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Golden, Pingree Steered $500,000 from “Inflation Reduction Act” to Democratic Activists

By Edward TomicAugust 22, 202429 Featured 3K Views

Maine’s Democratic members of Congress, Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree, supported a $500,000 taxpayer-funded “environmental justice” grant for a left-wing…

Ann Cook Featured

Secret audio reveals Maine teacher ranting about politics, mocking Trump-supporting parents

By Steve RobinsonOctober 16, 20226 Featured 2K Views

Shocking audio obtained by The Maine Wire reveals a Maine public school teacher subjecting a student to a racially charged…

Featured

Vance to Lead Saturday Morning Iran Peace Talks in Pakistan

By Jon FetherstonApril 9, 20262 Featured

WASHINGTON – Vice President JD Vance is taking on another major assignment for the Trump administration, this time leading a…

News

Wiscasset Men Found with Huge Variety of Drugs and 24 Firearms

By Seamus OthotApril 9, 20260 News

Two Wiscasset men were arrested last Thursday after they were allegedly found with an arsenal of guns and a huge…

News

Portland Press Herald Paywall Malfunctions The Morning The CEO (Who Runs A Restaurant Side Hustle)  Celebrates “Local News Day”

By Ted CohenApril 9, 20260 News

The state’s largest newspaper announced it was celebrating “Local News Day” by taking down its paywall.Oops.The paywall remained in place…

News

Maine to Receive $65 Million in Federal Funding for Rural Infrastructure Upgrades

By Libby PalanzaApril 9, 20261 News

Sen. Susan Collins (R) announced Monday that Maine will be receiving a combined $65 million for two rural infrastructure projects…

Crime

NH Woman Killed by Police After Rampage with Fire Extinguisher and Knife

By Seamus OthotApril 8, 20264 Crime 1K Views

A Northfield, New Hampshire, woman was killed by police on Monday after she allegedly went on a domestic violence rampage,…

News

Supplemental Budget Includes $5M for “Reproductive Health Care” and “Family Planning” Providers

By Libby PalanzaApril 8, 20264 News

The amended supplemental budget under consideration by the Maine State Legislature contains a provision that would establish millions of dollars…

News

Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Who Led DEI Push Resigning at the End of April

By Seamus OthotApril 8, 20267 News 2K Views

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) Commissioner Judith Camuso will be resigning at the end of the month,…

News

Elected Maine Official Calls Tax Complainers Lazy Couch-Keyboard Addicts, Then Tries To Pull It Back

By Ted CohenApril 8, 20265 News 1K Views

A city councilor from York County’s largest city went off on taxpayers for whining online – and then after apparent…

Crime

Ohio Perv First Convicted Under New Trump Law Criminalizing ‘Intimate Deepfakes’

By Ted CohenApril 8, 20260 Crime

An Ohio man is the first person to be convicted under the Trump administration’s Take It Down Act, a federal…

News

“Governor Mills Lied to the People of Maine” Republicans Blast Overnight Budget Rollout

By Jon FetherstonApril 8, 20267 News 4K Views

AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine Republicans on Wednesday tore into Democrats over what they described as a late-night budget dump that…

News

Sister of Lewiston Victim Files Federal Lawsuit Over Preventable Mass Shooting

By Jon FetherstonApril 8, 20261 News

Lewiston – Maine. Bobbi Nichols, a survivor of the Lewiston mass shooting who lost her sister, Tricia Asselin, in the…

News

South Berwick Man Sparks Manhunt After Threatening Family Member with Knife and Fleeing

By Seamus OthotApril 8, 20260 News

A South Berwick man was arrested on Tuesday following an hours-long manhunt after he allegedly threatened a family member with…

News

Pedo Ex-Gubernatorial Wannabe Eliot Cutler Denied Bail After Multiple Probation Violations

By Ted CohenApril 8, 20262 News

A Hancock County judge has finally put the brakes on convicted porn king and disbarred lawyer Eliot Cutler’s attempts at…

