Author: Ted Cohen

On a clear, dark, quiet summer night, the light of the moon shimmering on outer Casco Bay, the 111-foot tug Helen McAllister was proudly doing its work, guiding a massive gasoline barge into Portland Harbor. Suddenly, before the captain could react, the barge overtook the tug, the towline going taught, flipping the Helen McAllister, sinking it. The tug went down with six men. A Coast Guard vessel, along with a civilian boat from Peaks Island, successfully rescued five crewmembers. Sadly, one crewman couldn’t get out of the wheelhouse and drowned. The sinking of the tug Helen McAllister was one of…

Firefighter Katie Paige has experienced a delay in her recovery from injuries sustained in the devastating Robbins Lumber explosion. News of the setback in recuperation comes from Paige’s husband Paul, according to a national website monitoring her treatment at Maine Medical Center. Paul said doctors have determined that some of Katie’s skin grafts are not healing as expected in a few areas. As a result, she will not be able to return home as soon as originally hoped. Medical staff plan to reevaluate her condition in the coming days to determine the next steps in her treatment and recovery. The…

New data indicates that CBS Evening News, anchored by Tony Dokoupil, continues to trail major network rivals in viewership, raising questions about the program’s long-term strategy. AZAT.tv says panicking network bosses are now considering adding a co-anchor to try to stem viewer losses. Dokoupil, who was rolled out amid great fanfare, was supposed to be the CBS nightly savior. “Tony is what everyone wants in an evening-news anchor – authentic, compassionate, unafraid,” CBS News President Tom Cibrowski said six months ago as the network announced Dokoupil’s promotion. “He connects instantly, whether he’s talking with world leaders or with families navigating…

The whales have won a big match with Prince Edward Island’s lobster industry in a case being closely monitored by Maine’s fishermen. Government fisheries police told the island’s lobstermen to remove their traps for a two-week period, after wildlife officers discovered migrating right whales moving through the area. With a worldwide population of just 380, officials said the whales are endangered and at risk of entangling with lobster gear. They cited as evidence a juvenile whale dying off North Carolina earlier in the season after getting tangled in lobster pots. Officials said that the two-week closure is part of standard…

Jennifer Gingrich sounds like a leftist when she calls herself a feminist but then she blows her cover by adhering to some logical principles, like keeping boys out of girls locker rooms. “Humans can’t change sex and men don’t belong in girls spaces or sports,” Gingrich’s X profile says as a precursor. So Gingrich caught it from all sides over the weekend when she posted a personal essay on X describing how she believes the state’s largest city has gone to pot. Here’s what she posted for her 44,000 followers and anyone else interested: “Portland, Maine – which was a…

“Wild, unpredictable, and hilarious.” That’s how Boston Magazine described Eddie Andleman in 1988, the year he won the mag’s title as “Best Radio Talk Show Host.” Andelman “transforms the usually numbing sports call-in format into the kind of comedic theater even non-sports fans can enjoy,” the magazine said. He died Monday at age 88. “We lost the king,” said veteran New England broadcaster Tom Shattuck, an occasional Howie Carr fill-in and now managing editor of The Maine Wire. Andelman worked for more than 40 years in sports talk radio in Boston and appeared on more than 100 sports stations throughout…

The entertainment suits at CBS, the network scrambling to save “60 Minutes,” now have a new crisis on their hands. Byron Allen, their chosen pick to replace Stephen Colbert on The Late Night Show, is proving to be a disaster, Daily Beast’s William Vaillancourt reports. Ratings for Allen’s show have dropped 64 percent since he took over for the cancelled Colbert, according to a Nielsen report viewed by Status News. The problem for low viewership at night is it bleeds into the next morning’s viewing habits. “Within the television industry, it was figured out quite quickly that a popular late-night…

While sunbathers in southern Maine have recently been on alert for great whites, this time it was great blacks. Bears, that is. Old Orchard Beach Police Department on Sunday said they first received reports of a bear sighting in the area of Saco Avenue near the fire department. The bear was observed within blocks of the busy beach enclave’s main drag, steps from the shore. A second sighting was also reported Sunday morning in the area of Lucette Avenue, also near the downtown. “Both sightings were confirmed by law enforcement and the animals re-entered wooded areas nearby,” police reported on…

Golfing great Phil Mickelson is denying a woman’s claim that got him removed from a California golf course and pulled out of its membership ranks. Mickelson, 56, was accused of inappropriate physical contact with a female employee at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, one of Mickelson’s long-time hangouts and essentially his hometown course. His lawyer issued a statement denying that the incident occurred.”There is a great deal of misinformation circulating attorney Tom Clare said. “He has retained defamation counsel and is determined to hold accountable any publication or individual trafficking in speculation or false rumors.” After…

Boston, Massachusetts became Scotland over the weekend after the Scots beat Haiti in World Cup soccer competition. It was the Scots’ first cup victory since 1990 that turned Boston’s bars into virtual Scotland after the match played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. A uniformed Boston cop was mobbed in the streets by cheering Scottish soccer fans as he showed his best footwork with a soccer ball. Downtown Boston became a sea of kilts, flags and beaming faces under neon lights, X reported. https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/2065841190722039977?s=20 The fans began singing “Country Roads,” highlighting shared Scot-Irish roots in Appalachia, blending soccer joy with American…

The decision by the top official of Maine’s community colleges to step down as a new governor takes office is a rare window into who is really running that educational system. In announcing last week he was quitting, David Daigler emphasized that “we have new state leadership coming in.” Daigler may be foretelling what he thinks could well happen in November’s gubernatorial election – a Republican victory? After all, his suddenly-ending eight-year tenure will have been in its entirety coterminous with a Democrat governor who can’t run for re-election… As the top college executive, Daigler at first blush answers to…

Encouraging news for firefighter Katie Paige following her latest surgery related to potentially life-threatening injuries she suffered in the Robbins Lumber explosion May 15 in Searsmont. Paige successfully came out of surgery and is now recovering, according to a national website following her case. Doctors determined that no additional major procedures are needed, as her right palm has been healing better than expected on its own. Surgeons performed skin grafts on Paige’s left hand and the top of her right hand. Medical staff told the family this is expected to be her final surgery. If her recovery continues to progress…

