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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Stacey Roberts, a nurse at a primary care clinic in Stonington. A new program called Healthy Harvesters wants to help area fishermen get health care — if they will come.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A Bangor Democrat proposed a ban on Maine police contracting with ICE agents. The measure comes as the Trump administration faces accusations of unlawfully detaining an asylum-seeker in Maine.
Shenna Bellows will run for governor in 2026. She also plans to keep her job as secretary of state in the run-up to the election.
Millinocket is looking to curb short-term rentals. A boom in vacation rentals has made them an outsized presence in a town with little housing stock and few long-term rental options.
Island fishermen could get health care through this new program. Most fishermen don’t have health insurance until they’re old enough for Medicare. Younger harvesters often don’t qualify for subsidized programs because they make money seasonally.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine jail hired a former prison supervisor despite concerns about past misconduct
- Maine picks nonprofit to run first locked residential program for kids
- Federal worker from Maine leads class-action lawsuit over Trump’s anti-DEI ‘witch-hunt’
- Freeze on climate-smart forestry funding risks logging jobs in Maine
- Bangor schools consider $3.7M budget increase for next year
- Frustration mounts as Holden man convicted of drunken driving crash ‘released yet again’
- Massive ice jams cause ongoing flooding in Aroostook
- Acadia National Park to stop accepting cash
- The cost of Maine scallops
- Mother of Maine teen arrested by Border Patrol describes anguish over son’s detention
- Man indicted for manslaughter in fatal Maine collision
- Man charged with arson after fire burns multi-family Maine home
- Mainer allegedly told police he shot his girlfriend in struggle over a gun
- Maine high school wrestling champ dies after Virginia motorcycle crash
- Maine’s bears are waking up. And they’re hungry.
- Meet the 88-year-old UMaine hockey fan who went viral in Boston with his granddaughters
- Scoring depth, balance has been key in UMaine hockey’s playoff run
- The 3 teams joining UMaine hockey in Allentown Regional have plenty of offensive firepower
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Maine has an exceptional track record of supporting families, communities and industries from the ocean’s bounty.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine will be in the path of a partial solar eclipse this weekend. “Eclipses are just a game of light and shadow that are played by the sun, moon and Earth,” said Auriane Egal with the Planetarium in Montréal.
An Easton woman caught two brawling squirrels on camera. You just have to see these photos.
Watch what happens when an opossum and a hare find a moose carcass in the woods. You might assume at least one of the two is a diehard herbivore.