News

York Deputies Arrest Two Wanted Felons During Tuesday Search

By Seamus OthotApril 8, 20260 News 1K Views

York County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested two suspects wanted on felony charges on Tuesday while searching for another woman wanted on…

News

‘Katahdin Or Bust:’ Hiker ‘Smokes It’ – Completes World Record Walk From Maine

By Ted CohenApril 8, 20260 News

Nick Gagnon has broken the world record for what’s known as Fastest Known Time (FKT) on America’s longest trails, including…

News

Tensions Boil Over at Lewiston City Council as Residents Clash with Officials; Mayor Initially Blocks Shooting Survivor Destiny Johnson from Speaking

By Jon FetherstonApril 8, 20265 News 3K Views

LEWISTON, Maine – A Lewiston City Council meeting Tuesday night erupted into one of the most emotionally charged public comment…

News

Medical Debt Collectors Soon Barred in Maine from Garnishing Wages and Placing Lien on Homes

By Libby PalanzaApril 8, 20261 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill into law prohibiting medical debt collectors from placing a lien on a…

News

Maine Senate Passes $450,000 Taxpayer-Funded Home Security Bill for Lawmakers After 19–12 Vote

By Jon FetherstonApril 8, 20268 News 2K Views

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Senate on Monday passed legislation that would create a $450,000 taxpayer-funded pool to pay for…

News

Pats Head Coach, NYT Reporter, Denying Double Extramarital Fling In Aftermath Of NY Post Photo Spread, Story

By Ted CohenApril 7, 20262 News 2K Views

NFL veteran Superbowl star Mike Vrabel is denying an affair with a longtime reporter “friend” with whom he was seen…

News

Trump Forces Iran to the Table, Grants Two-Week Ceasefire as Pakistan Mediates

By Jon FetherstonApril 7, 20269 News

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump agreed Tuesday to suspend additional U.S. bombing and military attacks on Iran for two weeks,…

News

Republican Lawmakers Renew Scrutiny of DHHS Following Death of Milford Infant and Ongoing Custody Dispute

By Jon FetherstonApril 7, 20260 News

AUGUSTA – Republican lawmakers are intensifying criticism of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) following new developments in…

News

‘Maine Girls’ Dad’ Referendum Ballot Question Released as Bellows Opens Public Comment Period

By Jon FetherstonApril 7, 20264 News 2K Views

AUGUSTA, Maine – Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is now accepting public comment on the draft wording of a citizen…

National

Sixty-two Years After USS Thresher Sank, Annual Ceremony To Honor Memories Of 129 Sailors

By Ted CohenApril 7, 20260 National

The nuclear-powered attack submarine named for a shark was supposed to be the most advanced, the lead boat of its…

News

Associated Press Staffers Fight ‘AI Transition’ Plans As AP Execs Throw Shade At The Maine Wire

By Ted CohenApril 7, 20260 News

The union representing Associated Press staffers pushed back Tuesday over job losses related to the news company’s AI plans.“AP continues…

News

Cumberland DA Pushes “Restorative Justice” Program to Resolve Charges with “Community Dialogue”

By Seamus OthotApril 7, 202610 News 1K Views

Cumberland County’s left-wing District Attorney (DA) Jacqueline Sartoris launched a new “restorative justice” program on Monday that aims to resolve…

Crime

NH Man Shoots Police Officer Before Fleeing and Killing Himself Following Domestic Violence Incident

By Seamus OthotApril 7, 20261 Crime

A New Hampshire man shot a police officer on Saturday after law enforcement responded to reports that he had been…

News

Scarborough Man Faces Potential 20-Year Prison Sentence for Possessing Thousands of Child Abuse Images

By Seamus OthotApril 7, 20262 News

A Scarborough man pleaded guilty last Tuesday to child pornography charges after he was allegedly discovered with thousands of images…

