Former secretary of state Bill Diamond dies

Surge of rare tick-borne disease linked to warming climate. New England is warming faster than the rest of the world, which has correlated with a marked uptick in cases of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme, Anaplasmosis and babesiosis in Maine and throughout the Northeast. Click the image to read this Maine Monitor story by Chris D'Angelo

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Mainers’ economic outlook varies by party, income, according to UNH poll | Portland Press Herald

Shark sightings on the rise in Maine, but beachgoers still flocking to the coast | News Center Maine (Maine Monitor context: Should Mainers be concerned by shark sightings?)

Plane crash reported on Flagstaff Lake in Eustis | WMTW

Older sellers are fueling a boom in second-home market, says broker | MaineBiz

Trump wants to axe an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities | Associated Press

200 attend Labor Day protest of Trump administration in downtown Bangor | Bangor Daily News

Maine's first elder justice investigator tackles rising number of senior crimes | News Center Maine

For Maine farmers, CSAs bring more certainty to an unforgiving industry | Sun Journal

What Maine Democrats beleaguered by Donald Trump want from their party | Bangor Daily News

Former secretary of state Bill Diamond dies | WMTW

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