If you have an extra chair at your Fourth Of July barbecue bitter public servant Chellie Pingree says “sorry I can’t make it.” In an SNL-trademarked Debbie Downer video message Saturday on Facebook, the First District congresswoman confirmed she’s the hit of the party. Not! Looking tired, disheveled and depressed, the wrinkled, aging 71-year-old Democrat spoke from a trip on the North Haven ferry complaining about how much she hates her elected job in the nation’s capital. “It’s the end of another crappy week in Washington, and, uh, Republicans continued their horrendous agenda,” Chellie said from, uh, Maine. Pingree complained,…

Harley-Davidson is bringing back production from Thailand to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, a decision drawing praise from the Trump administration. In turn, Harley-Davidson officials credited Trump with new economic policies favoring domestic manufacturing. “The Trump administration’s changes to U.S. trade policy, combined with shifts in the global trade environment, have created new opportunities for companies to invest in domestic manufacturing,” the famous motorcycle company said in a statement. The Milwaukee-based company plans to manufacture the Pan America, Sportster S and Nightster models in the U.S, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Bringing this work back home is another important step in…

West Marine, a long-established boat-supply chain across the country, is going into bankruptcy. The company’s financial problems will shutter dozens of stores nationwide including Portland and Southwest Harbor in Maine. In Massachusetts, store shutdowns include Marblehead and Vineyard Haven. The company noted several factors forcing it into bankruptcy, including supply chain disruptions, extreme weather events, and shifts in consumer behavior. West Marine aims for Chapter 11 to help it strengthen its balance sheet, reduce debt, and improve financial flexibility, according to TheStreet.com. “Such moves are common for large-scale retailers seeking to reduce overhead and eliminate underperforming assets during financial distress,”…

A veteran University of Virginia political analyst who looks for excuses to favor the Democrats isn’t buying what Graham Platner is selling. Despite Polymarket calling Platner a 32-point odds-on favorite to beat GOP U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, Larry Sabato is calling the race a toss-up. The longtime Virginia political analyst shows Maine as key to whether Democrats can flip the Senate to their majority. Sabato just moved three Senate races to “lean Democrat,” which, if holds, would require them one more seat – i.e., Maine’s – to control the upper chamber. While Platner is ahead of Collins in the latest…

A former president of South Korea has been sentenced in his country to 30 years in prison for illegally declaring martial law while he was in office. Yoon Suk Yeol was so obsessed with maintaining his grip on power he ordered drone flights over North Korea two years ago to trigger a response as an excuse for martial law. In his own defense, Yoon claimed the drone surveillance over enemy territory was his justified response to North Korea flying bags of trash over the border into the south. Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of aiding an adversary and…

Eliot Cutler has been arrested for a sixth probation violation, according to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office. The convicted pedophile was booked on Thursday, with no information available yet regarding his specific offense, WGME-TV reports. Cutler, 79, was just released on $10,000 bail about three weeks ago after violating his probation for a fifth time. The sex offender and two-time Maine gubernatorial candidate was convicted of possessing sexually explicit images of children in 2023. He has since been accused of violating probation five times before this latest incident. Cutler ran for governor as an “independent,” twice, in 2010 and 2014,…

Boston police were searching for two juvenile thugs accused of robbing a lemonade stand at gunpoint in broad daylight. A 12-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister were targeted by masked youths, losing about $50 in cash. The brave children reopened their stand, with the community’s support, donating half of all proceeds to a local gun violence prevention group, Fox News reported. The young entrepreneurs noticed two juvenile suspects passing the stand in South Boston around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday before the suspects finally stopped to ask if the children accepted Apple Pay, according to the Boston Police Department. Before the pair…

It’s called Big Boy No. 4014. Union Pacific Big Boy 4014, the world’s largest steam locomotive, is on a run from California to Philadelphia for the USA’s 250th celebration of independence. Its mighty fury steamed Thursday through Lancaster, New York on its latest leg, as thousands of spectators lined the tracks for the bone-chilling spectacle. Enjoy the following story of Big Boy No. 4014 posted on TheLandCle.org by historian Tim Zaun of Cleveland: The American Locomotive Company built Big Boy No. 4014 and delivered it to Union Pacific Railroad in December 1941 when the United States entered World War II.…

Two armed sailors guarding an aircraft carrier were involved in a shooting and one of them is dead, officials said. The incident occurred aboard the USS John F. Kennedy, under construction in Newport News, Virginia. The ship completed sea trials earlier this year and is getting its final outfitting. The shooting victim was identified as Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jesse Braswell. Sailors are typically not armed, the exception being when they are assigned police duties guarding a vessel. The Navy did not identify the suspect in Braswell’s killing. “The situation is currently under investigation and further information will be provided once…

A federal and multi-state investigation has begun into the nationwide shortage of new fire trucks and ambulances. What used to be an 18-month delivery on fire and emergency-medical apparatus is now nearly five years. The average price of a new fire engine has also roughly doubled since 2020, from $600,000 to $1.1 million. The International Association of Firefighters brought what it describes as a crisis to the attention of federal lawmakers, who agreed to investigate. The association also claims that old equipment not being replaced has become a safety hazard for first responders. “Firefighters need modern, reliable equipment to keep…

It was only a matter of time before Graham’s exes started telling tales out of school – including the pie-plate caper. “You’ll be shocked to learn that Graham Platner’s ex-lovers are now coming out of the woodwork,” said Steve Robinson, editor in chief of The Maine Wire For instance: “I very briefly was talking to and then consequently seeing Graham Platner from about February 2021 until mid July 2021 when it was revealed to me that he was cheating on his fiancé at the time. He knew about the f**king tattoo.” Gov. Janet Mills, meanwhile, was secretly, vicariously, living through…

The presumptive Maine Democrat U.S. Senate nominee is suggesting potential embarrassing pictures or texts may still come out of, from and about his past. Graham Platner appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show Wednesday after his big primary win the day before to address potential additional fallout. Platner’s overwhelming 50-point victory over Gov. Janet Mills came in the aftermath of a campaign during which he was deluged almost daily with revelations about past social-media posts and texts shining light on the seedier side of his now-public life. The latest discovery was the existence of sex-related messages he sent on the hook-up…

If you’ve got a can of rat poison out in the barn, guard it with your life. The rodenticide is now illegal across Maine. The Board of Pesticide Control has voted to ban its sale, action in keeping with LD 356. The law, which the Legislature adopted last year, directed the board to prohibit the consumer use of rodenticides. The measure is designed to prevent the spread of chemical toxins often found in owls, eagles, pets, and other non-targeted wildlife, according to the Maine Audubon Society. The board’s vote Friday means hardware stores will have to pull the rodenticides from…

