The Navy has given a ceremonial send-off to the USS San Juan, decommissioning the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine that spent…
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The website Thrillist.com clearly has a sense of self, judging by its latest culture survey of U.S. towns with the…
Twelve maternity units have closed since 2015. As Hannah Pingree calls for a moratorium, her six years inside the Mills…
The MaineHealth Board of Trustees voted Thursday to approve what is being referred to as a regional model for women’s…
A Lewiston High School student-athlete is heading to Ohio this weekend to represent Maine on a national stage, competing against…
The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a 50-49 vote at approximately 4:31 a.m. Saturday, elevating…
Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson has asked the United States Supreme Court to weigh in on his challenge of a regulation…
Screenshot The timing could hardly be worse for Old Orchard Beach businesses. A significant water main break on West Grand…
HOLDEN, Maine – Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association’s Political Victory…
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) urged water treatment facilities across the state to take security measures after Iran…
Two so-far unidentified culprits stole a lobsterwoman’s catch, prompting anger among downeast locals. Lindsay McDaniels lost hundreds of dollars in…
Iconic fashion icon Martha Stewart is putting on her tease act again, posing at age 85 in a bathing suit.…
The Scarborough Police Department warned beachgoers on Tuesday that there have now been two confirmed shark sightings in waters near…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R) announced Tuesday that she will vote against the confirmation of Todd Blanche…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Assistant Senate Republican Leader Matt Harrington is urging MaineHealth to halt any immediate decision to eliminate labor…
No sooner did an infamous former congresswoman stop in Portland for a lobster than the food critics pounced. Ex-U.S. Rep.…
The Harringtons scored a major victory in their effort to pass a food sovereignty ordinance in Clinton on Tuesday when…
The first of Maine’s controversial $300 “affordability” checks are now in the mail, nearly seven months after Gov. Janet Mills…
Maine Republican lawmakers are blaming years of Democratic healthcare policies for the proposed closure of the labor and delivery unit…
LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston City Administrator Bryan Kaenrath has unveiled a new initiative aimed at curbing the city’s escalating youth…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has announced that it will be splitting up the purchase of the state’s electricity…
Troy Jackson’s rapid elevation as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate has brought renewed attention to a political record marked…
“Yes to Responsible Housing. No to Belfort Landing.” The message is impossible to miss. White signs stand in front yards…
Another day, another shooting has shaken Lewiston, as police continue to grapple with a wave of gun violence that has…
For more than a decade, Jama Mohamed has been one of the most influential figures in Lewiston’s Somali immigrant community.…
Maine ended the 2026 fiscal year with a General Fund revenue surplus of more than $148 million, delivering a major…
By Jon Fetherston Here is a nickel’s worth of free advice for every Republican running for office in Maine: Stop…
A slim majority of Independents in Maine are opposed to the use of ranked choice voting in the state, according…
Augusta resident Troy Jackson, the former Senate President from Allagash, has secured the Maine Democratic Party’s inside nod to take…
The Maine Democratic Party will gather Saturday in Bangor to select a replacement for former U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner,…
Another late-night shooting has rattled a Lewiston neighborhood after gunfire struck an occupied apartment building on Pierce Street, underscoring the…
The owner of The Cookie Jar of Maine says she has been nabbed for failure to account for a state…
Conservative grassroots organization Common Sense for Maine gathered Republican activists, candidates and supporters Thursday afternoon at Dunegrass Country Club, where…
By allowing the deadline to challenge the Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ finding of a “credible allegation of…
The left-wing FRAME Strategies lobbying firm with ties to Troy Jackson has been running the astroturfed “Chickadee Network” to boost…
An innovative space for emerging creatives could be coming to Sanford, thanks to efforts by local artist Meagan Boulter. Boulter…
LEWISTON, Maine — In a dramatic reorganization of city leadership Tuesday night, the Lewiston City Council voted 6-1 to remove…
A $3 million sailboat built in mid-coast Maine a half-century ago competed over the weekend in one of Michigan’s most…
LEEDS, Maine — Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles is calling on Democratic nominee Hannah Pingree and independent candidate Rick Bennett…
AUBURN, Maine — Following more hours of testimony from state officials, healthcare providers, city staff, addiction recovery advocates and residents,…
A coalition of 39 U.S. senators, including Maine Independent Angus King and 38 Democratic senators, is demanding answers from the…
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced Sunday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will soon be required to…
Republican State Senate candidate John Andrews announced a plan on Monday to create a new executive branch office dedicated to…
AUGUSTA, Maine — A conservative advocacy organization founded, by state Rep. Laurel Libby, has released a detailed accounting of what…
An Amtrak passenger train en route from Brunswick, Maine, to Boston struck a trespasser on the tracks Monday morning, according…
Two historic hand-powered fire engines from Bath, Maine, joined teams from across New England on Saturday for the first Hand…
While Maine Democrats spent the weekend selecting delegates to replace former U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner following his withdrawal from…
Lawrence Lockman Now that the communist porta-potty pervert Graham Platner has had his fifteen minutes of fame, what’s next in…
Bangor removed two downtown public restrooms this week after years of misuse by homeless drug users and tens of thousands…
