BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 23, 2025
Gov. Janet Mills was in her hometown of Farmington on Saturday to announce the winners of Maine’s annual moose hunt permit lottery, but the process became a bit testy when she encountered hecklers who booed and shouted at her. “We have daughters,” one member of the audience under a tent at the Farmington Fairgrounds shouted. “I have five daughters,” Mills said. “Stand up for them,” an attendee replied, as part of an apparent reference to Maine’s policies allowing transgender girls to compete in female sports that drew attention this year after President Donald Trump began targeting Maine over the matter.