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Liberty’s Prison: Female Prisoner Claims Corrections Officers Retaliated After She Complained About Assault By Trans-Identifying Male Inmate
A female inmate at the Maine State Women’s Prison detailed alleged sexual abuse and threats she suffered when forced to share a bunk with a trans-identifying male, as well as retaliation from prison officials, in…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hosted a remembrance ceremony in the White House East Room on Monday morning, bringing together “Angel Families”, relatives of Americans killed in crimes involving illegal immigrants , and using their…
The Somerset Sheriff’s Department executed a drug raid on Wednesday at a North Anson residence as the culmination of a months-long investigation into drug trafficking operations. [RELATED: Somerset Drug Bust Leads to Two Arrests in…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department arrested two Madison residents wanted on outstanding warrants on Friday after they were allegedly found during the execution of a drug-related search warrant. [RELATED: Somerset Drug Bust Leads to Two…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills (D) ordered all State of Maine offices closed statewide on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, as a powerful nor’easter moved toward Maine with heavy snow, strong winds, and dangerous travel…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Rep. Barbara Bagshaw (R-Windham), is warning that state education leaders are steering Maine toward a costly showdown with the federal government, one that could strip schools of millions in federal dollars, shift…
WATERVILLE, Maine — A pedestrian was killed Sunday after a vehicle left Upper Main Street and crashed into another vehicle at the gas pumps of The Big Apple Convenience Store, Waterville police said. Police and…
Casco Man Arrested With Large Amounts of Fentanyl and Cocaine After High-Speed Police Chase
A Casco man was arrested on Valentine’s Day after he allegedly fled from police, traveling at over 100 mph while transporting over 900 grams of cocaine and 280 grams of fentanyl. [RELATED: Bangor Man Flees…
Virginia Schools Maine On How To Deal With ICE-protesting Students: Suspend, Not Mollycoddle
When students walked out of Maine schools recently, allegedly protesting immigration enforcement, they did so with complete impunity. But when the same thing happened in Virginia last week, school officials suspended more than 300 kids.…
Maine Bridge Sculpture From Old Steel Beams Isn’t Passing Muster With Outraged Art Critics
If public art is by design supposed to trigger debate, then a proposed Brunswick sculpture has accomplished its purpose.Social media is being flooded with critics of a public-art “installation” in Brunswick slated to mark the…
Boston Globe Anti-ICE Column Trashing Trump May Be Missing Key Facts; Kevin Cullen Critics Up In Arms
A Boston media watchdog is raising the possibility that controversial Globe columnist Kevin Cullen is somehow on an extended holiday.“Has the infamous Kevin Cullen gone on another ‘quiet period?’ Boston Radio Watch asked on “X,”…
A toddler who recently died in northern Maine might be alive but for possible government negligence, a veteran Republican state lawmaker says.Sen. Jeff Timberlake of Androscoggin County is calling on the legislative Government Oversight Committee…
Maine’s Gov. Janet Mills (D) released a statement Friday praising the United States Supreme Court’s ruling against President Donald Trump (R) declaring the tariffs he issued last year unlawful. The case spurring this decision originated…
PORTLAND, Maine — The City of Portland is recruiting residents to serve on its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Priority Setting Task Force, a volunteer panel that will review city priorities, research community needs, and…
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s new “red flag” gun law took effect Saturday, creating a broader legal pathway for temporarily removing firearms from people deemed a danger to themselves or others and marking a significant shift…
Team USA Hockey – again with a former Maine hockey player on roster – has captured an Olympic Gold Medal.Goalie Jeremy Swayman played three seasons (2017-20) with the University of Maine Black Bears.Not since USA…
MILAN — Jack Hughes ripped the overtime winner 1:41 into extra time Sunday, lifting the United States past Canada 2-1 and delivering Team USA its first Olympic men’s hockey gold medal since the “Miracle on…
University of Southern Maine Cancels Palestinian Conference That Featured Jew Hater Francesca Albanese
A public outcry over an anti-Semitic speaker has killed a University of Southern Maine conference that was to feature a U.N. adviser who has been highly critical of Israel, according to a Jewish news outlet.The…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department arrested three alleged drug traffickers on Thursday while they were reportedly smuggling drugs with a street value of $37,900. [RELATED: 36-Year-Old Homeless Man with Pink Hair Arrested in Canaan While…
Maine’s Catholic Bishop Calls For Statewide Unity During Lent; Sexual-Abuse Victims Say He’s Out Of Touch
The state’s top Catholic is calling for a “commitment to prayer” amid a continually unfolding sexual-abuse controversy.“If we as a diocese truly repent, truly believe, truly turn to the Father, then something happens,” Bishop James…
A private plane crashed onto the frozen Thompson Lake in Otisfield on Friday, prompting an investigation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). [RELATED: Doomed Maine Plane’s Wings May Have Been Weighted Down By Ice In…
Showhorse Maine Democrat Gubernatorial Hopeful Nirav Shah Claims We Need To Be Protected From Trump?
A member of the broadening field of Democrats who think they can be the state’s next governor actually thinks Donald Trump is our problem? Nirav Shah issued a campaign primer on what an alleged problem…
Chellie Left Maine To Inspect ICE Detention Center In Massachusetts – So Now She Represents Two States
When U.S. Democrat Rep. Chellie Pingree needed to finger ICE, she apparently couldn’t do it in Maine.Funny how a congresswoman supposedly representing a Maine district has to leave the state to do her job.Maybe she…
A Maine man reportedly smashed his pickup truck through a Dunkin’ Donuts and Burger King on Thursday before fleeing the scene while allegedly high and was ultimately arrested following a second crash. [RELATED: Hermon Woman…



























































