QUOTE OF THE DAY
“If Robert Card had not had an AR-style weapon, we likely would be mourning fewer deaths today.”
— U.S. Rep. Jared Golden in an opinion column published today. The Democratic congressman from Lewiston represents Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
Scientists looked at the brain of Lewiston mass shooter Robert Card II and shared their findings.
A common parenting practice may partly explain how a 10-year-old Bangor boy was abused for months before he died without anyone noticing.
A vote in a wealthy suburb shows how difficult it will be to meet Maine’s ambitious goal of building 76,000 new homes.
A new list of products with “forever chemicals” in Maine includes a number of common household products. But regulators are considering exempting some businesses from Maine’s first-in-the-nation PFAS law.
Here are four things we learned from Maine’s Super Tuesday elections. Not on the list: Jared Golden didn’t vote, and hundreds of Portland Democrats may have picked “ceasefire” over Joe Biden.
MAINE IN PICTURES
According to the National Weather Service, this past month was a record-breaking February in Bangor’s history.
MORE NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine House defeats Republican’s 2nd attempt to impeach Shenna Bellows
- Bangor chamber wants to attract more tourists and residents with social media
- Brewer elects William Kimball to City Council
- Brewer High School head football coach steps down
- Orrington trash plant receives $650K in funding days after it’s sold again
- Next phase of UMaine’s $45M Alfond Arena renovation begins this spring
- 5 bands in 4 days on tap for Houlton eclipse concert series
- Aroostook County to join statewide network combating food insecurity
- 90-year-old Surry woman found safe
- Student housing staff at Bowdoin College look to unionize
- Thomaston cement plant now expected to stay open as distribution center
- The president of Thomas College is stepping down
- Prosecutors challenge reversal of Portland man’s conviction for killing sister’s boyfriend
- Teen accused of South Portland murder plot allegedly joked about school shootings
FROM THE SPORTS DESK
With the excitement of the Maine high school basketball tournaments now in the rearview, we turn our attention to all the big games coming up for the University of Maine Black Bears. Friday night brings two big matchups, starting with the women’s basketball team taking on UMass Lowell at The Pit at the Memorial Gym on the UMaine campus for the America East quarterfinals. Over at the Alfond Arena, the UMaine men’s ice hockey team takes on UMass, a matchup the Black Bears will repeat on Saturday night. It’s an action-packed weekend for UMaine sports! However, if you’re still itching for more high school basketball action, the McDonald’s All-Star Basketball games are set for Saturday at Newman Gymnasium at Husson University in Bangor, with games all day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“As we said following Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ December decision to potentially bar Trump from the Maine ballot, the choice of whether Trump heads back to the White House should ultimately rest with voters.”
Editorial: Donald Trump doesn’t belong in the White House again, but he does belong on the ballot
LIFE IN MAINE
This is what happens to animals during an eclipse.
“The stars of this show are not the humans on stage but the fascinating puppets they operate.” Judy Harrison of the Bangor Daily News reviews Penobscot Theatre Co.’s “My Story is Gluskabe.”
Outdoors contributor Chris Sargent has parboiled a squirrel, and he would like to share it with you.