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The legacy media is sworn to fear – else they would be asking New England Patriots officials about a star wide-receiver’s criminal charges.The Pats released wide receiver Stefon Diggs earlier this month, making him a free agent.But not because he’s charged with attacking a woman.The move was supposedly financially motivated, saving the team roughly $16 million in salary-cap space.But for some strange reason the Pats suits won’t talk about why finances – not an alleged felonious strangulation charge against Diggs – are at the root of his dismissal.They’re even not ruling out returning him to the team.Diggs has pleaded not…

Things are really going downhill when the state’s largest paper uses the whole front page to write about one of its own employees.The Maine Sunday Smellogram dedicated the entire cover of its Maine/New England section Sunday to a man who claims he’s visited every town in Maine – yet another thumbsucker feature.Since there were no other stories on the cover of the Maine/New England section, the Maine Trust For Local News is telling its dwindling readers this is the most important event or issue in Maine and New England. But wait, it gets better.The news staff didn’t independently verify how…

Funny how the very newspapers that are failing are the same ones that don’t cover news.The annual convention of the New England Newspaper & Press Association featured a speaker who said that “for the first time in American history, trust in journalism is now lower than Congress, which until recently held the lowest level of trust among the people.”That gem of recycled wisdom came from Rufus Friday, executive director of the Center For Integrity In News Reporting. For using that tired old boring line comparing failed institutions to Congress ought to be grounds for arrest.“Integrity In News Reporting”Apparently if you’re…

A midcoast Maine House seat is looking to go red after eight years trending blue, with no announced liberals so far in the race this year. Ray Thombs of Union announced he’s seeking the GOP nomination for House District 44, which represents Warren, Hope and Union. Thombs becomes the second announced Republican, the other being Brady Clark of Hope.”Many families and small businesses are feeling squeezed by rising costs and increasing regulations,” Thombs said. “We need leadership focused on restoring the conditions that help Maine thrive.”Thombs grew up in rural Maine and said his upbringing shaped the values that guide…

Registered nurses at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor say they’re walking off the job March 23.The strike notice to hospital administrators is the nursing union’s first since 2015.The RNs say they are protesting management’s alleged refusal to address their “concerns about safe staffing and nurse retention.”The nurses, whose contract expired in September, have been bargaining for a new contract since July.Nurses say that unresolved bargaining issues include safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, protecting nurses’ health insurance benefits from potentially exorbitant increases and ensuring all nurses receive same benefits.EMMC President Ava Collins said the Bangor facility provided the union…

Having run the state’s successful medical-marijuana campaign, Jonathan Leavitt has found a new calling – theater.Leavitt has now written, and will be directing, a show called “An Evening at Dave’s Sauna,” based on “a legendary Maine hotspot,” leather thongs, straps and jock-style harnesses included!The play, which has experimented at small venues, is slated to debut in full production this May at Stevens Square Theater in Portland. The show is based on some of the sauna’s regular customers, such as “Dave and Nancy – once had sex in a Walmart parking lot,” and “Masshole who once drove from Saugus, Massachusetts all…

The annual Maine Fungi Fest suddenly ain’t so annual.To wit, the Mainers who like shrooms have yet to find a facility willing to host their yearly get together this spring.Jonathan Leavitt, who has previously organized the fungi fest, decided after last year’s convention he would focus on other professional pursuits.First held in 2022, Maine Fungi Fest is an annual event celebrating “All Things Fungi, Plant Based Healing, and Evolving Consciousness.” As a sponsored project of Creative Oxford Hills, the festival convenes mycologists, foragers, chefs, and artists to learn and network.The event for the past four years has been hosted at…

Having once been ousted from the Freedom, Maine selectboard, a retired actress was hoping for political redemption.But voters Friday rejected Heather Donahue’s candidacy.The former star of The Blair Witch Project was trounced by Kory Boulier, who won the open seat with 92 votes.Donahue placed second in the three-way race, receiving only 79 ballots.The ex-actress was elected in 2024 to the board, only to be recalled last year after voters decided she overstepped her authority as an elected official.Donahue, who moved to Freedom in 2022, was penalized for spraying orange paint on a string of trees along Beaver Ridge Road in…

Three priests in three states are facing charges – including one for zoning violations while feeding the poor.The three separate cases, in Florida, California and Pennsylvania, each couldn’t be more strange, the only thing in common among them that they involve alleged illegal behavior of the “highest order.”The weirdest one may be a Florida priest, the Rev. Bob Caudill of All Saints Catholic Mission in Oakland Park, who faces over $500,000 in city fines for – true story – feeding the homeless.The fines, accumulating at $125 a day since 2014, stem from a longstanding zoning dispute after the city re-zoned…

Access Hollywood, known more by a silly remark by Donald Trump that Democrats falsely believed would be the end of his political career than by anything else, is going dark after 30 years in production.NBC Universal has announced it’s ending production of the show that liberals were sure would keep Trump from ever being president.Trump not only survived the famous “grab ‘em by the pu**y remark, he blossomed into president of the United States – not just once but twice.He made the comment to show host Billy Bush, who now does a podcast out of midcoast Maine.Just weeks before the…

The tragic midair crash over Iraq of two KC-135 refueling tankers involved planes identical to those based in Bangor.The reliable workhorse tankers have been in use by the U.S. military since the 1960s.The 101st Air Refueling Wing, known as the “MAINEiacs,” is the primary air refueling unit stationed at Bangor Air National Guard Base.As part of the Maine Air National Guard, it operates KC-135 Stratotankers to provide midair refueling support.One of the tankers involved in the crash Thursday, from California, went down in Iraq and the second one, from Maryland, landed safely in Israel, military officials said. Though the planes…

The apparent lagging of the Pingree name in Maine’s top state electoral contest might be needing a boost from the term-limited Democrat governor.But for some reason Gov. Janet Mills has been a no-show on gubernatorial hopeful Hannah Pingree’s endorsement list.Judging from the polls, the Daughter Of Chellie needs something – anything – to break out of the pack.The most recent survey showed the progeny of Maine’s southern-district congresswoman polling in fourth place.Hannah, a former Maine House speaker, more recently served five years as director of the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future under Mills.Then she decided to leave that…

The road that parallels the meandering Mattagodus Stream in a small northern Penobscot County town has become a literal dump.Not just pieces of occasional trash exposed from the melting snow of spring.But a slew of plastic garbage bags filled to capacity with household trash, some ripped open and spilling out, on the side of the road.The Maine Forest Rangers are seeking information on the illegal dumping along Route 169 in Prentiss Township.Ranger Wesley Hatch asks in a Facebook post that anyone with information to please call 207-973-3700.

