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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline on Monday. The city is expected to be a focus, along with Portland, of the largest immigration enforcement and removal operation in Maine during the second administration of President Donald Trump.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A downtown Lewiston business owner described the city as “eerily quiet” Monday. The city is expected to be a focus of a major immigration enforcement and removal operation in Maine. The U.S. attorney warned protesters not to interfere with ICE “in the coming days.”
Bangor police are investigating a property manager who reportedly owes landlords thousands. It represents a major development in the effort by clients to recoup money from Roland “Chip” Foss, who shuttered his company last year.
A Castine group wants to open a direct primary care clinic in the building now occupied by a health center that Northern Light Health is moving to Blue Hill at the end of next month.
The University of Maine is going to receive $45 million for a new health and life sciences complex. It’s the largest federal award for a single project in Maine’s history and will better position UMaine to build a public medical school.
Here are five Maine properties you can buy for under $30,000. They might require a little elbow grease — or need to be torn down entirely — but then what did you expect?
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine joins growing national debate over minimum rates for ride-share drivers
- Bangor gift shop opens in new downtown location
- 2 men arrested after LaGrange raid
- Executive network helps Maine small businesses thrive
- Former Down East school bus driver gets 18.5 years for sexually assaulting student
- After 40 years, the pioneers of Maine wine making are closing up shop
- Waldo County Dems submit 3 names for possible appointment as county commissioner
- 3 New York men accused of using fake military ID in Maine bank fraud scheme
- Her well-rounded game powers a surging midcoast basketball team
- Defense gets the job done for Camden Hills girls in battle of top teams
- High-energy player takes ‘huge charge’ to help Caribou boys basketball get overtime win
- It keeps getting worse for UMaine men’s basketball with loss to UNH
- Cooper Flagg’s Florida high school produces astounding list of NBA players and prospects
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“We have weathered these attacks and not once passed the intended harm on to our patients.”
Opinion: Planned Parenthood showed resilience, care in face of Trump attacks
LIFE IN MAINE
Looking for antler sheds is a great way to continue the hunt after tree stands come down.
This ode to ice fishing was inspired by the poet Stephen Dunn.
