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The Biddeford schools are honoring the memory of a beloved teacher who succumbed to heart disease.Rory Putnam, who was only…
The mother of a Milford baby who froze to death is pleading with the public for understanding, saying, “I didn’t…
LEWISTON, Maine – Former Lewiston City Councilor and State Senate candidate Ryn Soule was stuck by a discarded needle Monday…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has issued what the White House says is a final ultimatum to Iran, setting an…
Shock of shocks – a new batch of old Reddit posts is haunting U.S. Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner of…
Graham Platner is telling donors to coalesce behind him in the Democrat U.S. primary race from Maine polls show him…
The Maine Supreme Court is in unanimous agreement that expanding the use of ranked-choice voting to include all state elections…
BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced a new executive order she claims would deliver enough energy to power 2…
Inmate Katie Mountain filed a lawsuit on Friday against Maine Department of Corrections Commissioner (MDOC) Randall Liberty, Maine Correctional Center…
Maine is among the 23 states suing the Trump Administration over the president’s executive order outlining new federal actions intended…
Federal fisheries officials are putting together a DIY brochure on aquaculture for ‘Platner wannabes.’National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association officials announced…
The Associated Press, which for 180 years has been an aggregate newspaper company, has finally realized legacy papers are a…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Gov. Janet Mills (D) celebrated Thursday after a federal appeals court rejected the Trump…
Auburn Police are honoring the memory of one of their own who perished nearly a half-century ago.Officer Rodney “Rocky” Bonney…
LEWISTON, Maine – The Lewiston Police Department handled 3,506 calls for service in March, a month that also saw dozens…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued a measured but pointed response…
Gov. Janet Mills says she never committed to an upcoming U.S. Senate Democrat debate, despite the moderator claiming she had.The…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed into law a bill requiring the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to consider affordability…
PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Police Department released its latest weekly crime statistics, detailing dozens of arrests, hundreds of calls…
Farmington attorney Paul Mills, the brother of Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), first popped into The Maine Wire’s multi-year investigation…
LEWISTON, Maine – A harassment complaint filed by Lewiston City Councilor, School Committee member, and newly elected State Representative Scott…
Gov. Janet Mills has dropped out of a planned midcoast debate featuring Maine’s Democrat U.S. Senate candidates, organizers said Sunday.Colin…
Veazie, Maine, a tiny town sandwiched between Bangor and Orono, has proven size doesn’t matter.The town’s K-8 school has been…
Doesn’t take much to get Pats fever stirred up.The NFL teams fans reached fever pitch on Facebook when FlightRadar24 posted…
A painter is suing Bill Belichick alleging the home the former NFL coach owns with his Maine gal pal was…
A 75-year-old woman was found dead early Saturday morning following a devastating house fire in Readfield that left her husband…
GORHAM, Maine — A drag queen story time event at the Gorham Public Library on Saturday morning turned into a…
A Vermont woman is facing charges after allegedly using an emergency-only crossover on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, triggering a four-vehicle…
President Donald J. Trump announced Saturday in a post on Truth Social that U.S. military forces successfully completed what he described as…
In the first Navy mission of its kind, a Connecticut naval base “borrowed” hundreds of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers.The traveling…
Bees in Peru now have the legal right to file lawsuits.It’s all the buzz – insects that can hire lawyers.In…
Presidential nephew Billy Bush disclosed on Hannity’s podcast a 2016 news-network campaign to keep Trump out of the White House.Bush,…
Ryan Jennings, a coach and father from North Yarmouth, died while rescuing his children from rip currents during a family…
After TWA Flight 800 exploded in a fiery crash into the ocean outside of New York City, investigators zeroed in…
First Tiger Woods thought he could get out of a DUI arrest by telling the cops he had just gotten…
A Penobscot County woman was jailed after refusing to turn over custody of her two grandchildren whose sibling died three…
The son of U.S. Sen. Angus King Jr. figured it would be funny to announce he was now running for…
CUMBERLAND, Maine – A Lewiston man has been cited after allegedly falling asleep behind the wheel and striking a Maine…
HOWLAND, Maine — Maine State Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred early Friday morning on Interstate 95 in…
By Carroll Conley About six years ago, while leading the Christian Civic League, I was approached multiple times by trusted…
When is anyone going to be held accountable? That is the question hanging over Maine’s home health and MaineCare scandals,…
President Donald Trump has been briefed following reports of a downed United States F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jet over southern…
AUBURN – Flock cameras have been rolled out across several Maine communities, specifically Auburn, capturing vehicle data without the knowledge…
PORTLAND, Maine – The City of Portland is asking residents to weigh in on the future of four city-owned parcels…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Connecticut man and a woman on Thursday during a warrant execution in Greenbush…
BOSTON – Massachusetts Democrats plan to provide an additional $1 million dollars to a state program which provides legal representation…
WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party’s online fundraising platform, ActBlue, is under fresh scrutiny following allegations of internal legal warnings that…
A home health care business with ties to the infamous alleged fraud front Gateway Community Services faced an audit with…
A New Hampshire man was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly attacked an NH state trooper unprovoked and attempted to…
