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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Samuel Woodman of Bangor, who said he and his family found roughly two dozen Easter eggs containing flyers with white supremacist propaganda at Talbot Park on Easter Sunday.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and unions are trying to save funding for a massive Maine battery project. Plans for what would be the world’s largest multi-day battery system hinge on a Biden-era grant that could be threatened by Donald Trump’s hostility toward renewable energy.
You have to pay the town to build a house in these parts of Maine. “Impact fees,” as they are known, are common across the country as a way to pay for public infrastructure.
The Orrington trash plant owes a contractor $26,000, the company says. Court documents offer a rare look at Eagle Point Energy Center’s finances as questions swirl about the shuttered facility.
Bangor students will have their writing featured in The New York Times. Opinion pieces from students in other states have ranged from arguing that students should get paid to go to school to advocating for hotels to be built in space.
Construction is starting on suicide barriers along the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. The chain link fencing should be fully in place by early July.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- What you said about the idea of Aroostook County seceding from Maine
- Laurel Libby wants the Supreme Court to hear lawsuit challenging her censure
- Maine’s clean electricity goals face unpredictable costs and availability
- Maine’s electricity prices grew at the 3rd fastest rate in the country
- A Bangor man says he found Easter eggs containing White Supremacist propaganda in park
- Fire destroys Caribou home
- Dover-Foxcroft voters will decide the fate of town’s ailing dam
- Driver in Down East crash that killed teen gets 18 months
- Winterport at odds with race track over more expensive lease
- Police identify woman killed in Hartland
- Maine man arrested in NJ for alleged Massachusetts carjacking
- LL Bean dismisses trademark lawsuit over tote bag
- Bill Belichick’s girlfriend interrupts interview to shut down relationship questions
- UMaine baseball nearing an America East tournament berth with help from freshmen
- UMaine football’s third-leading tackler enters transfer portal
- UMaine women’s basketball adds junior college All-American
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Ever since the Trump team started its pursuit of a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, the Russian leader has continued to manipulate the Trump administration, promising steps toward a cease-fire but never curtailing its brutal attacks.”
Opinion: Trump will become another Neville Chamberlain if he abandons Ukraine
LIFE IN MAINE
The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine plans to challenge the 72-hour gun purchase law that went into effect last year. Gov. Janet Mills allowed this law to take effect without her signature last August.
Here’s how you can weigh in on a Maine bill that would ban floating camps. The bill would establish a system of fines and allow municipal or other authorities to seize a floating camp that isn’t removed.
