Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024

Quote of the Day

“Nothing inside of them is mini even though they’re tiny homes.”

— Louie Morrison, one of the developers behind Bangor’s first tiny home park, which is now open.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Donald Trump’s allies are already looking for Maine’s next top federal prosecutor. These positions often receive less attention than Cabinet or judicial appointments but are still important.

Bangor’s first tiny home park is now accepting applications. Each of the 320-square-foot homes has one bedroom, a full bathroom, a small patio and a parking space in front.

Trump’s immigration strategy could jeopardize the migrant labor Maine farms rely on. The returning president’s talk of mass deportation adds another variable to an already unpredictable mix.

Maine has gone from more than 50 seafood canneries to none. The pending closure of a cannery on the shore of Machias Bay may be the epitaph to Maine’s traditional seafood industry.

Susan Collins called for ‘extensive’ review of Donald Trump’s health appointees. The Republican Senator from Maine made the comments at an event hosted by Axios on the future of cognitive care.

News from Around the State

• Impending closure of Presque Isle ski center sparks local movement to save it

• 1 dead after shooting in Lincoln

• Angus King joins Bernie Sanders in failed votes to block some weapons for Israel

• Versant customers will see rate hike in 2025

• FDA finds Tom’s of Maine used contaminated water to make toothpaste

• ​​Church files 2nd challenge over UMaine’s sale of Belfast center

• MaineGeneral closes Gardiner outpatient services due to threat

• Board issues apology after embroiled Thomaston EMS chief resigns

• Another Maine crow has tested positive for West Nile virus

• Bar Harbor pauses approval of larger new lodging operations

• A 4th Market Basket is coming to Maine

• Lung cancer remains leading cause of Maine cancer deaths

• Improper disposal of burning material causes Wells apartment fire

• Extensive effort needed to extinguish car fire that quickly became wildfire

• 15-year-old girl found safe by Augusta police

Maine in Pictures

University of Maine graduate student Luke Marsanskis has become the first Black Bear to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships since 2013. Photo courtesy of UMaine Athletics.

THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND

This weekend brings the 12th annual Maine Harvest Festival at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, featuring more than 100 food, home decor, farm goods and other vendors — and, new this year, admission is free. It’s set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Also this weekend is the opening of the 13th annual Anah Shrine Feztival of Trees, a beloved local event where you can enter to win one of 60 specially decorated Christmas trees; it runs this weekend and next at the Anah Shrine Temple on Broadway in Bangor. And if you’d prefer some musical entertainment, you can take your pick from either country band Flatland Cavalry at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono on Thursday night, Celtic band The Press Gang at the Next Generation Theatre in Brewer on Friday night, or Maine indie bands The Worst and They Called Me Legion at Hey Sailor in Searsport on Saturday night.

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

The fall fishing season should be longer, BDN Outdoors contributor Bob Mallard writes: "We have opened bird season early because of COVID-19. We have done the same for open water fishing due to poor ice conditions. Now it’s time to extend the fall fishing season."

If you move to a farm with feral cats, prepare to take care of them. Those cats have no intention of moving out just because their former owners did.

A UMaine runner qualified for the NCAA cross country championships. Luke Marsanskis is the first Black Bear to qualify for the championships since Kelton Cullenberg in 2013.

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