When the liberal media heard the Pentagon had spent $22 million on lobster, all heck broke loose.Until they realized that Maine’s favorite dish was actually for the troops and not for military brass.The New York Post editorialized Thursday about the idiot late-night TV comedians who accused Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth of treating himself and his commander cohorts to a multi-million dollar crustaceous extravaganza.As it turns out the seafood dinners were actually for troops leaving on deployment. “Late-night “comedians” Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Seth Myers, along with Paul Begala and other CNN blowhards, went big for a pseudo-story Wednesday,…

A high school athlete whose father killed three relatives at a recent hockey game scored the winning goal Wednesday to send his team into the Rhode Island state championship.An excited Colin Dorgan said the goal was “the best moment of my life.” The senior had only scored twice during his entire high school career heading into the Rhode Island state playoffs.The teen, who attends North Providence, Rhode Island, High School, plays for an area hockey team.The boy’s mother, brother and grandfather died when his father, Bath Iron Works employee Robert Dorgan, opened fire a month ago at a Rhode Island…

A Massachusetts police officer flipped on the blues during a stop in neighboring New Hampshire.Fine so far, maybe.Then, not so much.Problem is he’s not really a cop.Mikel Beltran, 37, was arrested by police in Londonderry, New Hampshire, impersonating a police officer.Beltran allegedly flashed his blues at another car, according to CBS News Boston.Two problems – Beltran is a fired Mass cop and two, blue lights are not allowed in personal vehicles in New Hampshire.So even if private blues were allowed in New Hampshire and cross-border authority were authorized, Beltran doesn’t hold certification as a law-enforcement officer.Beltran was fired from Lawrence…

An Iran-linked hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on a medical tech company whose clients include many Maine physicians.The attack appears to be the first significant instance of Iran’s hacking an American company since the start of the war between the countries, NBC News reports.The company targeted, Stryker Health, supplies robotic-assisted surgery equipment, much of it in use across Maine.Stryker, headquartered in Michigan, produces a range of medical equipment and technology.The company’s Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery apparatus, which several Maine surgeons use, creates 3D-modeled knee and hip replacements.The technology helps orthopedic specialists pinpoint implant-positioning accuracy.

When Tony Dungy was asked recently on national television whether ex-Pats head coach Bill Belichick should be in the Hall of Fame, Dungy declined to answer.Dungy, himself a member of the pro football Hall of Fame, now says NBC has fired him.Though he won’t say it, his big “mistake” was refusing to publicly endorse Belichick, in whom the fawning New England Patriots fans can see no wrong.In a now-viral broadcast interview, Dungy last month wouldn’t disclose whether he voted for Belichick’s entry into the Hall of Fame, leading to intense criticism after the former star Pats coach failed to make…

A descendant of the Reese’s chocolate family was the wrong guy to try to sell fake candy to.Brad Reese, whose name you’ll associate with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, ran into a Florida convenience store last month and grabbed a bag of Reese’s Valentine’s candy.Once he threw a few pieces into his mouth, Reese says, “I took two bites and had to spit it out,” reports TheGuardian.com.Reese is a Reese’s aficionado who makes a point of trying everything the company produces. This isn’t a coincidence: he’s one of the Reeses, a grandson of HB Reese, the former Hershey dairy farmer who…

Even Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland’s wife is making jokes about his mysterious disappearance.McCasland, retired military, has been missing nearly two weeks from his Albuquerque, New Mexico home.He apparently had no dementia and he left his cell phone behind.McCasland, 68, once commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base – long rumored to house extraterrestrial debris linked to an alleged Roswell, New Mexico UFO crash in 1947.Wright-Patterson has long been the subject of conspiracy theories, with many believing that debris or alien bodies from the crash were moved to a hangar at the Ohio base.Debris found by…

The DEI Karens are declaring victory over the discount-retailer Target.After a year-long “boycott” organized by the crowd promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Target suits have cried uncle. Or maybe nowadays the more politically-correct aunt.On bended knee, the department-store brass now says they will invest $2 billion in black-ownwd franchises.Target officials saved face by saying heck folks that was always our plan.The 2,200-store chain “is more committed than ever to creating growth and opportunity for all,” the retailer said in a statement to Axios.Target said a year ago it was scaling back some diversity initiatives upon President Trump’s return to the…

The annual meeting of the state’s fishermen had a special treat this year – Jordon Hudson in knots.Hudson, the Maine-born slinky who hangs out with an ex-NFL coach 48 years her senior, made a big splash at last week’s tough-guy convention in Rockport.“Jordon Hudson Turns Heads With ‘Barely There’ Rope Dress At Maine Charity Event,” headlined Sporting News.“Jordon Hudson made a statement for marine conservation during a charity event in her home state of Maine,” Y Entertainment posted. “The girlfriend of North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick isn’t afraid to be bold and proved it once again.“Hudson appeared Saturday at…

Judging from the content in the latest edition of the state’s largest newspaper, the Maine Press Association has apparently come up with a new contest category:“Fluffiest PR Rag”The winner by acclamation has to be the Portland Press Herald, the hardest-hitting ‘newspaper’ east of the Mississippi. The paper’s so-called article on the Portland Museum of Art’s new deputy director pulled out all the stops.The museum’s new head of art and exhibitions “is an affable, good-looking 46-year-old with penetrating blue-gray eyes,” according to the newspaper of record. The question arises as to whether the paper’s art critic was on a journalistic mission…

A school in embattled Democrat former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell’s hometown has stripped his name from its marquee.Once again, Mitchell’s connection to convicted pedophile sexual trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has chipped away at his once-vaunted status.Meanwhile, while Mitchell’s name is now being pulled down from public institutions, Donald Trump’s is rising.A suburban New Jersey school district is considering renaming one of its elementary schools after President Trump, evidence seasons political.For the longest time, George Mitchell could do no wrong, especially after the former Senate majority leader as envoy brought peace to Northern Ireland.Irish institutions adopted Mitchell as their saint, his name…

The good news for the Portland Press Herald is that its malfunctioning paywall may have been fixed after 10 long days.The bad news is the paid subscribers now may believe they’re due rebates since they had to pay for content that others got to read for free for nearly two weeks.The state’s largest newspaper’s paywall went rogue late last month in what was supposed to be just a couple days offline.“Secret insider information,” the paper’s editor posted February 27 on the home page. “We’re tinkering with the website, and for the next couple of days, the paywall is completely shut…

