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A former longtime top editor of Maine’s largest legacy newspaper is blasting its latest iteration as an “embarrassment.” Cliff Schechtman,…
The quality of Maine’s early education system was found to be one of the worst in the nation despite a…
Maine has signed onto a lawsuit against the Trump Administration challenging its new prohibitions on providing access to certain social…
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Update: After the publication of this article, the owner of Blaze Bangor, Matthew Haskell, spoke with The Maine Wire, informing…
A routine traffic stop on Tuesday in Rockland led to two arrests following a brief struggle with officers after they…
Eric Small is not a typical politician. When he decided to run for Congress earlier this week, there was no…
York County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a Lyman man in Biddeford on Tuesday after responding to reports of a vehicle being…
Jordan Wood, a longtime Washington, D.C. staffer running as a Democrat to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) displayed the true…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has refused a request from the Trump Administration to turn over the state’s voter…
The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday to uphold the lower court’s dismissal of a Maine mom’s lawsuit against…
A federal appeals court on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a Maine mother who accused public…
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) wants the U.S. government to suspend its assistance to Israel, America’s key ally in the…
The Portland Police Department assisted with an FBI operation in Portland on Tuesday morning that appeared to involve numerous armed…
Two Massachusetts women have died from severe burns after their camper exploded on Saturday at Old Orchard Beach’s Powder Horn…
By Kendall Tietz Maine was one of the first states to publicly denounce President Trump’s executive actions on gender policy.…
A Republican state legislator who bravely sponsored bills to keep boys out of women’s sports and bathrooms quickly found out…
Never try to outdo the animal-rights clique when it comes to creating a media spectacle. To wit, People for Ethical…
Maine’s Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) busted five alleged drug traffickers in a Searsport raid on Friday that exposed New-York based…
An attempted firearms purchase led to the arrest of a Jamaican citizen who the town of Old Orchard Beach had…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) announced Friday that the Trump Administration has agreed to release the rest of Maine’s public…
A collective of water-sports enthusiasts and fishermen will hold two ceremonies to honor the memory of a Maine paddleboarder killed…
The Portland Police Department has yet to release the name of a suspect arrested on Saturday for an alleged shooting…
Wells’ aging liberals have banded together in recent months to stage weekly protests against the police department’s paused collaboration agreement…
A Brazilian illegal immigrant caught in Maine in May following a deportation four years ago will now face no additional…
A Phillips community activist played ‘Karen’ earlier this month and hectored Franklin County State Representative Michael Soboleski (R-Phillips) out of…
A South Portland Man faces an array of charges after he allegedly stabbed someone numerous time on Sunday night following…
The planet-wide intrigue stemming from a high-brow alleged affair between two top-level NY execs has now moved to Kennebunk, Maine.…
Maine Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland), a Somali immigrant and Maine politician, has garnered national attention in recent days after…
Excerpt from congressional report detailing Hunter Biden’s relationship with Chinese-communist linked corporations and agents. Photo of a business card Mervyn…
Whomever dropped an invasive fish into a northern Maine lake is going to be on the hook, big time, if…
A York police officer arrested a New Hampshire man in NH on Wednesday after he allegedly sparked a police chase…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) demanded the release of the Epstein files on Thursday as controversy mounts over President Donald Trump’s…
An “animal-rights” lobby has gone to court to try to stop Rockland’s annual “egregiously cruel method of steaming thousands of…
The Maine Ethics Commission decided Wednesday that it would not be taking action against the Cape Elizabeth School Department for…
A state representative from Hancock County responded on Wednesday to a new national report from CNBC that ranked Maine as…
A half dozen of Maine’s left-leaning non-profits have banded together to solicit donations for their Maine Solidarity Fund that will…
Despite a relative flatlining of year-on-year real estate prices nationwide, Maine home sales are up from where they were last…
A former educational technician at the Congin Elementary School in Westbrook turned himself in on Thursday after a warrant was…
A Lewiston man previously convicted of gross sexual assault pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Portland on Tuesday…
A Facebook post promoting the removal of Maine’s Democrat governor just got a nice free ad from the Mills-friendly Portland…
After a long wait, an Aroostook County ambulance company now can really haul – big time. Southern Aroostook Emergency Medical…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has once again joined a coalition of states, this time in suing the federal Department…
Mainers need to make over $45,000 annually on average to afford a one-bedroom apartment in the state, and they need…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is outraged that CBS has decided to cancel its failing “Late Show” hosted by leftist Stephen…
Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a raid on a Passadumkeag residence on Tuesday, leading to the arrest of three career…
An alleged drunk driver from Gorham reportedly attempted to flee a crash site on Tuesday after striking a Lake Region…
The U.S. Marshal Service (USMS) apprehended a violent Massachusetts fugitive hiding out in Bangor from a slew of felony charges…
A man who gruesomely dismembered his father in Gardiner more than a decade ago is now enjoying the fruits of…
A New York man will spend 45 months in prison following his role in a conspiracy to traffic firearms from…
