QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Generally within a month or two, their bodies acclimate and they’re fine, but it can be a challenge for someone who has been outside for a long time to then be inside with heat.” 

— Andrew Royal, who oversees the new Landlord Liaison Program, which matches landlords with homeless people to provide housing and fill vacancies. Landlords have given the program positive reviews. Among the minor complaints: tenants keeping windows open in winter.

TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES

A Bangor group has found 36 apartments for homeless people. The Landlord Liaison Program matches landlords and their vacant apartments with people who have nowhere to live.

Milo will hold a special election after four town officials resigned. The exodus over the last week after news of a secret meeting raised questions about how the town would conduct its regular business.

A new book shows the Maine inspiration behind Stephen King’s work. Sharon Kitchens’ “Stephen King’s Maine” explores the real-life towns where King grew up and eventually set his stories.

A woman convicted in 2022 of killing her newborn daughter is appealing her sentence before Maine’s high court. That the infant died in 1985 is at the center of the appeal.

Jenness Robbins, longtime president of Robbins Lumber has died at 85. Robbins oversaw a number of innovations during his 27 years leading the Waldo County business.

MAINE IN PICTURES

Bailey Bowden, a Penobscot resident who chairs the town’s alewife and shellfish committees, stands at the far left while speaking with two people next to an alewife trap at the outlet of Wight Pond in Penobscot on May 3, 2024. Bowden said recent fish passage improvements at Wight Pond and four other ponds in the Bagaduce River watershed have significantly boosted the numbers of alewives that migrate upstream to local ponds. Credit: Bill Trotter / BDN

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND

On Saturday, the Maine Science Festival hosts its rescheduled 5 Minute Genius event at 7 p.m. at the Bangor Opera House. Also on Saturday, a cappella ensemble Straight No Chaser brings its Yacht Rock Tour to the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono at 8 p.m., and comedian Alex Giampapa and guests perform at 6 p.m. at Queen City Cinema Club in Bangor. On Sunday, the Maine Mayhem Film Festival, featuring an array of Maine-made short films, is set for 2 p.m. at the Bangor Arts Exchange. And, of course, Sunday is Mother’s Day — get those brunch or dinner plans squared away now.

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

“America’s K-12 education ecosystem must evolve to meet today’s workforce dynamics by offering more flexible and varied career pathways for teachers.”

Opinion: The teacher morale crash is here

LIFE IN MAINE

Would Instagram photos of a skilled snowmobiler get you to visit Aroostook County? That’s one idea floated during a summit on marketing the region as a seasonal destination.

Learning how to identify birds is about to get even harder. Here are tips to beef up your birding skills.

Go back in time by hiking along this old Bar Harbor railway. Aislinn Sarnacki recounts a walk along a three-mile stretch of the former railroad line turned trail.