Maine Biz - The Mount Desert Island YMCA found a housing solution for its employees when it bought a single-family home with six bedrooms and common spaces to use as shared housing. The MDI YMCA bought 2 Rockwood Ave. in Bar Harbor from Tim and Susan Buell for $650,000. Erica Brooks of Swan Agency Portside Real Estate Group brokered the deal. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust financed the acquisition.
Women's Tennis Sweeps Middlebury and Williams For First Time In Program History (bowdoin.edu)
Brunswick residents try to stop town from building new fueling station (wgme.com)
Press Herald - The biggest change at Acadia National Park this year is for foreign tourists. An America The Beautiful Pass, which covers entrance fees at many national parks and federal lands, jumped to $250 for non-U.S. residents in 2026. The pass will still cost $80 for U.S. citizens and residents. Baxter State Park introduced a change to its reservation system for 2026 so campers will be able to book four consecutive nights at the same site online.
Life as a Working Mom in Maine
- Overall Rank: 6th
- 10th – Day-Care Quality
- 25th – Pediatricians per Capita
- 5th – Gender Pay Gap (Women’s Earnings as % of Men’s)
- 8th – Ratio of Female Executives to Male Executives
- 13th – Female Unemployment Rate
- 12th – Parental-Leave Policy Score
- 9th – Avg. Length of Woman’s Work Week (in Hours)
- 26th – % of Single-Mom Families in Poverty
Maine Morning Star - Maine enacted several new laws during the latest legislative session that aim to counter President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, codifying the pushback from local, community efforts.There’s a ban on immigration agents entering public schools, state libraries and hospitals without a judicial warrant, and a measure to protect tenants against the disclosure of their personal information.
Gov. Janet Mills signed both into law last week. And earlier this month, she approved a measure clarifying that jails can refuse to hold people detained solely for a civil immigration violation, paving the way for the Cumberland County Jail to stop holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees.
Maine Morning Star - Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have banned data centers larger than 20 megawatts until November, 2027 — which would have been the first such moratorium in the nation. “A moratorium is appropriate given the impacts of massive data centers in other states on the environment and on electricity rates,” Mills wrote in her veto letter to the Legislature. “But the final version of this bill fails to allow for a specific project in the Town of Jay that enjoys strong local support from its host community and region.”
WBLM - Education holds an important place for many Mainers. According to the U.S. Census, more than 35% of residents have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher, ranking the state 18th nationwide and above the national average. Top ranked colleges