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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Gregory LaFrancois, who became president of St. Joseph Healthcare on April 1 after leaving his role at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center last October.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree held the first in-person town-hall meeting for any member of Maine’s congressional delegation in years Sunday. Her meeting with a friendly crowd revealed frustration with the president but gave reminders that Democrats have little power to check him.
St. Joseph won’t cut services despite “choppy waters” for health care, its new president says. In his new role, Gregory LaFrancois said one of his primary goals is to guide St. Joseph through this challenging time for health care and help the hospital prepare for hardship.
Orrington refuses to say how much money it’s spending on troubled trash plant. Officials have failed to provide either a copy of its contract with or proof of payments from the Eagle Point Energy Center.
Once reluctant, Maine leaders have changed how they talk about sexual assault in the National Guard. Years after female soldiers shared their accounts of sexual abuse and harassment, state leaders are more open about the issue than ever before.
Maine lawmakers pitch a new way around forever chemicals. A bill going before the Maine Legislature’s energy committee Monday seeks $10 million to extend Fairfield’s public water to residents with contaminated wells.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Trump administration starts process to end all federal K-12 funding to Maine
- ‘At an impasse’: Maine refuses to give in to Trump’s demands on transgender athlete rules
- Federal judge orders USDA to unfreeze funding to Maine
- Part of the Gulf of Maine will be closed to scalloping for almost a year
- 4 old, renovated farmhouses on the Maine market now
- Farmers on Maine’s coast are trying keep their land from becoming vacation homes
- Former Lincoln funeral director pleads guilty to stealing from 49 people
- A newspaper ad promoted a white supremacist book burning in Maine
- Maine’s 1st recovery high school coming to northern Maine
- Maine’s top court rules in favor of Down East fish farm proposal
- Maine film archive loses major grant as DOGE cuts take effect
- State suspends Hancock County probate judge from practicing law
- Mainer charged with manslaughter in fatal 2024 crash
- Anti-Trump protesters raise concerns about Wells police cooperating with ICE
- The full list of the 69th annual All-Maine Schoolboy Basketball team
- Meet the nightmare-inducing players of the BDN’s All-Maine Schoolboy Basketball Team
- Former UMaine star makes history with two hat tricks, PWHL’s first fight
- Watch Tereza Vanisova score goals and throw punches in the Professional Women’s Hockey League
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“The law we have now is already a smart, effective solution. It will bring long-needed financial support to municipalities, reduce the burden on local taxpayers, and help rebuild and strengthen Maine’s recycling infrastructure. It was designed specifically for Maine — our towns, our capacity, our challenges. And it is ready to go into effect next year.”
LIFE IN MAINE
I have the best job at the Bangor Daily News. Replace me. Almost no other paper has an outdoors beat, but that isn’t the only reason it is so special at BDN. How we cover it is unique.
Moosehead biologist explains how bag limits are decided. How are bag limits determined now? It turns out that it’s complicated and scientific. A state regional biologist breaks it down.
“I feel like a princess”: A Maine project gives away thousands of prom dresses. The Cinderella Project was started almost 20 years ago as an inclusive way to lower the costs for Maine high schoolers to attend their night to remember.
I hunt but I still post my land. Here’s why. “I want to be sure that I know who is in the woods on my property and that I trust how, where and what they are shooting at,” writes Outdoors contributor Erin Merrill.
