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A super PAC running ads meant to influence Maine's Senate race reportedly aimed its campaign at the wrong Portland, targeting Oregon's largest city instead of Maine's. The mix-up means the ad spending likely reached an audience with no stake in the Maine election.
Maine recorded a wave of great white shark encounters this summer, including a lifeguard pulled underwater near Scarborough and a dozen sightings near Pine Point Beach within two days. Several beaches closed temporarily as sharks were spotted through Labor Day weekend, with one caught by a fisherman about 30 miles down the coast. Experts say warming waters play a role, but the bigger driver is a decades-old conservation success rebuilding seal and shark populations, combined with more beachgoers using tech that spots sharks.
L.L. Bean's new CEO has directed $50 million toward renovating the company's flagship store in Maine, redesigning it to emphasize immersive, tactile experiences over standard product displays. The revamped space greets visitors with elements like live fish rather than leading with clothing or footwear collections.
A Maine business that sold fox and coyote urine to hunters as a cover scent noticed an unusually large order from a lawn and garden store outside hunting season. A phone call revealed the retailer's customers were gardeners using the same product to scare rabbits away from vegetable patches, uncovering an entirely new customer base the founder hadn't realized existed.