Damn how a soulful walk into a New York City park by two innocent, wealthy teenagers can turn into a literal bomb on a nice warm spring day.After all, what’s to quibble with a walk in the park?Two impressionable Pennsylvania teens were just out to enjoy the beautiful change in seasons.Then suddenly they decided to throw bombs at the home of the New York City mayor.Not to worry, says the Clinton News Network otherwise known as CNN.The CNN brains posted on “X” a laughable pasting-over of the violent duo with a post reading as follows:Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New…

If you would like to own a virtual Maine village, Tuthill is looking for offers – virtual in that all it really lacks is its own ZIP code.The site includes a Greek revival house, an 1800s-era church, several antique barns, multi-bay garages and six additional homes.Twenty-one buildings and 40 acres in Pittston, Maine for $6 million.Realtor.com calls it a “picturesque hamlet.”The oddity of the real estate – a virtual village in private hands within a town – is triggering press coverage in news outlets far and wide.“The property would make a great wedding venue, event center, gathering place, or even…

A retrospective published by Major League Baseball officials of iconic former minor-league parks swung and missed on Maine.MLB officials are circulating online a story excerpted from the Baseball Traveler newsletter by writer Benjamin Hill headlined “Six Ballparks Live On In The Hearts Of Minor League Baseball Fans.”But the brain teaser is how Hill, who promotional material says “travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique,” didn’t include the park in Old Orchard Beach, Maine in his top-six list, let alone the Top One.The park, once coined by the nation’s leading sports magazine as “the most beautiful…

Maine has become the deadliest state in New England – and one of the most dangerous in the U.S. – for drug-overdose deaths.The state’s OD rate now rivals the Appalachian states at the epicenter of the opioid epidemic.The overdose rate surged nearly 82 percent in just three years, according to the Centers for Disease Control.The stats show Maine is the only northeast state – including even the biggies such as New York State – to crack the top ten worst nationwide.The overdose and suicide rates push the Pine Tree State to eighth-worst mental-health ranking in the U.S.Unlike most states that…

A Maine farmhand denied asylum in Ireland has been arrested in the killing and dismemberment of an Irish farmer for whom he had been working.Michael Kelley, 54, was arrested in Ireland last week on a murder charge.Kelley used to live in coastal Waldo County, Maine, just north of Camden, before leaving to seek asylum in Ireland.The former U.S. Army trooper allegedly killed Michael Gaine, a sheep farmer in Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland, last year.Gaine, 56, on whose farm Kelley had been a tenant, was reported missing a year ago by his family.Cops said they found Gaine’s dismembered body eight weeks…

The Way Way Store, which has it every which way, and from way, way back, is shutting down after a century in business. “For many people throughout Maine, their local general store is considered a lifeline,” reports WCYY.com. The store sells candy, ice cream, cold drinks, nostalgia and antiques and yes even canoes. “General stores are a place where you can get just about anything – from light groceries to takeout food, hardware and even a wedding gown if you know the right place,” the news outlet says. Shared on Facebook, the official Way Way Store page made a simple…

When two ex-WW1 heroes took off 99 years ago from France they hoped to become the first fliers to complete a non-stop flight across the Atlantic.But neither they nor their biplane were ever seen again.“Planes took off from everywhere including Portland, Maine looking for them,” says searcher and historian Ric Gillespie, founder of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery.Gillespie is “one of the world’s leading investigators of aviation cold cases,” says journalist Miles O’Brien, himself a pilot and flying fanatic.O’Brien and Gillespie are teaming up on a new podcast investigating the loss of L’Oiseau Blanc, also known as the…

A Presque Isle woman who recently released a book on the scandalous Maine child-care system has struck publicity gold.Sabrina Rose has been selected to appear on Kevin Lanning’s Apple podcast later this spring.“Rise Above with Kevin Lanning” is a worldwide-popular show focused on stories of recovery from addiction and resilience.Lanning, a former Google executive, overcame addiction to finally claim sobriety. Rose, who had hired a PR agent to publicize her story, decided to instead do it on her own, single-handedly nabbing a slot on his show.“I’ve been booked to appear on one of the biggest podcasts in the world,” she…

Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch,” a series about the day-to-day dangers of crab-fishing crews on the Bering Sea, has lost a deckhand overboard.Todd Meadows, 25, the newest member of the reality-TV crew, died after falling overboard from the Aleutian Lady in the Bering Sea late last month.The incident occurred near the end of filming for the season.The crew recovered Meadows from the water ten minutes after he fell in but he was unresponsive and couldn’t be revived. The show three years ago featured Linda Greenlaw of Maine, who flew to Alaska, joining the cast to break into the dangerous work of…

A family of long-finned pilot whales beached themselves and died – all to try to support a sick female member of their pod.The analysis of the stranding, which occurred three years ago on a Scottish beach, is the subject of a new report on the heartbreaking tragedy.Mainers will relate to the sad, upsetting tale since these whales are very common in, and indigenous to, the Gulf Of Maine.The whales, a regular, native species in this region, are commonly sighted from spring through fall, particularly between Cape Cod Bay and the Bay of Fundy, where they feed in large family groups…

A Carmel woman accused of assaulting a child at a Brewer daycare has been sentenced to a paltry week behind bars.Blake Sullivan appeared before a Penobscot County judge, taking the stand in tears as she apologized, WABI-TV reports.The incident,which occurred a year ago and was captured on camera, showed Sullivan slamming a child to the ground.The child’s family was not notified until more than a month after the incident.During sentencing, Sullivan’s family members addressed the court, describing the emotional toll the case has caused.They characterized the incident as a “poor moment” and emphasized to the judge that they do not…

The plane that crashed during takeoff out of Bangor earlier this year sat on the ground beforehand for nearly a half hour in an ice storm.Since federal transportation officials said Friday they’ve determined nothing was mechanically wrong with the plane, suspicion now turns to wing icing.The National Transportation Board’s preliminary findings show that the Bombardier Challenger 650 sat on the tarmac for roughly 24 minutes after being de-iced before it began its takeoff roll.The plane should have waited no more than nine minutes from when the deicing began before taking off in those cold and snowy conditions, according to Federal…