Bad-Boy Black Sabbath phenom Ozzy Osbourne, who died Tuesday at age 76, once got his *** thrown out of Portland,…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has allowed a bill establishing net neutrality to become law in Maine without her signature. Sponsored…
A non-citizen living in New Hampshire was arrested on Tuesday and faces charges for allegedly illegally voting in three elections…
A large-scale drug bust in Northern New Hampshire last week including state and federal authorities resulted in 17 arrests and…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a man for an alleged vandalism spree on Monday, who was free to commit his…
The South Portland Police Department apprehended a 14-year-old boy on Friday night after he escaped from the Long Creek Youth…
Democrat Gov. Janet Mills naively picked a berry real fight hopping into a farmer’s field to promote blueberry weekend. When…
A Maine man is in a New Hampshire jail after sparking a high-speed chase on Wednesday, fleeing police after an…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill into law earlier this month that expanded eligibility for free hospital care, raising…
A Maine memorial for fishermen who die at sea is under fire from a downeast family who lost two relatives…
Maine received high-marks on the 2025 national score-card from the Sexuality Information and Education Council (SEICUS) non-profit, that ranks states based…
A tough Sanford woman is celebrating a naked loss in a fourth try at $100,000 on Discovery Channel’s top-rated survivor…
A small group of Maine protestors set sail in kayaks and other small craft on Saturday, braving the roughly one…
The Dover-Foxcroft Police Department issued an urgent shelter-in-place order on Friday evening for the vicinity of W. Main St., warning…
A likely illegal immigrant faces child abduction charges after he was arrested in Lewiston for allegedly grabbing a three-year-old child…
The Trump Administration is now expected to release $1.3 billion worth of federal funds for before- and after-school programming, multiple…
U.S. Marshals arrested wanted Dominican Trinitarios gang-member Yonaidry Lascano Rosario, 24, on Thursday night in Bethel with assistance from the…
Maine’s unemployment rate has remained steady in recent months, coming in at 3.3 percent in June. The seasonal increase in…
Fifty years ago the body of a 19-year-old woman was dumped in a culvert on Sherman Lake in Newcastle. Florence…
A shocking new national survey of states’ public utilities shows Maine ranks the worst of all 50, earning it an…
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ approval rating has fallen amid a tense summer session where she repeatedly broke away from her party and President Donald Trump on multiple crucial votes. The results were released by Morning Consult as a part of its quarterly poll of senators’ approval ratings, and it shows the favorability of the longtime Maine
Days after the arrest and preliminary charging of a suspect in the murder of Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart, a new question…
As tony Yarmouth celebrates its annual clam festival this weekend, a clam shack down south in Sanford is throwing in…
A group of ten Republican senators, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, have sent a letter to the Trump Administration…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has joined her counterparts in sixteen states in calling on Secretary of Education Linda McMahon…
The Trump Administration has delayed distributing $6.8 billion worth of federal funding for certain education programs it is currently reviewing…
Earlier this week, the State of Maine was listed as a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over…
Midcoast Mainers breathed a collective sigh of relief on Thursday to learn that Sunny Stewart’s killer was in custody, but…
As tragic as the seemingly senseless killing is of a well-liked camper on a pond in midcoast Maine, it’s also…
17-year-old Deven Young of Frankfort appeared in court on Friday morning via Zoom from the Long Creek Youth Detention facility…
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The Portland City Council voted Monday night to spend $15 million in order to open the door for future development…
The United States Senate voted early Thursday morning to pass President Donald Trump’s (R) plan to cut $9 billion in…
News that the Maine State Police have made an arrest in the murder of Tenants Harbor resident Sunshine “Sunny Stewart,…
Justine Hawkes’ family was about to do some laps off Harpswell – until … Jaws showed up. “Caution everyone, hubby…
A man formerly of Caribou, Maine, was sentenced on Tuesday to eight years in federal prison for the possession of…
A national group that says it monitors and counters threats to our constitutional rights and promotes government transparency and constitutional…
The outcome of a stand-off on a Bangor roof Wednesday was up in the air for seven hours as a…
Maine’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has launched an effort to support the production of renewable energy on agricultural land contaminated…
A few dozen international flying customers got a special treat – a quick peek at beautiful Bangor, Maine – on…
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The newspaper that broke the news of a misconduct lawsuit against a midcoast school failed to mention the paper’s intimate…
Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes, self-described socialist and former co-chair of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America, gave a speech at…
Four Maine high school students will be joining the ranks of approximately 800 selected nationally this month who will be…
Lewiston Police are investigating a shooting that occurred on Monday outside of an immigrant advocacy nonprofit’s building. Police say that…
On Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Wolf permanently enjoined the State of Maine from enforcing the new limits on Super…
A public fund-raising campaign to help pay for a Maine paddleboarder’s funeral costs has so far brought in more than…
The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) has selected Craig Shepley as the new Deputy Chief Patrol Agent (DCPA) of Maine’s Houlton…
The Maine Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in the case against the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) over…