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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— John Drouin, a lobsterman in Cutler who put out his first wooden traps as a 13-year-old, speaking about an ongoing child labor law investigation into a state legislator who put a 14-year-old family friend to work on his lobster boat for four days in 2024.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A child labor complaint is roiling Maine’s lobstering community. The case against Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham has created uncertainty in families who have been taking out their kids on lobster boats for generations.
Donald Trump is seeking a U.S. voter list after the Justice Department told a Maine judge there wouldn’t be one. The order from the Republican president comes as Maine and 28 other states fight the federal push for voter data and ahead of the midterm elections.
Here are five houses that were recently sold in Hermon. Homes selling for above asking were typical years ago due to high demand and low inventory, but properties are now sitting on the market longer.
What’s your craziest idea for the Bangor Mall? Little is known about the new buyer’s plan for the property, so we want to know what you would do with the deteriorating institution if you bought it.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Susan Collins says she may retire after 6th term
- Judge gives Trump administration access to school sports rosters amid trans athletes lawsuit
- Bangor councilor caught on hot mic complaining about school budget and ‘illegals’
- Bangor’s Airport Mall sold for $13 million
- Maine jury rules for reality TV star in camp dispute
- NH man killed when tractor-trailer hit his vehicle on I-95 in Newport
- Presque Isle council tables ordinance regulating vacant buildings
- Down East Maine’s last shingle mill keeps on sawing
- New housing complex for Acadia’s seasonal employees won’t open this summer
- Midcoast man accused of dumping liquid skunk essence during apartment burglary
- 2 midcoast towns take different paths with aquaculture votes
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“ICE operations under President Donald Trump have become a spectacle rather than an effective way to enforce our country’s immigration laws.”
Editorial: ICE pledged to go after the ‘worst of the worst.’ That’s not what happened in Maine.
LIFE IN MAINE
Northern Maine is getting its first Comicon in two years, later this month in Presque Isle.
A Maine hunting and fishing guide gets this question all the time. The answer isn’t simple.
Here’s why your first spring fishing trip often goes wrong.