News

Veteran Southern Maine Paramedic, Biddeford Teacher, Mourned At Age 54

By Ted CohenApril 7, 20260 News 2K Views

The Biddeford schools are honoring the memory of a beloved teacher who succumbed to heart disease.Rory Putnam, who was only…

News

Maine Mom Of Dead Toddler Defends Herself, Denies Abandoning Children By Moving Away

By Ted CohenApril 7, 20263 News 4K Views

The mother of a Milford baby who froze to death is pleading with the public for understanding, saying, “I didn’t…

News

Former Lewiston Councilor Ryn Soule Stuck by Discarded Needle Monday, Later Treated at Hospital as Outrage Builds Over City’s Harm Reduction Policies

By Jon FetherstonApril 7, 202610 News 4K Views

LEWISTON, Maine – Former Lewiston City Councilor and State Senate candidate Ryn Soule was stuck by a discarded needle Monday…

News

Trump Draws a Line: Iran Given Final Deadline to Reopen Strait of Hormuz as Mainers Brace for Higher Energy Costs

By Jon FetherstonApril 7, 20260 News

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has issued what the White House says is a final ultimatum to Iran, setting an…

Commentary

“Graham Platner Defended ‘Urinating’On Dead Taliban,’ Called War ‘The Most Enjoyable Experience;’” New York Post

By Ted CohenApril 7, 20265 Commentary

Shock of shocks – a new batch of old Reddit posts is haunting U.S. Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner of…

News

Platner: ‘It’s Over, Mills Finished’ In Maine Senate Primary; Mills: ‘I’m Not Quitting’

By Ted CohenApril 6, 20265 News

Graham Platner is telling donors to coalesce behind him in the Democrat U.S. primary race from Maine polls show him…

Featured

Ranked-Choice Voting Expansion Unanimously Declared Unconstitutional by Maine Supreme Court

By Libby PalanzaApril 6, 202612 Featured 2K Views

The Maine Supreme Court is in unanimous agreement that expanding the use of ranked-choice voting to include all state elections…

News

Massachusetts Governor “Munchkin Mocks” Energy Crisis Using Donut Holes

By Maine Wire StaffApril 6, 202611 News 2K Views

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced a new executive order she claims would deliver enough energy to power 2…

News

Woman Victimized by Trans-Identifying Male Inmate Sues MDOC Commissioner, Claims Prison Retaliated After Maine Wire Report

By Seamus OthotApril 6, 20267 News 2K Views

Inmate Katie Mountain filed a lawsuit on Friday against Maine Department of Corrections Commissioner (MDOC) Randall Liberty, Maine Correctional Center…

News

Maine Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Pres. Trump’s Election Integrity Executive Order

By Libby PalanzaApril 6, 20265 News

Maine is among the 23 states suing the Trump Administration over the president’s executive order outlining new federal actions intended…

News

Maine’s Oyster King Will Always Have A Job On The Left Coast If The Maine Senate Thing Doesn’t Pan Out

By Ted CohenApril 6, 20267 News 1K Views

Federal fisheries officials are putting together a DIY brochure on aquaculture for ‘Platner wannabes.’National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association officials announced…

News

Newspapers ‘Big Fail,’ AP Transitioning To Artificial Intelligence

By Ted CohenApril 6, 20261 News

The Associated Press, which for 180 years has been an aggregate newspaper company, has finally realized legacy papers are a…

News

Maine Leaders Celebrate Appeals Court Block on Trump Admin’s New Rules for HUD Grant Program

By Libby PalanzaApril 6, 20264 News

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Gov. Janet Mills (D) celebrated Thursday after a federal appeals court rejected the Trump…

News

Maine Cop Who Died Trying To Rescue Drowning Teen Remembered 45 Years Later

By Ted CohenApril 6, 20260 News

Auburn Police are honoring the memory of one of their own who perished nearly a half-century ago.Officer Rodney “Rocky” Bonney…

News

Lewiston Police Report Busy March as City Grapples with Crime, Overdoses, and Public Safety Pressure

