King, Pingree say Trump overstepped approval for ballroom

On Eastern Egg Rock, puffins get the last laugh. Crew members from the Audubon Seabird Institute worked to cull laughing gulls this spring and summer, part of an effort to protect breeding puffins and terns. Read this Maine Monitor story by Derrick Z. Jackson.

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UMaine system enrollment up despite slight declines at two largest universities | Maine Public

Lewiston holding multiple remembrance events to mark 2 years since mass shooting | WMTW

Mainers who rely on Head Start may feel strain of prolonged shutdown | Portland Press Herald

New maritime, aerospace facilities open in Brunswick | Maine Public (Maine Monitor context: Facing pushback on land, Maine’s space industry looks to the sea)

Police groups say Platner’s Reddit posts have ‘no place in Maine politics’ | Bangor Daily News

Longshot Democratic U.S. Senate candidate drops out, endorses Mills | Portland Press Herald

King, Pingree say Trump overstepped approval for White House ballroom | Maine Public

Maine legislative Republicans call for public hearing on Trump tax cuts | Spectrum News Maine

Graham Platner is sending out NDAs to staff amid bad week for his campaign | Bangor Daily News

Portland notifies residents that cruise ship with norovirus outbreak will dock this weekend | Maine Public

Maine’s effort to limit some political contributions now before federal appeals court | Portland Press Herald

Millinocket is asking voters to let the town remove officials who commit crimes | The Maine Monitor & Bangor Daily News

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