Maine Senate Politics: Maine Democrats will hold a nominating convention in Bangor Saturday to pick a replacement U.S. Senate nominee after Graham Platner withdrew, with Troy Jackson and biotech CEO Saundra Pelletier on the ballot and David Costello backing Jackson. Immigration & Community Safety: Waterville has banned city employees—including police—from cooperating with ICE ahead of a new state law, coming after an ICE agent shot and killed Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford. Accountability Push: A House Homeland Security Committee briefing says only one ICE officer has been referred for discipline over use-of-force since the Trump administration began, as lawmakers press for body cameras and oversight after fatal shootings in Maine and Texas. Education & Tech: Colby College hosted Maine’s CS Summer of Fun, bringing more than 215 teachers to learn hands-on computer science and AI lessons to bring back to classrooms. Local Culture & Community: Over 2,000 people gathered on Portland’s Green for a World Cup final watch party that rolled into a Rhiannon Giddens concert simulcast. Arts/Quirky Town News: Ogunquit’s giant metal roosters—made to comfort an autistic child—sparked a town dispute over “advertising,” ending with an agreement to keep two in front of the home.