Maine’s unique pizza style / Paul LePage’s election prospects / Removing PFAS

Today is Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the low 70s to low 60s from north to south, with sunny skies to the north and rain in the south. See what weather is in store for the rest of the day here. Here’s the latest on gas prices in Maine.

Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.

The latest on the coronavirus in Maine

Another Mainer has died and 190 more COVID-19 cases reported across the state since Saturday, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That brings the statewide death toll to 2,513. Check out our tracker for more information.

How Pat’s Pizza developed its unique regional pizza style

In 1953, seeing the success of the new-fangled “pizza pie,” Pat Farnsworth and his wife, Fran, began developing their own recipe.

Some of Paul LePage’s biggest fans wonder if Maine will elect him again

Paul LePage’s off-the-cuff nature energizes a loyal base of supporters but has made him a very divisive figure in Maine politics.

A Maine doctor whose brother died fighting for ISIS joins the National Guard

Jabbar Fazeli said enlisting will help him pay back what he sees as a debt to the U.S.

The Maine company pioneering ways to remove PFAS

ECT2 is designing and installing what are arguably the three largest and most sophisticated PFAS treatment systems in the world.

$40K settlement with Hampden activist shows balancing act between free speech and school board decorum

Though conflicts at school boards have reignited in recent years, the question over whether school boards can limit people’s ability to speak at meetings is not new.

More Mainers look to sell their used cars as new vehicle shortages keep prices high, study shows

The sales could be a boon to those hoping to make extra money from selling their cars, whose prices are more than 50 percent higher than in February 2020.