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Maine Gas Station Cited By Famous Food Website As Having ‘Best Pizza In America’

By Ted CohenMarch 21, 20263 News 14K Views

A widely-followed international foodie website is glowing over a Maine gas station’s high-octane pizza.Good pizza at a gas station?Not only…

News

Ex-U.S. Democrat Sen. George Mitchell’s ‘Epstein Fallout’ Grows Wider On Two Maine Fronts Despite Denials

By Ted CohenMarch 20, 20262 News

Amid the growing George Mitchell/Epstein files scandal, two more Maine organizations are reviewing plans to rename projects currently bearing the…

News

Pingree Opposes Bills to Deport Fraudsters and Foreigners Who Harm Police K-9s

By Seamus OthotMarch 20, 202610 News 2K Views

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted against two bills this week that would increase immigration enforcement, one that would make fraudsters…

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Deep State Gets To Olympic Hockey Gold Champ Who Backs Down On Battle Over Goal-Winning Puck

By Ted CohenMarch 20, 20260 News

The U.S. Men’s Hockey Team player who had complained that NHL officials stole the “golden puck” from him is suddenly…

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Northern Maine Rec Center Tied To Tax Hike In Bangor Would Compete With Similar YMCA Project

By Ted CohenMarch 20, 20260 News

A taxpayer-financed $75 million rec center and ice arena is being proposed by Bangor city officials.The controversial city project will…

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Hoaxer Reporting Shooting at Bonny Eagle High School Leads to Lockdown and Police Response

By Seamus OthotMarch 20, 20260 News

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department responded to the Bonney Eagle High School on Wednesday after a report of an active…

News

Nirav Shah Whines that ICE Raids Cost Maine’s Economy

By Seamus OthotMarch 20, 20268 News

Former Maine Center for Disease Control head and Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Nirav Shah blamed ICE raids for a reported January…

Crime

Janet Mills Signs Emergency Bill with $22 Million for Public Defenders Service

By Libby PalanzaMarch 20, 20263 Crime

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a measure into law that provides funding to the state’s Public Defenders Service (PDS).…

News

A Look at Maine’s Housing Market Last Month

By Libby PalanzaMarch 20, 20260 News

Maine’s median home sale price rose to $395,000 in February this year with a total of 691 single-family residences exchanging…

News

A Warning for Maine: NYC Spent $81,700 Per Homeless Person Last Year

By Jon FetherstonMarch 20, 20263 News 2K Views

NEW YORK – A new report out of New York is offering Maine lawmakers a costly warning: homelessness policy can…

News

Federal HHS Staffer Changed Agency’s Voicemail to Domino’s Pizza Message After Flood Of Calls From Animal Rights Activists

By Ted CohenMarch 20, 20260 News

A “rogue” staff member at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services changed the automated phone greeting on one…

News

Poll Shows Broad Support for Voter ID as Senate Weighs SAVE Act

By Jon FetherstonMarch 20, 20262 News

WASHINGTON – A new CBS News/YouGov poll found that 80 percent of Americans support requiring a valid photo ID to…

Omar Fateh Top News

Omar Fateh Celebrates Latest Win In Blue-State Coalition Effort Restricting Federal Law Enforcement

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 20, 20263 Top News 2K Views

Minnesota Sen. Omar Fateh announced on X that his Safety, Trust, and Respect (STAR) Act passed through committee this week,…

Crime

Creative Financing Meets Federal Indictment In New Hampshire Real Estate Developer Bank Fraud Case

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 20, 20260 Crime 1K Views

NEW HAMPSHIRE — A resident and real estate developer from Bow, New Hampshire has been indicted on federal bank fraud…

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Elderly Woman Found Dead After Early Morning House Fire in Winn

By Jon FetherstonMarch 20, 20260 News 1K Views

WINN, Maine — State fire investigators are looking into a fatal house fire that broke out early Thursday morning in…

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New York Minor Busted in Rockland for Drug Trafficking

By Seamus OthotMarch 20, 20260 News

The Rockland Police Department arrested a minor from New York on Wednesday on drug trafficking charges. [RELATED: Massachusetts Teens Among…

News

Potato Storage Facility Burns Down in Limestone

By Seamus OthotMarch 20, 20260 News

The Limestone Fire Department responded on Wednesday after reports of a building engulfed in flames. [RELATED: Possible Arson Under Investigation…

