QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We were freaking out. We were jumping around like little kids.”
— Fabian Corriveau Jr. recalling helping his friend Caleb Merrill pull up an 8-pound 27-inch brown trout opening day of ice fishing in Oxford County.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Maine broke its tick-borne disease record in 2024. Lyme disease cases rose to 3,218 from last year’s 2,943, which had broken the previous record.
Voter ID backers want to get their referendum on Maine’s 2025 ballot. Organizers said Thursday that they have more than 170,000 signatures from voters, more than the roughly 67,000 they needed.
A historic Deer Isle inn built in the 1790s has a new owner. The Pilgrim’s Inn was listed for more than $2.2 million, but the sale price has not been publicly disclosed.
Maine’s latest cosmic light show is late. Every 80 years, two stars tangle with each other causing a runaway thermonuclear reaction bright enough to see from Maine. The problem is, scientists don’t know exactly when it will happen.
UMaine men’s hockey is hosting defending NCAA champ Denver this weekend. The Black Bears bring a 12-game Alfond Arena unbeaten streak into the hotly anticipated battle.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Jared Golden received bomb threat at his home on Thanksgiving
- New Maine law requires ‘total price disclosure’ of rental housing
- Maine’s high court to decide if city park rangers must be law enforcement
- U-Haul says Maine is the top northeastern state for one-way movers in 2024
- How to throw away your Christmas tree in Bangor
- Missing Bangor man believed to be living in a tent
- Teenage boys helped evacuate Atkinson home during fire
- Cruise ships plan to bring 55K visitors to Eastport this year
- Bar Harbor fisherman gets 25 years for brutal assault and attempted murder
- Pedestrian dies after tractor-trailer hits him on Maine interstate off-ramp
- Man rescued after falling through Maine pond ice
- Bangor girls hang on to earn important victory over Oxford Hills
- UMaine women’s basketball opens conference play with win at UMass Lowell
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“In addition to a day of mourning and a month of lowered flags, we can honor Jimmy Carter’s legacy by making 2025 a year of peacemaking.”
Editorial: Make 2025 a year of peacemaking in honor of Jimmy Carter
LIFE IN MAINE
A Greenwood man landed an 8-pound brown trout. “It was the biggest fish I’ve ever seen come through the ice,” Caleb Merrill said Thursday.
These are the owls that come to Maine and their hangouts. “The first clue you’re watching a short-eared owl is when you see a hawk-sized bird floating in air, drifting slowly over a frozen marsh or field, hunting.”
Save your coffee grounds if you don’t want to slip on your icy walkway. Your woodstove ash, too.
