Friday, Dec. 20, 2024

Quote of the Day

“I don't care if the whole building falls in, but we care about the surrounding roads.”

— Lori Ziencik, a Frazer Township, Pennsylvania, supervisor, on the $4.5 million in repairs needed to a private loop road at the Namdar Realty Group-owned Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills. The company, which also owns the Bangor Mall, has a history of buying cheap commercial properties and ignoring pleas from tenants and communities to keep them up.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Here’s what a federal government shutdown would mean for Maine. After the House rejected a plan backed by Donald Trump on Thursday night, Congress now has until the end of the day today to pass a plan to temporarily fund the federal government through March.

The owner of the Bangor Mall has a troubled legal history. Two city lawsuits against Namdar Realty Group are only the most recent against a company accused by numerous communities of letting its properties crumble into disrepair.

A group of Bangor residents will get $1 million from the state to buy their mobile home park. The contribution is only a fraction of what Cedar Falls residents need to top a Canadian corporate bidder.

David Mallett’s children remember their late Maine songwriter father as fiercely devoted to the things he loved: his music, his family and his home state of Maine.

News from Around the State

• More than 100 staff in Maine’s child welfare office call on Janet Mills to replace director

• Senate unanimously passes bill to improve access to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

• 5 new community solar farms went online in November

• Maine home sales increased nearly 7 percent in November

• A Bangor man is missing

• UMaine system to build dental assistant training lab in Aroostook County

• Bar Harbor nets more than $4M in parking fees

• Maine engineers speak out against limits on riprap

• Former Maine sheriff’s deputy indicted for theft and burglary

• Fight at Maine sushi restaurant escalates to shooting

• Amtrak Downeaster surpasses 10M riders

• Mainers can soon fly nonstop to Texas

• Penobscot Pioneers girls hockey looking to make state title run

• Shaw’s 3-pointer, Hampden’s defense keys Bronco girls win over Camden Hills

Maine in Pictures

A pine grosbeak is one of the birds you might see at your winter backyard feeder. This year, however, they seem more content in Canada thus far. Credit: Courtesy of Bob Duchesne

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

You can grow summer plants outdoors this winter. Start with materials from your kitchen, and the seedlings you produce will be cold-hardy and ready to grow outside.

Here’s how Canada could affect the birds you see at your feeder this winter. “Maine’s backyards are directly connected to eastern Canada’s vast forest. Winter conditions up there affect what we see here,” Bob Duchesne writes.

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