A Maine “journalist” who says he “goes places – and tells stories – that other media won’t” also does something…
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If the Portland Press Herald could credibly blame the vice president of the United States for banning adults from a…
The new-and-improved versions of what was always basic journalism are now on sale at your favorite local constabularies. The Bangor…
In Maine, we know we can do better. Many of us recall days when life was predictable, safe, affordable, normal…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) approved 40 financial orders on April 24 to adjust state budgets for the fiscal year…
Don’t you wish there were cameras set up on Maine highways to catch you speeding, so you can get tickets…
The Montreal Canadiens are in a playoff series and Wednesday is Franco-American Day in the legislature. It’s a good week…
The attempt by an out-of-state dreamer to start a new version of Maine’s once-popular liberal weekly has apparently gone up…
Both nationally, and especially in places like Maine, housing is becoming unaffordable for too many. This trend kills the American…
by Jerry Leeman New Hampshire’s proposed ban on offshore wind development proves the state’s loyalty to its coastal communities and…
In Maine, where the transgender issue is playing out in dramatic form before the public eye, Portland public schools superintendent…
A new “Maine” paper claiming the name of an oldie but a goodie has announced its creation – as a…
Growing up in Maine, we know trust matters more than anything. We also tend to avoid hysteria – or always…
There’s a bill slithering through Augusta that reveals — unintentionally — why Gov. Janet Mills and her cabinet of Democrat…
“Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.” — Luke 23:43 Recent news flashes about…
The liberal political preferences of a Portland Press Herald writer later credited with Angus King’s political fortunes have finally been…
Politics is not a game, even if many “Progressive” Democrats think so. In Maine, one-party rule has distorted reality, as…
Maine’s Constitutional Officers, including the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Treasurer, are not elected by the people. Instead, the…
If Maine’s largest newspaper company had previously tried to mask its Democrat leanings, it has now dropped all semblance of…
A female surgeon who proudly helped shatter the military glass ceiling did so while surreptitiously closeting gay women such as…
Maine’s Office of New Americans is a state sanctioned cabal of non-governmental organization gate keepers and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…
Could Maine become the site of a radical uptick in black market tobacco sales? If the experience of a nearby…
A state senator apparently forgot to stop, look and listen before trying to name a Maine railroad crossing for a…
Tomorrow the legislature gavels in for a day of work in the Governor’s new special session. Both the House and…
Struck by how quickly Augusta has changed, I look back to when I got my start in the capital. In…
As U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushes forward with his Make America Healthy Again…
Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, was an insightful, “to the point” writer. Without…
You get a censure! and you get a censure! and you get a censure! Action in the House seems to…
The Maine state government is Frigged Up Beyond All Recognition (FUBAR, as the military acronym is politely known). It’s obvious…
Plot : Star of “The Blair Witch Project” retires from acting, moves to small town in Maine, gets elected to…
The question now isn’t whether President Trump will ever invite the country’s top judge to his Mar-A-Lago hideout for a…
Madness comes in many forms. Maine seems to be ground zero for it. Despite historic support for mandatory minimum sentences…
Maine is once again in the national spotlight – and not in a good way. Just as Alabama’s Democratic Gov.…
Rep. William Tuell (R-East Machias) introduced a disarmingly simple bill to Maine’s Legislature last month consisting of only one sentence.…
Not long ago, the Maine State Legislature’s Education Committee called on the Department of Education to explain declining performance of…
Democrat-controlled states, from Maine to California, are becoming more extreme, not less. For the most part, they have learned nothing.…
A Brunswick-based LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit will be hosting a “queer wildlife day” later this month, during which participants will learn…
The New York Times, the official media organ for the Democratic National Committee and diehard Democratic voters, is sounding the…
Robinhood’s merry band of men took from the rich and gave to the poor, any extra time spent on archery.…
Maine’s Democrat Governor is, it seems, a demagogue. Why? Demagogues make dramatic, untrue statements for personal gain, knowing what they…
Strangely, Maine’s Democrats are taking a victory lap on data showing 490 Mainers died of overdoses in 2024, down 18…
When your city has a “sustainability director” on the payroll, you can only guess what comes next. How about a…
When was the last time in modern history that a college student felt any sense of guilt for snatching utensils…
A Canadian family that was planning its annual foray to the Maine Moxie Festival is canceling, blaming President Trump. Conrad…
Maine politicians love to brag that 67 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources. Sounds impressive, right? It’s a…
The privileged son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow came to Maine to blame cable news, Facebook and X for…
Before Vice President JD Vance took the stage at the Munich Security Conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was taking a…
The popular old David Letterman gag “Will It Sink or Will It Float?” could use an abandoned Arrowsic boat as…
Democrats Are Wrong on Title IX – Girls Matter“Facts are stubborn things,” said Ronald Reagan, quoting his early predecessor John…
A York woman has proven that even liberals sometimes have a sense of humor. Wendy Werner just became a finalist…
If you thought it couldn’t get any more insane at the Portland Press Herald, consider this: the publisher canceled the…
University of Southern Maine wants to make sure that new students are comfortable in their space or else it might…
Maine’s education system – like that of much of the nation – is in a free-fall, maybe even has already…
Hedge fund tycoon S. Donald Sussman – who once took an ownership stake in the ailing Portland Press Herald -…
Just when you thought all hope for real-time media watchdogging was lost comes a blog devoted to Portland Press Herald…
A shortage of regional emergency dispatchers has triggered a personnel crisis for coordination first responders in at least one county…
When homeless encampments flourished throughout Maine’s largest city in 2023 and 2024, Maine’s newspaper reporters were eager to tell the…
If you think it’s hard running Maine’s biggest embattled newspaper chain, try doing it while you’re also flipping two eggs…
Fifty years ago, the freshman town manager of Old Orchard Beach angered a state official over the way he was…
Southern Maine residents tired of getting woken up by trash haulers clanking dumpsters may finally get some sleep soon, at…
A well-connected New England media analyst says he’s “heard from serious people that substantial cuts may be coming” to the…
A wealthy Maine philanthropist who quietly used his access and money to promote social good is being remembered by the…
By choosing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as its first target for demolition, Elon Musk’s DOGE made a…
Lift tickets are already expensive, but they just got a lot more so for a man who thought he was…
In 2014, I moved my family from the heart of Washington, D.C. to Falmouth, Maine. I grew up in Portland…
Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) and Senate President Mathea Elizabeth Larson Daughtry (D-Cumberland) will name members of special…
A string of crises facing Kennebunk schools reached a new nadir with embezzlement charges against a newly appointed drama teacher.…
A Yarmouth teenager who was mowed down and killed by a drunk driver more than 30 years ago is about…
Delinquent Maine property taxpayers just got a gift from the newly elected Democrat state treasurer. But guess who has to…
A columnist who’s among several ousted by Maine’s largest daily paper fears that the next shoe to drop may be…
If the crash Wednesday night of a plane into the Potomac River is reminiscent to Mainers, it’s for good reason.…