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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I learned a lesson. Buy the ticket the day before the derby.”
— Richard Farmer of Winslow who caught a prize-worthy 40-inch, 27.34-pound pike during the Belgrade Lakes Chain ice fishing derby but didn’t win the prize.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Maine universities would lose $7.5 million under Donald Trump’s research cuts. Most of the affected research is at the University of Maine, but some of the awards are tied to the University of Southern Maine. Sen. Susan Collins called the cuts “poorly conceived.”
This new program to keep kids out of the justice system is a first for Maine. It comes out of a local grassroots effort to reduce juvenile crime by addressing its root causes.
A new Mexican restaurant at the former Ground Round in Bangor is behind schedule and over budget. In May 2024, Eriberto “Eric” Guzman expected the work to take roughly three more months to complete.
The city of Bangor asked a judge to order the Bangor Mall owner to pay $2 million in fines for code violations. Failing to fix a broken sewer pipe, a leaking roof, large potholes and a dilapidated sign, were among the infractions cited by the city.
Alexander Graham Bell once stayed in this long-neglected Maine hotel up for sale. The renowned inventor checked in to Revere House while working on a survey of deaf people in the area.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine joins 21 states to sue Trump administration over NIH funding cuts
- Maine superintendents oppose making Election Day a school holiday
- See how every Maine county spent its federal stimulus money
- Maine town turns off its surveillance system
- Ellsworth car dealer killed in pedestrian crash remembered as family man
- Fish farm developer selling Belfast property for $2M
- Board decides to close Belfast gaming hangout as founders retire
- Stockton Springs appoints another interim manager
- 1 killed in midcoast crash
- Massachusetts men face slew of drug charges after Maine chase
- Rescuers free Maine child’s leg from snowblower
- Former UMaine goalie called up by Kraken
- Analysis: UMaine hockey overcame the odds to nab win, tie at Providence
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Maine sticks up between Quebec and the Maritimes like Paul Bunyan’s sore thumb.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Here’s how to get your taxes done for free in Maine. While it can be a painful activity, it does not have to be an expensive one.
These fishermen could have won a Maine derby prize with their catch. Richard Farmer and his cousins were fishing in a shallow area near shore where they did not expect to encounter a pike.
V. Paul Reynolds recalls saving his family “trappers shack” from the elements and the state. “The leaning shack was about 12 by 14 feet. It was weathered, old boards covered with tar paper. The paper had been partially torn off, apparently by a bear as indicated by the claw marks.”