Eric Heal came upon a Bangor cop in distress trying to cuff a suspect wanted on a warrant.Officer Tanner Favreau was in a parking lot when she identified a passenger in a vehicle as someone who had an active warrant.He was uncooperative and resisted apprehension.During the struggle, Favreau attempted to radio for backup, but her radio traffic was not being transmitted. Heal approached Favreau and offered assistance.With Heal’s help, Favreau was able to safely subdue the man with the warrant and take him into custody.Without Heal’s assistance, the suspect may have been able to escape, or someone may have been…

If we’re fighting over Girl Scout Cookies is there any hope for this world?Three recent cookie incidents across America indicate that life ain’t so simple anymore.The Girl Scout troop in San Diego, California, has sued the company that makes the cookies, alleging a $1.1 million contract breach.The suit alleges that Little Brownie Bakers broke a contract and tried to force 22 percent price increase.As if that weren’t enough of a blow to America as we know it, a Girl Scout troop in Burlington County, New Jersey is facing backlash from regional scout leaders after setting up a cookie booth outside…

Curtis Robinson was fearless as a reporter, never afraid to afflict the comfortable.But perhaps Robinson’s biggest accomplishment was being idealistic enough to go head to head with Maine’s largest newspaper.Robinson with two colleagues started a gutsy tabloid in Portland years ago on nothing but a wing and a prayer.The free Portland Daily Sun without apology ran streamlined quick hits and some local opinion stuff.The paper wasn’t just another liberal rag but a crime sheet with a dash of lifestyle columns that made reading it downright refreshing.The Sun really was a dream, not only for the few readers it was able…

John Daly once said the only way he meets his daily water-intake requirement is the ice in his whiskey.Daly has two majors under his belt, the thing that holds up his colorful flower-bedecked pants while he’s playing. Or drinking.To see John Daly named Ambassador of Golf means America doesn’t necessarily lack a sense of humor.The Kaulig Companies Championship and Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation will honor Daly this summer as the 2026 recipient of the award presented by Northern Ohio Golf Charities & Foundation, PGA Tour Champions announced on March 4.He’ll be joining a list of notable people, including three…

The U.S. submarine that fired the torpedo last week sinking an Iranian warship was reportedly of the Virginia class – a type frequently serviced at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery.The attack was the first confirmed instance since World War II of a U.S. submarine sinking an enemy vessel using torpedoes.Video circulating online appears to show footage captured from a U.S. submarine.The recording shows the Iranian vessel rising sharply after being struck, followed by a large plume of smoke. The stern of the ship appears to lift partially out of the water after the torpedo impact.Pentagon officials haven’t confirmed the…

A Maine coastal community known as much for its money as its breathtaking shoreline has decided if you don’t live there you can’t use its public beach.Put down Cape Elizabeth, Maine as a town so rich it doesn’t have to care.Municipal officials under the cover of darkness (also known as winter) have decided to ban all parking near Cliff House Beach.First they restricted nonresident parking on Sea View Avenue leading down to the beach, so visitors had to find parking on Shore Road.Now they’ve gone a step further – prohibiting visitor parking along Shore Road and surrounding streets.“These changes are…

A lagging Democrat contender in Maine’s gubernatorial primary race apparently feels it’s time to get some needed effing attention.Not only for himself, apparently, but also for his fellow Democrat, U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner.How better to do it than show how effing manly you are?In a new video campaign ad that has gone viral over the internet, Troy Jackson goes full-scale obscene as he endorses the man he calls “brother.”“I’ve been in the Maine Legislature for 20 years,” Jackson says as he and Platner stand over a pool table, trading shots, so to speak. “I’ve seen people with power and…

Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner is blaming his own party for trying to get him out of the race to make room for Janet Mills.Even before Platner entered the race, he says in an interview with Slate magazine, his campaign “received messages from Washington, from the national-level party, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee,” that it was Mills, the term-limited governor, who would be the nominee.“Very early on, we received very clear warnings that I had no right to do this, that they were the ones who choose,” he says. “They had a candidate they had chosen: Gov. Mills. She…

Gotta hand it to Ron Johnson for actually voting to cut your taxes when the alternative would have been much easier.The Republican senator from Wisconsin just killed a bill designed to let certain veterans collect, in essence, two retirement salaries.Under current federal law, roughly 54,000 medically-retired veterans can’t collect both retirement pay and disability compensation.Instead, the benefits are offset against each other.A proposed revision aimed to change that.The legislation would allow combat-injured veterans with fewer than 20 years of service to receive both benefits.Veterans in his state are blasting Johnson, and of course they are. They won’t be allowed to…

The age-old requirement that college seniors must pass a swimming test is being dumped due to fears it discriminates against people of color.Dartmouth College just became the latest school to drop a mandatory swimming test from its graduation prerequisite.In doing so, the Ivy League school joins a handful of other elite institutions that have abandoned their swimming requirements in recent years, including Williams, Hamilton and Washington and Lee.“The shift says less about the merits of staying afloat than about universities’ preoccupation with racial equity,” reports The Economist.Schools with a swimming test as part of their diploma obligations have been doing…

The Blair Witch is seeking political redemption in a Maine town where voters fired her last year amid a bitter property dispute.The witch’s name on Friday The 13th will appear as the more common Heather Donahue.March 13, a Friday, townspeople in a town called Freedom, Maine will go to the polls to decide whether Donahue will get another term on the selectboard.Donahue was removed from the board last year after she allegedly overstepped her municipal authority.The retired actress, who moved to Freedom four years ago, was grounded for allegedly vandalizing trees along a road that’s the center of a protracted…

Ex- Freeport Police Chief Susan Nourse knows about breaking glass ceilings.After all, she’s been one of the few female top cops Maine has ever had.So it’s more than fitting that Nourse would hop in a replica of a 1914 car and embark on a cross-country trek lobbying for the Equal Rights Amendment.The 64-year-old ex-chief is helping a campaign to reenact the trip two suffragists took in 1916 when they drove from New York to California and back in a two-seater that had to be cranked to start.The goal then – 110 years ago – was the ratification of the 19th…

The Democrat Gov. Janet Mills administration went crying to Maine’s largest daily Wednesday – the paper she counts on for a hug when the chips are down.The Portland Press Herald ran a piece quoting a Mills spokesman decrying The Maine Wire for allegedly being in bed with President Trump.The Trump administration last week notified The Maine Wire it was rejecting Mills’ request for more time to defend her embattled, allegedly fraudulent Medicaid program.“The flap stemmed from a U.S. Office of Inspector General report in January that outlined $45 million in potential improper payments for autism support services in the MaineCare…

