Morning update: What you need to know in Maine today

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I was like, ‘you realize you’re laying in the middle of the road?’”

— Marshal Daniel of Island Falls recalling his conversation with a man he found sleeping in the road at night in Dover-Foxcroft.

TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES

Natural gas pipelines serving Maine want rate increases that could send prices soaring . Maine uses less natural gas than most states but already has the country’s 12th-highest average residential natural gas prices.

Penobscot is the first Maine county to consider a food sovereignty ordinance . Such an ordinance would allow residents of the unorganized territories to sell food directly to customers without a license or state inspection.

Toxic firefighting foam is being removed from Bangor airport . Replacement foam arrived last week, a month before the U.S. military’s deadline to remove PFAS-laden foam from airports.

Bangor’s newest cocktail lounge opens Friday . Barliman’s, located at 1 Kenduskeag Plaza West, will be open at 4 p.m.

A crumbling literary retreat on a Maine island just went on the market . The 18-acre island retreat high above Penobscot Bay was once the summer residence of the couple who co-founded the oldest published poetry magazine in the U.S.

A Maine driver found a man sleeping on the road at night . ​​“If he had been in my lane, he would have been dead,” he said. “There’s no way I could have seen him in time.”

MAINE IN PICTURES

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

• Maine’s national park and monument added $750M to the economy last year
• Presque Isle’s 1st hibachi grill aims to open by Christmas
• Brunswick council passes resolution to require cleanup of toxic foam
• After fire, owners of popular midcoast restaurant aim to rebuild
• Dead whale found along Belfast Harbor
• Maine lobster predicts an early winter
• A day in the life of a Maine ferry crew
• Rockland to welcome several additional large cruise ships this fall
• A 17-year-old Maine boy is missing
• Missing Virginia woman found dead in Maine
• Midcoast middle school basketball player transferring to Florida prep school
• Husson football expects to challenge for conference title

FROM THE SPORTS DESK

High school football continues to ramp up this week, and some of the games to watch include Bangor High School taking on defending class A champions Thornton Academy at Cameron Stadium at 7 p.m. Friday, and perennial contenders Bucksport High School taking on Stearns High School at home, also at 7 p.m. Friday. In college sports, the University of Maine football team is at Montana State University this Saturday, while the UMaine women’s soccer team takes on Stonehill College at home at noon Sunday.

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

“For many of the athletes competing in Paris, the Paralympic Games are more about inclusion than inspiration.”

Editorial: Paralympics are ‘educating the world what people with physical disabilities can do’

LIFE IN MAINE

Fall brings a whole new crop of mushrooms to the Maine woods. Here are some you can expect to see as the weather cools off .

Mya Wolfinger, 8, has been working on her goal of catching Maine’s seven major game fish in the salmon family since she was 4. It’s something many experienced fishermen have not achieved.

“I should have bought it when I saw it at Marden’s.” Does that ring a bell? Here are nine Maine commercial jingles that we will never forget .