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By Braeden WebberWhen you think of Maine, you think of lobsters. Maine’s working coast consists of lobster boats heading out…
By Jonathan Bush I’m running for governor because the state government is way too big and way too bossy. We…
RHODE ISLAND — A day after news surfaced that Providence Mayor Brett Smiley called for the removal of a privately…
Amid great fanfare, the Portland Press Herald not long ago announced it was establishing what it was calling a “fact-checking”…
By Senator James Hamper The 2026 Republican Primary has blessed voters with some very good candidates to choose from. However,…
MAINE — A highly coordinated network of over 500 activist groups organized nationwide “No Kings” protests across the United States…
The state’s largest paper is quite proud itself reprinting stories by New York media outlets about a murderer deciding to…
The numbers are on Tiger Woods’ side – 15 Professional Golf Association (PGA) majors and two Roll Over Association (ROA)…
As a young boy growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70’s, I distinctly remember watching and listening to Walter Cronkite…
When a Secret Service agent assigned to protect a former first lady accidentally shot himself in the leg Friday there…
In this episode, Pastor Travis Carey is joined by his longtime friend and fellow minister, Pastor Paul Trovarello, for a…
Inhabiting the moon and Mars sounded like a dream but now it might be a nightmare.A new study shows that…
Because Maine is in peril, Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment is in abeyance. As the eight Republican candidates for governor squared…
The Chili’s restaurant chain is making sure it doesn’t get confused with a competitor requiring “business casual.”Ruth’s Chris, a steak…
By Jim Deyermond, Chairman, Maine Republican Party. A spirited primary is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign…
The Biddeford Gazette mistakenly blasted its competitor Monday for allegedly claiming exclusivity in republishing a story from Maine’s largest paper.Randy…
Cummings Baldwin ran for governor on his record – literally.In 1986, the 32-year-old Auburn resident said he believed his own…
UNITED STATES — Five more future feeding defendants pleaded guilty this week in one of the largest fraud investigations in…
The Maine Trust for Local News needs to be schooled on the meaning of “conflict of interest.”A new restaurant review…
By Maine Policy Institute Policy Analyst Montana Towers Maine is at an important crossroads. For years, the state has struggled…
A third contender – claiming a mantle of bureaucratic reform – has emerged in what until now has been a…
The Portland Press Herald apparently feels it isn’t burning through enough cash trying its darndest not to break any stories.So…
Democrat Graham Platner mistakenly thought he made points Tuesday countering Janet Mills’ attack ad.The otherwise-usually-charming U.S. Senate hopeful looked absolutely…
The Democrat U.S. Senate candidate from Maine known for offensive tattoos and great sperm now has a new claim to…
The name Frank Lloyd Wright evokes structural design at its best in the world of architecture.But you homeowners will be…
The Maine Trust For Local News, which this week ran not only one but two stories on maple sugaring, has…
Jane Fonda, known as much for hopping on an enemy tank during the Vietnam War than any movie she’s made,…
The braintrust in Maine’s welfare capital just paid a consultant big money to ask taxpayers how unhappy they are.Portland officials…
Things are really going downhill when the state’s largest paper uses the whole front page to write about one of…
Funny how the very newspapers that are failing are the same ones that don’t cover news.The annual convention of the…
The annual Maine Fungi Fest suddenly ain’t so annual.To wit, the Mainers who like shrooms have yet to find a…
The apparent lagging of the Pingree name in Maine’s top state electoral contest might be needing a boost from the…
When the liberal media heard the Pentagon had spent $22 million on lobster, all heck broke loose.Until they realized that…
A Massachusetts police officer flipped on the blues during a stop in neighboring New Hampshire.Fine so far, maybe.Then, not so…
Even Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland’s wife is making jokes about his mysterious disappearance.McCasland, retired military, has been missing nearly…
The DEI Karens are declaring victory over the discount-retailer Target.After a year-long “boycott” organized by the crowd promoting Diversity, Equity…
The annual meeting of the state’s fishermen had a special treat this year – Jordon Hudson in knots.Hudson, the Maine-born…
Judging from the content in the latest edition of the state’s largest newspaper, the Maine Press Association has apparently come…
As we approach the height of the political primary campaign season, candidates have begun releasing their plans detailing the actions…
A school in embattled Democrat former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell’s hometown has stripped his name from its marquee.Once again, Mitchell’s…
The federal government—specifically the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) director, Dr. Oz—has informed Governor Janet Mills that her…
The good news for the Portland Press Herald is that its malfunctioning paywall may have been fixed after 10 long…
Damn how a soulful walk into a New York City park by two innocent, wealthy teenagers can turn into a…
LEWISTON, Maine — At last Tuesday’s meeting, the Lewiston City Council moved forward with a policy to limit how city…
If we’re fighting over Girl Scout Cookies is there any hope for this world?Three recent cookie incidents across America indicate…
Gotta hand it to Ron Johnson for actually voting to cut your taxes when the alternative would have been much…
The age-old requirement that college seniors must pass a swimming test is being dumped due to fears it discriminates against…
The Blair Witch is seeking political redemption in a Maine town where voters fired her last year amid a bitter…
