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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Fear is definitely palpable on the street right now and I understand that. What we need to do now is to find ways to support each other.”

— Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline on Monday. The city is expected to be a focus, along with Portland, of the largest immigration enforcement and removal operation in Maine during the second administration of President Donald Trump.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

A downtown Lewiston business owner described the city as “eerily quiet” Monday. The city is expected to be a focus of a major immigration enforcement and removal operation in Maine. The U.S. attorney warned protesters not to interfere with ICE “in the coming days.”

Bangor police are investigating a property manager who reportedly owes landlords thousands. It represents a major development in the effort by clients to recoup money from Roland “Chip” Foss, who shuttered his company last year.

A Castine group wants to open a direct primary care clinic in the building now occupied by a health center that Northern Light Health is moving to Blue Hill at the end of next month.

The University of Maine is going to receive $45 million for a new health and life sciences complex. It’s the largest federal award for a single project in Maine’s history and will better position UMaine to build a public medical school.

Here are five Maine properties you can buy for under $30,000. They might require a little elbow grease — or need to be torn down entirely — but then what did you expect?

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

Posters decrying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seen here Monday, have appeared on telephone poles through Lewiston’s Tree Streets. The city is anticipating the arrival of ICE officers this week. Credit: Sawyer Loftus / BDN

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

In this Jan. 22, 2023, file photo, a woman grabs a sign from a Planned Parenthood volunteer during a vigil in Portland’s Monument Square, marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973 guaranteeing women a federal right to abortion. The ruling was overturned in 2022. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN

“We have weathered these attacks and not once passed the intended harm on to our patients.”

Opinion: Planned Parenthood showed resilience, care in face of Trump attacks

LIFE IN MAINE

Looking for antler sheds is a great way to continue the hunt after tree stands come down.

This ode to ice fishing was inspired by the poet Stephen Dunn.