Friday, March 15, 2024

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"My biggest hope is they have it cleaned up before the eclipse.”

— Amy Collinsworth, a director at Eastern Maine Development Corp., on the pile of rubble in the middle of downtown Millinocket, the remains of a historic bank building that burned to the ground on Sunday.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Maine influencers are earning money from Tik Tok, and the attempt by Congress to ban the platform is weighing on them.

Cumberland turned away their 107-unit housing project. Now the developers are taking their plans to a neighboring Portland suburb.

Selling trucks without emission controls might backfire. An Auburn auto shop is facing a $4,000 fine in the first case under a new Maine law.

Big, familiar tax disputes are afoot in Augusta. But a pile of extra money is complicating things.

Maine in Pictures

More News from Around the State

• Effects of climate change progressing faster than expected in Maine, state planners find

• $30M from bond could help storm-damaged Maine trails

• Man hospitalized after Bangor firefighters pull him from burning mobile home

• Hermon golf course opens early thanks to mild winter

• Stowaway groundhog gets car ride across Portland Harbor

• California man arrested in Caribou on drug trafficking charges

• Man pleads guilty to role in California to Down East meth pipeline

• People visiting family and friends in Aroostook boost tourism numbers

• 1 injured, 1 dead in early-morning Windsor crash

• Cumberland DA getting threats after relaxing traffic stop policy

• Maine legislators closing in on a deal to keep AM radios in cars

• Multiple Mainers rescued after dogs fall through thin ice

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

🏆 UMaine women’s basketball team is headed to the championship, buoyed by a player who has spent little time on the court.

🐣 Here is farm animal sex education for homesteading beginners. A basic understanding is crucial for the health of the animals and the sanity of the homesteader.

🐦 The blue jays never left. Bangor Daily News birding columnist Bob Duchese explains why.

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