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Good morning from the shores of Gouldsboro Bay, where restaurants are busy, the ferry from Winter Harbor to Bar Harbor is doing a brisk business, and cars and bicyclists are breezing along the scenic road in Acadia National Park on the Schoodic Peninsula.

In the news, Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor is ahead of schedule in meeting its schedule of summer housing for park employees. The Bar Harbor Town Council has extended its moratorium on hotel development.

And the country’s oldest lobster processor — which opened in 1980 in Portland — is in bankruptcy and hoping to reorganize and sell to a new owner.

Modivcare riders raise concerns as fight continues over MaineCare transportation contract

Maine has delayed awarding Modivcare the entire state for another year as an appeal goes to the state Supreme Court.

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Acadia National Park urges caution after responding to 2 deadly incidents within days | Portland Press Herald

Nearly 150 people with HIV in northern Maine are at risk of losing access to vital resources after a program that managed their cases ended this week. | Bangor Daily News

Friends of Acadia and Acadia National Park are ahead of schedule with a 10-year goal to create 130 units of seasonal housing for employees. | Mount Desert Islander

Officials at Acadia National Park say a small fire in the Cleftstone Road area in Bar Harbor was likely human-caused. | Bar Harbor Story

The Legislature enacted 116 bills on the special appropriations table. Here’s what that means. | The Maine Monitor

A Hancock County Sheriff’s deputy has been cleared of wrongdoing in the wounding of a man during an incident in Stonington in October 2024. | WGME

The Bar Harbor Town Council voted to extend the moratorium on certain transient accommodations, prolonging the freeze on hotel development. | Mount Desert Islander

New legislation charts Maine’s pathway to 100% clean energy by 2040 | The Maine Monitor

Mobile home owners say a bill designed to prevent excessive rent and fees at parks owned by large corporations and out of state investors was greatly watered down by the time it passed. | Bangor Daily News

Cozy Harbor Seafood in Portland — the nation’s oldest lobster processor — has filed for bankruptcy while it reorganizes in hopes of being sold to a new owner. The company blames its troubles on COVID, a labor shortage, government overregulation and competition from Canada. | Mainebiz

With federal funding in doubt, Maine’s domestic violence resource centers freeze hiring | The Maine Monitor

The president’s frequently changing tariff policies have left Maine businesses —among them traditional wood-turning companies — uncertain about whether to invest in new product lines or markets. | Bangor Daily News

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