Crime

Portland Police Release March 9–15 Service Call Data, Arrest Figures, and Select Incident Reports

By Jon FetherstonMarch 20, 20260 Crime

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Police Department has released its weekly calls for service data for March 9 through March…

News

Man Charged for Forcibly Sex-Trafficking Four Women, Including a Minor, Across Seven States Including Maine

By Seamus OthotMarch 20, 20260 News

A Massachusetts man was indicted on Wednesday after he allegedly forcibly sex trafficked four women, including one who was a…

Featured

Elizabeth Warren Backs Platner Despite Nazi Tattoo After Once Labeling Christian Tattoo “Extremist”

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 20, 20262 Featured 1K Views

In another Democratic display of selective outrage, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) announced on X that she has formally endorsed…

Immigration

Vermont Leftists Launch “ICE Tours” In Latest Mockery Of Law And Order

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 20, 20260 Immigration

VERMONT — Vermont left-wing activists have engineered a mock-tour attraction of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of…

News

House Passes Bill Targeting Noncitizens for Benefits Fraud as Washington Grapples With Wider Abuse in Federal Programs

By Jon FetherstonMarch 20, 20260 News

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House has passed legislation that would make fraud in federal benefits programs or the use of…

News

Rockland Police Arrest Three People During Drug Investigation at Subsidized Housing

By Seamus OthotMarch 19, 20263 News 4K Views

The Rockland Police Department arrested three suspects on drug charges on Tuesday after receiving reports of illegal drug use at…

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USPS Warning It’s Losing So Much Money It May Not Be Delivering Mail In A Year

By Ted CohenMarch 19, 20260 News

United States Postal Service officials say things have gotten so bad it may be out of business by the end…

News

Pastor Pushes Back on Portland Expo Controversy, Says May 15 Event Is About “Nothing More, Nothing Less” Than the Gospel

By Jon FetherstonMarch 19, 20268 News 1K Views

PORTLAND, Maine — Calvary Chapel Greater Portland Senior Pastor Travis Carey pushed back this Thursday against growing criticism surrounding the…

News

Portland Press Herald Lists Its Own CEO’s Restaurant As A Go-To Hot Spot For Breakfast

By Ted CohenMarch 19, 20261 News 4K Views

The Maine Trust for Local News needs to be schooled on the meaning of “conflict of interest.”A new restaurant review…

News

Nearly 1,400-pound Great White Swims From Maine To Florida As Spring Breakers Hit The Beach

By Ted CohenMarch 19, 20260 News

A behemoth great white shark last heard from off the North Atlantic coast is now lurking off the Florida shore.Named…

Commentary

Everyday Mainers Will Pay for Efforts to ‘Tax the Rich’

By The Maine WireMarch 19, 20263 Commentary 1K Views

By Maine Policy Institute Policy Analyst Montana Towers Maine is at an important crossroads. For years, the state has struggled…

News

Decomposed Human Remains Found Outside Portland Homeless Center

By Seamus OthotMarch 19, 20261 News

The Portland Police Department made a shocking discovery on Thursday after a caller reported the discovery of human remains. [RELATED:…

News

Gawkers Transform Suspicious Waterboro House Into A Virtual Tourist Trap Amid Mysterious Police Probe

By Ted CohenMarch 19, 20260 News

Laurie Grant has one message for curious members of the public trying to figure out what the cops are doing…

News

19-Year-Old UMaine Student Missing Since January Found Dead in Orono Pond

By Seamus OthotMarch 19, 20260 News

A 19-year-old UMaine student was found dead in an Orono retention pond on Tuesday after he was first reported missing…

News

Massachusetts Pimp Running Interstate Trafficking Ring Into Maine

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 19, 20264 News 1K Views

UNITED STATES — A Cambridge criminal was indicted on Mar. 18, 2026 in Massachusetts on federal charges in the trafficking…

News

From Foster Care to the State House, Shawn Packard Launches District 64 Campaign Built on Lived Experience

By Jon FetherstonMarch 19, 20260 News

WATERVILLE, Maine — While many candidates talk about Maine’s child welfare system from the outside, Shawn Packard says he has…

News

Democrat Spoiler Qualifies To Upset The U.S. Senate Race Between Janet And Graham

By Ted CohenMarch 19, 20261 News 3K Views

A third contender – claiming a mantle of bureaucratic reform – has emerged in what until now has been a…

