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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— The entirety of a letter from the city of Bangor to Superior Court Justice Bruce Mallonee on Friday, urging him to issue a decision in the city’s ongoing lawsuits against the owner of the Bangor Mall for a variety of code violations.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Bangor pleaded with a judge to rule on lawsuits against the mall, citing ongoing violations. The city made its pitch in a two-sentence letter to the Superior Court justice Friday.
Maine’s attorney general argued that the state police department is “not a person” and therefore can’t be sued in a police brutality case.
A midcoast mansion that once housed a vintage music box collection is for sale. The home was listed last summer for nearly $1.7 million, but the asking price has since been reduced twice.
Bucksport is getting a new smart traffic light on Route 1. The signal will have advanced sensors to respond to traffic conditions, which have grown worse in the summer months.
All Roads Music Festival is expanding to Portland this spring. The long-running festival will still come to Belfast in the fall with a local focus, while the Portland event brings national touring acts to larger stages.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine lawyer charged with assaulting activist outside raucous school board meeting
- Longtime Penobscot County lawmaker Kathy Javner dies at 52
- Maine teacher prep programs call foul after getting F’s for how they teach reading
- What does Trump’s review of wildlife refuges mean for Maine?
- Major retailers are violating Maine’s PFAS law, watchdog says
- Bangor will raise bus fares to $2, add mobile payment
- There’s a new rule for property owners in Maine’s unorganized territories
- Presque Isle Bath & Body Works will permanently close this week
- Washington County audits reveal years of unbalanced books, chronic overspending
- Down East town set to launch clam seeding program this spring
- Weekend earthquake hit near Ellsworth
- Democrat wants to challenge midcoast Maine’s incumbent district attorney from the left
- Oklahoma fugitive wanted on child exploitation charges arrested in Maine
- Midcoast-based film a ‘love letter’ to Maine printmaking
- Woman pleads guilty to maintaining illegal Maine marijuana grow house
- 6 airplanes seized by IRS at private Maine airport
- This Maine town’s police made 113 OUI arrests last year
- Some of Maine’s best high school basketball rivalries are on tap this week
- UMaine hockey’s NCAA tournament hopes took massive hit in weekend sweep
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“In January, the premium for our middling, bare-bones health plan skyrocketed to $1,975 a month.”
Opinion: Health insurance cost increases are unsustainable for Maine families
LIFE IN MAINE
Every deer camp has a “brush gun” story, and with good reason.
Here’s how to make gravlax with your lake trout filets, as a change from grilling or baking.
There are few things that frustrate Maine deer hunters more than the eastern coyote, but the furbearer is here to stay.