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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It’s going to require an eternity of long-term monitoring.”
— Iver McLeod, state project manager for the remediation of the Callahan Mine in Brooksville. The Superfund site is set to be capped with 1,500 truckloads of fill as the final step in a 15-year, multimillion-dollar effort to sequester environmental contamination from a short-lived open-pit copper and zinc mine that operated in the 1960s and ’70s.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Wednesday morning’s storm is expected to create icy road conditions. The storm is packing less of a punch than initially forecast but still stands to leave roads messy, particularly Down East.
Garrett Mason will run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2026. The lobbyist and former Maine Senate majority leader adds a well-connected candidate with roots in the party’s evangelical wing to a fractured primary.
A bill would let Maine counties and municipalities declare bankruptcy. As the Legislature takes up the measure, the clock is ticking on a financial crisis in Washington County.
Maine’s public safety chief ducked questions from lawmakers about an excessive force lawsuit. Tuesday’s questioning centered on the internal state police review of a chaotic 2024 arrest during which a trooper repeatedly punched a handcuffed man in the face.
These are the most expensive homes sold in each county last year. Maine’s most extravagant properties have attracted famous names such as John Travolta and Martha Stewart for decades.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Susan Collins undecided on proposed war powers resolution
- Covenant Health data breach was much larger than originally reported
- Ohio man arrested after allegedly walking into Canada from Maine and back
- Crime in Bangor climbs, defying statewide trend
- Northern Light EMMC makes Forbes’ top hospitals list
- 34th HIV case detected in Penobscot County outbreak
- Maine school board fires teacher over comments about Charlie Kirk
- An Aroostook school moves closer toward reconstruction after devastating fire
- More people are out of work in Aroostook County since last year
- Icy roads blamed for 3 tractor-trailer crashes on Maine’s Route 11
- 1,500 truckloads of fill will be the last step in capping a coastal Maine Superfund site
- Midcoast painting contractor facing legal claims files for bankruptcy
- Belmont man gets 10 years for possessing sexual images of children
- Maine judge rejects Louisiana man’s request to return home before retrial in toddler’s death
- A Maine man allegedly used pepper spray on a woman and 3 kids
- Dog tracks down missing Maine man
- Windham school lifts ‘secure status’ after false alarm
- A Maine health care provider is closing
- Bar Harbor basketball star is becoming one of Maine’s best players
- Hermon grounds high-flying Cony offense to remain in 1st place
- ‘I had to take it on the chin’: UMaine hockey leader bounces back impressively after benching
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Trump has said that Venezuela is just the start. He said he’s preparing to take over or force a regime change in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and even Greenland, an U.S. ally and NATO member.”
Editorial: Congress must rein in Trump before he spreads more global chaos
LIFE IN MAINE
Smelt shacks are returning to the Kennebec after a limited season last winter.
Two former UMaine hockey players could face off at the Olympics in Italy beginning next month.
The North Atlantic right whale may still go extinct, despite increased births, scientists warned.