Stefon Diggs has been ordered by a judge to explain his relationship with Christopher Blake Griffith in their ongoing legal dispute, according to TMZ. Diggs was accused of having drugged, sexually assaulted and ordered an attack on Griffith at his Rockville, Maryland, residence in May 2023, Sportskeeda reports. TMZ reported that it had obtained court documents from a civil court case showing Diggs was asked what exactly the nature of his relationship with Griffith was. He reportedly just said “acquaintances,” which did not satisfy the judge. The federal jurist demanded a “truthful, complete, and non-evasive response” that also covered who…

The top two Boston sports radio nets are taking out all the stops to try to attract ratings. It’s an eclectic mix, for sure. On the one hand is 98.5’s host Christopher Gasper reporting on having prostate cancer. On the other is 93.7’s Meghan Ottolini complaining about the price of gas on her way to Maine. In the sympathy realm, Gasper clearly has the edge as his fans wish him the best. No question, it also makes for compelling radio. Maybe not so much Ottolini and her pump issues. On its morning drive Greg Hill Show on Tuesday, Ottolini tried…

In Sikhness and in health is the new vow of knife-loving commitment between a northeast school district and its faithful. But like any vow, there are exceptions. Students who claim to be members of the Sikh faith are now allowed to carry knives in a growing number of schools nationwide. Not so much liberty granted if a student is, say, Catholic or a Jew. As it turns out, Hopkinton, Massachusetts is just the latest town to allow students initiated in Sikh faith to carry “kirpans,” worn as part of their alleged religious identity. Sikh students and their families sign agreements…

“Source: Red Sox Not Considering Firing Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow” That’s the actual headline Tuesday on a Boston Globe piece by Tim Healy. Sounds like The Onion or Harvard Lampoon. “Source” World Not Coming To An End.” The record-losing Sox certainly wouldn’t be out of line canning Breslow. “Sounds like,” akin to a game of journalistic charades. The Glob clearly wants to cover its a** in case Breslow does get his walking papers. So the only way to save face in case it gets scooped, say, by ESPN if and when Breslow does get fired, is to come out…

New England’s embarrassing 2026 Sox just became the first MLB squad since 1901 to have the first three hitters all strike out in each of their first three at-bats. The obscure statistic was reported on X by Mike Mutnansky of Barstool Sports and also by MassLive’s Christopher Smith. Mutnansky is also an occasional contributor on the Kirk Minihane Show. The three strikeouts came Wednesday on the road against Tampa Bay. The historically rough day at the plate contributed to a 15-strikeout performance in a 7-5 loss to the Rays, according to MassLive. The Sox suffered their fourth sweep of the…

A new summer fad is worrying police – youngsters using online chat rooms to organize massive dangerous beach parties. Cops say the gatherings are set up through social-media channels and can involve thousands of unruly celebrants. Recent incidents have occurred in places such as Hampton Beach, just over Maine’s border with New Hampshire. An estimated 50 people were arrested amid fights and chaos May 19 at Hampton, the same day three people were stabbed at Narragansett Beach in Rhode Island. The incidents were advertised as beach takeovers on social media. And if it’s happening as close to Maine as Hampton,…

U.S. Central Command has released stunning video of a Bath-built warship carrying out multiple strikes in the Iran war. The attacks by the USS Michael Murphy were launched Wednesday under orders from President Trump, Pentagon officials announced. “The strikes are in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression,” the U.S. Navy said. “U.S. forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.” Murphy, an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer, is the last Flight IIA variant. The ship, launched in 2011 by Bath Iron Works, is named for Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Michael P. Murphy. Murphy (1976 – 2005) was posthumously awarded…

Seven in ten of the state’s “liberals” just unapologetically voted for a guy who: √ Has a Nazi tattoo √ Called cops bastards√ Said black people don’t tip √ Deacribed rural Mainers as stupid √ Suggested rape victims get what they deserve √ Accused a soldier of stupidity by surviving gunfire √ Sexted women online unbeknownst to his new wife √ Forced that same innocent wife to make a hostage video defending his misogyny √ Questionably claims he runs an oyster farm √ Was arrested for drunk driving √ Discussed buying cocaine in Reddit posts and admitted drug use while…

A bitter, heretofore-secret contract dispute between a Saco high school and the city’s education leaders has gone public. Superintendent Jeremy Ray issued an equally-angry response to Thornton Academy’s headmaster, Rene Menard, who wrote to taxpayers pleading for support. Thornton is a private high school that contracts with the city for secondary education. Menard claims in a letter to taxpayers that the school board is essentially trying to end the 200-year relationship between the city and Thornton and send Saco kids to other area high schools. “The negotiating team for the Saco School Board has drawn a line in the sand,…

Spectacular video online shows a Nantucket surf fisherman catching a great white shark. The fisherman reeled in Jaws on Nantucket’s south shore on Sunday, as dozens of people gathered on the beach to watch and record the spectacle. The Nantucket Current reported the incredible story on X. Elliot Sudal has been fishing for sandbar sharks and other species during the summers for more than a decade. On Sunday, he was out fishing on the south shore with his apprentice, Stone Fornes, and fellow angler Nathan Skerritt, when they realized they had a big one on the line. The Current caught…

The state’s two-term-limited governor is still holding out hope she can become the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate. Despite Janet Mills losing the primary to neophyte Graham Platner by some 50 points, she’s banking on the controversy-plagued Platner to eventually decline the nomination. Platner, 41, a Sullivan ex-Marine whose Nazi tattoo, misogynistic behavior and anti-establishment rhetoric have raised questions over his fitness for public office, nonetheless trounced Mills by winning roughly 70 percent of Tuesday’s vote. Mills received some 20 percent of the remainder, her name appearing on the ballot despite having suspended active campaigning once she realized she couldn’t…

The apparent Maine primary U.S. Senate Democrat nominee is blaming a former Navy SEAL for an allegedly fake memoir. Graham Platner is accusing Marcus Luttrell of “lying” in his popular war memoir about his combat experience in Afghanistan. Platner claims Luttrell used a ghostwriter who supposedly ripped off another SEAL’s book to create a work of fiction. The Platner attack is what the Washington Free Beacon calls “the latest example of the far-left Senate hopeful smearing his fellow combat veterans, and of his particular antipathy to Special Forces.” Platner, who served in the Marine Corps and the Army, has a…

