QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I think the goal is to be able to see them from space.”
— Jess Francis, who with her husband, Anthony, started the Stillwater River Trail of Lights in Orono in 2020. The trail now features more than 600,000 individual lights.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Overnight snow will turn to freezing rain on Tuesday morning. The storm was expected to drop about 1-2 inches of snow over Greater Bangor and as much as a 10th of an inch of freezing rain. You can find the latest closings, cancellations and delays here.
A neighborhood of tiny homes could be part of the solution to Bangor’s housing problem. So far, 13 tenants have moved into the one-bedroom homes that charge $1,300 a month for rent.
Bangor’s homeless encampment in the wooded area behind the Hope House Health and Living Center won’t close until February. City councilors approved the extension Monday night after learning that plans to develop permanent supportive housing would take longer than anticipated.
A business owner that left downtown Ellsworth may hold onto the building, a former Masonic Lodge hall. Desert Harvest, owned by Heather Florio, moved its operations out of 192 Main St. and back to Colorado due to shipping complications.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Electricity Maine is mailing 1st round of refunds to 20K customers
- Massachusetts man ejected in I-95 rollover crash in Bangor
- Downtown Bangor residents displaced following water damage from fire
- Organizers hope this free Orono holiday light show is visible ‘from space’
- Aroostook man convicted of manslaughter gets probation dismissed
- Fire kills 16 dogs in Maine
- Credit union looks to build on former Belfast cafe property
- Death of Virginia man found in Edgecomb ruled homicide
- Maine hospital is suspending its ICU services
- Maine road closed after home slides off trailer
- Woman allegedly crashed head-on into Westbrook police cruiser
- Budget airline will offer nonstop flights from Maine to Connecticut
- Belfast swim coach has been winning for half a century
- Cooper Flagg helps Duke rally past Louisville in ACC opener
- St. Joseph’s women’s basketball team overpowers UMaine
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Denials of coverage of tests and treatments requested by medical providers before they occur can prompt patients to delay and forgo needed care.”
Editorial: Health insurance denials that spark outrage deserve more scrutiny
LIFE IN MAINE
If you’re looking for budget- and eco-friendly options this winter, you can forage for holiday decorations. Making wreaths or other decorative projects with evergreens and berries harnesses the materials you can easily gather on your own.
These books would be great gifts for any outdoors enthusiast, Outdoors columnist V. Paul Reynolds writes in this week’s column. Books make a personal gift and, best of all, are within a price range that is reasonable.
Some people may say that they’re pests, but opossums are much less of a nuisance than weasels or skunks. The critters don’t have a track record of being aggressive to cats and dogs, and are very unlikely to carry rabies, so they won’t do much harm if you let one hang around your property.
If you’ve never heard a Maine lynx yowling, this video will give you the heebie-jeebies. The two cats caught on camera are having words with each other, and are completely oblivious to the humans mesmerized by the sound.