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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Frye Island Town Manager Bill Braun, whose town — on a small island in the middle of Sebago Lake — is planning to form a police department after its sheriff reduced service.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Gerald Talbot, Maine’s first Black legislator, died over the weekend at age 94. Born in Bangor, he was a leading figure in the state’s civil rights movement, confronting quiet but persistent forms of discrimination.
A Maine island where almost nobody lives starts a police department. The island had one until about a decade ago, when the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office took over.
How a community is reimagining a historic Aroostook train station. Students, Scouts and a local contractor will be rebuilding the historic Frenchville Railroad Station, originally constructed in 1910.
Maine gardeners find fertilizer help from things they get from the ocean. Using resources like fish waste, shells and seaweed can improve soil structure and add nutrients for growing crops.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Early voting in Maine’s June primaries starts today
- Maine Democrats shelve criticism of national party’s Joe Baldacci endorsement
- Maine gubernatorial candidates split on energy costs, natural gas and budget cuts
- Mitt Romney holds fundraiser for Susan Collins in Utah
- ‘Veep’ actor Timothy Simons sees off UMaine’s graduating class of 2026
- Bangor’s Fairmount closure won’t add to proposed $65.5M school budget
- Threat drawing police to Brewer Walmart was a hoax
- See photos from Husson University’s 127th commencement
- Perseverance, empathy emphasized at UFMK’s 144th graduation
- University of Maine at Presque Isle holds 117th commencement
- Northern Maine Community College marks 61st commencement
- Aroostook students’ Holocaust artwork heads to Augusta exhibit
- State expands quarantine area for destructive emerald ash borer
- Billionaire’s megayacht anchors off Bar Harbor
- Missing paddleboarder’s equipment found but search on Ellsworth lake continues
- Maine prisoner who walked off job site arrested with woman in New Hampshire
- Vassalboro man dies after ATV rolls on top of him
- Nearly 7,000 attend USM commencement
- Portland teen returns home after months in ICE custody
- Brothers combine for 7 hits to lead Bangor High baseball past Oxford Hills
- Gorham’s Mackenzie Holmes begins second WNBA season this weekend
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“At the very moment we should be strengthening our defenses, the Trump administration has instead become a cataclysmic wrecking ball.”
Opinion: Public health can’t be a political gamble in the face of the next pandemic
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine has dozens of youth-only fishing waters. “If enjoying, appreciating and taking advantage of Maine’s outdoor blessings is to become part of their life story, the time to start is now.”
Maine anglers still talk about this legendary brook trout. “One fish stands out above all the rest: White Nose Pete, sometimes referred to as Pin Cushion.”
Why bird identification gets so confusing in spring. “Poor Merlin. It does a good job identifying birds by sound, but throw it into a bunch of northern mockingbirds that are all mimicking other birds and it struggles mightily.”