Today, Jake Freudberg writes about Canadian tourists and trucks continuing to travel through Jackman. Also, Graham Platner says he was drunk when he got a Nazi-linked tattoo, and the federal government shutdown is preventing November SNAP benefits from reaching Mainers.
CANADIANS ROLL THROUGH JACKMAN
Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection show fewer people this year have been crossing the U.S.-Canada border into Maine through the nearby port of entry in Sandy Bay Township. But in Jackman, most said they have not felt any significant impact from the dip in traffic. At Trailside One Stop, store clerk Joshua Warren said Canadians are still coming through Jackman — just not in the same “droves” they used to. Read the story here.
CANDIDATE’S NAZI-LINKED TATTOO
Graham Platner, a leading Maine Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has disclosed that he has a tattoo, which he plans to remove, that’s been linked to Nazis. Platner said he and other fellow Marines got a skull tattoo while drunk on leave in Croatia in 2007, not realizing its association with Nazi Germany. Read more.
170,000 Mainers won’t get November SNAP benefits. Blame the shutdown.
About 12.5% of Maine’s residents use the assistance program previously known as food stamps, which is already facing historic cuts included in the Republican budget bill passed over the summer.
“… Your higher-end consumers still are spending fairly freely and feel like the economy is good enough that they’re able to spend. It’s people on the lower end of the spectrum that are starting to feel the crunch more.”
Curtis Picard, president of the Retail Association of Maine, on Americans’ plans to spend about 10% less on holiday gifts this year than they did in 2024.
Retailers are preparing for a potentially tepid holiday season, as shoppers balance the crunch of high prices and an uncertain economic future. Read more from business reporter Daniel Kool: What does Maine’s back-to-school shopping season spell for holiday demand?
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