The human Weiner Mobile is back!Carlos Danger, which was ex-U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY’s screen name, came out of the closet this week on The View.No not that closet, silly.The closest in which he’s been hiding since he became a convicted pedophile.“🚨 HOLY SHIT — The Jewish sex offender Anthony Weiner appeared on The View, signaling a potential political comeback and a possible run for office,” Dr. Simon Goddek posted for his 1.1 million followers on “X.”“When confronted about his past, Weiner attributed his behavior to addiction and claimed he is a changed man,” Goddek said. “He is now asking…

The so-called independent U.S. senator from Maine blasting Trump’s heeling Iran has been talking a vacuous game on taming Khamenei for a full decade now.Ten years ago Sen. Angus King, participating in talks designed to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, indicated time was running short.“The purpose of this potential agreement is to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapon,” King said in 2015. “There’s only one thing worse than an Iran that is working to support terrorism and destabilize other regimes – and that is an Iran doing those things while armed with a nuclear weapon.”Fast forward 10 years,…

The 24-year-old from Maine and girlfriend of former Pats head coach Bill Belichick says GOAT Tom Brady ain’t got nuthin’ on her.This recent reference from Hancock, Maine native Jordon Hudson to seven-Super Bowl winner quarterback Brady is raising eyebrows for obvious reasons.Belichick and Hudson went public with their relationship two years ago and have since faced scrutiny over their nearly 50-year age gap.On February 28th, Hudson took to Instagram and wrote, “For the record, a 24-year-old flyer is the equivalent of a 42-year-old quarterback,” according to I95Rocks.com.Hudson shared a photo of a ‘Be Old’ pin alongside a large cheerleading ring,…

Given President Trump’s uneasy relationship with the liberal, fake-news White House Press Corpse, he could be forgiven for not attending its annual dinner. But Trump says he’s going to be there next month for the yearly event known for featuring a celebrity comedian who pokes fun at the incumbent president, whether he be Republican or Democrat.In Trump’s case, it was actually at the White House Correspondents Association dinner 15 years ago when he apparently decided he was going to be running for president.It was at the dinner in 2011 when the incumbent, Barack Hussein Obama, who besides being president thought…

The political party that took hold in Vermont’s largest city when the socialists won a mayor’s race there 45 years ago has proven nothing is more dangerous than a leftist armed with maple syrup.The “centrist” Democrat Party in Burlington, Vermont is accusing the Zohran Mamdani/Bernie Sanders Wing of the Democrat-Socialist Party in that alleged bucolic college town of spreading lies about its city council candidate.But that’s where things get sticky.The Democrats claim that the Burlington socialists accused their council candidate’s father of spreading maple syrup on the ground at a downtown parking garage used for a daily free-food giveaway for…

OK, enough of the Nazi tattoo already.Can’t we get back to the fun stuff like the “Great Sperm?”You remember, the good ole days, right?When Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner’s wife was talking about how manly he was? “I can say that, right?” as she coyly asked in a TV campaign commercial in which she gushed over his virility, exclaiming “Graham has great sperm.”Doesn’t that stand for anything anymore? Sources say Graham Platner is all in – he is begging us to get back to his sperm count. After all, if given a choice, which would you rather talk about…

Who in their right mind keeps a dozen cats in an unoccupied trailer insufficiently- or dangerously-maintained with a space heater?Cops say 11 of them luckily survived a fire triggered by a faulty propane heater in an outbuilding behind a Hollis residence.A twelfth kitty was apparently unaccounted for after the fire.The structure used to shelter 12 cats caught fire Saturday morning.Officials say all but one of the cats have been accounted for and are allegedly in good hands.The Hollis Fire Department said they responded to Hollis Road, where smoke was reported coming from the structure.Firefighters made entry and extinguished a fire…

The contributions of the state’s military assets are gaining prominence as the nation’s best tame the beast known as Iran.Besides two guided-missile destroyers that were built at Bath Iron Works being deployed, a major Maine airport is now reportedly being used as a launch pad for flying fueling beasts.A widely followed website on the social media platform “X” reports that more than a dozen U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers were launched Monday from bases around the U.S., some of which “appear to be stopping in Bangor, Maine to rest & refuel before pressing onward.”The Bangor air field is traditionally a…

An Edgecomb man accused of beating a young girl to death has been found guilty, state officials said.Tyler Witham-Jordan was charged with murder in connection with the death of 3-year-old Makinzlee Handrahan on Dec. 25, 2022. Witham-Jordan was the boyfriend of Makinzlee’s mother.Prosecutors said Witham-Jordan was experiencing opioid withdrawal on that Christmas morning and was mad at his girlfriend’s children, WMTW-TV reports.Cops used DNA evidence found inside the upper waistband of the girl’s bloody diaper and under her fingernails.There was also a broken hairbrush with large clumps of Makinzlee’s hair stuck in the bristles, authorities said.Witham-Jordan was arrested on Oct.…

A study by a conservative media watchdog shows that the four major search engines are heavily promoting mostly liberal news.So now the numbers confirm what we’ve long suspected.Dan Schneider of the Media Research Center calls the approach a “subliminal form of propaganda” that could potentially be illegal, arguing that these platforms are suppressing conservative voices.Schneider, the organization’s vice president for Free Speech America, alleges that major news-aggregation apps are heavily biased toward liberal, left-leaning or leftist narratives. The “Big Four” apps, which Schneider identifies as Apple News, Google News, Yahoo and MSN are the primary platforms feeding liberal bias to…

Maine’s now-most-notorious disgraced former respected politician has been dragged yet again into the Jeffrey Epstein sex spectacle.George Mitchell, who’s repeatedly denied having sex with one of Epstein’s underaged, sexually-trafficked girls, was brought up during a congressional interrogation of former First Lady Hillary Clinton.“Have you ever communicated with any of the following people relating to Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislane Maxwell?” a lawyer for the Republican-led House Oversight Committee asked Hillary, referring to the two famous convicted sexual traffickers.The lawyer then went through a list of dozens of names – among them George Mitchell of Maine.The recently released “Epstein files” contain thousands…

The son of the female half of the famous Sonny & Cher duo bashed in the door of a New Hampshire house, sat down in the living room and had a cigarette, cops say.It was the second time in two days Elijah Allman was cuffed and stuffed in the ‘Live Free Or Die’ state.Allman was first arrested Friday after allegedly causing a disturbance at St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord. He was charged with two counts of trespassing, assault and disorderly conduct.Two days later a Windham, New Hampshire woman said someone had broken into her home and was…

