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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Tony of Millinocket speaking Monday about tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. Later in the day, the administration paused tariffs on Canada for 30 days.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
The Trump administration paused tariffs on Canadian imports after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to be more cooperative on the border. Irving Oil sent a notice to customers saying they would see higher bills. Mainers had mixed thoughts about all of it.
PFAS-free outerwear has arrived in Maine, but be prepared to pay. The U.S. gives tax breaks to companies making clothes with PFAS. Rep. Chellie Pingree and Sen. Angus King want to change that.
A moldy courthouse is forcing Newport residents to drive to Bangor. For now, filing divorces, protection from abuse orders, child protection orders and showing up for misdemeanor criminal cases means making the 28-mile trek.
Residents questioned Rockland’s cooperation with immigration officials. The city’s police chief addressed what happened to two Chinese women picked up in a sex trafficking raid in December.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Susan Collins will support Tulsi Gabbard as Donald Trump’s intelligence chief
- How much snow fell in Maine on Monday
- Husson is launching 2 new degrees this fall
- Portion of Mount Hope will be down to 1 lane Tuesday
- Police kill man during Aroostook standoff
- Suicide barriers likely coming soon to Penobscot Narrows Bridge
- Massachusetts teen injured in Maine snowmobile pileup
- Fire destroys Maine Turnpike Authority garage
- Maine native Amy Allen wins Grammy Award for work with Sabrina Carpenter
- Maine’s only sports betting bar loses license
- Woman dies after Portland crash
- 3rd earthquake shakes the ground off the Maine coast
- Mainer crashes tractor-trailer on New Hampshire highway
- Red Sox player helps honor Mainer who introduced baseball to Japan
- Watch UMaine goalie Albin Boija make one of college hockey’s best saves
- Analysis: Gritty performances earned UMaine hockey 2 wins over the weekend
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Maybe you’ll come visit us instead. Your dollar goes a long way here. Bring whoopie pies and new friends will appear.”
Opinion: My response to Trump’s trade war? No more trips to Maine.
LIFE IN MAINE
A father and his sons got into big lakers in Hancock County. The fishing the Thompsons do for a living doesn’t deter them from hitting the hard water during their time off.
Want to know the best deer rifle? “Much has been written about this hot topic by me and many others, whose credentials in the realm of firearms far surpass my own,” BDN Outdoors contributor V. Paul Reynolds writes.
Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson are coming to the Bangor waterfront. The legends will be joined by chart-topping songwriter Sheryl Crow, alt-country band Waxahatchee and singer-songwriter Madeline Edwards.
