Morning update: What you need to know in Maine today

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We tend to see some pretty crazy car accidents here in Rockport. It appears each year we get one that tops the last one.”

— A message from the Rockland Fire Department after retrieving an SUV that got stuck more than two miles from the road on a mountain biking trail.

TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES

Donald Trump has named U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate . His rejection of U.S. intervention in foreign wars and support for heavy tariffs align Vance with younger conservatives in Maine.

We asked Mainers for their reactions to the Trump assassination attempt , how they learned about it, and their thoughts in the days that followed.

You could buy an entire island Down East for the price of a southern Maine condo . If you can afford transportation to the island and sacrifice amenities and proximity to major metropolitan areas, there are still deals to be had.

A 55-room dormitory-style apartment building is being proposed in Bangor . It’s the latest unconventional pitch aimed at addressing the area’s housing shortage.

Bangor pedestrian path now has funding three years after it was approved . The funding comes at a time when Bangor has seen nine vehicle crashes involving pedestrians so far this year, one of which was fatal.

Maine State Ferry rates are jumping for the first time in five years . Another jump is likely next year to cover a recent hiring spree.

MAINE IN PICTURES

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

• Maine Democratic candidate calls Donald Trump’s shooting ‘staged’
• Gun groups say Maine’s new waiting period law will crater gun show attendance
• 4 people with ties to Maine accused of using fentanyl to incapacitate robbery victims
• Staffing issues may hinder the ability of Maine police to investigate OUIs
• Task force seeks mental health experts’ input on new Aroostook jail
• Bar Harbor man no longer considered missing
• MDI residents thought Martha Stewart got a ‘raw deal’ 20 years ago
• Company seeks to give up ownership of Bucksport-area dams
• UMaine System will soon sell Belfast learning center
• Police investigating death in Cushing
• Brunswick appoints 1st woman to town manager position
• Maine firefighters remove SUV that got stuck on mountain bike trail
• Coast Guard to remove Maine fishing boat that sank in January storm
• Iconic Winslow deli closes
• ​​ 17-year-old found dead in Lewiston road
• Mainer killed when motorcycle hits guardrail
• Cooper Flagg thinks this is the best NBA team ever
• Colby football coach puts cancer in rearview mirror as he preps for season

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

“Almost everybody who feels obliged to comment about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump is currently insisting that ‘violence has no place in American politics,’ but of course it has.”

Opinion: Political violence in America is not unusual

LIFE IN MAINE

Maine basketball phenom Cooper Flagg has the seventh-highest NIL (name, image and likeness) valuation of all college athletes . Ahead of the 17-year-old Newport native are five college football stars plus Louisiana State gymnast Olivia Dunne.

Three Maine kids got free moose permits at a ceremony attended by Gov. Janet Mills. The rare tickets came via Moose Maine Kids, a nonprofit that takes kids with critical illnesses or disabilities on outdoor adventures.

Plants that conveniently fill out an ornamental garden can cause big headaches down the line. Take Bishop’s weed , for example.

Consider a long-overgrown picnic area, a century-old railroad structure, an airport that hasn’t seen a plane in years, and two other Aroostook County places from another time .