Seriously, who is running the show over at the Portland Press Herald?And a show it is. All for show. By all accounts the largest, highest-paid group of reporters should be breaking news left and right.Medicaid fraud rampant. Boys in girls sports aflame. Fake Somali daycare centers multiplying. Democrat governor raiding the state emergency surplus for use as a taxpayer slush fund no kidding. All stuff you can read about in The Maine Wire.And what is the Maine Trust for Local News up to?Featuring on its website the Freeport Chocolate Festival, the best books to get buried in on a snowy…

Looks like those claiming that it’s time to put more restrictions on commercial fishing are up against reality.Thank God for little miracles.A new study shows it would be impossible to replace the amount of protein we get from the ocean with land-based agriculture.The analysis finds that harvesting fewer fish would require more land to make up for the protein loss, leading to loss of biodiversity.“Replacing the harvesting of fish would necessitate substantially more land for agricultural production to make up the ensuing protein gap, meaning it would not be a quick solution for sustainability,” reports SeafoodSource.com.The study, titled “Biodiversity Consequences…

The UN official whose anti-israeli sentiments led to the cancellation of a University of Southern Maine conference is suing president Trump for allegedly trampling on her rights to free speech. Francesca Albanese was to have been a featured speaker Sunday at a Palestinian-rights conference in Portland.But once university officials found out that she had been sanctioned by the US government they canceled the conference, which was later rescheduled at a different location.Albanese’s family is now suing the Trump administration for sanctioning her over her criticism of Israel’s policies during the war with Hamas in Gaza.In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday,…

The world’s 1.4 billion Catholics are just now hearing a confession from one of the cardinals who helped elect a new pope last May.Seems one of the 133 cardinals participating in the highly-secret conclave went into the meeting with a cellphone beneath his robes.The unnamed cardinal had taken the same vow as his 132 scarlet-silk-capped colleagues – no cellphones allowed dude.Everything was going fine as the clerics were preparing to take their first vote inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.But the electronic-jamming equipment in the building, designed to prevent outside communications, picked up the signal of an active mobile connection.The cardinals…

When it comes to caring for your elderly relatives, Maine’s Democrat-controlled government has some serious splaining to do. “Maine ranks among the most expensive states for long-term care,” according to a new analysis by CostCare.com. While the state’s aging residents are suffering the most-expensive healthcare in the nation, Democrat Gov. Janet Mills is fighting with President Trump over her insistence that boys play on girls sports teams and defending ongoing Medicaid fraud.That would be the same Janet Mills running for the Democrat U.S. Senate nomination on the premise that she is “fighting for Mainers.”Hard to square that with reality. She’s…

Maine’s U.S. Senate race could be among the first nationwide to see labor backing the Republican candidate.Armed with polls showing Graham Platner trouncing Janet Mills in the upcoming Democrat primary, a group of unions is urging the Democrat senate leader to drop his support of Mills.“Janet Mills is not somebody we will support,” machinists vice president David Sullivan told NBC News. “And if, for some odd reason, she ends up going off some miracle win against Graham Platner, you’ll probably see a lot of unions supporting Collins.”Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer “needs to stay out of Maine,” said Sullivan, eastern…

Who’s on first?The Portland Press Herald has a new version of the old Abbott and Costello gag. A LinkedIn post by Executive Editor Carolyn Fox purports to be a job ad for someone to write for the daily newsletter – which she says “has lots of room for improvement.”Not surprising – the 53-word post from the top editor contains four grammatical issues – in the span of just 53 words.So maybe the ad was supposed to solicit a copy editor?Houston we seem to have a problem. Or actually that would be Denver we seem to have a problem, since the…

The mayor of Portland just hopped into the proverbial political bed with a Democrat gubernatorial hopeful whose claim to fame is a questionable government-grifted home loan.What was Mayor Mark Dion thinking when he endorsed Troy Jackson for the party’s top state office?More to the point, what does Jackson envision as the benefit of a boost from the top elected official in Maine’s most radically-left community?Dion’s political history managing statewide campaigns isn’t exactly anything one would describe as prosperous.The former Portland cop, ex-Cumberland County sheriff and state senator ran a failed campaign for governor against the eventual victor – Janet Mills…

A so-called illegal “National of the Democratic Republic of the Congo” was pulled from his car by federal agents, as seen from a bystander’s video.BiddefordBuzz.com exclusively posted the February 27 nab and grab that occurred on Summer Street in Biddeford.In the video, immigration-enforcement cops can be heard asking an individual to exit the vehicle.”If you don’t come out, I’m going to break the window and pull you out,* an ICE agent was overheard telling the driver.“When the Biddeford Buzz arrived at the scene, we observed glass shards and a glass window panel on the ground beside the vacant vehicle,” the…

“Operation Epic Fury,” as the Pentagon coined it, had a little help from Maine.To wit, U.S. Navy photos posted online show the Bath-built USS Spruance firing a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of cashing out Khamenei.“U.S. and partner forces began striking targets at 1:15 a.m. ET February 28 to dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that posed an imminent threat,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “Targets included Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields.“The President ordered bold action, and our brave soldiers, sailors,…

It came 46 years late but the families victimized by the 1979 Iran hostage crisis get to sleep a little easier now that Khamenei is boxed up for shipping.The grabbing of American hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran during the failed Democrat Jimmy Carter administration included two Maine residents. A Mount Desert Island man, Moorhead Kennedy, died in 2024 at the age of 93. “I spent my 49th birthday tied up, blindfolded, and tied to a chair,” Kennedy said in 2009.Hostage, Richard Queen, came from Lincolnville. Queen was released early, in July 1980, after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.…

A charity watchdog organization is questioning whether a Bangor firm supplying the nonprofit Wreaths Across America is inappropriately benefiting from the relationship.CharityWatch says the wreath charity and Worcester Wreath Co. may have too cozy a relationship – one that is hard to separate financially.The charity was created by Worcester Wreath to decorate graves in Arlington National Cemetery each year during Christmas.But the group that investigates charities for questionable behavior says it is looking into whether an inappropriately large amount of money is being transferred from the charity to the wreath company.“The structure of this charity is highly unusual, especially at…

A portrait of embattled former U.S. Senate Leader George Mitchell has been stripped from the Maine State House, a move that the state’s top investigative journalist calls possibly Mitchell’s ultimate indignity.Maine legislative officials have been under pressure to take the Democrat ex-leader’s portrait down from the wall where it has hung for 14 years.The Maine House GOP shared video showing the portrait being removed Friday afternoon.The portrait’s removal comes just three weeks after Mitchell resigned as chairman of the Mitchell Institute following the recent unsealing of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex-abuse case.“This might be the harshest consequence he…

