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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It’s disappointing to me that town work, the business of the town, has been halted.”
— Laura Greeley, chair and sole remaining member of the Freedom Select Board after one member stepped down Monday and another was recalled Wednesday.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Maine lawmakers pitched a costly compromise on property taxes. The bipartisan proposal to increase the maximum property tax fairness credit may struggle to get funding from an already tight state budget.
Maine and other states sued the Trump administration to stop its tariff policy. The lawsuit said the president’s policy has been subject to his “whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority.”
A new poll found Mainers split on President Donald Trump and expect a recession. The University of New Hampshire surveyed 911 Mainers between April 17-21 and released the results Wednesday.
More than 500 cars were towed under Bangor’s new winter parking policy. For the first time this winter, drivers could park on the street during the day and overnight, except when the city issued a parking ban.
A new project in Blue Hill is offering space for tiny homes and farming. Angela Faneuf, the developer, sees the village as potentially helping other social challenges, such as child care shortages and aging and isolation.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine colleges and universities sign national letter responding to Trump attacks on higher education
- Learning to drive increasingly unaffordable for Mainers in their 20s, report finds
- Old Town HOA discriminated against woman and her service dog, human rights commission finds
- Aroostook town hires Bangor official as new manager
- Dover-Foxcroft soldier who died in Japanese prison camp is coming home
- Freedom voters oust ‘Blair Witch’ star from Select Board
- New owner opens renovated section of an old Rockland hotel
- Rockland moves to eliminate restrictions that delayed Aroma Joe’s expansion
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Imagine realizing your life is untenable but your suffering extends if you can no longer administer the medication yourself as the law requires.”
Opinion: Compassion should guide improvements to Maine’s Death with Dignity law
LIFE IN MAINE
Collegiate baseball continues after the school year ends. Summer league defending champs the Bangor Babes open their season hosting the Augusta Surgin’ Sturgeon on June 1 at Husson University in Bangor.
Sometimes the bigger boat you need is out of reach. “The price tags on even the most basic boat packages are hard for us to fathom,” Outdoors contributor Chris Sargent writes.
Don’t make this mistake with your backyard bird feeder. It could attract another curious animal.