The fish was 44 inches long and weighed 39.2 pounds, breaking the 62-year-old previous record by more than seven pounds.
Posted inNation
White woman charged after racist Central Park confrontation
A white woman who called the police during a videotaped dispute with a Black man over walking her dog without a leash in Central Park was charged Monday with filing a false police report.
Posted inPolitics
Top Maine legislators benefited from federal loans, including Sara Gideon
Gideon, a Democrat from Freeport, criticized the program, co-sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, saying it benefited large corporations and special interests, not just smaller businesses it was intended to help.
Posted inContributors
We need to plan now for the internet of today and tomorrow
“We must act now so in the future our children and grandchildren will be able to eat the fruit from the trees we have planted today,” writes Jeffrey Lovit
Posted inNational Politics
Justices rule states can bind presidential electors’ votes
So-called faithless electors have not been critical to the outcome of a presidential election, but that could change in a race decided by just a few electoral votes.
Posted inNational Politics
Trump to hold outdoor campaign rally in Portsmouth, N.H.
President Donald Trump is set to hold an outdoor rally Saturday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, according to the president’s campaign.
Posted inBangor
80-year-old woman dies in Brewer crash on July 4
An 80-year-old woman died on the night of July 4 after her car crashed along South Main Street in Brewer, police said.
Posted inAroostook
Driver uninjured after crashing into moose in Aroostook County
A moose is dead but a driver uninjured after the animal crashed through the man’s windshield near Ashland.
Posted inBusiness
Union meets with mediator as Bath Iron Works strike enters 3rd week
A meeting between the company and the mediator is expected later in the week.
Posted inCentral Maine
Trooper struck by car during high-speed chase released from Augusta hospital
Trooper Michael Nunez was hit by a speeding car on June 14 during a police chase.
Posted inEditorials
The Trump administration’s cruel and nonsensical arguments against the ACA
The administration’s court filing is a startling look into its priorities at a time when Americans need health insurance and health care more than ever.
Posted inNation
Frederick Douglass statue vandalized in New York park
Another statue will take its place because the damage is too significant, according to local media reports.
Posted inNational Politics
Treasury names 650K small businesses receiving coronavirus loans
Treasury identified just a fraction of the total borrowers, naming only those companies that got more than $150,000.
Posted inNational Politics
Trump wrongly accuses NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace of noose ‘hoax’
Trump went after NASCAR’s only Black driver and criticized the organization’s decision to ban the Confederate flag.
Posted inLetters
Tuesday, July 7, 2020: Bre Kidman’s candidacy made me feel seen, Chip Curry for state Senate, mask enforcement
Letters submitted by BDN readers, edited and verified by BDN Opinion Page staff.
Posted inMid-Maine
Food for the mind, body, and soul Literacy Volunteers book drive partners with FOOD
Do you remember how much you loved having stories read to you when you were a child? Do you have fond memories of being lost in the pages of a […]
Posted inBDN Maine
MaineCF’s Investing in Leaders of Color Program seeks applications
ELLSWORTH & PORTLAND – The Maine Community Foundation’s Investing in Leaders of Color Program (ILOC) seeks applications. The program is part of MaineCF’s racial equity strategic work, which is building […]
Posted inContributors
We don’t honor Benedict Arnold. Why do we have monuments to Confederate traitors?
If the South wants monuments, let them have monuments to real heroes like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton.
Posted inPolitics
Poll shows Sara Gideon with slight lead over Susan Collins in Senate race
It is the third straight public poll showing Gideon with a slight lead over Collins.
Posted inOther Activities
Brooklin library celebrates Roger Angell, Stuart Little and local authors
BROOKLIN – The director and board members of Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin are busy organizing summer events to commemorate people and characters important to the town’s history. The […]