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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Frank Roma, a retired Hermon fire chief and one of 14 people who received certificates on Wednesday after completing a free city-sponsored bus driver training program for the regional Community Connector.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Northern Light’s plummeting credit rating should be a “major wake up call.” A struggle to find lending could lead to longer wait times and reduced services for patients, a finance professor at the University of Maine said.
Bangor’s future bus drivers can’t wait to serve their communities. The city recently offered a Community Connector bus driver training program for free in hopes of bringing back Saturday bus service.
Police on Wednesday evening closed the Maine Mall after a shooting left one person hospitalized. The suspect remained at large, but police said the shooting was an isolated incident between two people, and there is no danger to the public.
Jared Golden says America didn’t elect “weirdo billionaire” Elon Musk. He also suggested in social media posts that the president shouldn’t “sit back” while a subordinate pursues his own agenda without his permission.
Maine advocates fear Donald Trump’s rhetoric will harm transgender students. The LGBTQ+ community — especially youth — have felt the effects since the election of Trump, said Sue Campbell, executive director of OUT Maine.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Snow to bring messy Thursday evening commute to Maine
- Maine lawmakers are frustrated with the Mills administration over low student test scores
- Maine attorney general vows to protect access to gender-affirming care
- Bangor health provider averts furloughs after federal funding restored
- Man accused of creating police standoff in Brewer appears in court
- Ellsworth detective could face challenge from his former boss for county sheriff seat
- Bar Harbor council pauses all lodging construction
- Midcoast science teacher receives $25K national award
- 11 officers cleared in Maine shootout
- Maine might get its 1st Aldi supermarket
- Man who killed beloved Maine burrito maker found not criminally responsible
- UMaine hockey looking to snap power play funk against Providence
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Musk — a foreign-born, unelected and unvetted billionaire — is energetically putting himself in a position to exert enormous influence over how U.S. taxpayers’ money could be spent in a wide range of programs.”
Opinion: Congress must investigate Elon Musk’s hacking of government agencies
LIFE IN MAINE
Equipment from a shuttered Maine textile mill will live on at a new farm. Two new “mini mills” have opened in Maine in the last two years and now have wait times of up to eight months.
An Aroostook woman’s winning brook trout was about more than a fish. Shelly Daigle’s 17-inch catch solidified her place in a family that boasts multiple hunting and fishing accomplishments.
This Maine guide taught a pop star to fish. “How did I wind up in such an amazing place with a superstar?” Catherine Gordon writes. “Well, it’s like this.”