News

Skowhegan Man Arrested and Charged with Murder Following Augusta Shooting

By Seamus OthotMarch 18, 20260 News 6K Views

The Maine State Police arrested a Skowhegan man on murder and assault charges after he allegedly killed a man and…

News

Fed Holds Rates Steady as Labor Market Softens, Iran War Adds Uncertainty

By Jon FetherstonMarch 18, 20261 News

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged, opting to hold its benchmark federal funds rate at…

News

State Awards $12M to Construct 92 Affordable Apartments for Homeless Mainers in Bangor, Portland, and South Portland

By Libby PalanzaMarch 18, 20263 News 1K Views

The State of Maine has awarded a total of $12 million for the construction of affordable apartments in Bangor, Portland,…

News

U.S. Senate Candidate’s Once-Visible Wife Missing From Campaign Amid Opponent’s Attacks

By Ted CohenMarch 18, 20260 News

The wife of Democrat U.S. Senate contender Graham Platner – potentially his best defender against a new anti-women campaign assault…

News

Will Washington Prosecute Tucker Carlson as a Foreign Agent?

By The Maine WireMarch 18, 20264 News 2K Views

Sam Patten is a contributor to the Maine Wire. Is the government about to charge national media personality Tucker Carlson…

News

Costco Ain’t Got No Couth, Uses Canadian Maple Syrup Over Maine’s Finest

By Ted CohenMarch 18, 20261 News

The state’s No. 3 standing nationwide as a top maple syrup producer apparently isn’t good enough for one of the…

News

Connecticut Doubles Soda Prices In New Northeast Tax Cartel Move

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 18, 20261 News 3K Views

HARTFORD — Legislators in Connecticut are looking at possibly imposing a new 2-cent tax per ounce on sweetened beverages, including…

News

Portland Press Herald Mistakenly Mocks Women’s History Month, Ignoring Actress Who Broke Maine’s Original Glass Ceiling 

By Ted CohenMarch 18, 20260 News

How in the world could you leave out Bette Davis?That’s the burning question for the denizens of editors at the…

News

Conservative Augusta School Board Member Vows Not to Support Any Budget Until District follows Title IX and Bars Males from Girls’ Spaces

By Seamus OthotMarch 18, 20261 News 2K Views

Conservative Augusta school board member James Orr took a stand against radical gender ideology in schools on Monday, vowing to…

News

Maine Millionaire-Fashionista Martha Stewart Has $60 Worth Of Bad News About Lobster Rolls

By Ted CohenMarch 18, 20260 News

The Pine Tree State’s most famous lifestyle icon says she may be about the only one who can afford a…

Crime

Massachusetts Teen Flees Police in Maine and NH During Drugged Driving Pursuit Before Crashing Into an Overpass

By Seamus OthotMarch 18, 20261 Crime 3K Views

The New Hampshire state police arrested a Massachusetts 18-year-old on Monday after he allegedly led them on a multi-town pursuit…

Featured

Minor’s Performance at “Port City Peep Show” Event Draws Criticism from Maine’s Reddit Leftists

By Seamus OthotMarch 18, 20262 Featured

A burlesque and drag show event put on by “Port City Peep Show” and hosted at the Austin Street Brewery…

Commentary

Maine’s Largest Fake Newspaper To Spend $35,000 Of Google’s Money To ‘Fight Misinformation’

By Ted CohenMarch 18, 20260 Commentary

The Portland Press Herald apparently feels it isn’t burning through enough cash trying its darndest not to break any stories.So…

News

Lewiston Council Rejects Bid to Cut Public Comment Time, Eliminate Second Speaking Period

By Jon FetherstonMarch 18, 20260 News

LEWISTON, Maine – The Lewiston City Council rejected two proposed changes to its meeting rules Tuesday night, voting down efforts…

Crime

Lewiston City Council Approves Immigration Ordinance in 5–2 Vote, Despite Objections from Police Chief

By Jon FetherstonMarch 18, 20263 Crime 6K Views

LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council voted 5–2 Tuesday night to give final passage to an amendment to the…

News

Maine Heating Fuel Prices Climb

By Libby PalanzaMarch 18, 20260 News 2K Views

The Maine Department of Energy Resources (DOER) announced last week that heating fuel prices are on the rise. In just…

Maine and New England

Lewiston Council Signals Partnership with Resiliency Center While $1.9 Million Nonprofit Payout Escapes Scrutiny

