By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff A flash flood warning has been issued for inland and Down East Maine as Tropical Storm Elsa travels up the East Coast, the National Weather Services in Caribou and Gray announced on Thursday evening.

By David Marino Jr.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Voters will decide in November on enshrining a right to food in the Maine Constitution, which would continue the state’s pioneering efforts on the topic but likely prompt decades of discussion over what exactly such a right would allow or prevent.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff After 40 years writing and editing sports, I am now heading afield as the Bangor Daily News outdoors editor.

DEXTER — On Wednesday, July 14 the Abbott Memorial Library trustees will be hosting a reception for the local artists who participated in Husson University’s OMA program (Opening Minds through Art).

BROWNVILLE — Several years ago the Brownville-Brownville Junction Historical Society came into possession of the basketball scoreboard from Brownville Junction High School.

ROME — Kids and adults with disabilities and their families in Piscataquis County can experience the freedom and fun of Pine Tree Camp this summer.

By Matthew Gagnon It is the race that I think both of them secretly wanted to run.

To the Editor; I don’t know anything about the Portland Charter Commission or the people who ran for a seat on it, but I do know something about ranked-choice voting (RCV) and Matthew Gagnon should not be writing a column maligning and misrepresenting it.

FALMOUTH — A loon glides  across a still lake, the white dots on its black wings appearing to sparkle in the reflection off the water.