If you want to rub elbows with a bunch of blue bloods and their toys, the place to be this…
A newly released census report gives Maine an honored distinction – the high percentage of old people. The Pine Tree…
Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles said Thursday that Maine’s sanctuary policies have undermined cooperation between state, local, and federal law…
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill by a wide margin that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent…
A six-unit apartment building in Yarmouth was destroyed in an overnight fire that displaced all of its residents, according to…
Median home sale prices in Maine reached an historic high last month, coming in at $436,000. Home sale volume has…
Chris and Karen Harrington have gathered the required signatures to put their proposed food sovereignty ordinance on the Clinton Select…
A shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents occurred in Biddeford on Monday morning. Reporting from the scene…
The limp rag doll known as the Portland Press Herald pretended Monday to be nonpartisan. But true to form the…
A shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents occurred in Biddeford on Monday morning. Early reporting from the…
If the meek David Costello ever wants to be taken seriously as a statewide candidate, he needs to, well, get…
BANGOR, Maine — The Maine Democratic Party will convene an emergency nominating convention later this month, placing the power to…
For years, Mainers have been told everything is fine. If you question the direction of the state, you’re accused of…
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are set to return to Maine this weekend for the first time since 2021, headlining…
Graham Platner announced in a video shared Wednesday night that he would be filing paperwork to withdraw from the race…
The Maine Democratic Party has released the official rules governing how candidates may seek the party’s nomination for U.S. Senate…
A leading voice among Democrats of Maine blasted the party’s top manager for producing a video targeting Graham Platner for…
Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau has been hired to run a city housing agency, prompting taxpayers to call out insider…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine voters were told the state needed a stronger red flag law for moments when warning signs…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) announced Monday that the recently closed Tax Assistance Centers (TACs) in Bangor and Augusta have now…
I first met Graham Platner not as a supporter, not as an ally, and certainly not as someone who agreed…
It is rare to see a self-styled alpha populist so thoroughly emasculated as we have just witnessed with Graham Platner.…
SULLIVAN, Maine – The stunning collapse of Democratic nominee Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate campaign has plunged Maine Democrats into an…
The Victory Chimes, an historic schooner built in 1900 with a deep history of chartering in Maine, has sunk in…
The battle over whether Maine voters will be allowed to decide the future of girls’ sports and private spaces is…
As Democratic politicians and groups across the country rushed to disavow Graham Platner amid a new rape allegation, left-wing megadonor…
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,…
A conservative Washington news outlet is reporting Graham Platner, accused of rape Monday, will be withdrawing from Maine’s Senate race.…
The new rape allegation made against Graham Platner by a former girlfriend on Monday place his Democratic supporters in an…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Democrats may soon discover that their decision to rally around Graham Platner was not simply a…
The Auburn City Council is scheduled to consider final approval Monday night of a new ordinance regulating syringe service programs,…
Vermont’s senior senator, a key supporter of Maine Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner, Sunday rejected the alleged hypocrisy of…
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office has announced the results of the two remaining recounts from the June 9 primary…
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, a newly released Gallup poll suggests national pride has fallen to its…
Storm clouds formed two years ago over News Center Maine’s Jason Nappi, canned for spending too much time promoting local…
An estimated 627 non-citizen MaineCare recipients are set to lose their taxpayer-funded healthcare on October 1 following changes made by…
Crazy Legs Conti, a Belmont, Massachusetts native, lost the annual July 4 Coney Island hot-dog eating contest Saturday to veteran…
GOP lawmakers say Gov. Janet Mills allowed political differences with President Donald Trump to cost Maine a valuable opportunity to…
A southern-Maine community Facebook page with a mission of promoting nothing but motherhood and apple pie – and downplaying controversy…
President Donald Trump delivered a 35-minute national address Friday night from the National Mall as part of the “Salute to…
As Americans prepared to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used a nationally televised address…
The United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday to restrict the use of geofence warrants that allow law enforcement to…
The Robbins family has announced the death of Alden J. Robbins, who died on July 2, 2026, from injuries he…
President Donald Trump delivered a forceful, nationally televised rebuke of communism Friday during an Independence Day event at Mount Rushmore…
Mainers planning to run errands, visit government offices, mail packages or travel over the Independence Day weekend should expect a…
Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) has been receiving threats of death and violence on social media, she revealed on Wednesday, with…
Communities across Maine have opened cooling centers to provide relief from dangerously high temperatures and humidity expected to continue through…
The City of Portland will activate cooling centers this week as dangerous heat is expected to settle over the city…
Maine communities from York County to Aroostook County are preparing for a busy week of Independence Day celebrations, with fireworks…
Mainers need to rally and overrule the Democrat killjoys who refused to sponsor a booth at the Great American State…