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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Betsy Lundy, executive director of Downtown Bangor Partnership, outlining plans for a new downtown visitor center.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Judges in Maine cases admonish Immigration and Customs Enforcement for falsehoods and violating court orders. Four federal judges have ordered ICE to release detainees after discovering the agency filed documents that were false or ignored a judge’s order.
Bangor is getting a welcome center for downtown visitors. The visitor center will be part of a larger tourism push in Bangor as the downtown district has become more lively in recent years.
Nearly half of Maine renters are spending too much on housing. More than 48% of Maine renters devoted at least 30% of their income to housing in 2020-24, according to census figures.
East Millinocket may get 150 acres from the state to use for housing. The state acquired the land in 2011 after Katahdin Paper Co. declared bankruptcy.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Susan Collins applauds Supreme Court decision striking down Trump’s emergency tariffs
- Janet Mills holds campaign event with high-powered Washington lobbyists
- Janet Mills attends meeting with Donald Trump after saying she was skipping it
- A Bangor doctor operated on the wrong foot. 7 years later he did it again.
- Smoke-like dust cloud blamed for interstate crash in Bangor
- Sisters open Aroostook’s newest health drink cafe
- Red Cross to stop mobile blood drives in northern Maine
- Maine’s 1st recovery high school is coming to Aroostook this year
- State to help fund wetland restoration in Acadia National Park
- Man arrested after alleging driving snowplow near protesters in Rockland
- Waldoboro eel farm shutters, leaving harvesters and tribe high and dry
- Back-to-back Waldoboro house fires ruled unrelated and accidental
- Pedestrian killed by vehicle in Waterville gas station parking lot
- No injuries reported in Otisfield plane crash
- Maine Restaurant Week slated to start March 1
- Northern Maine’s most dominant girls team stays undefeated with regional final win
- Fort Kent wins regional title with epic buzzer-beater from Aden Jeffers
- Watch: Maine basketball team advances to state final with 3 buzzer-beaters
- Penobscot Valley girls overpower Machias to win another regional basketball title
- Freshmen have taken Maine high school basketball by storm
- Aroostook County keeps rolling as Easton boys win regional title
- Stifling defense helps Wisdom hold off Katahdin for Class S North girls title
- Aroostook County teams, and cousins, could control Maine’s North regional finals
- Senior night win gives UMaine hockey weekend sweep over Merrimack
- UMaine hockey earns weekend sweep of Merrimack with 5-2 win
- UMaine women storm back in 4th quarter to beat UNH
- UMaine men clinch playoff spot and Ace Flagg scores career high
- UMaine hockey finally gets a win at home with help from a hat trick
- This ‘workhorse’ from Old Town is among national leaders in double-doubles
- 17 teams compete in 7th annual Acadian Pond Hockey Classic
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Our health care system is broken. It doesn’t work for people or employers, and our entire system of care is at risk of collapse.”
Opinion: Rapidly rising health care costs demand action from Legislature
LIFE IN MAINE
Lambing season brings long nights and signs of spring to Maine sheep farms. Lambing season typically runs from late January or early February through the start of spring on Maine farms, keeping farmers busy.
I went night skiing on a triple date. What could go wrong? “This combination of exciting outdoor activity, chairlift conversations and yummy food is perfect for an evening out,” Outdoors contributor Aislinn Sarnacki writes.
Why crow hunting is more fun than you think. “I may be wrong, but I’m willing to bet hunting crows is not high on the priority list of most hunters, especially during the winter season,” Al Raychard writes.
