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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We’ve had them where they rip the registration stickers off. They grind off the hull identification number. We can’t find any owner. We can’t find any information … They abandon these watercraft and they say, ‘Oh, you know, instead of me paying to get rid of it, which is going to cost me $3,000 to $4,000 to $5,000, I may just abandon the thing and let the state deal with it.’” 

— Daryen Granata, Scarborough’s harbor master and the vice president of the Maine Harbor Masters Association, on the growing number of abandoned vessels on Maine’s coast.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

President Donald Trump is playing a role in Maine’s softening housing market. Some Maine homeowners are factoring the uncertainty created by his policies — particularly tariffs — into their housing decisions. 

A Bangor organization is helping people find housing by giving them jobs. The program caters to people who may be homeless or actively using substances, but still want to work.

Details emerge about Orrington’s ownership of troubled trash plant. The plant’s ownership structure changed about a year ago because it needed more money and time to get back online than originally thought.

As Ellsworth embraces development, nearby towns push back. Bar Harbor has temporarily halted new transient lodging developments, Lamoine has banned resorts and glampgrounds, and Blue Hill has rejected a subdivision.

More abandoned boats are causing hazards off Maine’s coast. The growing number of abandoned and derelict vessels found on Maine’s coast is straining the government agencies that must deal with them.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

Johanna Burgason, Katelyn Cross and Colton McAttee celebrate a successful trip over Six Mile Falls in Bangor on Saturday, during the Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN

Be sure to check out more scenes from the 2025 Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race.

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

In this March 24, 2019, photo passers-by are partially obscured in the glass exterior of a building, in Boston’s Seaport district. Credit: Steven Senne / AP

“We are proud to support LD 1069, a bill that would make personal finance education a requirement in schools across the state.”

Opinion: Why financial education matters

LIFE IN MAINE

This Midcoast Maine preserve is ideal for spotting spring wildlife. The quiet 456-acre Long Cove Headwaters Preserve in Searsport has a figure-eight trail system. 

Learn how to call turkeys like a pro this hunting season. Inexperienced hunters fall victim to buying up turkey-related calls and doo-dads. But that’s not necessary.

Many birds return to Maine in April. Here’s what to look and listen for. “Spring is here, and it sounds terrific,” Good Birding columnist Bob Duchesne writes.

A mystery animal swoops past a deer in this Maine trail cam photo. Bat? Flying squirrel? You be the judge.

This is what beaver tails cooked over an open fire taste like. BDN outdoors contributor Christi Holmes had heard fabled stories of eating beaver tail, but had not tried it herself.