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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Zoe Gerakaris on the decision she and her life partner, Sam Foster, made to use their combined years of food service experience to open the eatery Lakeside Restaurant in Aroostook County.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Eight people remain hospitalized with burns from Friday’s fire and explosion at the Robbins Lumber mill yard. That includes two owners of the mill and a family member, all of whom are in critical condition at a Boston hospital. Meanwhile, high winds buffeting the midcoast are hampering investigators as they try to determine how the disaster started.
As the midcoast town looks toward recovery, Searsmont is raising funds for the victims and their families. That effort got a major boost Monday from Hammond Lumber Co., which donated $100,000 to it.
Sugarloaf is being asked to return $150,000 in taxpayer money. Franklin County officials say the money was improperly charged for an infrastructure project that fell apart.
A Penobscot County sporting camp that hosted star athletes is selling for $1 million. The property in Seboeis Plantation is supposedly the second-oldest running sporting camp in Maine.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Nirav Shah gets a huge ad boost from a Democratic group
- Ben Midgley slaps Bobby Charles with ethics complaint over anonymous attack site
- International student enrollment holds steady in Maine, despite nationwide decline
- It will hit the 80s in Bangor the next 2 days
- Fairmount educator named Penobscot County’s teacher of the year
- Police seeking Bangor man who has been missing since February
- Man who killed Bangor neighbor in 2003 to move to supervised apartment
- Trustees approve 4% tuition hike for UMaine students
- Penobscot County HIV outbreak reaches 43 cases
- Wisdom educator named 2026 Aroostook Teacher of the Year
- Former Machias man pleads guilty to possession child sex abuse images and videos
- 5 arrested as police investigate Ellsworth area smash-and-grab smoke shop burglaries
- Baked dirt was mistakenly served to students at Maine school supper
- Man who went missing from Maine assisted living facility has returned
- A midcoast Maine hospital is ‘evaluating’ its birthing services
- Another Maine cannabis shop has been burglarized
- 3 Mainers hurt in NH ATV crash
- Jason Krieger has emerged as UMaine’s ace after Tommy John surgery
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“I cannot support any Democratic candidate until my profession is also honored, fought for, and mentioned in debates and in potential policies a new administration will advocate for and implement.”
Opinion: Teachers deserve higher wages, but so do college adjunct faculty
LIFE IN MAINE
An Aroostook couple’s new lakeside restaurant is bringing city eats to The County.
Why there’s no such thing as a “top 5” fly.