Morning update: What you need to know in Maine today

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“So strong was his taste for grift that a federal indictment could not bend his ways.”

— U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker during a more than 30 minute explanation on Tuesday of his decision to reinstate a self-employment ban for convicted Maine fraudster Nathan Reardon.

TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES

A judge reinstated a self-employment ban for convicted fraudster Nathan Reardon . The former Bangor-area businessman and property manager was deemed at high risk for committing additional fraud, the judge said at a resentencing hearing Tuesday.

Cleaning up the toxic Getchell Brothers site could cost Brewer $330,000 . The city bought the two waterfront properties with plans to decontaminate them and put them back on the market.

A $2.5 million home on stilts is for sale on a tiny midcoast island . The 1,400-square-foot, shingle-style cottage made its market debut on Tuesday.

Local artists want Bangor to ditch its fee for sidewalk sales . The push comes weeks after two downtown arts venues — Bangor Arts Exchange and Queen City Cinema Club — announced their closure.

MAINE IN PICTURES

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

• 3 things we learned from an Army probe into the Lewiston mass shooter
• Army report uncovers ‘series of failures’ before Lewiston mass shooting
• Bernie Sanders will rally in Maine this weekend
• Sheriff asks Oxford County to pay for his attorney who defended him against removal
• MOFGA sues federal regulators over PFAS sludge
• Pair killed in Bangor crash died after 2nd police chase in 2 days
• Bangor could get its 1st Aroma Joe’s
• Harness racing returns to the Bangor State Fair
• Missing Bangor 15-year-old has been found safe
• Aroostook-born hiker sets time on International Appalachian Trail in Maine
• The 169th Northern Maine Agricultural Fair starts next week
• Can-Am dog race ‘rejoicing’ after CDC rule change
• Man injured when truck crashes into Houlton car dealership
• Police say fatal Great Pond fire was a murder-suicide
• Maine lobsterman hauls up anchor that’s more than a century old
• Busy MDI road closed after truck crash
• Largest single-mast ship visits Southwest Harbor
• First Lyme disease vaccine in 20 years tested at midcoast hospital
• Canadian escapes injury after a logging truck hits SUV in Maine
• New Jersey man pleads guilty to robbing Maine postal workers at knifepoint and burglarizing 2 post offices
• Video shows whale capsizing boat off NH coast
• Ace Flagg’s new basketball coach wants him to be the ‘player in charge’
• Maine Basketball Hall of Fame golf tourney back after 4-year hiatus

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

“Putting the good of the country above one’s own ego cannot be an easy decision. But it is one that Biden deserves credit for making.”

Editorial: Biden put good of country first in ending presidential bid

LIFE IN MAINE

Did you know that the iconic Olson House was almost moved to New Jersey? The setting of the beloved Andrew Wyeth painting was snapped up by a Hollywood producer after Olson’s death in the ‘60s .

The number of deer and horse fly bites you get in any given year may depend on the number of short, intense rain storms that happen where you live .

“The narrow 2.7-mile body of water has multiple attractions. Sheltered on all sides, a pleasant paddle can be enjoyed even on a windy day,” Ron Chase writes of a sheltered Durham paddling spot .