When Democrat Troy Jackson and Republican Bobby Charles threw personal insults at each other during a recent debate, it was just too rough for the dainty Portland Press Herald.The paper’s political columnist reports that the debate’s mudslinging tone failed to uphold Maine’s “national reputation for robust, elevated state politics.”Steve Collins went even further, fawning over Angus King for having waged gubernatorial and U.S. Senate campaigns “that honored the state’s traditions and decency.”That’s absolutely laughable.Angus has a record of just the opposite. You can look it up, as Yogi Berra would say.King is noted for having called gubernatorial opponent, Democrat Joe…

A year after Maine’s top license-plate boss emerged politically wounded from a scandal over faulty tags, a new chapter of Plategate is emerging.Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is now recommending to the legislature that Maine stop making its own plates altogether.After Bellows hired a Canadian company last year to help with a new plate issue, the result became a political nightmare.The plates feature an image of Maine’s iconic pine tree but the poor tree was misaligned on many of the finished products.Bellows got a lot of negative publicity over the misplaced tree – not helpful as she geared up for…

The Boston Globe columnist who previously was caught lying about being at the scene of a downtown bombing is now trying to make up for lost time on his latest gaffe.Gaffe is actually too generous a description of Kevin Cullen’s most recent work of literature.Cullen, who wrote sympathetically last week about a white Irish guy who was being deported as an illegal immigrant, faced a firestorm once a Boston media watchdog learned about the suspect’s alleged criminal record.Now Cullen is trying to paper over his malaprops with a new column blaming “leaks” for exposing the truth about the detainee. He…

Syracuse University College of Law has commissioned an official portrait of its most famous cheater.Not only will Joe Biden have his portrait hung in the place where he got caught plagiarizing as a freshman law student.But he’s been invited for the portrait’s official unveiling April 14, the school has announced.“President Biden has never forgotten where his legal career began, and we have never forgotten him,” College of Law Dean Terence Lau said in a press release that must have been conceived by Saturday Night Live’s comedy writers. It gets even more bizarre.“His portrait in Dineen Hall will remind every student…

A technical glitch at Maine’s largest paper was only supposed to be a temporary thing.But it appears the highest-paid journalistic Geek squad in Maine can’t figure out the problem.“Secret insider information,” the paper’s editor posted February 27 on the home page. “We’re tinkering with the website, and for the next couple of days, the paywall is completely shut off. Read all the things for free.”“Secret insider information.”Haha.The real question is doesn’t the multi-millon-dollar National Trust for Local News have the wherewithal to fix a website?Asking for a friend.

Former twice-failed gubernatorial candidate and convicted sex offender Eliot Cutler is denying the latest charge of violating probation. Cutler, 79, appeared in court this week facing police claims that he failed to receive the sexual-addiction treatment that was part of his conviction plea deal.The disbarred lawyer was convicted of possessing child porn in 2023 and served eight months in jail before being released early for “good behavior.”He was arrested again this month for allegedly violating conditions of his release. Several adult pornographic DVDs and a DVD player were allegedly found in Cutler’s room after a search in South Portland.Cutler allegedly…

Democrat Gov. Janet Mills may be unwittingly bringing attention to the fact she’s an antique compared to her young opponent.“Folks, I’m the only Maine Democrat to win a statewide election in the last 20 years,” Mills said Thursday in a campaign-donation request as reported by BiddefordBuzz.com.By claiming she’s been in public office as long as she has, Mills, 78, merely advertises Platner’s theme – that he’s a fresh new start.Platner, 41, who polls show is far ahead of Mills in the Democrat primary for the U.S. Senate, has made clear in his campaign that he believes it’s time for a…

When President Trump got Democrats applauding for a proposal to prohibit federal lawmakers from buying and selling stock, one member of that party was conspicuously missing from the State of the Union address. Chellie Pingree of Maine.Pingree, the alleged congresswoman from Maine’s southern, most-liberal district, boycotted the speech Tuesday and perhaps now we know why.Trump urged lawmakers to “pass the stop-insider-trading act without delay.”Leading Democrats even stood and applauded, including senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Chris Coons of Delaware.But Pingree was missing, attending her own “state of the union” celebration.Maybe she was also checking her stock portfolio.The legislation Trump…

The alleged “white supremacy” Zohran Mamdani was railing against while attending Bowdoin College was nothing compared to the whiteout he’s now up against in New York City.In his first political firestorm as the first Muslim mayor of the nation’s largest city, Mamdani is being criticized for failing to support cops injured this week in a snowball attack.NYPD had responded to a snowball fight in a city park that had allegedly gotten out of hand.But when the snowballers saw the word POLICE on officers’ uniforms, they began pelting them with chunks of ice, injuring two cops.In fact, some of the snowballing…

A deadly shooting during a youth hockey game in Rhode Island last week has claimed a third victim, a grandfather whose daughter and grandson were also killed in the attack, authorities said.Gerald Dorgan, who had been in critical condition, has died from his injuries, according to the Associated Press.Dorgan’s daughter, Rhonda Dorgan, and grandson, Aidan Dorgan, were also killed in the shooting.Police identified the shooter as Robert Dorgan, 56, who died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Dorgan, who had had a sex-change operation, also went by the names Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano. Robert Dorgan’s ex-wife was Rhonda Dorgan…

Let’s hear it for Maine blueberries – you know, the ones that don’t get “recalled.”Four states are facing a serious recall of blueberries produced not in the wild barrens of the Pine Tree State but in Oregon.Maybe next time they’ll get Wyman’s on the phone and order from Maine’s finest.Just a suggestion…The Oregon-produced berries were recalled in Michigan, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin, as well as in Canada.Nearly 60,000 pounds were recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially life-threatening food-borne disease that can cause serious adverse health effects.The FDA characterized the recall as a Class 1, its highest,…

Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell has gone from being a metaphorical international peace-making God to his word having no credibility. The Democrat from Maine allegedly having had sex with a 17-year-old girl at pedo Jeffrey Epstein’s request was enough to erase Mitchell from his historic reputation helping bring peace to Northern Ireland.But as bad if not worse, people don’t believe him when he says he didn’t. For George Mitchell, that’s really the tragedy – that his word is no longer reliable. Even his own Maine institute doesn’t believe him. Not even necessarily because he allegedly had sex with a child…

