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Good morning.
Our overcast skies will part to let in the sun later this morning for what ought to be another spectacular summer day. It will be gusty, with winds reaching up to 25 mph. So keep that in mind.
If you were thinking about hitting the beach, be sure to be vigilant and cautious, depending on where you go. In Scarborough on Monday, a white shark pulled a lifeguard under the water when it grabbed his torpedo buoy. Don’t worry; he managed to free himself and get back to safety.
That comes after a spate of shark sightings over the past week from Scarborough up to Georgetown, where Reid State Park closed its beaches to swimming Monday.
And if that weren’t enough, just when you thought it was safe to go back in the kitchen, the diarrhea-causing cyclospora outbreak has finally reached Maine, where at least 10 people have been confirmed to have gotten sick after eating iceberg lettuce subject to a nationwide recall.
So maybe skip the beach for the pool and pass on the lettuce on that burger.
Troy Jackson is running a different campaign against Susan Collins than Graham Platner
Before Graham Platner dropped out of the race against U.S. Sen. Susan Collins after a rape accusation, he energized supporters with blunt, anti-oligarchy rhetoric and bold pronouncements. Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, who Democrats chose to replace Platner, is running a different campaign.
His ads so far have emphasized everyday affordability issues and highlighted his history leading a 1998 logging blockade at the Canadian border over the use of foreign labor in the North Woods.
“Susan Collins didn’t help us then, and she’s certainly not helping us now,” Jackson said in the ad. “We’re all getting crushed out here. Healthcare. Housing. Heat. We’ve got to fight back.”
Maine Democratic consultants and Jackson’s campaign told the Bangor Daily News that his strategy is focused on Collins’ record and convincing her longtime supporters that she’s changed under President Donald Trump. He also seemed to contrast his approach with Platner’s reliance on out-of-state consultants and media teams in another ad, saying, “We’re not going to waste money on slick ads with no substance.”
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From the Opinion Page
“The earmarks she bestows don’t offset the economic injury inflicted on a large swath of Maine’s population by her support for President Donald Trump’s agenda that’s concentrating wealth in fewer and fewer hands.”
Opinion: Mainers cannot afford a sixth term for Susan Collins