Monday, April 7, 2025

Quote of the Day

“I know that in the end the tariffs are going to work for us. But before they start working for us, prices are going to go up.”

— Lori Sullivan of Westfield, a grocery shopper at Star City IGA in Presque Isle, on the Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on U.S. trade partners.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

I spent an entire day in the Bangor Mall. Here's what I learned. As the mall continues its decline, a BDN reporter spent a full day there to see what it is really like now — and what it could become.

A guide to President Donald Trump’s war against Maine over transgender athletes. If you’ve been unable to keep up with the firehose of developments over the past six weeks, here are the broad strokes.

Mainers dread price hikes from Trump’s trade war. Many Mainers fear the effect of tariffs on energy prices, lobstering and more, right down to the shelves of local grocery stores.

Mainers don’t want homes with lots of land like they used to. Properties for sale with 100-plus acres, known as “kingdom parcels,” are becoming more and more rare to find in Maine.

Blueberry barren housing plan sparks yearlong debate in Maine town. The project highlights the tension between addressing the statewide housing shortage and protecting its cherished natural resources.

News from Around the State

Susan Collins opposes budget framework passed by Senate Republicans

Thousands of Mainers protest Trump in statewide ‘Hands Off!’ rally

Maine AG joins suit against Trump plan to ‘dismantle’ library, business agencies

How Donald Trump’s tariffs hit the stocks of Maine’s biggest employers

Trump’s tariffs expected to cause 25 percent drop in Canadian tourism to Maine

Federal judge to decide if Laurel Libby gets temporary right to vote in Maine House

New Maine building codes go into effect Monday

Maine cop arrested for violating a protection order was allowed to resign

Business booms for Bangor-area baker after whoopie pie video goes viral on TikTok

Technical problems force Maine DOT to reapply for $3M in federal grants

26-year-old entrepreneur to serve as Houlton town manager

Crews from multiple towns fight early morning Charleston house fire

Hancock County reps push for bill to transfer abandoned dams to towns

Maine theater delays musical in last-ditch effort to add Black actors to cast

Ellsworth pizza parlor on hiatus while owner seeks buyer

Midcoast takeout restaurant Ancho Honey closing permanently

Skier dies after accident at Sugarloaf

Ella Pelletier and Madelynn Deprey headline the 48th BDN All-Maine Schoolgirl Basketball Team

The full list of the 48th BDN All-Maine Schoolgirl Basketball Team

Big changes to Maine high school basketball classifications approved

That wasn’t a foul by Cooper Flagg. But that’s not why Duke lost.

How Cooper Flagg blocks out the noise

‘Powerhouse’ Ruth White smashed a UNH track record by more than a minute

UMaine baseball beats UMass Lowell 3-2

Maine in Pictures

This farmland in Hope has been home to six generations of Everett Smith's ancestors. He's working to prepare it for the future, partly through growing the fruit trees pictured here in their outdoor nursery. Some come from apple and pear trees planted nearby by his great-great-grandfather. Credit: Elizabeth Walztoni / BDN

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

Eighth-generation Mainer restores century-old fruit trees on family land. While Maine has long attracted aspiring homesteaders from out of state, Smith is building up his homestead and business on land he has deep connections to.

Watch this huge laker come out of the ice. The star of this video ends up being a 19.6-pound lake trout that measured 36 inches long and had a 21-inch girth.

Maine’s forests are filling with the songs of lovesick birds. The woods are about to get loud with song, as the birds go about the business of attracting mates and defending territories.

4 ways to build a raised bed for gardening. All you need is a little bit of yard space to make your own raised garden bed.

11 things you might not know about Acadia National Park, but should. Even if you're a regular at Acadia National Park, there's probably still a couple secrets you don't know about the iconic park.

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