By Jon FetherstonApril 6, 20262 News

LEWISTON, Maine – The Lewiston Police Department handled 3,506 calls for service in March, a month that also saw dozens…

News

Collins Raises Concerns Over Defense, Energy Aid, and Education Cuts in President’s FY2027 Budget Request

By Jon FetherstonApril 6, 20260 News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued a measured but pointed response…

News

Mills Denies Agreeing To Midcoast Debate Against Platner, Organizers Blame “Confusion”

By Ted CohenApril 6, 20261 News

Gov. Janet Mills says she never committed to an upcoming U.S. Senate Democrat debate, despite the moderator claiming she had.The…

News

Janet Mills Signs Partisan Bill Requiring Maine PUC to Develop “Affordability Metric”

By Libby PalanzaApril 6, 20263 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed into law a bill requiring the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to consider affordability…

News

Portland Police Report 34 Arrests, 1,294 Calls for Service, and Bank Robbery Among Weekly Incidents

By Jon FetherstonApril 6, 20260 News

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Police Department released its latest weekly crime statistics, detailing dozens of arrests, hundreds of calls…

News

Governor Silent as Chinese Cannabis Cartels Swallow Rural Maine — Some With Her Brother’s Help

By Steve RobinsonApril 6, 20262 News 10K Views

Farmington attorney Paul Mills, the brother of Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), first popped into The Maine Wire’s multi-year investigation…

News

Censure, Controversy, and Collapse: Lewiston Lawmaker Harriman Faces Mounting Scrutiny After Harassment Case Falls Apart

By Jon FetherstonApril 6, 20261 News 2K Views

LEWISTON, Maine – A harassment complaint filed by Lewiston City Councilor, School Committee member, and newly elected State Representative Scott…

News

Mills Ducks Planned Senate Democrat Debate Against Platner, Triggering Moderator

By Ted CohenApril 5, 20260 News

Gov. Janet Mills has dropped out of a planned midcoast debate featuring Maine’s Democrat U.S. Senate candidates, organizers said Sunday.Colin…

News

Failed Maine Schools No Match For Veazie’s ‘Best K-8 In U.S.’

By Ted CohenApril 5, 20260 News

Veazie, Maine, a tiny town sandwiched between Bangor and Orono, has proven size doesn’t matter.The town’s K-8 school has been…

News

New England Patriots Jet Lands At Bangor International Airport, Leaving Fans Agog

By Ted CohenApril 5, 20260 News

Doesn’t take much to get Pats fever stirred up.The NFL teams fans reached fever pitch on Facebook when FlightRadar24 posted…

News

Ex-Pats Head Coach Who Shares $5M Island Retreat With Maine Squeeze Sued By Painter For Injury

By Ted CohenApril 5, 20261 News

A painter is suing Bill Belichick alleging the home the former NFL coach owns with his Maine gal pal was…

News

Woman Found Dead After Overnight House Fire in Readfield; Husband Escapes Through Second-Floor Window

By Jon FetherstonApril 5, 20260 News 1K Views

A 75-year-old woman was found dead early Saturday morning following a devastating house fire in Readfield that left her husband…

News

Police Called to Gorham Library as Drag Queen Event Sparks Public Access Clash

By Jon FetherstonApril 5, 202618 News 4K Views

GORHAM, Maine — A drag queen story time event at the Gorham Public Library on Saturday morning turned into a…

News

Vermont Driver Charged After Illegal Crossover Maneuver Triggers Four-Vehicle Crash on I-295

By Jon FetherstonApril 5, 20260 News 1K Views

A Vermont woman is facing charges after allegedly using an emergency-only crossover on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, triggering a four-vehicle…

Featured

Trump Announces Successful Rescue of U.S. Colonel Behind Enemy Lines in Iran

By Jon FetherstonApril 5, 20260 Featured

President Donald J. Trump announced Saturday in a post on Truth Social that U.S. military forces successfully completed what he described as…

