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News and notes
— Nearly a dozen Democratic lawmakers from the area alongside 16 community groups have asked South Portland to institute an eviction moratorium after the new owner of a 500-unit housing complex announced plans to dramatically raise rents, the Portland Press Herald reported. City councilors have already scheduled a meeting to discuss rent stabilization, which Portland voters passed on a progressive referendum slate in 2020.
— Astronaut Jessica Meir and NASA spacewalk engineer Derrick Porter, natives of Caribou and Cutler, respectively, will present Mills with the Maine flag that was flown aboard the International Space Station and is set to be exhibited at the Maine State Museum at a 10 a.m. State House event.
— Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will be in Rumford this afternoon briefing on a new fire station and an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. She will take questions from the press around 3 p.m. |
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What we're reading
— The parent company of Central Maine Power Co. is investigating a whistleblower complaint of fraud against a company tasked with connecting solar projects to the grid, Spectrum News Maine reports. The company, K&A Engineering Consulting, has denied engaging in fraud.
— Towns around Old Town are eyeing a regional ambulance service after seeing a dramatic spike in costs of contracting with the city. For example, costs have risen by 100 percent for Bradley after Old Town had to staff another shift. It has also had trouble recouping costs from insurers and patients.
— Forever chemicals were linked in a new study to rising cases of fatty liver disease. Determining cause and effects between PFAS and health conditions is difficult due to the combinations of chemicals people are routinely exposed to.
— Maine's most competitive housing market in April was a small village near Sebago Lake. We also have a guide to tenants' rights in the state. Read our housing coverage. |
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| Former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (center) and former Gov. Paul LePage (right) pump gas and talk with customers at Dysart's on Broadway in Bangor during a Thursday campaign stop. (BDN photo by Linda Coan O'Kresik) |
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| 📷 Lead photo: Gov. Janet Mills greets the Legislature before delivering her State of the State Address from the State House in Augusta on Feb. 10, 2022. (Portland Press Herald photo by Ben McCanna via AP) |
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