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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Judith Grace, owner of Belfast property that was at the center of a years-long battle over a proposed $500 million land-based salmon farm.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Gov. Janet Mills will be pitching her $11.6 billion two-year budget plan to lawmakers tonight. The plan includes cuts to health programs and higher fees for fishing licenses and concealed handgun permits. You can watch Mills’ State of the Budget Address at 7 p.m.
A Belfast couple at the center of the fight against a fish farm reflect on the years-long saga. For Judith Grace and Jeffrey Mabee, Nordic Aquafarms’ departure feels less like victory than an inevitable step in a bitter, David-and-Goliath battle they wish could have been avoided.
A hiring freeze could worsen a staff shortage at Acadia National Park this summer. Reports that President Donald Trump put a hold on hiring new federal employees come at a time when hiring has already been a challenge and visitation at Acadia is at historic highs.
Brewer is weighing “once-in-a-lifetime” changes to its downtown streets. With final recommendations in hand, the city’s next step is to get funding for design and construction.
An earthquake struck southern Maine on Monday morning. The magnitude 3.8 quake was centered about 8 miles southeast of York Harbor and nearly 12 miles deep in the earth’s crust. Here’s what causes earthquakes in Maine.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine Democrats choose new party leaders
- Once poised to lead on offshore wind, Maine has stumbled
- Milford man found guilty of attempted murder after beating girlfriend with hammer
- Firefighters squelch scrapyard fire in Carmel
- Local entrepreneur to serve as Houlton town manager
- Conservationists sue Maine salmon farm over alleged pollution
- Court ruling delays action on aging Ellsworth dams
- Man convicted in Maine Zumba scandal charged for prostitution in the midcoast
- Fires destroy 2 adjacent homes in Stockton Springs
- Watch: Earthquake strikes southern Maine
- Maine boy hospitalized after crashing snowmobile off New Hampshire bridge
- Cooper Flagg’s big 2nd half propels Duke to win over NC State
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Forget everything that may bother you about President Trump … Focus on this one sole fact: Trump attacked the bedrock of our democracy by claiming the election of 2020 was fraudulent, and then directed his base to stop the transfer of power to the duly elected president.”
Opinion: I’m flying the US flag upside down as a sign of distress
LIFE IN MAINE
Monday’s earthquake off the coast of York jolted many Mainers in the morning, but it’s far from the strongest to have hit the state. Here are 12 of the strongest quakes ever felt in Maine.
Sightings of snake worms have plummeted. After an apparent population explosion of the fast-reproducing, invasive “crazy worms” in 2023, scientists have a few theories about why so few were reported last year.
It seems that Maine sportsmen are fixated on hot sauce. “Not being into hot and spicy at all, I find this addiction to culinary fire perplexing, but also kind of intriguing,” V. Paul Reynolds writes.