Air Canada has pulled the wings of one of its captains. Well actually he had no wings to pull. The unnamed “captain,” as it turns out, was flying in the left seat without a license. The best part is Air Canada officials say passengers weren’t endangered. The airline, which did not name the pilot, claims he held a “valid commercial pilot license” but was promoted to captain without the required airline transport pilot permit. Air Canada says the fake captain was removed from active duty once he was discovered and voluntarily reported to Transport Canada. The pilot is no longer…

Maine’s infamous Democrat Senate hopeful, who sexted up to 12 chicks, has a new competitor – Republican JD Vance. The vice president has a dozen chicks too – but not Graham Platner’s brand. The vice president has added a chicken coop to his residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory, along with a dozen baby chicks whose new henhouse is designed to look like the Victorian home where the second family lives. The coop, which features a round turret and faux slate roof, was donated by Carolina Coops, a North Carolina company that advertises “premium” coops that have amassed a social…

I-75 in Chattanooga turned into an unscheduled fireworks show when a truck loaded with holiday bangers blew up.🔥 The truck full of explosives aka fireworks slated for a July 4 show caught fire on the freeway near Ooltewah, Tennessee and started launching them everywhere like nature decided to celebrate early. No injuries were reported, but traffic was wild. Who else is glad they weren’t stuck in that lane? They know how to celebrate America’s 250th in the south – and a month early to boot!🎆 Check out the video here.

The pathetic losing Boston Red Sox are now proving to be as much of a ratings threat to their broadcast partner as to owner John Henry’s wallet. It’s gotten so bad that WEEI’S game night Red Sox host seems close to jumping from the top of the 37′ Green Monster left-field wall after the Sox lost, yet again, Monday. In his post-game review Monday night, after the Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, WEEI’s Christian Arcand sounded even more despondent than last week. “It’s not good for me that the Sox fans are zeroing us out,” Arcand lamented,…

The 60 Minutes correspondent canned for insubordination now falsely claims he’s a combat veteran. Scott Pelley was asked by New York Times podcaster Lulu Garcia-Navarro to respond to President Trump’s calling him “one of the stupid crooked people who don’t care about your country.” “Don’t care about the country?” Pelley asked, clearing his throat, choking back tears. “Uh, I’ve never worn the uniform but I’ve been in combat for this country,” he dramatically claimed as the tears flowed. “In Afghanistan and Iraq and Kuwait, been shot at, spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert. “I’m not…

A pair of socialist candidate recruiters had their eyes on an alternative to Graham Platner when they began looking for a good suspect to run against five-term U.S. GOP Sen. Susan Collins. Yale Law School grad Daniel Moraff and his fiancé, Leanne Fan, an academic with stints at Harvard and the proudly radical University of California-Berkeley, first sought out a union leader at Bath Iron Works. That’s according to a new report in the New York Post. The pair had originally met while working for Bernie Sanders in 2020 and are hardcore members of the Democrat Socialists of America. When…

Heather Lombard for a decade has offered up her goats for clients needing a good brush chomping. Suddenly, Lombard says, she’s being scapegoated – accused of operating an illegal animal sanctuary on her West Kennebunk property. “There’s an abundance of animals that need to be rescued, and we are basically just trying to give these animals a space and peaceful time for the rest of their lives without any threat of being euthanized or treated poorly,” Lombard said. But recently Lombard says she was told to get rid of all of her goats and pigs. Code Officer Brian Paul told…

A half-dozen children’s camps across Maine are among 30 such facilities caught up in a massive northeast bankruptcy filing. Simad Holdings, which runs 22 overnight camps and eight day camps, sought court protection Thursday, listing more than $500 million in liabilities on its Chapter 11 petition. Simad shareholders Michael and David Shabsels also filed personal bankruptcy, according to Bloomberg News. The combined camps were appraised last year at nearly $500 million, according to a valuation report. Roughly 19,900 campers passed through Simad properties last year, Bloomberg said. The company’s properties in Maine include: √ Indian Acres Camp and Forest Acres…

Bernie Sanders is afraid Graham Platner may about to be toast. That’s why he posted a lengthy hail-mary tweet over the weekend. Embattled Graham Platner, wounded by yet another allegation of questionable behavior, avowed he’s not being pressured to drop out. “We’re going to win this thing,” the presumptive party’s nominee told Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Platner said he’s not leaving the campaign to become the Democrat choice Tuesday to go up against five-term U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. He said he will continue to “go out and continue to engage with people, to talk about the reality that Mainers…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has gotten off on the wrong foot. Wrong feet, actually. The sponsoring organization first came under fire for prohibiting fans from bringing refillable water bottles to the matches. They claim the bottles represent a safety hazard because fans might throw them onto the fields. But after a public backlash FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) backed down, now saying it’ll allow them. No sooner did it put that fire out than Canadian fans announce they were protesting the high ticket prices. The 2026 games – there will be 104 this summer – begin June 11…

Real-estate appraiser David D. Wilson way up in Levant, Maine is among Sox fans across New England trying to figure out just what is going on with the team this year. It’s been one disaster after another, beginning with decisions management made last year. And the won-loss record shows it seemingly getting even worse this summer. Wilson made up a list: 1. Crochet, Roman, Story, Casas & Romy all start the 2026 season hurt. First three are among a group of the five best players. 2. Manager Alex Cora mentally checked out at the end the 2025 season. 3. Campbell…

√ Jill Biden says she was “absolutely shocked” that Kamala lost, which is a window into how out of touch with the human condition the Bidens are. √ The ex-first Mrs. also made a Freudian slip on MSDNC, saying “we” selected Kamala to be VP. Then she tried to correct herself but it was too late. Ex-president Joe Biden jumped up from the audience during Jill Biden’s book tour, asking “who do you love the most? Jill, standing next to Whoopi Goldberg, replied she loves Whoopi the most. As “The View” co-host tried to speak, the clueless former president continued…

Brayan Bello is a former pitcher for the Double A Sea Dogs in Portland, Maine. It’s too little too late since the Sox are likely out of contention. But management has solved the Brayan Bello problem. They demoted the $76 million Bello Thursday by sending him down to Triple A Worcester. Bello allowed eight runs and walked three through five innings of work in Boston’s 8-2 loss to the Orioles. Following the loss, Bello told reporters that he wants people to “stop talking” about whether he is a starting pitcher or a reliever, according to the New York Post. Bello…

Platner pooh-poohs explosive rumors, while mother-in-law brands sexting allegations as “bulls*it.” Maine’s presumptive Democrat U.S. Senate candidate has assured national party leaders the worst about his past has come out, a new report says. But when a liberal U.S. senator stalwart backing his candidacy clarifies the difference between marital problems and rape, that may indicate what Graham Platner is now up against. The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday about a meeting Platner had the day before with his backers in the nation’s capital. “Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who attended the meeting, said there is a big difference between marital…

