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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Jack Soley, a principal at Domus, the developer behind a planned 45-unit housing project near downtown Freeport. Solely said the project will cost more than a nearly identical one under construction 20 miles away because President Donald Trump’s tariffs added to the cost of building materials.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Rep. Chellie Pingree said congressmen accused of misconduct should resign or be expelled. Soon after, Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, one of four U.S. representatives facing expulsion, quit amid sexual misconduct allegations.
Tariffs are driving up the cost of a 45-unit housing development. The Freeport project will likely cost more than an identical one being built 20 miles away.
Amazon bought a former Hermon drive-in for $1.9 million. Construction is already underway at the 20-acre lot, and the movie screens were pulled down earlier this month.
A troubled MDI hotel is going to open next month under new ownership. The Asticou Hotel’s owner, Tim Harrington, was forced into a bankruptcy sale last month after unpaid contractors filed millions of dollars worth of liens against the property.
A railroad employee says he was fired after being injured in a fiery Maine derailment. Adam Jensen, a freight conductor who inspected the train and connected cars, is suing Central Maine & Quebec Railway US Inc.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Megadonor dumps $3 million into Maine’s Republican gubernatorial primary
- Graham Platner will rally with Elizabeth Warren in Maine this week
- Maine home sales held steady in March
- Maine had one of the lowest economic growth rates in the country last year
- Bangor City Council passes ban on data centers
- Wildfire burns nearly a dozen acres in Clifton
- Houlton man questions legality of surveillance cameras bought with ARPA funds
- Caribou has a full-time code enforcement officer for first time in a year and a half
- Fishermen worry proposed underwater Down East data center would displace them
- 8 candidates file to run for 3 seats on Bar Harbor Town Council
- Fire burns Blue Hill home
- Knox County mum on HR manager being placed on leave
- Police say Thomaston man trashed hospital emergency room
- Woman revived after she was pulled from a Maine river
- Cat missing after fire heavily damages Maine mobile home
- NY homicide suspect arrested in Maine
- He was detained by ICE. When he got out, he couldn’t find his car.
- 8 UMaine men’s hockey players enter transfer portal
- Mavs ready to pivot to future with Cooper Flagg after season mercifully ends with win over Bulls
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“The data center that relocated from Aroostook County did not make a political statement; it made a business decision based on reliability, cost predictability, and confidence in the system.”
Opinion: When energy policy costs Maine jobs
LIFE IN MAINE
A 10-pound rainbow trout was just caught in Maine.
The last herring smokehouse in U.S. may get a second act.
The survival food in “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” is real. But should you eat it?