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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We want people to come here, have a Maine experience … Have blueberries, have lobster. See a lighthouse, see a moose, and then come back for a vacation.”

— Laura McIntyre, who with her husband, David, is one of the organizers of the Great Bangor Marathon and Half, which will be held June 1.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Bangor closed the city’s largest homeless encampment. Now it needs to clean it up. Heavy equipment was seen cutting and clearing trees in the wooded area behind the Hope House Health and Living Center recently.

Illegal border crossings into Maine drop as deportation risk rises. While illegal border crossings appear to have slowed, undocumented immigrants already living in Maine now face higher risk of arrest.

The battle behind the Maine salmon sold at grocery stores. Maine is the only state where salmon can be farmed in ocean net pens, and it’s also the only state where wild Atlantic salmon survive.

Why homes on Maine’s largest lake are prized for privacy. The Moosehead Lake region has long been prized by Mainers and high-income outsiders as a private getaway spot.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

Bangor is beginning to clean up the roughly 7 acres between Cleveland Street and Texas Avenue that once held the city’s largest homeless encampment, known as Tent City. Heavy equipment was seen cutting and clearing trees in the wooded area, but trash and personal belongings that were left behind were still scattered throughout the area. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital on Jan. 24, 2014. Credit: David Goldman / AP

“The impact of Medicaid goes far beyond the exam room. It sustains jobs and supports the broader health system.”

Opinion: Medicaid is a lifeline for Maine communities

LIFE IN MAINE

Hello, warden? I have a raccoon in my living room rafters. “A homeowner reported their house had been burglarized, only to discover the real culprit was a giant raccoon that I spent the better part of an afternoon trying to snag from the home’s hand-hewn wood beams,” Outdoors contributor Chris Sargent recounts.

Hatchery upgrades will boost trout stocking in Maine lakes and ponds. The state is using more than $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding for the renovations, which will be finished by the end of this year.