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U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has agreed to participate in four televised debates this fall, setting up an early test for…
Dolly Parton used to self-deprecatingly poke fun at herself for all the work she had done. “It costs a lot…
The chief executive officer of a coastal Maine community is winning high praise for tackling an ugly problem long in…
The state’s largest daily, which Gov. Janet Mills has paid to produce rose-colored “news,” is upset with websites publishing “politicized”…
Thirteen years old. That is the age of the youngest child identified in newly obtained Lewiston Police Department data documenting…
Inflation may no longer dominate the headlines the way it did several years ago, but for millions of Americans, the…
Might be time for Zohran Mamdani to go back to Bowdoin to brush up on his socialist management skills. Best…
Governor Janet Mills lashed out at Vice President JD Vance on Monday, calling him a “neutered lapdog for Donald Trump”…
Maine voters will elect all 151 state representatives and 35 state senators on Nov. 3. With the deadline for declared…
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, now has a three-peat. He failed to oust House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, failed to gain…
Something unusual is happening in Maine. For a state of roughly 1.4 million people, tucked into the northeastern corner of…
By Jon Fetherston “You know they hate you, right?” That sentence stopped me the first time I heard it. It…
For more than two decades, Troy Jackson argued that government had failed American workers by allowing foreign labor to take…
For most Americans, the bond market is something that happens somewhere on Wall Street, far removed from the monthly mortgage…
From primary campaign through mid-August meteor showers, Maine Democrats and their once (Platner) and future (Jackson) Senate nominees have gone…
Is smoking marijuana a sin? In this episode of The Pastor’s Office, Pastor Travis and Maddi talk honestly about marijuana:…
The podcaster who has broken the most news on the affair between Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini says her employer…
BIDDEFORD, Maine — Inside the Little Theater at Biddeford High School Monday, the conclusions came quickly. Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero…
U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, does U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine’s efforts at a nonpartisan probe into ICE no favors,…
The MaineHealth board has voted to end labor and delivery at Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, moving care to Mid Coast…
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson received tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded travel and lodging payments while maintaining…
Former Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner is preparing to return to the public stage, reportedly reaching out to former…
A column in the state’s largest paper’s weekend edition defensively warned readers of the growth of AI-sourced news. Only one…
By Jon Fetherston Walk into almost any restaurant today and look around. A family of four sits together, but all…
Most parents would probably agree that getting children off their cellphones during the school day is a good thing. Fewer…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office is looking for a new director to lead the state’s Healthcare Crimes Unit at…
Maine election officials have repeatedly assured voters that the state’s elections are secure, pointing to paper ballots, offline vote-counting machines…
Democrats in Maine thinking they can go after Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins for alleged duplicity on abortion better do…
If the reporters assigned to cover the New England Patriots are actually being paid to do so, they should be…
Everybody and their cousins are walking toward the stadium. Hordes of Hearts of Pine jerseys moving together in one direction.…
Maine politicians mobilized after an ICE shooting and the detention of a Portland nurse. A Maine Wire review found a…
This Maine shark thing is starting to get, like, serious. A shark here or there, OK. But now marine patrol…
“Jesus Is King” was rejected while “Allah Is King” and even “Satan Is King” were reportedly allowed to advance through…
Twelve maternity units have closed since 2015. As Hannah Pingree calls for a moratorium, her six years inside the Mills…
The Maine Wire’s Joe Sokol: Christian Journalist Exposing Darkness Maine Wire journalist Joe Sokol sits down in the Pastor’s Office…
By Jon Fetherston For years, Maine taxpayers were told everything was under control. This week, Washington made it clear it…
Maggie Haberman of The New York Times has been the self-appointed Trump conscience since he first emerged on the nation’s…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has now publicly confirmed that the nurse at the center of a high-profile immigration protest…
From 2019 to 2025, Maine spent more than $22 million in state and federal tax dollars on syringe services programs…
“Kids nowadays think they’re animals. Furburgers.” That’s the opening line to humorist Bob Marley’s new bit. (Audience laughing here at…
No sooner did an infamous former congresswoman stop in Portland for a lobster than the food critics pounced. Ex-U.S. Rep.…
The founder of a popular liberal Maine news outlet is wondering whether the New York Times is living under a…
By: Jon Fetherston What has happened to leadership in Maine? Somewhere along the way, we stopped expecting our elected officials…
Troy Jackson’s rapid elevation as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate has brought renewed attention to a political record marked…
The Democrat-friendly Portland Press Herald political columnist is arguing that Republican Susan Collins didn’t really win her 2020 election by…
The last time WABC-770AM’s Sid Rosenberg criticized New York City’s first Muslim mayor Rosenberg called him a human cockroach. In…
Before delegates formally handed former Senate President Troy Jackson the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate on Saturday, Maine Democratic Party…
By Jon Fetherston Here is a nickel’s worth of free advice for every Republican running for office in Maine: Stop…