News

Maine Shipyard Sent 400 Workers To Connecticut To Upgrade Attack Sub In ‘Milestone Mission’

By Ted CohenApril 4, 20262 News

In the first Navy mission of its kind, a Connecticut naval base “borrowed” hundreds of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers.The traveling…

News

For The First Time In Any Legal System, A Country Has Recognized The Legal Rights of Insects

By Ted CohenApril 4, 20260 News

Bees in Peru now have the legal right to file lawsuits.It’s all the buzz – insects that can hire lawyers.In…

News

Maine’s Billy Bush: ‘ABC News Had A Special Department With Sole Mission Of Destroying Trump’

By Ted CohenApril 4, 20262 News 2K Views

Presidential nephew Billy Bush disclosed on Hannity’s podcast a 2016 news-network campaign to keep Trump out of the White House.Bush,…

News

Maine Father Drowns In Florida After Saving His Children From Sudden Rip Current

By Ted CohenApril 4, 20260 News

Ryan Jennings, a coach and father from North Yarmouth, died while rescuing his children from rip currents during a family…

News

Thirty Years Ago Maine Had Not Just One But Two Rumored Connections To Tragic TWA Crash Into NYC Ocean

By Ted CohenApril 4, 20261 News

After TWA Flight 800 exploded in a fiery crash into the ocean outside of New York City, investigators zeroed in…

News

Tiger Now Criticizing His BFF Trump For Outing His Masters Withdrawal

By Ted CohenApril 4, 20263 News 2K Views

First Tiger Woods thought he could get out of a DUI arrest by telling the cops he had just gotten…

News

Maine Grandmother Of Baby Who Froze To Death Arrested In Custody Fight

By Ted CohenApril 4, 20263 News 1K Views

A Penobscot County woman was jailed after refusing to turn over custody of her two grandchildren whose sibling died three…

News

Democrat Angus King III’s Joke About Quitting Gubernatorial Race Backfires

By Ted CohenApril 4, 20267 News 1K Views

The son of U.S. Sen. Angus King Jr. figured it would be funny to announce he was now running for…

News

Driver Cited After Allegedly Falling Asleep, Striking Maine Turnpike Maintenance Truck in Cumberland

By Jon FetherstonApril 3, 20260 News

CUMBERLAND, Maine – A Lewiston man has been cited after allegedly falling asleep behind the wheel and striking a Maine…

News

Box Truck Crash on I-95 in Howland Sends Bangor Driver to Hospital, Weather and Speed Cited as Factors

By Jon FetherstonApril 3, 20260 News

HOWLAND, Maine — Maine State Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred early Friday morning on Interstate 95 in…

Commentary

Opinion: Why Bobby Charles Is the Kind of Leader Maine Needs Now

By Maine Wire StaffApril 3, 202616 Commentary 3K Views

By Carroll Conley About six years ago, while leading the Christian Civic League, I was approached multiple times by trusted…

Commentary

Maine’s Fraud Machine Keeps Running…But Now Even Augusta Is Hitting the Brakes

By Jon FetherstonApril 3, 202610 Commentary 2K Views

When is anyone going to be held accountable? That is the question hanging over Maine’s home health and MaineCare scandals,…

News

President Trump Briefed After F-15 Strike Eagle Fighter Jet Downed; U.S. Forces Recover One Crew Member In Ongoing SAR Mission

By Maine Wire StaffApril 3, 20263 News

President Donald Trump has been briefed following reports of a downed United States F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jet over southern…

National

Maine Gets Flocked With New Camera Rollout Despite No Citizen Input

By Maine Wire StaffApril 3, 202615 National 6K Views

AUBURN – Flock cameras have been rolled out across several Maine communities, specifically Auburn, capturing vehicle data without the knowledge…

News

Portland Seeks Public Input on Future of Bayside’s “Midtown” Properties Before Sale Process Begins

