LEWISTON — President Obama will visit Maine on Thursday, April 1.

Representatives of Maine’s Congressional delegation made the announcement Friday morning after receiving an official notice from the White House.

Obama will visit the Portland area for a discussion of health care reform, said Ed Gilman, press secretary for Rep. Michael Michaud (D- Maine).

No further details are available.

This will mark Obama’s first stop in Maine since becoming president. He last visited in 2008, when he attended a campaign rally in Bangor.

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