Reporter Faces Possible Jail-time For Refusing To Reveal Who Provided Her With Aurora Mass Shooter James Holmes’ Notebook.

The state is launching a new service that will allow Mainers to track online absentee ballots they have requested as the ballots make their way to voters and back to the election box. The Absentee Ballot Request Status service went live Monday and will be available until the Nov. 3 election, Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said. The new service comes amid controversy over the ballots and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic keeping voters indoors.

PRESQUE ISLE — Northern Light AR Gould Hospital is pleased to announce that the second year of the Aroostook Career Exploration (ACE) program will be getting underway this fall. High school students are currently being sought to take part. “We launched this program last year at this time and had a strong start.

A University of Maine campus building will no longer be named for a 1920s university president who was also a known eugenicist and tobacco industry spokesperson. University of Maine System trustees voted Monday to rename Clarence Cook Little Hall, following the June recommendation of a 10-person task force formed in response to a student petition. Little served as president of UMaine from 1922 to 1925, and Little Hall was named after him in 1966.

The University of Maine Foster Center for Innovation will present a virtual screening of “She Started It” at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1.  “She Started It” gives a new face to the popular image of the tech entrepreneur: a female face. Following five young women over two years as they pitch VCs, build teams, bring products to market, fail and start again, “She Started It” takes viewers on a global roller coaster ride from Silicon Valley to New York City, Mississippi, France and Vietnam.

While on a recent paddling trip to enjoy the fall foliage, BDN bird expert Bob Duchesne set out to find one of Maine’s most iconic birds, the loon. His goal: to photograph and capture video of the beautiful water bird surrounded by a kaleidoscope of fall colors. Duchesne has plenty of experience tracking down loons.

The fall high school sports season is under way and the BDN encourages high school coaches and managers to report their games and events. Due to technical issues, we are asking that games be reported via email at bdnsports@bangordailynews.com as our electronic system is unavailable. Please use a plain-text format. FOR ALL GAMES, we ask for the game location, final score, each team’s won-lost record and the first and last names of all players mentioned for each team. FOR SOCCER AND FIELD HOCKEY: Presque Isle 4, Foxcroft Acad.