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Vance to Lead Saturday Morning Iran Peace Talks in Pakistan

Jon FetherstonJon FetherstonApril 9, 2026
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Wiscasset Men Found with Huge Variety of Drugs and 24 Firearms

By Seamus OthotApril 9, 20260 News 1K Views
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Maine to Receive $65 Million in Federal Funding for Rural Infrastructure Upgrades

By Libby PalanzaApril 9, 20261 News
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Supplemental Budget Includes $5M for “Reproductive Health Care” and “Family Planning” Providers

By Libby PalanzaApril 8, 20264 News
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Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Who Led DEI Push Resigning at the End of April

By Seamus OthotApril 8, 20267 News 2K Views
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Elected Maine Official Calls Tax Complainers Lazy Couch-Keyboard Addicts, Then Tries To Pull It Back

By Ted CohenApril 8, 20266 News 1K Views
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Ohio Perv First Convicted Under New Trump Law Criminalizing ‘Intimate Deepfakes’

By Ted CohenApril 8, 20260 Crime
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“Governor Mills Lied to the People of Maine” Republicans Blast Overnight Budget Rollout

By Jon FetherstonApril 8, 20268 News 4K Views
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Sister of Lewiston Victim Files Federal Lawsuit Over Preventable Mass Shooting

By Jon FetherstonApril 8, 20261 News
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Tensions Boil Over at Lewiston City Council as Residents Clash with Officials; Mayor Initially Blocks Shooting Survivor Destiny Johnson from Speaking

By Jon FetherstonApril 8, 20265 News 3K Views
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Maine Senate Passes $450,000 Taxpayer-Funded Home Security Bill for Lawmakers After 19–12 Vote

By Jon FetherstonApril 8, 20268 News 2K Views

Vance to Lead Saturday Morning Iran Peace Talks in Pakistan

April 9, 2026

Wiscasset Men Found with Huge Variety of Drugs and 24 Firearms

April 9, 20261K Views

Portland Press Herald Paywall Malfunctions The Morning The CEO (Who Runs A Restaurant Side Hustle)  Celebrates “Local News Day”

April 9, 2026

Maine to Receive $65 Million in Federal Funding for Rural Infrastructure Upgrades

April 9, 2026

NH Woman Killed by Police After Rampage with Fire Extinguisher and Knife

April 8, 20261K Views

Supplemental Budget Includes $5M for “Reproductive Health Care” and “Family Planning” Providers

April 8, 2026

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“Graham Platner Defended ‘Urinating’On Dead Taliban,’ Called War ‘The Most Enjoyable Experience;’” New York Post

By Ted CohenApril 7, 20265 Commentary
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Platner: ‘It’s Over, Mills Finished’ In Maine Senate Primary; Mills: ‘I’m Not Quitting’

By Ted CohenApril 6, 20265 News
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Opinion: Why Bobby Charles Is the Kind of Leader Maine Needs Now

By Maine Wire StaffApril 3, 202616 Commentary 3K Views
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Maine’s Fraud Machine Keeps Running…But Now Even Augusta Is Hitting the Brakes

By Jon FetherstonApril 3, 202610 Commentary 2K Views

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U.S. Attorney Warns Protesters: Violence or Obstruction Will Bring Federal Charges

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EPSTEIN FILES: Maine Gov Janet Mills Accused of Child Abuse Cover-up, Cocaine Trafficking in Newly Released SDNY Documents

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Five Town School District Superintendent Distressed After Public ICE Walkout Protest Hits Social Media

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Maine Gas Station Cited By Famous Food Website As Having ‘Best Pizza In America’

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Sixty-two Years After USS Thresher Sank, Annual Ceremony To Honor Memories Of 129 Sailors

Ted CohenBy Ted CohenApril 7, 2026
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Costco Ain’t Got No Couth, Uses Canadian Maple Syrup Over Maine’s Finest

By Ted CohenMarch 18, 2026
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Conservative Augusta School Board Member Vows Not to Support Any Budget Until District follows Title IX and Bars Males from Girls’ Spaces

By Seamus OthotMarch 18, 2026

Trump Forces Iran to the Table, Grants Two-Week Ceasefire as Pakistan Mediates

By Jon FetherstonApril 7, 2026

‘Maine Girls’ Dad’ Referendum Ballot Question Released as Bellows Opens Public Comment Period

By Jon FetherstonApril 7, 20262K Views

Sixty-two Years After USS Thresher Sank, Annual Ceremony To Honor Memories Of 129 Sailors

By Ted CohenApril 7, 2026

Ranked-Choice Voting Expansion Unanimously Declared Unconstitutional by Maine Supreme Court

By Libby PalanzaApril 6, 20262K Views

Maine Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Pres. Trump’s Election Integrity Executive Order

By Libby PalanzaApril 6, 2026

Collins Raises Concerns Over Defense, Energy Aid, and Education Cuts in President’s FY2027 Budget Request

By Jon FetherstonApril 6, 2026

Governor Silent as Chinese Cannabis Cartels Swallow Rural Maine — Some With Her Brother’s Help

By Steve RobinsonApril 6, 202610K Views

Censure, Controversy, and Collapse: Lewiston Lawmaker Harriman Faces Mounting Scrutiny After Harassment Case Falls Apart

By Jon FetherstonApril 6, 20262K Views

Trump Announces Successful Rescue of U.S. Colonel Behind Enemy Lines in Iran

By Jon FetherstonApril 5, 2026

Maine Gets Flocked With New Camera Rollout Despite No Citizen Input

By Maine Wire StaffApril 3, 20266K Views

Adam Healthcare Services: Medicaid Biller Tied to Gateway Community Services and Money Transfers Ordered to Repay Over $600k Following Audit

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20262K Views

Trump Calls Out Maine in Friday Truth Social Post Naming VP JD Vance as Nation’s ‘Fraud Czar’

By Jon FetherstonApril 3, 2026

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Maine Dad Says High School Clinic Sent 17-Year-Old Daughter Home with Secret Baggy of Zoloft, Sicced Child Protective Services on Him For Complaining

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By Steve RobinsonSeptember 15, 2024129K Views

Triad Weed: How Chinese Marijuana Grows Took Over Rural Maine

By Steve RobinsonNovember 8, 2023125K Views

Cumberland Sheriff Searching for Suspects Who Rampaged Through Solar Farm with Construction Equipment

By Seamus OthotJuly 2, 2024106K Views

Trans Student Had History of Sexual Harassment Prior to Assault, Biting Attack That Left Maine Girl Concussed, Vision Impaired

By Steve RobinsonOctober 9, 202486K Views

U.S. Attorney Warns Protesters: Violence or Obstruction Will Bring Federal Charges

By Jon FetherstonJanuary 20, 202684K Views

EPSTEIN FILES: Maine Gov Janet Mills Accused of Child Abuse Cover-up, Cocaine Trafficking in Newly Released SDNY Documents

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ Brother Helped Transfer Nine-Acre Black Market Cannabis Grow to Chinese National “Mother” Living in Guangdong Province: Triad Weed

By Steve RobinsonMarch 26, 202473K Views

Fox News Whistleblowers Reveal Company’s Support of Satanists, Abortionists, and Left-Wing Charities: Blaze Media

By Edward TomicJuly 21, 202358K Views

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