Monday, July 7, 2025

Quote of the Day

“We're going in the right direction. We want to keep moving forward, keep that momentum going.”

— Old Town Economic and Community Development Director E.J. Roach on efforts to revitalize the city’s downtown.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

A 13-year-old immigrant was arrested in Maine. It took two weeks to get her home. The girl is an example of how children have become ensnared in the president’s aggressive immigration crackdown.

History says this is how Maine will elect its third independent governor. Republican state Sen. Rick Bennett wants to be Maine’s third independent governor, but the last two only won after major-party campaigns collapsed.

Vacant buildings and empty sidewalks still plague downtown Old Town despite the city’s efforts. Some of the storefronts have sat vacant for years even though they’re on the third-busiest road in Penobscot County.

Maine's tourism season is finally heating up. Worries that President Donald Trump’s policies on tariffs and immigration might cause prices to spike or visitors to stay at home have not been borne out.

Illicit camping is on the rise at a scenic midcoast pond. The town has received more complaints about overnight campers and the mess that some of them leave behind, including needles and empty cans.

I’m the Bangor Daily News’ new housing reporter. "It has been fascinating to watch the housing market in Maine change in my lifetime, especially in the region where I grew up."

News from Around the State

The dream of owning a rustic Maine waterfront camp is dead

Canada to take steps to protect vanishing North Atlantic right whales from ships

Bangor man in critical condition after motorcycle crash

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Tekakapimək contact station opens to public

Developers cut back their plans for Bucksport’s long-delayed fish farm

Police identify paddleboarder who was killed in Union

Sunday River fireworks explosion injures 3

Maine police department to update social media policy after publishing edited photo

Person struck, killed by train in Biddeford

Maine in Pictures

Decked out for the Fourth of July, Fez, a Chihuahua, rides on a skateboard along the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge in front of his owner, Mongo, before the start of the annual Greater Bangor Area Fourth of July Parade. See more parade photos here. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

🎢 Why Maine’s rollercoaster spring killed your garden plants. With seeds that never grew and weak seedlings that didn't thrive, some gardeners are now without the crops they planned for.

🐟 How to catch togue when they’re on the bottom of the lake. “The surface temperatures climb, and cold-water fish including lake trout (togue) and salmon generally go deeper,” Outdoors contributor Tom Roth writes.

🍄 Three easily identifiable edible mushrooms. Many people like the idea of foraging, but are terrified of getting sick, or worse, hospitalized because of life-threatening toxins

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