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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Jaime Gilbert, listing agent for a five-bedroom Victorian home in Sangerville, now on the market for $52,000.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A decades-old ordinance still outlaws displays of homosexuality in Hampden. The ordinance dates back 28 years to when Maine relinquished management of adult entertainment zoning to local governments.
Hampden had Maine’s hottest housing market in 2024. It’s the second time the Bangor suburb has topped a list compiled by a southern Maine agency that analyzes sales.
You can buy an abandoned Victorian home in rural Maine for $52,000. If someone were to sink $100,000 into it, the listing agent said, it could be brought back to life as a full-time residence, or maybe something else.
Currents stymied divers as they tried to find two missing fishermen. The father and son are believed to have drowned when their scallop dragger sank in 160 feet of water between Cutler and Lubec.
A woman is suing the Fort Kent Jehovah’s Witnesses over alleged sexual abuse. It is the second recent case against the congregation. The other yielded a guilty verdict against one of the men named in the current lawsuit.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Donald Trump’s Canadian tariffs could raise electric bills in Maine border counties
- Trump’s order blocking wind power could risk Maine clean energy plans
- Angus King opposes Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead Pentagon
- This is how cold it got in Maine Tuesday night
- Gas leak causes nearby Aroostook schools to evacuate
- Smoking caused Ellsworth fire that left man with life-threatening burns
- Bar Harbor appoints interim councilors to 2 vacancies
- Stockton Springs paid $9,689 to fired town manager
- PFAS contamination from Brunswick spill confirmed in fish
- Maine man arrested after allegedly threatening to bring a gun to a day care
- Maine State Police looking to return contractor’s tools found on I-295
- Man gets 26 years in prison for shooting Maine deputy
- Below zero temps make for sea smoke in Maine
- Workers surprised by sudden closure of Maine’s only Cracker Barrel
- Cooper Flagg is compiling rare statistical achievement for the ages
- Hot-shooting guard playing key role in UMaine basketball’s winning streak
MAINE IN PICTURES
THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND
On Friday night, there’s a contradance at the Unitarian Universalist church in Bangor, and there’s a metal show at Hey Sailor! in Searsport featuring The Burial Curse and Thy Enemy. On Saturday, “American Idol” alumni Aaron Kelly plays at Hollywood Casino, and there’s a Beatles tribute act at the Gracie Theatre at Husson University. And on Sunday, there’s another concert in the Masterworks series from the Bangor Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono.
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Trump, it appears, is willing to waive rules and consequences for people, including those who commit violent acts, if they unfailingly support him.”
Editorial: Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons have dangerous implications for law and order
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine homesteaders preserve the skins of these rare roosters. Known as the Genetic Hackle, or the “fly tie chicken,” the type is hard to find and expensive to buy.
A Bar Harbor eatery is in the running for the James Beard Outstanding Restaurant award. Havana is one of 11 Maine establishments and people to semifinal in the prestigious food awards.
A traditional Hancock County hunting area could be closed to vehicles. The Blue Hill Heritage Trust is considering gating its Wallamatogus Mountain property after people who were target practicing with clay pigeons and hikers clashed over use of the property.
