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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I’m starting to get good at not getting hired. I know what they’re going to say and how they’re not going to hire me.”

— Jimmy McGee of Bangor, who has been homeless for about three months since losing his  job, and who says he’s applied for about 90 different jobs but hasn’t found anyone to hire him.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Here’s what the beginning of Maine’s immigration enforcement surge looked like. Reports began early Tuesday, centered on the Portland area and later in Lewiston, the two Maine cities with the most notable immigrant populations.

8 ideas to solve Bangor’s homelessness crisis from the people living it. The Bangor Daily News spoke with more than a dozen homeless community members about how they would solve the issue. Here’s what they said.

There’s “nothing” in this isolated corner of Maine, and that’s why people like it. Moose River, north of Jackman on U.S. Route 201, may be the state’s most isolated frontier town.

We needed a better definition for rural Maine, and Hannaford helped us find it. We looked at how close towns and cities were to the grocery store in our new Rural Maine Index grading system, which mixes where you are in the state with how people generally live there. These are the top 10 most rural places in Maine, according to our index.

The Blue Hill Library is planning to remove a neighboring house it bought a few years ago in order to make room for more green space, areas for outdoor programs and additional parking.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

Senior Hailey Himes clears a hurdle set up on a roll-out runway in the halls of Presque Isle High School. Himes is a member of the school’s indoor track team, which has no track for its team to practice on. Credit: Cameron Levasseur / BDN

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Credit: Morry Gash / Pool via AP

“In one year, Trump has taken a country that had an astoundingly successful recovery from the COVID pandemic, and turned it into a country with a weakening economy damaged by a strong undercurrent of fear and resentment.”

Editorial: Fear and uncertainty have characterized Donald Trump’s chaotic first year in office

LIFE IN MAINE

The winter fishing trip that turned into one of my best days ever. “The fishing was incredible, but more than that, it was the morning with my boys — the snow falling, the stories shared and the feeling of standing beside them not as a guide or a dad, but as one of the guys,” Kevin McKay writes.

Stephen King’s home has turned into a tourist attraction, but few people know about the Mainer who designed and built its iconic gate.