Bangor's chronically absent students / Failed flavored tobacco ban / AI dispatchers

QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s just being in reaction mode of ‘what’s next?’ It’s baffling. It’s heartbreaking. It shows something serious is going on.” — Joshua Jones on learning that the Narraguagus Bay Health Care nursing home in the Washington County town of Milbridge would shut down in 60 days. Jones’ father-in-law just moved there in January after being bumped from a facility in Ellsworth that was also closing. Bangor schools are trying to tackle chronic absenteeism. Students who are chronically absent are more likely to drop out of school...