Whale “conservationist” Robert Wyland is suing the world football association for failing to “conserve” one of his whaling murals. Wyland, who once painted one of his iconic whaling walls along the Portland, Maine waterfront, believes his public artwork is, like the whales, protected by federal law. Wyland’s mural in Dallas stood for nearly three decades before workers began painting over it last month to promote the World Cup. He has filed a $25 million lawsuit against Federation International Football Association officials, saying they illegally painted over his work to promote the city’s 2026 matches. Wyland claims World Cop organizers, the…

Horseshoe crabs finally have legal representation. It only took 500 million years or so. A so-called environmental group has filed a lawsuit in behalf of the ancient chelicerates trying to get them classified as endangered. After the National Marine Fisheries Service declined to list the species as needing protection, the Center for Biological Diversity has gone to court. The center is seeking Endangered Species Act protections for the crabs, which live up and down the Atlantic coast. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, challenges National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s finding that federal protections for horseshoe crabs were not warranted,…

The New York Post usually gets it right. But calling Scott Pelley in its headline Monday a “star” is overdoing it by about half. Fact is, 60 Minutes ever only had one real bonafide star – Mike Wallace, the famous trenchcoated muckraker. If Pelley was a “star,” it was only in his own mind. He has now been canned twice by CBS News, the first time being when he failed to build an audience as anchor of the CBS Evening News. Pelley’s latest axing came a day after he whined about the new president of CBS News, pro-Trumper Bari Weiss.…

Maine’s embattled presumptive Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate discussed buying cocaine in Reddit posts and admitted drug use while backpacking during paid military leave, Washington Free Beacon reports. Graham Platner, in since-deleted posts from 2020, recalled his travels through Europe just before leaving the Marine Corps in 2008. “I was making a pretty penny doing just about nothing. Went backpacking through Europe on the government dime, walked the Camino de Santiago, did some drugs and had a blast partying it up in hostels across the continent,” wrote Platner, who posted on Reddit under the handle P-Hustle, according to Beacon reporter…

WEEI’s Chris Arcand calls “starter” Bryan Bello “the absolute worst pitcher in the world this season.” If the loser Red Sox want to “start” winning games they ought to figure out how to assign a starting pitcher. They’re treating alleged “starter” Brayan Bello with kid gloves, allowing him to delay his “starts” until the second inning. Time for a Bello to put on his big-boy cleats. He is no more a starting pitcher than any of us. Bello doesn’t start any games now…even on the days he’s scripted to start. Why? Because he says he’s too nervous to start any…

‘Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini Just One of Many NFL Sex Secrets’ NFL reporter Crissy Froyd, canned for criticizing Dianna Russini over her steamy photos with Pats coach Mike Vrabel, says she was among the first to know about the affair. Froyd just wrote a column for The Daily Mail saying she had heard Russini was sleeping with Vrabel for five years. The vanquished Froyd also revealed Russini is just a smattering – that she knows many female reporters who’ve had sex with NFL personnel. “Around 2020, I was told by a well-known national sports reporter in explicit terms that Vrabel, then…

Antisemitic Zohran Mamdani, NYC’s first Muslim mayor, skips Israel Day parade but attends May Day celebration of communism. Failed New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo, forced from the New York governorship by accusations of sexual assault, is blaming Democrat socialists for his political demise. Cuomo told conservative podcaster Bill O’Reilly that his father’s Democrat party is being torn apart by a major internal struggle. He describes it as a “simmering civil war” between moderates and the party’s far-left wing. Cuomo leveled his harshest criticism at the wing of the party that forced him to quit as New York governor…

A Saco middle school teacher has smashed the world record for three-pointers, school officials said Monday night. Ryan Martin, known by Saco Middle School as “Dr. Buckets,” broke the record by 412 baskets. Martin sank 11,115 three-point throws in a 24-hour period, school spokeswoman and contributing writer Karen Garnett reported in the Biddeford Buzz. He began throwing at 9:30 a.m. on May 31 and continued nonstop through the night and into Monday morning, June 1, 2026, in the Saco Middle School gymnasium. “This challenge pushed me physically and mentally more than any record I’ve attempted before,” Martin told Garnett. “There…

NASA confirmed Monday that a massive meteor fireball moving at a speed of 42,000 miles per hour entered Earth’s atmosphere over New England and broke apart before crashing. The earthshaking event occurred Saturday yet most who heard a large boom had no firm idea of its origin until NASA’s confirmation of what it was. The boom rattled homes and startled residents across Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon. The meteor was 40 miles above northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire at 2:06 p.m. when it broke the sound barrier, scientists said Sunday. NASA estimated the five-foot meteor weighed roughly 11,000 pounds. The…

Fired NBC football analyst Chris Simms let it all hang out in an obscene tirade during a broadcast reunion with Pro Football Talk host Mike Florio. Simms, a former NFL quarterback and son of NFL star thrower and two-time Super Bowl Giants champ Phil Simms, got into an argument Friday with Florio on air. Florio and Simms were mid-course through a discussion about Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson when they took issue with each other’s feelings about Jackson’s talent. Simms, feeling Florio was belittling him for praising Jackson’s talent, screamed at Florio to shut up. Florio was trying to persuade…

A Miss Portland Diner customer shockingly found a surveillance camera in the eatery run by the top dog at Maine’s largest newspaper. Cheyenne Farrell says she found the cam hidden in the women’s bathroom, according to WGME-TV. Portland Police are investigating the creepy discovery in the diner owned by Stefanie Manning. Manning runs the diner as a side hustle to her main dish as the president and publisher of the Portland Press Herald. After her meal Farrell says she got up to use the bathroom, where she noticed a chair in the corner of the stall. “I don’t think anything…

A four-time Emmy winner and University of Southern Maine grad is back in front of the camera, proving there are second acts. Or, in the case of Tony Shalhoub, third, fourth and so on… Shalhoub will play Matthew Gray-Gubler’s dad on “Einstein,” which joins CBS’ 2026-27 broadcast season and is currently in production. The role will reunite Shalhoub with the creator and executive producer of the hit USA Network series Monk, which made the USM grad an iconic actor. Einstein follows Lewis Einstein, the brilliant but directionless great-grandson of Albert Einstein. He spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor…

