Persistent drought takes toll on farmers

Washington County takes $11M borrowing plan to skeptical public. In addition to the bond, officials have pitched a tax hike of up to 40% as the path out of a major budget crisis. Read this story by Daniel O'Connor of The Maine Monitor and Bangor Daily News.

The Maine Monitor brings you free-to-read original investigative and in-depth reporting each week on our website and email newsletters. In addition to highlighting our original stories, in Maine's Daily Digest we share a curated snapshot of the day's significant news to keep you in touch with what's happening today in Maine. While The Maine Monitor does not place its content behind paywalls, some newsrooms we link to in this newsletter may. We encourage you to consider supporting these local Maine newsrooms.

How does Maine spend its money? | The Maine Monitor

Persistent drought takes toll on Maine farmers | Portland Press Herald

Here’s what you need to know about Maine’s two ballot questions this November | The Maine Monitor

New CMP president defends proposed rate increase, workforce & grid investments | WMTW

Maine doctors face vaccine questions amid shifting federal guidelines | Sun Journal

Maine is suing a protester for allegedly disrupting services at Planned Parenthood. He’s part of a small group pushing to criminalize abortion. | The Maine Monitor

More than 35,000 people visited Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument last year | Maine Public

Four sites added to 2025 most endangered historic places list in Maine | Maine Public

What to do about Maine’s green crab problem? Some see opportunity. | The Maine Monitor

Join us for our next listening tour stops in Bangor and Sanford. We'll be at Chimera Coffee in Bangor on October 7th from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and at
the Goodall Memorial Library in Sanford from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on October 9th.

A correction for our Downeast Monitor readers: The note about the upcoming public meeting of the Upper Machias Bay Master Plan should have said it will be held Monday, Nov. 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lee Pellon Center. Yesterday's newsletter mistakenly omitted the date, thus indicating the meeting would be this Monday.

Thanks for allowing me to provide you with a look at today's news. We'll be back with more tomorrow.

this edition was curated by george harvey

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