A new video promo of the upcoming Charlie Kirk documentary “Bride of Charlie” has ignited a firestorm of controversy.Firebrand podcaster Candace Owens released the trailer Tuesday of her alleged documentary into Kirk’s savage killing.Owens has been accused of suggesting that Kirk’s widow may have had a hand in his September murder so that she could take over Turning Point USA, his organization.Judging from the trailer, critics believe Owens is once again stoking conspiracy theories surrounding Kirk’s assassination, including whether Erika Kirk had something to do with it.“Owens uses dramatic clips from news coverage of the shooting, leaked audio from TPUSA…

Breeze Airways will kick off a new service between the Akron-Canton, Ohio Airport and Portland, Maine, this summer.At the same time, the carrier is discontinuing service from Akron-Canton to Los Angeles, deeming it too costly.Portland will be the carrier’s 16th destination from Akron-Canton, according to Cleveland.com.Flights to Portland will run Thursdays and Sundays starting July 2. Eastbound flights will leave Akron-Canton at 8:18 p.m., landing in Portland at 10:09 p.m. Return flights will leave Portland at 7 a.m., arriving at Akron-Canton at 9:01 a.m.The seasonal route is expected to run through late October.No other airline currently flies from northeast Ohio…

As if the nation’s top defense official doesn’t have enough on his plate…Pete Hegseth told reporters he just learned about a site on “X” that monitors pizza orders coming from the Pentagon.The originator of the “Pentagon Pizza Report” determined that he could figure out whether there was a major military movement being planned depending on how many pizzas were being ordered in the vicinity of the nation’s defense headquarters.“Various pizzerias nearby the Pentagon are reporting above average traffic,” the site – which has 376,000 followers – reported Tuesday night. It also shows bar graphs indicating the rate of business at…

If you plan a seminar featuring a banished anti-Israeli speaker and it gets cancelled, you apparently then need to come up with a quick new excuse for hating Jews.Enter the anemic Portland Press Herald, which is now quoting an organizer for the doomed pro-Palestinian confab as complaining that “conservatives” are at fault for being the skunk at the garden party.“Organizers said in a statement Tuesday the cancellation was the product of an ‘outside pressure campaign’ after the conference was written about in several Jewish and Israeli news outlets, and the right-wing publication The Maine Wire,” according to Maine’s newspaper of…

Maine’s precarious bridges are only getting worse – and are now among the most vulnerable nationwide.That’s according to a new national analysis of the condition of the country’s highway spans.“Maine and Wyoming were the only states to have an increase in the number of poorly rated bridges,” says a new survey.The Pine Tree State in fact rates No. 1 nationally in failing to maintain bridge upkeep.Maine, with 2,542 bridges, has the fourth-highest ranking nationwide of bridges in bad condition – 392 of the 2,542.The shocking bridge report is consistent with a national survey last year showing Maine has the worst…

Angus King claims his conscience is forcing him to boycott President Trump’s State Of The Union Speech.That would be the same Angus who last year said America’s only Mideast ally no longer deserves foreign aid from the U.S.Apparently the so-called “independent” claims that label only when he’s running for election so he can avoid Democrat primary opponents.He first did it when he ran in 1994 for governor and then when he ran in 2012 for the Senate.King in that Senate election declared as “hogwash” allegations by some Republicans that he had cut a deal with Democrats to keep Democrat U.S.…

A man with a telltale style of speaking, identifying himself as John Barron, ripped the Supreme Court and congressional Democrats to shreds in a call to a live C-SPAN show.But once Greta Brawner, the Washington Journal program host on the televised call-in C-SPAN program, seemed to recognize the caller’s voice, she looked like she wasn’t sure what she should do.As Brawner looked into the camera on the live call-in show, she appeared stunned, speechless.If it were actually President Trump on the line – C-SPAN later denied it was – it wouldn’t be the first time he has pulled such a…

Actor Patrick Dempsey, the Lewiston-born heartthrob alum of Grey’s Anatomy, is a revisionist when it comes to fondly remembering his late fellow actor Eric Dane.That according to an extra who worked on the Grey’s Anatomy set with both actors.Maine-born Dempsey, 60, was just quoted by the New York Post remembering Dane, 53, as the “funniest man” and “such a joy to work with.”“I just want to remember him in that spirit because any time he was on the Grey’s Anatomy set, he brought so much fun to it,” Dempsey said.“We hit it off because there was never really any competition,”…

If Maine legislators are really interested in fixing the nightmare known as the state Office of Child and Family Services, they need to talk to Sabrina Rose.Rose, who lives in Presque Isle, has written and published a new book about how she believes the state’s foster system failed her and others.The state “removed me from my mother’s care and placed me with strangers, promised me that life would turn out better that way.“But I still grew up to be an addict.”The publication of Rose’s book comes amid an effort by state Sen. Jeff Timberlake, R-Androscoggin, to investigate the state’s child-services…

A disgraced former Waldoboro state lawmaker forced out of office three years ago for forging signatures is taking a second bite at the political apple.Clint Collamore, running again for state office, has created a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a political comeback.GoFundMe is traditionally used by people who are legitimately hard up on their luck, such as family tragedies.Callamore, campaigning as an “independent “ for the state house seat from District 45, says on his GoFundMe site that “the funds raised through this campaign will go directly toward community outreach, purchasing signs and print ads, hosting community events, sending…

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. In the Prince William County protest, some kids walked more than two miles to a nearby shopping center.School officials confirmed 303 students were suspended for leaving school grounds without permission.Compare that punitive action to Camden, Maine where a recent obscenity-laced ice protest prompted administrators to do nothing more than inform students of the “expectation that they be respectful and peaceful during their protest.”In Maine the…

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 location of the old Frank J. Wood Bridge.The “Bridge Remembrance Project,” will use steel beams salvaged from Wood bridge since it was replaced with a new span across the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham.Brunswick Public Art called for artists to submit their ideas for a new $300,000 privately-funded sculpture.Laura Haddad, a Bowdoin College grad, won the design contest. But it may be a pyrrhic…

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,” the social media platform. “Ten days without a column in the Boston Globe.”Cullen, whose column previously went dark after he fabricated claims he witnessed the 2018 Boston Marathon bombing, most recently wrote a questionable piece blasting Trump for deporting a white Irish guy.When the deportee’s background came under fire, Cullen allegedly went “missing” from the pages of beantown’s biggest liberal rag. if Colin is indeed…