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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Michelle Hersey, president of County Environmental Engineering, on the former diesel plant in Caribou that is being demolished as the city works to redevelop a stretch of its long-dormant and hazardous riverfront. The 10,700-square-foot plant was deactivated in 2012.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Nirav Shah voted in Georgia during the 2024 election. The former head of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention insists he meets Maine’s residency requirement to qualify for the Blaine House.
Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial debate went off without any fireworks — until David Jones’ closing statement. The real estate executive took aim at Bobby Charles again, casting him as a career politician who just returned to Maine to run for office.
It’s been nearly three years since Drew Plantation in Penobscot County ceased being a town. That has come with its own challenges.
A Bangor nonprofit has secured funding to construct a tiny home village for the homeless. Now, it is a matter of meeting with city officials to determine the next steps in a community that has seen increased homelessness over the past few years.
A new methadone clinic in Ellsworth would be the first along the coast between Bangor and Calais. Everest Recovery, which owns four opioid use treatment centers in Maine and Massachusetts, is set to open a site at 190 Bangor Road.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- New Janet Mills ad blasts Graham Platner over offensive internet posts
- Attorneys argue over Trump administration’s demand for Maine student-athlete data
- Maine passes law to prioritize affordable electric rates
- ‘He was our dream’: Dad remembers missing Orono man found dead
- 2 hit by car during emergency stop on snowy I-95 in Veazie
- Caribou’s former diesel plant demolished
- Aroostook eatery expands into new location and adds pickup window
- Southern Aroostook high schools weigh consolidation
- Ellsworth freezes discretionary spending amid department overspending
- Dysart’s buys vacant riverfront industrial site in Bucksport
- Waldo County’s 911 phone lines back up after outage
- 10 new apartments proposed on former Rockland church property
- Graham Platner joins picket line outside Bath Iron Works
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Maine has experienced unprecedented development pressure since the pandemic, putting farmland at risk, limiting waterfront access and making it harder to enjoy the special places.”
Opinion: Land for Maine’s Future fund needs to be replenished
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine actor Timothy Simons has been chosen to deliver the University of Maine’s undergraduate commencement address at this spring’s graduation ceremonies.
A day after news broke that Bangor radio legend George Hale had been fired, Blueberry Broadcasting Vice President Bruce Biette said it was time to “evolve the station.”
Former Brewer pitcher Matt Pushard got the call from the St. Louis Cardinals. He will be the first Brewer native on the Major League Baseball roster since 1971.