QUOTE OF THE DAY
“This will be a change for people, but I have a feeling it’ll be a welcome change.”
– Aaron Huotari, Bangor’s public works director, on the city’s new winter parking policy
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Will Maine police help carry out Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans? Gov. Janet Mills’ office said she is waiting to assess things before pledging to fight or cooperate with potential federal action.
Bangor will make it easier to park on the street this winter. Plow crews haven’t needed to keep cars off the road every day in recent years as snow totals have dropped.
The winning bidder of the Hutchinson Center may keep some of it open to the community. Waldo Community Action Partners offered $3.06 million to purchase the building from the University of Maine System.
A lawsuit claims that water in Irving gasoline destroyed a Bangor company’s truck. The suit filed by The Heating Lodge seeks to recover the cost of the pickup.
Downtown Bangor may be getting another mural. The proposed public art piece will highlight the importance of freshwater mussels and migratory fish found in the Penobscot River.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Bangor hospitals receive highest patient safety rating
- Owner of Fort Kent Outdoor Center is giving facility to local board
- Analysis: Third period problems cost UMaine hockey against Boston teams
- Fire destroys a beloved former pizza and movie shop in the midcoast
- Report finds that America is catching and eating less fish
- Cooper Flagg named ACC men’s basketball rookie of the week
- Boil water notice issued for more than a dozen Bangor properties
- 2-hour power outage planned for Orono
- Pedestrian injured in Charleston hit-and-run
- Maine CDC study shines new light on how PFAS moves from soil to livestock feed
- Bar Harbor hotel makes cameo on SNL
- 1 dead in Waterville crash
- Maine’s dam agency does what it can to keep the aging infrastructure safe
- Hannaford’s website and app are working again
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“He is in no way qualified for the job. His legal career was brief and his law license was temporarily suspended by the Florida bar for failing to pay required fees. Beyond his utter lack of qualifications, Gaetz appears to lack the ethics and integrity to head our Department of Justice.”
Editorial: House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz should be made public
LIFE IN MAINE
The formula for growing bigger bucks in Maine is simple. And it doesn’t require antler restrictions.
Maine heating costs remain flat in November. It’s a change from the previous two Novembers, when home heating prices spiked around this time.
