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Fort Fairfield School Defends Controversial Performance That Featured An LGBTQ Activist Known for His Risqué Online Presence

Seamus OthotSeamus OthotApril 20, 2026
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Fort Fairfield School Defends Controversial Performance That Featured An LGBTQ Activist Known for His Risqué Online Presence

By Seamus OthotApril 20, 20260 News
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Democrats Announce “Small Town PAC” With New ActBlue Donation Portal

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 20260 News
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“We Don’t Negotiate, We Dismantle” – New Federal Task Force Launches Website, Provides Mission Statement

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 20260 News
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Iranian National Arrested In Los Angeles For Smuggling Arms To Sudan

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 20260 News
Crime

Portland to Mark National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Amid Ongoing Concerns Over Public Safety and Quality of Life

By Jon FetherstonApril 20, 20262 Crime
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Maine Destroyer Fires At, Disables Iranian Vessel That Refused Orders To Stop On Command

By Ted CohenApril 20, 20260 News
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Trump Warns of Escalation After Reported Ceasefire Violation in Strait of Hormuz as Deadline Looms

By Jon FetherstonApril 19, 20266 News
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Editorial: They Call You a Racist — Until the Facts Come Out

By Jon FetherstonApril 19, 20269 Commentary
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Maine GOP Straw Poll Confirms What Many Mainers Already Knew: The Maine Wire Is Setting the Pace

By Jon FetherstonApril 19, 20266 Commentary
Healthcare

Trump Signs Order to Fast-Track Psychedelic Treatments, Citing Veteran Trauma and Mental Health Crisis

By Jon FetherstonApril 19, 20263 Healthcare

Fort Fairfield School Defends Controversial Performance That Featured An LGBTQ Activist Known for His Risqué Online Presence

April 20, 2026

Democrats Announce “Small Town PAC” With New ActBlue Donation Portal

April 20, 2026

“We Don’t Negotiate, We Dismantle” – New Federal Task Force Launches Website, Provides Mission Statement

April 20, 2026

Iranian National Arrested In Los Angeles For Smuggling Arms To Sudan

April 20, 2026

UPDATE: Arrest Made in Congress Street Stabbing Near Longfellow Square; Suspect Charged with Domestic Violence Aggravated Assault

April 20, 2026

Portland to Mark National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Amid Ongoing Concerns Over Public Safety and Quality of Life

April 20, 2026

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Editorial: They Call You a Racist — Until the Facts Come Out

By Jon FetherstonApril 19, 20269 Commentary
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Maine GOP Straw Poll Confirms What Many Mainers Already Knew: The Maine Wire Is Setting the Pace

By Jon FetherstonApril 19, 20266 Commentary
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Parents Wanting Their Teen Boys To Have Breasts Fretting Over Precedential Gender Lawsuits

By Ted CohenApril 17, 20264 Commentary
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The Pastor’s Office Ep. 7 – ISRAEL (w/ Guest Pastor Greg Huston

By Travis CareyApril 17, 20260 Blog

Maine Wire Features

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Embattled California Democrat U.S. Rep Accused Of Rape, Drummed Out Of Governor’s Race, Resigning

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When Graham Platner Waves, the Media Looks the Other Way

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