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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Bishop James T. Ruggieri of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland remembering Pope Francis I, who died Monday.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Bangor’s first Aroma Joe’s opens early Wednesday morning. The grand opening will come after four months of renovations to the building, which had been a Tim Horton’s.
The Bangor Mall owner outlined a plan to make long-awaited repairs. That comes weeks after a judge ruled Namdar Realty Group was violating city codes.
The last newspaper printing press in eastern Maine is closing down. The Ellsworth American has been printed at the paper’s headquarters for 174 years.
Maine is considering shifting the disposal costs of e-cigarettes to their makers. The used devices contain flammable batteries, unrecyclable plastic and microprocessors with toxic metals, and most stores that sell them won’t take them back.
President Donald Trump has touted manufacturing while undercutting state efforts to help factories. A labor historian called the idea of a manufacturing rebirth a “mirage being conjured to attract the support of workers who have been underpaid in an increasingly unequal economy for the last 40 years, and are desperate for some hope of renewed upward mobility.”
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Angus King says everyone should fear Trump’s efforts to consolidate power
- Future of Maine’s electric vehicle charging network in limbo as federal changes loom
- Many Maine fishermen applaud Donald Trump’s order calling for deregulation
- Maine farmers and seasonal businesses worry about immigration crackdown
- Facing new spruce budworm outbreak, Maine foresters look to history as a guide
- Mainers remember Pope Francis for compassion and humility
- Ellsworth couldn’t get its water tested for lead in 3 recent years
- Fire displaces 8 from Ellsworth apartment building
- A conservation group will buy site of failed Belfast fish farm
- Maine adds new fees for building solar projects on farmland
- Thomaston cement plant changes hands
- 2 teen brothers rushed to Bangor hospital after dirt bike collision
- New CEO named for nonprofit that owns more than 20 Maine newspapers
- Skier dies on New Hampshire mountain
- Pitching and parity will define the northern Maine high school baseball season
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Like all of us, we are a work in progress. That does not make us sick. It makes us human.”
Opinion: RFK Jr.’s comments were insulting to people with autism, like me
LIFE IN MAINE
Basketball phenom Cooper Flagg declared for the NBA draft. Wherever he ends up, the Newport native and top prospect is sure to bring a legion of Maine fans with him.
Would you survive if things went wrong outdoors? “None of us really know just how we will deal with these high-pucker situations until they happen,” V. Paul Reynolds writes. Want to see how you’d do? Take this quiz.
Proposed legislation would require a permit to bait coyotes. The bill targets certain wildlife management districts and establishes penalties for violations.