When the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance challenges you, it’s apparently time to go on a crash diet. So Southwest Airlines is dropping its requirement that really fat people pay for two seats. The airline had recently put a new policy in place saying morbidly-obese passengers who took up more than one seat had to buy a second seat. But once the fat lobbyists cried discrimination, airline officials caved. Now they will allow really fat people needing two seats to pay for only one. If a second adjoining seat isn’t available, the fat passenger will still be able to…

The founder of a nationwide organization combating gun violence called Sunday for Maine’s presumptive U.S. Senate Democrat candidate to leave the race. Shannon Watts, who founded Moms Demand Action, issued her statement after Graham Platner’s wife was seemingly forced into making a hostage video defending her husband’s alleged extramarital sexting. “I have incredible empathy for a woman who’s just had a miscarriage having to make a video defending her husband’s infidelities,” Watts wrote on X. Watts added that “a man so damaged by combat – according to him and his family – that he’s said and done destructive things for…

What with the day-to-day embarrassing surprises afflicting Maine’s leading Democrat Senate candidate, Graham Platner could eventually decide to drop out, says a leading political ethicist. “Per Maine law, Platner can quit after he is nominated without providing a reason prior to 5 p.m. on the second Monday in July,” writes Henry Olsen on X. “The state party then names a replacement prior to 5 p.m. on the fourth Monday in July.” https://twitter.com/henryolsenEPPC/status/2060821361300545760?s=20 Platner is on the Democrat primary ballot for the upcoming June 9 election, along with David Costello. Democrat two-term-limited Gov. Janet Mills is also on the ballot, despite…

“Joe you did such a great job, you answered every question.” – Jill Biden on stage knowingly lying to her husband and to the public after disastrous 2024 debate. Jill Biden was clearly not telling the truth in her CBS appearance defending Joe’s possible stroke during his 2024 debate against Trump. That’s the analysis of widely-followed on Facebook body-language-expert and behavior- analyst Tracy Brown. When CBS’ Rita Braver asked the former first lady about her husband’s freezing up during the debate with Trump, Mrs. Biden says she hadn’t ever seen him like that before or since – but at the…

The wife of a U.S. Senate candidate from Maine who sent sex texts to a dozen women says they have “a great marriage.” Amy Gertner made a video Saturday for Democrat Graham Platner’s campaign showing her walking up and down a road in their town of Sullivan. “I wanted to make a statement about my marriage,” Gertner says. “There’s a couple of news articles out there about my marriage.” “We got married in 2023. We have two dogs. And we love each other deeply. https://twitter.com/grahamformaine/status/2060870067189932409?s=20 “So it makes me really angry, disappointed – I find it really shameful that there’s…

Chris Arcand in his latest ‘Red Sox Review’ show promised to keep the nightly analysis on the air despite the record-losing team making it almost moot. If he’s raising the possibility of killing the show, that means he’s not ruling it out. “My heart is broken,” Arcand said in disgust as he signed off Friday night, seemingly earlier than he originally had planned. As the Sox fell beneath rising 10 games below .500, Arcand seemingly tossed in the towel, saying it’s time to jump off the sinking ship. Arcand, who anchors the night EEI desk after Sox games, said the…

Maine Wire editor-in-chief Steve Robinson says the sexy texts won’t amount to a hill of beans for the Democrat golden boy who can do no wrong in the eyes of his sycophants. The wife of the leading Democrat in the U.S. Senate primary found sexual texts to women on his phone, according to a report over the weekend. Amy Gertner allegedly discovered the explicit messages shortly after Graham Platner announced his campaign, The Wall Street Journal said. Gertner, who married Platner in 2024, told the campaign last fall about messages she had found a few months prior. Platner’s wife disclosed…

A number of states nationwide are joining forces with Maine to solve the smallmouth bass invasion. The smallmouth isn’t native to most of the fishing holes in which it is now found. “Smallmouth are one of the most problematic fish in the country,” reports Joe Cermele, fishing editor of Outdoor Life. “Anglers love smallmouth because they smash lures and fight hard,” Cermele says. “But these fish also have a dark side. ”Because smallmouth are so fun to catch, “it’s easy to forget they actually don’t belong in many of the places we catch them,” he said. “Despite our general love…

If you’ve got an unopened can of Schlitz on the kitchen shelf, hire a Brink’s guard – it’s now a collector’s item. “The beer that made Milwaukee famous,” as a longtime TV commercial went, is going bottoms up. Wisconsin Brewing Co. and Milwaukee Brat House are planning farewell events for the beer later this month. What now turns out to have been the largest Schlitz going-away party was the most-recent national GOP convention in Milwaukee, which Schlitz hosted. Wisconsin Brewing released its final batch on May 23. Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, based in Milwaukee and founded in 1849, was once…

An employee of the senior care facility where Robert Fuller, 87, was killed has been deemed not competent to stand trial for his murder, I95rocks.com reports. Maurquise James, 22, of Baltimore, Maryland, worked at the Cogir Potomac Senior Living Facility in Potomac, Maryland, where Maine millionaire Robert Fuller lived. Fuller was found dead three months ago in his apartment after being shot in the head while he slept. His roommate told investigators that a med tech had given Fuller his medications on February 13, as always, but returned later to ask if the meds had kicked in, which was not…

There’s Patagonia, the famous outdoor clothier, and then there’s Pattie Gonia, a dragster who enjoys poking fun at the former. The clothier decided to put its foot down and filed a $1 lawsuit against poor Pattie, according to The Guardian. Pattie is crying foul, claiming the clothing giant is “trying to erase an activist.” Patagonia, which takes its name from an enormous geographical region spanning Argentina and Chile, filed its trademark infringement lawsuit against Pattie in Los Angeles federal court. The company, which is suing Wiley for a “nominal” $1 in damages plus legal fees, said it took action after…

Almost all of Florida’s elected Democratic National Committee members are condemning U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s decision to run for reelection in a district previously drawn to ensure black voters’ representation but targeted for redistricting by Gov. Ron DeSantis this year. “Our party cannot credibly denounce the dismantling of black political power by Republicans while treating one of Florida’s few remaining majority-black districts as a political opportunity for an incumbent seeking a safer seat,” a group of ten elected Florida DNC members wrote in a statement released Tuesday as reported by the Miami Herald. All but two of the party’s…