By Jon FetherstonApril 3, 20262 News

PORTLAND, Maine – The City of Portland is asking residents to weigh in on the future of four city-owned parcels…

News

Connecticut Man, and Woman Arrested During Greenbush Drug Investigation

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20263 News 6K Views

The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Connecticut man and a woman on Thursday during a warrant execution in Greenbush…

News

Massachusetts Democrats Redistribute Wealth To Fund Attorneys For Illegal Immigrants

By Maine Wire StaffApril 3, 20263 News

BOSTON – Massachusetts Democrats plan to provide an additional $1 million dollars to a state program which provides legal representation…

News

Maine Democrats Align With ActBlue Fundraising Platform Despite Contributions From Foreign Nationals

By Maine Wire StaffApril 3, 20265 News

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party’s online fundraising platform, ActBlue, is under fresh scrutiny following allegations of internal legal warnings that…

News

Adam Healthcare Services: Medicaid Biller Tied to Gateway Community Services and Money Transfers Ordered to Repay Over $600k Following Audit

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20262 News 2K Views

A home health care business with ties to the infamous alleged fraud front Gateway Community Services faced an audit with…

Crime

Man Arrested for Attacking NH State Trooper Unprovoked and Grabbing His Firearm

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20261 Crime

A New Hampshire man was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly attacked an NH state trooper unprovoked and attempted to…

News

Maine Fifth-Highest Taxes Nationwide – An Embarrassing Record Only Democrats Can Love

By Ted CohenApril 3, 20262 News

A leading consumer says the Pine Tree State has one of the highest tax burdens in the country.WalletHub compared property…

News

Trump Calls Out Maine in Friday Truth Social Post Naming VP JD Vance as Nation’s ‘Fraud Czar’

By Jon FetherstonApril 3, 20261 News

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President JD Vance has been tapped to take a leading role in combating fraud nationwide, a…

News

‘Nothing But Trash:’ Maine Congresswoman Needs To Help Her Adopted Maine Town

By Ted CohenApril 3, 20261 News

The island Chellie Pingree farms “organically” has a growing problem – mounds of trash.The few trash attendants North Haven had…

News

SOS Office Recommends Republican York Sheriff Candidate Be Allowed to Run Following Hours-Long Hearing, Despite His False Attestation

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20261 News

Maine Director of Elections Heidi Peckham issued a recommendation that the Secretary of State (SoS) allow David Corbett to run…

News

Maine Democrat Graham Platner Called Jesus a ‘Zombie’ and the Virgin Mary ‘A Skank’ In Unearthed Reddit Post

By Ted CohenApril 2, 20263 News 3K Views

The bearded oyster running for U.S. Senate has been outed yet again for offensive, off-color cracks.Washington Free Beacon reports a…

News

Southern Maine Editor Decries Public Drug Dealing Along Sidewalk Near School

By Ted CohenApril 2, 20260 News

The editor of a Biddeford news outlet has run an open letter to the community disclosing his possessing multiple videos…

News

Trump Boots Bondi, Hands DOJ to Loyalist Todd Blanche Amid Growing Fallout

By Jon FetherstonApril 2, 20260 News

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi and moved Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche…

Crime

New Portland Man Arrested for Arson Incidents in 2023 and 2024

By Seamus OthotApril 2, 20260 Crime 2K Views

The Maine Fire Marshal’s office arrested a New Portland man on Tuesday on two arson warrants from 2023 and 2024…

Energy & Environment

Average Tank of Fuel Oil in Maine Now $475. More Expensive Compared to February

By Libby PalanzaApril 2, 20264 Energy & Environment

The cost of heating fuel in Maine has remained above $5 per gallon, according to the Maine Department of Energy…

News

Partisan Vote Advances Bill Supporting Conversion of Vacant Schools into Residential Housing

By Libby PalanzaApril 2, 20265 News

House lawmakers have advanced along nearly partisan lines a bill supporting the conversion of vacant school buildings into residential housing.…

