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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Jeremy Swayman, goaltender for the gold-medal-winning U.S. men’s hockey team and a former University of Maine player, responding to criticism of his team laughing in response to a disparaging comment President Donald Trump made about the women’s hockey team.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins grilled Trump’s nominee for surgeon general over her past use of psychedelics. Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, author and entrepreneur, remains on track to win the position as the nation’s top doctor.
The partial government shutdown has led to canceled licensing exams for Maine mariners. The setbacks come amid a nationwide mariner shortage that has raised alarms in recent years for the future of international trade and national defense.
We fact-checked four claims from the raucous Troy Jackson-Bobby Charles debate. Wednesday’s face-off served as a sideshow to their respective gubernatorial primaries and was punctuated by insults and interruptions by the crowd.
Here are three homes that sold on Mount Desert Island this month. With an average sale price of nearly $3.9 million, the homes soar above the median home price for the area.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Donald Trump mentions Maine in State of the Union address promising ‘war on fraud’
- No bloody fingerprints of accused killer found at Bangor homicide scene, expert testifies
- Residents question planned Presque Isle school closure
- Eliot Cutler, facing 3 more years behind bars, denies violating probation again
- Suspect worked at the assisted living facility where Maine lawyer and philanthropist was killed
- Alabama woman arrested after Maine Turnpike chase
- Gardiner’s Brady Bunch and Fort Kent triple threat lay claim to boys All-Tourney teams
- In defiant turnaround, UMPI men’s basketball has a shot at its 1st NCAA Tournament
- UMaine women’s basketball eyeing top 2 finish in America East
- Josh Nadeau’s 8-point weekend gives UMaine hockey big lift at important time
- Wurm, Lahtinen lead UMaine women’s ice hockey to playoff win over Merrimack
- Jeremy Swayman says ‘we should have reacted differently’ to Donald Trump dig at US women’s hockey team
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Foreign countries now have a much larger influence on the decisions America needs to make about our country and our economy.”
Jared Golden: Our trade imbalance is a risk to our future
LIFE IN MAINE
Tapping into The County’s snowmobile and ATV trail system is part of a plan to boost tourism in Houlton.
From a niche corner of the alcohol market, Maine bitters producers see a chance for growth.