Morning Update: What you need to know in Maine today

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“What frustrates me most is the sense of having had to compete against other people for such a basic need.”

– Carter Woodruff, who struggled to find a Portland apartment with BDN reporter Zara Norman.

TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES

A ‘weird 1st date’ won the BDN’s housing reporter a Portland apartment. To find a place in Maine’s largest city on a budget, Zara Norman and a friend navigated crowded showings, strict terms and finally wooed a new roommate with 40 other suitors. We want to hear your apartment hunting stories.

A Maine city’s election shift led to ‘voter suppression’ charges from conservatives. Debates over voting access have heightened partially because of former President Donald Trump’s false insistence of a “stolen” 2020 election.

These are the summer residents fighting a workforce housing project on MDI. Some of them are descended from the founders of big oil and steel companies. Others are connected to the world of finance.

Bangor residents are still stumped over the disappearance of more than a dozen cats. People in the Fairmount neighborhood are divided over whether the animals are being taken, or succumbed to the environment.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

• A towering sculpture of trash highlights Maine’s marine debris problem
• Madawaska residents want their McDonald’s restaurant back
• Brewer football eyeing turnaround season
• New film celebrates Maine painter of nudes 20 years after his death
• This big fish put up a good fight
• Man dies in farm truck crash in Corinth
• 2 thrown from vehicle in Clifton crash
• Maine man dies in single-vehicle Arrowsic crash
• No injuries reported after shots fired at Lewiston back-to-school event
• RFK Jr.’s name could still appear on Maine ballot even after suspending his presidential bid
• These are some of the oldest restaurants in Maine
• These receivers are expected to make UMaine football offense hard to stop
• University of Oregon transfers making big impact for UMaine women’s soccer
• Aroostook County Amish business has grown from farm stand to retail store
• A new Belfast land trust is making 66 acres open to the public

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

“The commission deserves our thanks for its quick and thorough work to help a grieving state better understand the state’s worst mass shooting.”

Editorial: Lewiston commission findings should prompt immediate changes

LIFE IN MAINE

Maine’s efforts to help restore Atlantic salmon in the state’s waterways are inspiring Canadians to do the same. The Atlantic Salmon Federation is taking cues from Maine’s waterway management tactics to boost salmon populations in Atlantic Canada.

An advisory has warned people not to eat fish caught at four new bodies of water. The PFAS warning affects streams near the Brunswick Executive Airport, where toxic foam leaked last week.

A Holden man has taken his life back and is teaching the next generation of archers, after suffering a serious injury more than 20 years ago . Daniel Bell is now a strong and influential presence in the Maine outdoors community.

Maine has legalized composting your remains after you die. Here’s how the eco-conscious practice will work.

There comes a time when all young birds must leave the nest and fend for themselves. Watch this young eagle try to fill its belly.

Maine potato growers are getting inundated by these pests. The bugs can eat plants, spread viruses and affect the yield and quality of Maine’s No. 1 food crop.