but I still post my land. Here’s why.
One thing Maine turkey hunters should be doing right now is planning what to cook.