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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Democrat Jordan Wood, who had been running for the U.S. Senate and is now running for the 2nd Congressional District seat after Rep. Jared Golden announced he would not run for the seat in 2026.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King have big decisions to make on a bill that would require the Justice Department release all of its Jeffrey Epstein case files. Neither of Maine’s senators have endorsed releasing all files, although they have supported other efforts to release files on Epstein.
Jordan Wood isn’t worried about losing supporters after entering the race for Congress. The Democrat is seeking to win a nomination for the 2nd Congressional District, after initially running in Maine’s upcoming Senate election.
Ten new units of market-rate housing are likely coming to Belfast’s downtown in the near future. The project comes amid a small flurry of new housing efforts in the midcoast city, but stands apart because it will be privately funded.
A witness testified that he felt “something was wrong” when vehicles with out-of-state plates started appearing at his Farmington building that is at the center of a federal trial over illegal marijuana growhouses. Randall Cousineau, 73, who was the primary financier and 50% partner in a Farmington facility involved in the case, testified in U.S. District Court on Thursday.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Angus King broke ranks to help end the government shutdown. The backlash has been withering.
- EMMC gets top marks again from national patient advocacy group
- French teens meet distant relatives on 1st trip to Maine
- Houlton has 60 days to remove its facial-recognition surveillance system
- Guilford-based school district weighs a possible merger with Foxcroft Academy
- Mistrial declared as jury deadlocks in Maine child death case
- Woman dies after a pickup truck hit her in Waterville
- A 38-year-old Portland woman is missing
- 3 former Maine jail guards allegedly accepted money from inmate to smuggle contraband
- Believe it or not, Maine high school basketball season is already here
- Bangor football’s path to state title runs through defending champ Portland
- This Maine high school football team would play on the moon if it had to
- The Belfast field hockey team couldn’t handle losing. So it won every game.
- UMaine soccer gets injured top scorer back just in time for NCAA tournament
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Rural areas will be hit the hardest and many will forgo health insurance, which will endanger their health and put pressure on already struggling hospitals.”
Editorial: Now that the shutdown is over, Congress must extend ACA subsidies
LIFE IN MAINE
Snowy and rainy conditions are expected across Maine this weekend.
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After years of hunting and fishing, a famed Maine outdoorsman became a skilled birder.
True North Theatre blended live performances with film, music and the galaxy to present “Cosmogenesis: The Story of Us.”