Morning Update: What you need to know in Maine today

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Housing costs have gotten so extraordinary that it’s really difficult for our children to live in the towns that they grew up in. We all have our unique situations, but I think that’s something that’s common everywhere.”

— Ted Borduas, who recently bought an off-grid cabin in Maine to escape climate change and rising insurance costs in his home state of Florida. Borduas was born and raised in Portland but said moving back to that part of the state was “out of the question price-wise.”

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Graham Platner says his local school lost accreditation. It didn’t. The candidate’s schooling has been a focus of his supporters and detractors during his campaign against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

The town where a silo exploded last month is one of the few left that is closely identified with a local employer. Searsmont has long been known as the home of Robbins Lumber, which has roots in the town that extend back nearly 150 years.

A Florida man bought an off-grid Maine cabin to escape climate change. More people like him may be arriving in the coming years.

A new “yacht club” has formed at the town-owned marina in Bucksport. The band of local boaters arrives as the town faces financial challenges that put the marina’s future in question.