Just three days after Claude Lemieux carried the torch in Montreal’s Bell Centre before the Canadiens took on the Hurricanes in Game 3 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals on Monday, he killed himself, TMZ reports. Lemieux, 60, was found hanging by his son at Andros Home, a furniture store owned by his family in Lake Park, Florida, the outlet says. The NHL Alumni Association announced the four-time Stanley Cup-winning forward’s death on Thursday. Lemieux, who retired in 2009, played for four Stanley Cup-winning teams in his legendary career on the ice. He was one of 11 players to win…

McLoons Lobster Shack on Spruce Head began literally as nothing but a shack. It was used as a wholesale lobster-buying station for McLoons Lobster on Spruce Head, an island in South Thomaston just east of Rockland. “But in 2012 – at the suggestion of former wharf manager Bob Woodbury – Bree Birns, one of the family members behind the wholesale business, transformed the empty shack into a small, centrally located spot for locals, boaters, and travelers to pick up fresh, expertly made lobster rolls,” says Sarah Blumert of Mashed.com. “When they looked for the best lobster roll in Maine, they…

Maine Public Broadcasting Network ran a national story Wednesday on the layoffs, not so much as even mentioning whether its own $2.5 million annual cut will result in job losses. Facing loss of taxpayer funding, NPR management slashed its workforce Wednesday, never addressing the root cause of the financial crisis – one-sided reporting favoring Democrats. The public-broadcast network is up against loss of government subsidies, thanks to Republican lawmakers who put their foot down a year ago. After Congress, led by President Trump, dropped taxpayer funding the leftist network’s stations nationwide went into panic. But though they realized the fat…

A death certificate shows that a young race-car driver had pneumonia for “days to weeks” before complications killed him. Kyle Busch’s untreated bacterial infection caused sepsis, leading to blood clots that choked his vital organs. Busch then dealt with hemorrhagic shock, which caused internal and external blood loss, and his death on May 21, according to the New York Post, quoting Us Weekly. Rumblings of problems with Busch began the week earlier, when the driver appeared unwell on May 15, following his win in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ECOSAVE 200 at Dover Motor Speedway. He was hospitalized on May…

Nothing says ‘I’ve got a secret’ better than a tease like ‘my husband the president had a stroke but I kept from the American public.’ Former first lady Jill Biden said that’s what she thought happened to Joe – a stroke – when he froze then mumbled gibberish during a debate with former President Trump. Now she tells us – to kick off her book tour. Funny how all during his presidency she kept telling everyone how spry Joe was, despite the sentient among us who knew otherwise. Mrs. Biden now says she was “frightened” by her husband’s 2024 debate…

Mike Vrabel skated through what was supposed to be a full-blown news conference Wednesday as not one alleged reporter asked one tough question. Podcaster Tony Farmer, who has been leading the nation’s media in aggressively covering Vrabel’s affair with ex-NFL reporter Dianna Russini, wasn’t surprised by the pathetic lack of journalistic curiosity. Farmer arguably is the only reporter in sight who has asked real questions to try to get to the bottom of the extramarital relationship. He posted a sample of what is sarcastically called the “toughest questions Pats Coach Mike Vrabel was asked Wednesday by a room full of…

JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg, who’s been touting his alleged opposition to the U.S. aiding Israel with weapons, now all of a sudden has pivoted. Either that or Schlossberg has decided the only way to win a NYC congressional seat is to court Jewish voters by lying about how he really feels. “The Kennedy scion has declared on Instagram that he supports ‘no weapons to Israel,’” reports Politico. “His team says he’s the ‘only candidate’ seeking to block ‘bombs and bulldozers’ to the country.” Moreover, Schlossberg has harshly criticized two of his opponents for purportedly believing in unconditional military support for…

Related development: former Harbor Commission chairman reveals FBI investigated previous city administration. University of New England’s president has sued Biddeford city officials after failing to resolve a bitter zoning fight with them, raising the stakes to a new level of confrontation. James Herbert claims he had no other option to persuade the city to stop allegedly crippling the school’s expansion plans. The college and city have been mired in a fight over whether the school will be allowed to build a research pier in the Saco River. The project received the green light from a coastal regulatory board but city…

Two huge wins Tuesday in Texas elections for President Trump – including defeating John Cornyn by nearly 30 points. Ken Paxton’s victory over Cornyn in the Republican U.S. Senate runoff wasn’t just a defeat for the incumbent senator. It was a complete blowout – 64 percent for the Trump favorite, attorney general Paxton, to 38 percent for the four-term loser, Cornyn. Trump last week endorsed Paxton, whose victory showcased the president’s power over his party as he seeks to punish Republicans he sees as insufficiently loyal. Cornyn has actually been a Trump loyalist, helping him win cabinet nominees and three…

A popular longtime downtown Biddeford speakeasy that recently trimmed its menu is shutting its doors. The first inkling of Mulligans closing first broke on BiddefordBuzz.com, which confirmed the rumor shortly after its initial speculative report. The Lincoln Street restaurant/bar shut down its kitchen six months ago in what patrons predicted was the beginning of the end. The establishment that calls itself a “classic American restaurant” has been in business nearly 30 years. “We did everything we could to keep it going,” manager Jake DeLois, son of owner Joe DeLois, told the Biddeford Gazette. “But there were so many things working…

In the wake of an attack on him by Democrat Hannah Pingree, the GOP’s Bobby Charles is challenging her to a debate. “If you and Janet Mills can take a break from your Trump bashing, I’ll debate you, 2 on 1, any day of the week,” Charles told Pingree on Monday. Pingree over the weekend had gone after Charles, shown by polls to be leading the GOP gubernatorial field. “This guy’s bigotry has no place in Maine politics,” she had said. “I’m sick of it and will wipe the floor with him in November if he makes it out of…

Graham Platner is now taking incoming from his own party, including a congressman saying he’s disqualified due to his skin ink. In an interview with CNN on Monday, U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, said he finds Platner’s now-famous “Nazi” tattoo a race-ender. “I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying,” Auchincloss said. “I hope Maine voters agree with me.” The controversy stems from Platner’s chest tattoo of a Nazi SS “Totenkopf” symbol. He has denied knowingly displaying Nazi imagery, saying he got the tattoo with fellow Marines during a trip to Croatia in 2007 and…

The child-porn convicted former Maine candidate for governor said in court Friday he’s been hooked on porn since he was 12 years old. That’s the second time now amid his criminal misfortunes that Eliot Cutler embraced a timeline that had him addicted to child pornography well he was a Maine gubernatorial candidate in 2010 and in 2014. Cutler ended up losing both elections, almost becoming governor the first time. Wearing a gray prison jumpsuit, he was in court Friday seeking to be released from jail on probation on his fifth such alleged violation of freedom in the wake of his…

