QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Scott Adams, president of the Portland chapter of the American Postal Workers Union, at a public meeting about plans to move some USPS services from Hampden to Scarborough.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
Anti-immigrant and racist backlash directed at a Brunswick housing development for asylum seekers is forcing town officials to walk a fine line.
Maine lawmakers are debating whether to destroy all guns seized by police after a sheriff was found to have been illegally trading guns from evidence.
Maine’s upcoming presidential primary will be the first in which independents can vote. But few are seizing the opportunity.
A federal judge upheld Bar Harbor’s limit of 1,000 cruise ship passengers per day.
MAINE IN PICTURES
Penobscot Theatre Co. rehearses its newest production, “My Story is Gluskabe,” which opens this weekend and runs through March 17. Puppets in the production range from the tiny chickadee with whom Gluskabe communicates, to the monster moose he hunts, whose body later becomes part of the land. Photo by Linda Coan O’Kresik; read the story here.
MORE NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Nikki Haley to visit Portland on Sunday ahead of Maine presidential primaries
- Maine Veterans’ Homes asks Legislature for steady funding to avoid closures
- Tennessee company opens infusion therapy clinic in Bangor
- This will be Bangor’s least snowy February on record
- 2 found dead in Milford died by suicide
- Man killed in weekend Carmel crash has been identified
- New day care center opens in Houlton as others have closed
- Maine DEP evaluates site where logging vehicle went through ice
- Limestone residents agree to pursue tax incentives for Loring developers
- Mexican citizen caught illegally crossing Maine border sentenced to 27 months
- Belfast’s harbor walk is still partly closed after January storms
- Juvenile allegedly threatened Rockland cop with knife
THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND
There are lots of cool events this weekend in the Bangor area, including a local indie rock show featuring Darksoft, Snake Lips and Burn Kit on Friday night at the Bangor Arts Exchange, Les Ballets Trockadero at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono on Saturday night, and Celtic band Fodhla at the Next Generation Theater in Brewer, also on Saturday. On Saturday afternoon, Skijor comes to Bass Park for its third wintertime event in Maine. What’s Skijor? It’s like a cross between cross country skiing and dog sledding — just with horses instead of dogs. The fun starts at 10:30 a.m. and admission is $10/free for kids 5 and under.
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Maine’s changing winter is another example of the impacts of climate change and a reminder that we have to take action now to preserve the outdoor activities that draw Mainers outdoors and draw visitors to Maine.”
Editorial: Canceled winter events is another climate change warning
LIFE IN MAINE
Finding an ice fishing derby this weekend won’t be as easy as in past years. At least four have been canceled already, and one was changed to an open water fishing derby.
An Aroostook snowmobile festival has been moved to a mall parking lot.
And a rare white crow with a black head was spotted in Bangor.