A leading consumer says the Pine Tree State has one of the highest tax burdens in the country.WalletHub compared property…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President JD Vance has been tapped to take a leading role in combating fraud nationwide, a…
The island Chellie Pingree farms “organically” has a growing problem – mounds of trash.The few trash attendants North Haven had…
Maine Director of Elections Heidi Peckham issued a recommendation that the Secretary of State (SoS) allow David Corbett to run…
The bearded oyster running for U.S. Senate has been outed yet again for offensive, off-color cracks.Washington Free Beacon reports a…
The editor of a Biddeford news outlet has run an open letter to the community disclosing his possessing multiple videos…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi and moved Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche…
The Maine Fire Marshal’s office arrested a New Portland man on Tuesday on two arson warrants from 2023 and 2024…
The cost of heating fuel in Maine has remained above $5 per gallon, according to the Maine Department of Energy…
House lawmakers have advanced along nearly partisan lines a bill supporting the conversion of vacant school buildings into residential housing.…
A social-media guy with a sense of humor – or more aptly sense of honor – decided the ultimate way…
Amid a nationwide reckoning over Medicaid fraud committed largely by “New Americans,” Maine Gov. Janet Mills is taking the unprecedented…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hannah Pingree took to social media Wednesday to weigh in on the child labor enforcement case…
In Massachusetts, a Maine-made progressive superintendent has once again blown out the education budget of Lexington, Massachusetts public schools. As…
New England Women’s Solidarity (NEWS), a feminist organization, is sending a letter to Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) criticizing her for…
The wife of the leading Democrat U.S. Senate candidate from Maine has suddenly come out of hiding to pitch “universal…
The FBI arrested a Great Barrington, Massachusetts man on Wednesday after he allegedly made repeated threats on Facebook vowing to…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department arrested three alleged drug traffickers on Tuesday during a warrant execution at a Milford residence.…
LEWISTON, Maine — A community mixer hosted Wednesday evening by Lewiston Ward 5 City Councilor Chrissy Noble offered residents a…
The Brunswick Police Department assisted U.S. Marshals on Tuesday in the arrest of a former UMaine football player and Bowdoin…
PORTLAND, Maine – The City of Portland is now moving to fine property owners for vacant downtown storefronts, shifting the…
WASHINGTON – President Donald J. Trump delivered a primetime address to the nation Wednesday night, providing an update on Operation…
Pill-popping pro golfer Crash Woods says he’s “seeking treatment” outside the U.S., leaving Vanessa Trump behind to mull whether she’s…
The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear a Maine mom’s case against a Damariscotta school in which she…
A Bangor man allegedly attacked another man with a compound bow while at his house on Sunday. [RELATED: Bangor Man…
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s (R) stance on…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine Democrats moved late Tuesday night to add a new “millionaire’s tax” to their supplemental budget proposal,…
If anyone thinks this competitive fishing thing is something to be messed with, perish that thought.As Maine’s serious bass anglers…
A Maine sandwich shop got an order so big it just had to be a prank.The caller told George’s Sandwich…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Department arrested a Bangor man on Friday for numerous alleged child sexual assault offenses committed over the…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill clarifying what constitutes a “billing statement” under state law. Last year, Maine…
Bets are on that the Democrat congresswoman from southern Maine will be voting for the Republican Senate candidate come November.Yup,…
The Maine State Police Bomb Squad responded Saturday to two separate incidents involving military explosives discovered at private residences in…
AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Department of Labor’s final enforcement action against House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham has already…
The Maine State Police arrested a Lewiston woman on murder charges on Friday after she allegedly shot and killed a…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order from the Oval Office outlining new federal actions…
NEWPORT, Maine – A fatal crash late Tuesday night shut down portions of Interstate 95 in Newport after a passenger…
SANFORD, Maine – A Sanford man is facing multiple felony charges after Maine investigators alleged he operated an unlicensed commercial…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver a national address at 9:00 p.m. ET tonight, Wednesday, April 1,…
The most recent Massachusetts abortion data revealed that the number of abortions provided in the state more than doubled from…
The United States Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday that Colorado’s ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy for children is unconstitutional under…
A book about the difficulties of adolescence has just been voted one of the top books ever written.Stephen Chbosky wrote…
An Olympic competitor who was born with ‘both genders’ says he/she should be able to compete against women.Caster Semenya is…
A federal judge Tuesday ordered President Trump to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom it demolished the East Wing…
An allegedly alcohol-related single-vehicle crash in Penobscot on Saturday tragically left a Bucksport man dead. [RELATED: Hermon Woman Indicted on…
Underwater tunnels across the world that depend on rubber gaskets to keep out the ocean were not supposed to leak…
Maine’s most colorful shore birds are making their trek back to land to do the yearly breeding thingy.“After months at…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested a New York man on Friday and seized over a pound of cocaine…
A famous link to the Bush brand in Maine has come down on golf phenom Tiger Woods, calling the ill-fated…
The Westbrook Police Department arrested a 23-year-old man last week following a months-long investigation into the alleged dissemination of child…