The Maine Democratic Party will gather Saturday in Bangor to select a replacement for former U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner,…
Melissa Dunn has spent years presenting herself as a peace activist, tenant advocate and community organizer in Lewiston. But her…
Northern Maine woodsman Troy Jackson looked ready for prime time at Thursday night’s Democrat U.S. Senate debate, while Secretary of…
Lawrence Lockman Now that the communist porta-potty pervert Graham Platner has had his fifteen minutes of fame, what’s next in…
By Jon Fetherston A young man is dead. That is where this story begins, and that is where our focus…
A tragedy is not a license to tear down the system. Thirty-six hours after a fatal ICE encounter in Biddeford,…
It’s rare in politics to see real courage. Real courage shines through in the face of real consequences or injury.…
The limp rag doll known as the Portland Press Herald pretended Monday to be nonpartisan. But true to form the…
If the meek David Costello ever wants to be taken seriously as a statewide candidate, he needs to, well, get…
For years, Mainers have been told everything is fine. If you question the direction of the state, you’re accused of…
LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston has spent much of the past year grappling with an alarming rise in violent crime, juvenile shootings,…
‘Psycho’ Platner recruiter Dan Moraff may be a Valley Girl in drag. The strange-talking socialist political operative under fire for…
Is manhood dead? Pastor Greg Huston doesn’t think it has to be. With nearly two decades of pastoral ministry behind…
In a 1988 SNL skit featuring Jon Lovitz playing Mike Dukakis debating George H.W. Bush, Lovitz said “I can’t believe…
I should be more professional.But I have to admit something: I’m going to miss the rallies. I’m going to miss…
The Rockland state rep recruited Wednesday by a former U.S. Senate Democrat candidate has been all talk no action helping…
It is rare to see a self-styled alpha populist so thoroughly emasculated as we have just witnessed with Graham Platner.…
Graham Platner was supposed to be the Democrats’ answer to Susan Collins. Instead, he became a national embarrassment. The rise…
Politicians, progressive organizations and celebrity supporters are rushing to distance themselves from Graham Platner, raising questions about whether they were…
No wonder it took Vermont socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders so long to finally urge Graham Platner to quit his…
At a time when Americans are marking the nation’s 250th anniversary, one of the country’s most recognizable television personalities has…
As audiences increasingly move away from traditional television broadcasts and printed newspapers in favor of digital news, Maine Wire TV…
Dirty little secret – the flames that are arguably ending Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate candidacy were fanned by Democrats, not…
Why now? For months, Democratic leaders defended, endorsed, or remained silent as controversy after controversy engulfed their U.S. Senate nominee,…
By Jon Fetherston Saturday, America turns 250 years old. Think about that for a moment. For a quarter of a…
Is Maine godless? Bobby Charles doesn’t think it has to stay that way. Fresh off securing the Republican nomination for…
Nearly three years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, Lewiston is once again confronting a public safety crisis…this…
Maine’s southern-district congresswoman falsely claims the Supreme Court’s “transsexual” ruling “bullies kids.” In fact, the decision merely keeps boys out…
The managing editor of the state’s largest daily is literally begging readers to tell her why they read the rag…
Who’s on first? Or more aptly who will come in first? If you’re having trouble handicapping the state’s gubernatorial race,…
Mainers need to rally and overrule the Democrat killjoys who refused to sponsor a booth at the Great American State…
Review Ironbound RestaurantHancock, Maine We come off a long news day already half-cooked from the road. Jon Fetherston, Graham Pollard,…
Maine – For years, Maine families have watched the cost of buying a home move further out of reach. Home…
The state’s Southern-District congresswoman thinks she’s just discovered Facebook, judging from her new anti-Trump publicity campaign. Democrat 17-year U.S. Rep.…
By Jon Fetherston Wait. What? Are we seriously expected to believe this? Democrats like Graham Platner, Hannah Pingree, and Chellie…
When Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner accused his GOP incumbent rival of potential criminality she pulled out the “d”…
In this episode of The Pastor’s Office Podcast, Pastor Travis sits down with Pastor Dom Veilleux of Calvary Chapel New…
Maine has one billionaire. Her name is Susan Alfond. Alfond, a Scarborough resident and heiress to the Dexter Shoe fortune,…
I spent most of Wednesday at the Department of Public Safety building in Augusta watching Maine’s ranked-choice voting tabulation process…
The Maine Wire chief editor’s description of a U.S. Senate candidate’s alleged oyster business as a fake campaign prop turns…
The decision by the top official of Maine’s community colleges to step down as a new governor takes office is…
In this episode of the Pastor’s Office Podcast, Travis sits down with Pastor Corey Kilgus — founder of Gospel South…
It was only a matter of time before Graham’s exes started telling tales out of school – including the pie-plate…
5/31/26Graham Platner & Shenna Bellows RallyDeering Oaks, Portland, Maine. I was operating on home turf. Deering Oaks is trying very…
The top two Boston sports radio nets are taking out all the stops to try to attract ratings. It’s an…
In Sikhness and in health is the new vow of knife-loving commitment between a northeast school district and its faithful.…
“Source: Red Sox Not Considering Firing Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow” That’s the actual headline Tuesday on a Boston Globe…
Seven in ten of the state’s “liberals” just unapologetically voted for a guy who: √ Has a Nazi tattoo √…
AUGUSTA, Maine – As Maine’s June 9 primary comes to a close, campaign signs have once again become a familiar…
A pair of socialist candidate recruiters had their eyes on an alternative to Graham Platner when they began looking for…
In this episode of the Pastor’s Office Podcast, Travis sits down with elder and ministry leader Jordan Cross (Chief of…