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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Cherie Mackin, a former resident of the Bangor homeless encampment known as Tent City.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Once homeless, this Bangor couple is now giving back to others. Jody and Cherie Mackin didn’t want to live in Tent City, but they have differing opinions on the city’s work to close the encampment.
— Have you ever been homeless in the Bangor area? We want to hear your story.
Here’s what Maine’s Jan. 6 rioters said after being pardoned by President Donald Trump. His executive order instructed the Bureau of Prisons and Justice Department to immediately release all Jan. 6 inmates while halting any pending cases.
In a surprise decision, Janet Mills removed two juvenile justice advisers. The governor did not respond to questions about why she didn’t reappoint them.
The University of Maine expects its new criminal justice major to have “immediate appeal.” The addition, starting this fall at the Orono campus, comes in response to a need for experts and practitioners in the diverse field.
Divers will inspect the site where two missing fishermen may have sunk. A relative of the missing father and son believes the boat sank in 160 feet of water off the Down East coast.
Seven Maine fishermen were chosen to go after long-prohibited shrimp. More than 40 fishermen applied for the coveted slots.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine joins 17 states, DC and San Francisco in suing over Trump’s birthright citizenship order
- Maine ACLU sues Donald Trump over order ending birthright citizenship
- Susan Collins opposes Donald Trump’s pardons for violent Jan. 6 rioters
- Trump temporarily halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects
- Trial starts for Milford man accused of attempted murder after hitting girlfriend with hammer
- Billy Idol and Joan Jett set for August concert in Bangor
- Canadian pleads guilty to bringing drugs into Aroostook by ATV
- Eagle Lake nursing home closing later this year
- New president tapped to lead Northern Maine Community College
- Belfast considers banning cruise ship visits
- Police shoot machete-wielding man on Maine bridge
- A Maine woman’s woodsy gingerbread home outlasts the holidays
- Man allegedly broke into more than 20 vehicles in Maine town
- Trial set to begin for Maine man accused of killing infant daughter
- Tula is ready to represent Maine in the Puppy Bowl
MAINE IN PICTURES
MAINE TOWN OF THE WEEK
EDDINGTON: This town just a few miles down Route 9 from Brewer is named for Jonathan Eddy, a Nova Scotia native and military leader who was a staunch supporter of the rebels during the American Revolution, even going so far as to try to convince his home province to secede from Britain alongside the original 13 colonies. Today, the town is one of a number of bedroom communities in the Bangor region, though with the Interstate 395 extension due to open this year, we may see a demographic shift there in the years to come.
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Judges, at the state or federal level, should not be in charge of disciplining themselves. That is a recipe for conflicts of interest, or sometimes just as corrosive, the appearance of conflicts.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt bought a Maine island sight unseen in 1971, with plans to transform it into a living piece of art. But when the couple finally visited the island in 1972, both agreed it was too beautiful to alter.
A toddler-famous Maine YouTuber inked a big-time Netflix deal. Rachel Accurso, known as Ms. Rachel, already has more than 13 million YouTube subscribers and millions more fans on Instagram and TikTok.
Even illegal night hunters need sharp knives. “Far too often, I have watched folks struggle needlessly through simple cutting tasks such as field dressing, butchering or camp chores with dull knives,” BDN Outdoors contributor Chris Sargent writes.
