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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Rj Nichols, a resident of Bangor’s Capehart neighborhood, which has been home to just one city councilor in the last 25 years.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Residents of Bangor’s poorest neighborhoods have gone years without representation. There’s no system in place to ensure Bangor’s councilors live in a variety of neighborhoods. As a result, the elected candidates often hail from the city’s richer areas.
Three co-workers are running against each other in one of Maine’s most contested sheriff’s races. The Bangor Daily News sat down last week with the three men who want to be the next Piscataquis County sheriff.
The Iran war is causing road paving problems in Maine. As the warm season approaches, state and local governments are weighing when or whether to re-pave their roads.
A state watchdog criticized Maine’s management of billions in Medicaid funding. The findings come amid a torrent of calls for increased scrutiny of how the state spends its MaineCare dollars and allegations of fraud.
The Belfast Soup Kitchen is planning to open a community health clinic. The move mirrors national trends of anti-hunger organizations expanding their work to other needs of the people they serve.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- New poll gives Graham Platner wide lead over Janet Mills in Democratic primary
- How a judge took apart arguments in Donald Trump’s lawsuit over Maine voter data
- Feds to investigate Maine over transgender inmates in women’s prison
- State senate rejects bill to establish direct state oversight of probate judges
- Deputies seize more than a pound of drugs during Hermon bust
- Glenburn man allegedly tried to skip out on prison sentence
- ‘The Nite Show’ to be revived for 1-night tribute to George Hale
- Bangor Symphony Orchestra celebrates spring with raucous concert
- 41st HIV case reported in Penobscot County outbreak
- Clifton election results in limbo after town finds 2 absentee ballots it forgot to count
- St. John Valley credit union expands to Presque Isle and Brewer
- Hundreds turn out for what could be UMFK’s largest sucrerie yet
- Business owners push to overturn paid parking in Camden
- Maine woman accused of burning down barn that sheltered goats
- Man was hit by a train in Lewiston
- Aldi has officially opened its 1st Maine store
- How J.P. Estrella became Maine’s next national basketball star
- Why Josh Nadeau made a ‘tough decision’ to leave UMaine hockey for the AHL
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“If passed by legislators in Augusta, the investment will pay off for not just for students and their families, but for the state’s coffers in the form of more tax revenue, for local businesses in the form of more skilled labor available, and for communities who will have more vibrant, engaged, and employed residents.”
Opinion: Free community college is a sound investment in Maine
LIFE IN MAINE
Houlton’s eclipse film is coming to Maine PBS this month. The documentary explores how the small town pulled together to welcome nearly 30,000 eclipse chasers, scientists and tourists from around the world.
On a recent visit to the “world’s largest paddle sports expo,” Outdoors contributor Joe Moran said one thing was immediately apparent: This is the age of the fishing kayak.
Here are five things you need before buying a house in Maine.