Mazy, as she’s now called, fell from a 10-story apartment building. She’s now, like, “what’s the big fuss?” Mazy broke both her legs and is being fixed up in a specialty animal hospital. Officials at MSPCA-Angell hospital say Mazy is doing great following a successful surgery to fix the damage to her front legs, WBZ Radio reports. Mazy arrived at Angell Animal Medical Center after her fall from grace. While her typical-cat ego was merely bruised her physical injuries needed surgical intervention. An X-ray confirmed that both of Mazy’s front legs were broken and she had a collapsed lung. While…

Two peas in a pod, as they say. In one corner, U.S. Senate Democrat candidate Graham Platner, who once said some women invite rape. In the same corner, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, who once publicly fantasized about rape. Platner invited Sanders on Sunday to headline a political rally for him in Bangor. “On our way to Bangor, Maine for a rally with @grahamformaine,” Bernie posted on X with a picture of him standing on the side of the road in New Hampshire entering Gilead, Maine in Oxford County. “The crises facing our country are too serious for establishment politics…

The state’s leading northern-Maine paper’s annual report shows an anemic following – far behind The Maine Wire – despite an advantage in legacy and workforce size. Graham Pollard, who is The Maine Wire’s digital media editor, compared Bangor Daily News’ readership to the Wire’s. Pollard’s source for Bangor’s following comes from its so-called 2025-2026 “Impact Report,” published by Bangor CEO and President Jennifer Holmes. “This is the report they send to donors and potential donors to try to sell themselves as to why you should give the Bangor Daily News your hard-earned money,” Pollard said. He quoted Holmes from the…

Biddeford city councilors are refusing to spend taxpayer money to help fund La Kermesse, a popular annual festival celebrating Franco-American culture. The council in York County’s largest city pulled funding for it in the annual $51 million city budget, according to Saco Bay News. La Kermesse Treasurer Paul Gagne asked the council to reconsider funding the organization. Gagne said after money was embezzled from La Kermesse in 2010, it took 15 years to get paid back the lost money. “After 2010, it’s been one year at a time,” he said. He asked the council to consider giving the nonprofit La…

Hannah Pingree apparently just woke up and suddenly realized she’s about to lose the Democrat primary for governor. Pingree on Saturday came out smoking – but not against her Democrat opponents. No, she came out with a Facebook post attacking Bobby Charles, the leading GOP primary candidate. “This guy’s bigotry has no place in Maine politics,” she said. “I’m sick of it and will wipe the floor with him in November if he makes it out of the Republican primary.” Whoa, baby! Where did that come from? Most obviously it came in response to Charles posting on Facebook, “This is…

Construction of the USS J. William Middendorf has begun with ceremonial first-steel cut. The new warship “will strengthen the U.S. Navy’s missile-defense and escort capacity during sustained operations in the Red Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, and Indo-Pacific,” reports ArmyRecognition.com. The so-called Flight III destroyer is equipped with the SPY-6 radar and Aegis Baseline 10 combat system. The technology is designed to replace the air-defense and command role of the retiring Ticonderoga-class cruisers. The new destroyer will carry 96 Mk 41 vertical launch cells and the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar, giving it the ability to track and engage ballistic missiles,…

Can you feel the love, after the most-losing team in baseball got swept at Fenway this weekend by the Twins, when a Red Sox caller to Boston sports radio WEEI was immediately cut-off by EEI host KJ Carson? Carson hung-up on a caller from New Hampshire who tried to argue that the Red Sox new radio announcer Will Flemming ain’t no Joe Castiglione, who retired after last season following decades helming the booth for WEEI. The caller introduced his critique of Flemming by saying that he wanted to weigh-in on a Sox issue unrelated to the team’s abysmal record. Carson…

The chairman of the Democratic National Committee says the party is doomed if it keeps attacking Republicans without offering solutions. But Ken Martin is now under pressure to resign for saying out loud what he apparently shouldn’t have. A Democrat congressman from Texas and the DNC’s vice chairman are both calling for Martin to step down. They claim his autopsy of 2024 Democrat election losses failed to offer ways for the party to start winning. But once again they’re blaming without any new and practical ideas for governing. U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, reveals his cluelessness by claiming that Martin…

Janet Mills leaving her name on the ballot while pretending to quit the race is the oldest dirty trick in the world. Democrat Gov. Janet Mills is having her cake and eating it too. To wit, even though Mills claimed recently to be quitting her U.S. Senate primary bid, it’s just an act. Mills intentionally made sure her name still appears on the primary ballot, alphabetically between Graham Platner below and David Costello above. The governor was polling so bad against Platner she saved whatever face she had left and “suspended” her campaign before the votes are counted June 9.…

Mojo is getting extra treats these days. The Maine Coon apparently suspected her owners’ home was filling with deadly carbon monoxide. William Aboud tells the Midcoast Villager that one night earlier this month Mojo began loudly meowing like she had never done before. Simultaneously Pat Aboud began complaining of severe headaches. The cat began closely following her around their Cushing home, continuing her strange guttural meowing. The couple, suspecting Mojo was seriously ill, began making plans to take her to the vet. At that point Aboud, who had tried to comfort Mojo but to no avail, was having trouble walking…

After two weeks and more than 10,000 votes, Boston.com readers have crowned New England’s top suntanning enclave in its Battle of New England Beach Towns bracket – Ogunquit, Maine. “From an original bracket of 32 towns spanning five states, the contest ultimately ended in a Maine battle between Ogunquit and Bar Harbor during the championship round,” says Boston.com’s top travel writer Kristi Palma. Ogunquit’s road to the top began by breaking into the sweet sixteen by beating No. 29 seed Revere by 2,866 votes. The sixteen towns in round two represented Maine, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Ogunquit then beat No.…

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who couldn’t even manage a plate rollout, has announced her new political bedfellow – public-bathroom masturbator-in-chief Graham Platner. “So glad to have Graham on my team!” the Democrat gubernatorial hopeful says on Facebook. “Together we’re going to usher in a new chapter for a progressive and affordable Maine!” Notwithstanding the overuse of exclamation marks, Bellows apparently sees the misogynistic Democrat U.S. Senate primary leader as her salvation. Though Platner’s recently-discovered social-media posts paint him as a bathhouse troll, Bellows sees something otherwise-attractive in him. Could it be winning? He’s leading the polls while she’s…