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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Keel Kemper, a regional wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in response to concern from residents of Bangor’s Fairmount neighborhood about recent coyote sightings.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
The Trump administration has launched a Title IX investigation of the University of Maine. This marks an escalation of a conflict between the Republican president and Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who got into a heated argument at a White House event last week over Maine’s policies allowing transgender students to participate in sports.
A Bangor neighborhood is frightened by coyote sightings. Some residents in Bangor’s Fairmount neighborhood are concerned because coyotes have been spotted there several times in recent months. Now, they’re considering how to rid themselves of the animals.
For years, locals have warned about a dangerous Bangor road where a pedestrian was killed. Residents have raised concerns with the city about dangerous drivers along Kenduskeag Avenue for more than a decade.
This Maine ski town is being overtaken by pricey vacation homes. Newry, a town of just under 400 people, had 17 homes on the market as of Friday valued at $1 million or more.
A former officer is sharing new details in the case of a missing Aroostook woman. Hunter Bellanceau is speaking out about inconsistencies that prompted her to ask the state police to step in.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- National Park Service restores some jobs, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers
- Solar companies would pay fee for using farmland under proposal
- I-95 in Bangor will be reduced to a single lane Monday
- WKIT is moving back to downtown Bangor from longtime Broadway studios
- Man dies at Maine prison
- Former Aroostook cop pleads guilty to falsifying evidence
- Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians acquires 1,327 acres
- A hit novel set in Aroostook County is now a play
- Bar Harbor firefighters battle 3-alarm fire
- Belfast man charged with killing wife will get mental evaluation
- An 8th-grader is one of the best players from the high school basketball tournament
- Maine school increases security due to national attention on transgender athlete
- Man critically injured in rollover crash on Maine Turnpike
- Another high school championship for Ace Flagg
- Former UMaine soccer star Abby Kraemer to have her jersey retired
- A basket in the final seconds gave UMaine women a comeback win Saturday
- UConn men’s hockey beats UMaine on overtime power play goal
MAINE IN PICTURES
For more great tournament moments, be sure to check out the best photos from the tournament so far.
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Congress, not the president, writes and amends the laws of the United States. Congress, not the president, allocates funding to federal agencies and programs.”
Editorial: Janet Mills shows how to stand up to Donald Trump
LIFE IN MAINE
The jig was up for the warden in this illegal fishing investigation. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing through the small window of the ice shack,” columnist Chris Sargent writes. “It was a bit puzzling at first, but after readjusting the focus on my binoculars, there it was again, then again.”
Watch this Canada lynx dance in the snow. It can be annoying to have snow sticking to your shoes or boots. But imagine how a Canada lynx must feel.
What a colder winter means for Maine ticks. Here’s why a single cold winter season might not be enough to slow ticks down, according to one of the state’s experts.
