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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I’ll never forget watching the livestream of him alone in the drizzling rain outside of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome at the height of COVID praying before the crucifix and interceding for a world that was filled with fear and uncertainty.”

— Bishop James T. Ruggieri of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland remembering ​​Pope Francis I, who died Monday. 

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Bangor’s first Aroma Joe’s opens early Wednesday morning. The grand opening will come after four months of renovations to the building, which had been a Tim Horton’s. 

The Bangor Mall owner outlined a plan to make long-awaited repairs. That comes weeks after a judge ruled Namdar Realty Group was violating city codes.

The last newspaper printing press in eastern Maine is closing down. The Ellsworth American has been printed at the paper’s headquarters for 174 years.

Maine is considering shifting the disposal costs of e-cigarettes to their makers. The used devices contain flammable batteries, unrecyclable plastic and microprocessors with toxic metals, and most stores that sell them won’t take them back. 

President Donald Trump has touted manufacturing while undercutting state efforts to help factories. A labor historian called the idea of a manufacturing rebirth a “mirage being conjured to attract the support of workers who have been underpaid in an increasingly unequal economy for the last 40 years, and are desperate for some hope of renewed upward mobility.”

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

Elissia Puiia, 10, of Oakland searches for a rare golden egg at the annual Young’s Greenhouse Spring Celebration & Easter Egg Hunt in South Paris on Saturday. Credit: Andree Kehn / Sun Journal via AP

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walks to the House Chamber before President Donald Trump addresses to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on March 4, 2025. Credit: Jose Luis Magana / AP

“Like all of us, we are a work in progress. That does not make us sick. It makes us human.”

Opinion: RFK Jr.’s comments were insulting to people with autism, like me

LIFE IN MAINE

Basketball phenom Cooper Flagg declared for the NBA draft. Wherever he ends up, the Newport native and top prospect is sure to bring a legion of Maine fans with him.

Would you survive if things went wrong outdoors? “None of us really know just how we will deal with these high-pucker situations until they happen,” V. Paul Reynolds writes. Want to see how you’d do? Take this quiz.

Proposed legislation would require a permit to bait coyotes. The bill targets certain wildlife management districts and establishes penalties for violations.