News

YouTuber Resolves Fraternal Disagreement With Excavator and ‘Sword Of Truth’

By Ted CohenApril 2, 20260 News

A social-media guy with a sense of humor – or more aptly sense of honor – decided the ultimate way…

News

After Attacking Trump and Oz, Maine’s Mills Quietly Cracks Down on Medicaid Fraud Free-for-All

By Steve RobinsonApril 2, 20263 News 3K Views

Amid a nationwide reckoning over Medicaid fraud committed largely by “New Americans,” Maine Gov. Janet Mills is taking the unprecedented…

News

Pingree Targets Faulkingham Fallout While Ignoring Claims of Political Retaliation

By Jon FetherstonApril 2, 20268 News 2K Views

AUGUSTA, Maine – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hannah Pingree took to social media Wednesday to weigh in on the child labor enforcement case…

News

Northeastern Superintendent Syndicate Featuring Maine Progressive Ladies Ravages Massachusetts Town Budgets.

By Maine Wire StaffApril 2, 20263 News 1K Views

In Massachusetts, a Maine-made progressive superintendent has once again blown out the education budget of Lexington, Massachusetts public schools. As…

Crime

Mills Ignores Feminist Group’s Questions About Trans Inmates in Women’s Prison

By Seamus OthotApril 2, 20264 Crime

New England Women’s Solidarity (NEWS), a feminist organization, is sending a letter to Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) criticizing her for…

Commentary

Graham Platner’s Wife Emerges To Cut A New Commercial

By Ted CohenApril 2, 20269 Commentary 1K Views

The wife of the leading Democrat U.S. Senate candidate from Maine has suddenly come out of hiding to pitch “universal…

News

Massachusetts Man Arrested After Repeatedly Threatening to Murder Trump on Facebook

By Seamus OthotApril 2, 20262 News

The FBI arrested a Great Barrington, Massachusetts man on Wednesday after he allegedly made repeated threats on Facebook vowing to…

News

Three Arrested During Drug Raid in Milford

By Seamus OthotApril 2, 20260 News 2K Views

The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department arrested three alleged drug traffickers on Tuesday during a warrant execution at a Milford residence.…

News

Lewiston Ward 5 Community Mixer Draws Sparse Crowd, Little Public Engagement

By Jon FetherstonApril 2, 20263 News 2K Views

LEWISTON, Maine — A community mixer hosted Wednesday evening by Lewiston Ward 5 City Councilor Chrissy Noble offered residents a…

News

Former UMaine Football Player Wanted on 2024 Sexual Assault Charges Arrested in Florida

By Seamus OthotApril 2, 20261 News 2K Views

The Brunswick Police Department assisted U.S. Marshals on Tuesday in the arrest of a former UMaine football player and Bowdoin…

News

Portland Starts Policing Empty Storefronts While Ignoring Why Businesses Don’t Want to Open There

By Jon FetherstonApril 2, 20265 News 3K Views

PORTLAND, Maine – The City of Portland is now moving to fine property owners for vacant downtown storefronts, shifting the…

News

Trump Says U.S. Military Objectives in Iran ‘Nearing Completion’ After One Month of Operation Epic Fury

By Jon FetherstonApril 2, 20260 News

WASHINGTON – President Donald J. Trump delivered a primetime address to the nation Wednesday night, providing an update on Operation…

News

Addicted Tiger Leaves Girlfriend For Treatment; Vanessa’s Ex Fears For Kids

By Ted CohenApril 1, 20261 News

Pill-popping pro golfer Crash Woods says he’s “seeking treatment” outside the U.S., leaving Vanessa Trump behind to mull whether she’s…

News

SCOTUS Declines to Hear Maine Mom’s Case Against School District for Allegedly Withholding Information About Her Child’s Gender Transition

By Libby PalanzaApril 1, 20267 News 2K Views

The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear a Maine mom’s case against a Damariscotta school in which she…

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