The Democrat Gov. Janet Mills administration went crying to Maine’s largest daily Wednesday – the paper she counts on for…
The so-called independent U.S. senator from Maine blasting Trump’s heeling Iran has been talking a vacuous game on taming Khamenei…
Given President Trump’s uneasy relationship with the liberal, fake-news White House Press Corpse, he could be forgiven for not attending…
The political party that took hold in Vermont’s largest city when the socialists won a mayor’s race there 45 years…
A study by a conservative media watchdog shows that the four major search engines are heavily promoting mostly liberal news.So…
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…
Seriously, who is running the show over at the Portland Press Herald?And a show it is. All for show. By…
The world’s 1.4 billion Catholics are just now hearing a confession from one of the cardinals who helped elect a…
It goes without saying the pro-war crew — with cheerleaders like John Bolton and Lindsey Graham — is still ecstatic…
When it comes to caring for your elderly relatives, Maine’s Democrat-controlled government has some serious splaining to do. “Maine ranks…
Maine’s U.S. Senate race could be among the first nationwide to see labor backing the Republican candidate.Armed with polls showing…
Who’s on first?The Portland Press Herald has a new version of the old Abbott and Costello gag. A LinkedIn post…
The mayor of Portland just hopped into the proverbial political bed with a Democrat gubernatorial hopeful whose claim to fame…
A so-called illegal “National of the Democratic Republic of the Congo” was pulled from his car by federal agents, as…
It came 46 years late but the families victimized by the 1979 Iran hostage crisis get to sleep a little…
When Democrat Troy Jackson and Republican Bobby Charles threw personal insults at each other during a recent debate, it was…
A technical glitch at Maine’s largest paper was only supposed to be a temporary thing.But it appears the highest-paid journalistic…
When President Trump got Democrats applauding for a proposal to prohibit federal lawmakers from buying and selling stock, one member…
The alleged “white supremacy” Zohran Mamdani was railing against while attending Bowdoin College was nothing compared to the whiteout he’s…
If you plan a seminar featuring a banished anti-Israeli speaker and it gets cancelled, you apparently then need to come…
Angus King claims his conscience is forcing him to boycott President Trump’s State Of The Union Speech.That would be the…
National gun control groups and some Maine legislators are using lies and deception to push legislation that is a covert…
Janet Mills got an assist Friday from the newspaper she lied to about whether she would meet with Trump.The Portland…
When U.S. Democrat Rep. Chellie Pingree needed to finger ICE, she apparently couldn’t do it in Maine.Funny how a congresswoman…
The day before the one-year anniversary of the shootings, I learned of Ben Dyer and his story of survival and…
The famous major-league star ballplayer Darryl Strawberry once said all addictions are the same.Strawberry actually wasn’t so prescient because he…
LEWISTON, Maine – Lewiston City Council President David Chittim sent a note to fellow councilors Thursday evening portraying the council…
The Maine Press Association, comprised of liberal passé rags, is doing its best to put lipstick on a pig.The organization…
The leading Democrat in Maine’s Democrat U.S. Senate primary temporarily abandoned his plea for campaign contributions to issue a plea…
As the purchase by a Colorado-based nonprofit of the Portland Press Herald approaches its three-year anniversary, the bean counters must…
Back in those early, heady days of the Biden administration there was some loose talk about nominating U.S. Sen. Angus…
When President Trump announced last week he was rolling back greenhouse-gas emission cuts, Janet Mills saw a moment.But the problem…
A private hospitality guru who has a lucrative contract providing services to national park visitors got an invite five years…
Democrat Janet Mills put out a new ad questioning whether Maine’s Republican U.S. senator has “enough courage.” But the real…
A rogue Georgetown University researcher is making waves with her suggestion we hit the pause button on vacuuming trash from…
China and Iran crossed policy red-lines in recent weeks. Iran crossed President Trump’s declared red-line by executing some 30,000 protestors.…
National conservative TV and radio host Wayne Allyn Root just had to get that off his chest. “Roger Goodell Is…
The southern Maine sheriff who went from loving federal-ICE inmates to blasting the federal agency that helped pay his bills…
The SignalGate scandal in Minnesota has revealed that Democratic government officials have been simultaneously play-calling maneuvers on the ground involving…
It’s become far too easy to call it fraud. The word rolls off the tongue, sounds bureaucratic, and feels almost…
The sage on high at Maine’s largest newspaper apparently thinks it’s OK to sweep under the rug $7 million in…
Gotta feel for the parents of kids who got a free pass to skip class so they could put ICE…
Seventy-eight-year-old Gov. Janet Mills is being forced to fend off her own party’s concerns about her age. That according to…
If New England fans are upset that ex-Patriots coach Bill Belichick was denied a first chance into the Hall of…
The store with the red target is trying out a new “customer experience” it hopes will make you feel wanted.…
AUGUSTA, Maine — ICE wasn’t created by Donald Trump. It was created by Congress in 2003 under the Department of…
Hard to believe a seasoned, lifetime politician such as Democrat Gov. Janet Mills can’t come up with a good answer…
If twice begins a trend, put down embattled Maine political icon George J. Mitchell under the definition. Long respected not…
Here we go again. Janet Mills wants you to say “thank you” for $300 while MaineCare burns. In her final…
A Twitter “satirist” has attracted more than 3.7 million clicks after reporting that the embattled former head coach of the…
Secretary of State and Democratic Gubernatorial hopeful Shenna Bellows (D) was in the news recently for her decision to change…