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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Anthony Fratianne, co-president of Trump Timberland, a Florida company formed around Donald Trump Jr.’s purchase of 3,900 acres in northern Maine in 2024.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Maine’s health care “mess” is a focus of the crowded race to replace Gov. Janet Mills. Solutions to the crisis may just decide who rises to the top in the crowded race for Maine governor.
Here’s what we know about Donald Trump Jr.’s plans for his Maine hunting land. The president’s son and his company bought 3,900 acres from the family of former state Rep. Austin Theriault in 2024.
A whimsical Maine home for sale was the life’s work of one man. Among other touches, two beds in the home are suspended, which the owner created to mimic the gentle rock of ocean waves.
Something is happening at a long-dormant Bucksport riverfront industrial site. An application to the state to modify a pier is the first major sign of life there in years.
Lincoln’s new leader has big hopes for the former mill town. The town is one of many in Maine that once revolved around a mill and is now trying to reestablish itself.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine TSA workers are hanging on for now as Homeland Security shutdown drags on
- Maine awards $12M to support affordable apartments in 3 cities
- 26 rental townhouses planned for new Bangor development
- Body of missing Orono 19-year-old found
- Aroostook County hires new administrator
- Acadia building new path to protect pedestrians at Cadillac Mountain summit
- Maine man faces drug charges days after release from jail for burning body of homicide victim
- Islesboro residents underwhelmed by state’s hybrid ferry plan
- Alison McKellar won’t seek reelection to Camden Select Board
- Midcoast couple wants to give away 1,200 acres of conserved woodland to new owner
- Judge denies Maine health provider’s request for new trial after mom received $25M wrongful death verdict
- Skowhegan man charged with murder in Augusta shooting
- Former Maine cop accused of stalking his ex using BMV database
- UMaine hockey defenseman beginning pro career with Maine Mariners
- UMaine baseball seeking reliable closer as Black Bears open conference play
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Expecting the workforce responsible for this mission to operate indefinitely without pay sends the wrong message about how seriously we take aviation security.”
Opinion: America cannot secure its airports with unpaid labor
LIFE IN MAINE
An ice jam as the rivers thaw caused floodingin a northern Penobscot County town on Tuesday and Wednesday.
A potato storage building in Aroostook Countywas decimated by an early morning fire Wednesday.
Early mornings in Maine are a lot like the one described in a famous children’s story, RJ Heller writes.
