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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Senior right wing Eddie Goff, one of four high school hockey athletes who travel more than 100 miles roundtrip to practice and play for the Twin City Titans, a cooperative high school team based in Bangor and Brewer.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A plane carrying eight people crashed at Bangor International Airport on Sunday. Investigators worked throughout the night during the winter storm to piece together an initial picture of what happened.
Maine is using outdated rules to close down the Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in Unity Township. The rules don’t cover the cleanup of wetlands and ecosystems, which state tests have shown are contaminated with high levels of “forever chemicals.”
Blue Hill-area towns are being asked to reduce school choice to boost local academy numbers. George Steves Academy, which has lost more than a third of its enrollment, has gone through two rounds of layoffs to stabilize finances.
I’m the new Ellsworth and Acadia reporter for the Bangor Daily News. “My goal is to serve my readers by chasing the news, adding context to the unfamiliar and asking questions so they don’t have to,” Sabrina Martin explains.
A film documenting Bangor’s homelessness crisis debuted in Aroostook County. Rogan O’Donnell spent 19 months filming people in Bangor’s “Tent City.”
Hampden asked Penobscot County for tax break if it builds new jail in town. A proposed agreement aims to offset a new jail’s impact on the town’s taxpayers.
Major winter storm to bring up to 20 inches of snow to Maine. The storm began moving into southern Maine on Sunday afternoon, reaching northern communities after midnight.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- The coldest temperatures recorded across Maine on Saturday night
- Janet Mills demands Donald Trump withdraw ICE from Maine
- Susan Collins joins growing Republican calls for Minneapolis shooting probe
- Angus King joins Dems in opposing homeland security funding, raising shutdown risk
- Maine delegation divided over ICE funding amid immigration crackdown
- Maine ICE observer reports agent intimidation at their home
- Hundreds protest ICE in Bangor after 1st week of Maine enforcement surge
- Fire displaces up to 30 at Bangor apartment complex
- Wardens searching for missing Orono man
- One found dead after cooking-related house fire in Dexter
- Subzero temperatures didn’t stop Maine’s largest ice fishing derby
- 6 Portland protesters arrested outside downtown hotels
- UMaine hockey rallies for wild overtime win over UMass Lowell
- Late 3-pointer enables Binghamton to survive UMaine women’s basketball rally
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“After seven years of one-party rule in Augusta, the results are impossible to ignore. Maine is unaffordable for many of the people who live and work here.”
Opinion: We can choose a more affordable direction for Maine
LIFE IN MAINE
These high school hockey players travel 100 miles just to practice.
Outdoor contributor Dylan Savageau discovered a hidden ice fishing spot few anglers know about.
Why are these granite posts are outside some Maine homes?
What to know about these 3 closed eastern Maine colleges that left long legacies in the region.
