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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Derrick Buckspan, a broker-owner of RE/MAX Shoreline, on the cooling real estate market in one of the priciest parts of Maine.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Here’s how Donald Trump’s “day one” agenda would hit Maine. Halting offshore wind power projects, pardoning Jan. 6 rioters and steep tariffs on imports from Canada are all on the table.
Home values are expected to grow slowest in Maine’s priciest region. While more homes have recently come onto the market in southern Maine, experts don’t think explains the trend.
Jackson Lab is expanding to Florida. The biomedical research laboratory has been advertising and filling scientific jobs in leased space about 30 minutes from the University of Florida.
A credit rating agency gave Northern Light Health a negative outlook. Moody’s Ratings stopped short of further downgrading the credit rating of Bangor’s largest health care system.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Next week Maine will get blasted with the coldest air in 2 years
- Trump seeks executive order to halt offshore wind until new interior secretary is confirmed
- Susan Collins and Angus King quiz Trump’s spy chief nominee
- What you had to say about your favorite local grocery stores in Maine
- Bangor police release video of alleged convenience store robber
- Bangor will get $1.5M in federal funds for homeless services
- Snowmobile retrieved from Dexter lake after falling through ice
- Defendant says he can’t recall details after killing girlfriend in Aroostook
- Maine man dies in single-vehicle Interstate 95 crash
- A Portland man is missing
- Oscar-winning Maine native loses home in LA fires
- Former Maine deputy pleads not guilty to theft and burglary
- LL Bean unveils massive tent store as flagship undergoes major renovations
- Portland mayor warns city could lose millions in state funding for homeless services
- Rosemont Market & Bakery on Munjoy Hill to close after 17 years
- Man arrested in shooting outside Maine sushi restaurant
- 13-year-old Maine girl found unconscious in ditch after hit-and-run
- Water tanker rolls over on I-95 in southern Maine
- Mainer dies after 3-vehicle crash on I-95 in New Hampshire
- Caroline Bornemann scores career high 34 and hits 1,000-point mark in UMaine basketball win
- Improved mental approach helping UMaine hockey defenseman
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Hegseth’s service in uniform is admirable and appreciated. But that dedicated service in the military does not necessarily mean he is qualified and prepared to be one of the military’s top leaders.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Here’s how to make “living” fences for your homestead. With time and care, the permanent, natural fencing can keep livestock penned or provide beautiful habitat for wildlife.
Lies destroy lives in True North’s production of the 1934 play “The Children’s Hour.” “[Director Angela] Bonacasa and this cast show the audience where American society has been and assures theatergoers that it is not a place we ever want to venture back to,” Judy Harrison writes.
For an interesting snapshot of local birds just put out some feeders. “Birding will never be boring as long as there are back yards. I hope yours has been as amusing as mine this month,” Bob Duchesne writes.
