Morning update: What you need to know in Maine today

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I get a lot of disappointing comments — trainers and fans asking me ‘Which one’s your son?’ or ‘Where’s your head coach?’”

— Foxcroft Academy boys soccer coach Faleesha Gaylord. This fall, more women will be coaching Maine high school boys soccer than ever before.

TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES

Angus King is 80, but his age doesn’t seem to be hurting him with Mainers . The senator is older than 78-year-old former President Donald Trump and 71-year-old U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

Bangor firefighters again asked the city to be paid out of remaining pandemic aid . The request targets federal money the City Council has earmarked to prepare undeveloped land for future housing.

The Penobscot County Commissioners are considering buying one of four parcels of land for a new jail . The fate of the aging county jail has been debated for much of the past six years.

More women are coaching Maine high school boys soccer teams . This new generation of female coaches has a lifelong passion for the sport and a willingness to buck cultural barriers.

MAINE IN PICTURES

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

• Maine Democrats and Republicans are living in different political realities
• Patients, advocates say MaineCare transportation company is failing to live up to its agreement
• Take a look back at these historic Labor Day photos
• Bangor’s Labor Day road race comes down to final kick
• Car crashes into Maine Savings Amphitheater fence in Bangor
• Missing Bangor man found safe
• Bangor-area tea store closing after 12 years
• There’s more to Aroostook farms than potatoes
• As agency dawdles, a Machias dike remains crippled with winter storms approaching
• Midcoast animal shelters are overwhelmed with unwanted cats
• Damariscotta restaurant burns in overnight fire
• A Maine city’s biggest pedestrian square is getting less friendly to cars
• Former UMaine football player earns spot on Minnesota Vikings practice squad
• Fresh off season-opening win, UMaine football prepares to face nation’s 3rd-ranked team

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

“When local selfishness transcends a national need, some revision is needed.”

Opinion: NIMBYism is strangling America

LIFE IN MAINE

There’s a good reason gillnets have been illegal in Maine for decades . Like the one recently found on the Magalloway River, they kill any fish too big to swim through their holes.

Selling eggs at the end of your driveway? You may want insurance . Liability lawsuits like these against Maine farmers and homesteaders are happening more often, and they’re getting more expensive.

Bangor’s Labor Day road race was a close one . Frank Sternberg and Erik McCarthy ran shoulder-to-shoulder through mile 3 in a race that came down to the final stretch.