QUOTE OF THE DAY
“He seemed to be courteous. He stayed on the sides and not on the holes.”
— Rob Jarvis, head golf professional at Bangor Municipal Golf Course, on Wednesday after a bull moose surprised golfers on the back nine.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
Here’s everything we know about the fire at an Orrington trash incinerator. The biggest questions surround air quality safety for residents of Orrington and neighboring towns as the fire continues to burn and may yet for days.
The first of three debates between U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and state Rep. Austin Theriault will take place at 7 p.m. Here’s how to watch it live, and here’s what you should be keeping in mind during the debate.
A Hancock County killing remains unsolved two years later. Neil Salisbury, a longtime Lamoine resident, lived by himself on Shore Road, where a friend found him dead on Oct. 3, 2022.
A drier growing season brought a healthy Aroostook potato harvest. It was a welcome reversal from the constant rain that delayed planting and caused other problems in 2023.
This luxury condo for sale in southern Maine used to be a ballroom. Converted in the early 2000s, the one-bedroom still has the high, tin ceilings, polished hardwood dance floors and 12-foot windows.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- US Chamber of Commerce endorses Jared Golden in Maine’s 2nd District race
- Right whale wrapped in Maine lobster rope died of ‘chronic entanglement’
- Livestock at risk from mosquito-borne viruses
- Winterport man gets 20 years for sharing child porn images
- New Jersey motorcyclist dies after colliding with Maine moose
- Hancock Lumber to acquire Tiny Homes of Maine
- Cause of Lubec fire still under investigation
- Child’s death on Vinalhaven was from medical causes
- Man dies in Poland crash
- Police identify woman found dead after western Maine house fire
- Truck rollover temporarily closes I-95 in Clinton
- Maine photographer’s 50-year-old portraits bring old neighbors together again
- UMaine hockey team expects transfer defenseman to add scoring punch
MAINE IN PICTURES
THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND
This weekend brings the annual Bangor Comic & Toy Con to the Cross Insurance Center, with a massive slate of panels, workshops, vendors and special guests from Friday through Sunday. Also this weekend, the fall edition of the Downtown Bangor Sidewalk Arts Festival is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, featuring hundreds of artists, artisans, musicians, food vendors and other creative folks selling their wares and performing. And on Sunday, the Lost and Found Market returns to Morgan Hill Event Center in Hermon, with more than 40 vintage and antique vendors from all over New England set up from noon to 5 p.m.
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“We owe it to victims like Virginia Cookson to do everything we can to prevent tragedy from devastating other Maine families, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month and every month.”
Editorial: Bangor homicide demands outrage and continued support for domestic violence services
LIFE IN MAINE
A bull moose surprised golfers in Bangor. There are things golfers don’t expect to see when they are setting up an iron shot onto a green.
Margaret Chase Smith takes on Joe McCarthy again in a new theater production. Portland Stage’s “Conscience,” about the U.S. senator from Skowhegan, is “a perfect reminder of how one person can speak truth to power and have a lasting impact on the political landscape,” the BDN’s Judy Harrison writes.
Having the right tools on a moose hunt makes all the difference. “Once the shot is fired and the prized animal is down, the real work begins,” BDN Outdoors contributor Bill Graves writes.