By Jon FetherstonMarch 18, 20260 Maine and New England

LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council on Tuesday night heard emotional testimony from survivors, family members, and community advocates…

News

OneMain Financial Sued by 13 Attorneys General Over Alleged Hidden Loan Charges

By Libby PalanzaMarch 18, 20260 News

Thirteen attorneys general have joined together in a lawsuit against OneMain Financial for allegedly adding unwanted products and hidden costs…

News

Amazon Submits Plans To Build Huge Maine Warehouse As Neighbors Blast Proposal As Invasive

By Ted CohenMarch 18, 20260 News

A top Amazon official is lauding the company’s massive proposed warehouse, pointing out its economic benefits.But some Gorham residents are…

News

Warren Man Arrested for Trying to Force Another Driver Off the Road

By Seamus OthotMarch 18, 20260 News 1K Views

The Rockland Police Department arrested a Warren man on Sunday after he allegedly tried to force a driver off the…

Commentary

Maine ‘Sperm King’s’ Wife Missing From Firing Squad Amid Scare From Mama Bear

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20262 Commentary 1K Views

Democrat Graham Platner mistakenly thought he made points Tuesday countering Janet Mills’ attack ad.The otherwise-usually-charming U.S. Senate hopeful looked absolutely…

News

After Mills’ Brutal Ad, Platner Tries to Spin Away Controversial Past

By Jon FetherstonMarch 17, 20263 News 3K Views

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills (D) escalated Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday with a sharp-edged campaign ad aimed…

News

‘Protect Girls Sports in Maine’ Referendum Cleared for November Ballot After Signature Validation

By Jon FetherstonMarch 17, 20261 News

AUGUSTA, Maine — A citizen-led initiative aimed at designating school sports participation and facilities by sex is officially headed to…

Featured

Platner Hides Behind Allies as Mills Ad Forces Reckoning Over Past Remarks

By Jon FetherstonMarch 17, 20260 Featured

LIBSON, Maine – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner sought to push back against a negative ad from Gov. Janet…

Commentary

‘Overall,’ Maine’s Graham Platner’s Now ‘The Most Fashionable Nazi-Tattooed Candidate In History’

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20261 Commentary

The Democrat U.S. Senate candidate from Maine known for offensive tattoos and great sperm now has a new claim to…

News

‘Golden Boy’ Demands NHL HOF Give Him The Priceless Olympics Puck

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20260 News

The player who won historic gold last month for USA Men’s Hockey with a stunning overtime goal wants the puck.But…

News

Lewiston Police Chief Carly Conley Blasts Council Over ICE Ordinance Ahead of Tuesday Meeting

By Jon FetherstonMarch 17, 20260 News 4K Views

LEWISTON, Maine – Lewiston Police Chief Carly Conley sharply criticized the Lewiston City Council on Monday, ahead of its Tuesday…

News

Famous Actor’s Latest Role ‘Helps Me Promote Maine’s Dempsey Center’

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20260 News

Maine native Patrick Dempsey says his latest acting role is a secret way to publicize a cancer center in his…

News

Democrats Trying To Scuttle Planned Data Centers, GOP Fights Development Ban

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20260 News

A planned Maine data center could be canceled due to legislation that would ban such projects in the state, developers…

News

‘In A Real (Ice) Jam:’ Maine Snowmobilers, Bet You Can’t Match This Gem Of An ‘Offtrack’

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20260 News

Of the 85,000 registered snowmobilers in Maine, how many have ended up?Ended up – stranded on an ice floe.If you…

News

Bomb Squad Responds After Limington Resident Finds Grenade Near Dumpster

By Seamus OthotMarch 17, 20260 News

The Maine State Police Bomb Squad responded to Limington on Monday after a resident reportedly discovered a grenade near a…

News

Platner Takes First Haymaker From Mills Campaign

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 17, 20260 News

AUGUSTA — Only a day after Graham Platner reversed his Nazi symbol stance and decided the tattoo design is “eminently…

News

Fake Name, Fake Paychecks, Fake Drowning Stint, Real Taxpayer Money – Connecticut Man Sentenced To 57 Months On Multi-Decade Fraud Charges

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 17, 20260 News

CONNECTICUT— A Hartford man was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after amassing hundreds of thousands of dollars in…

News

Somali Money Transfer Business with Ties to Maine HomeCare Fraud Reportedly Linked to Sanctioned Iranian Vessel

By Seamus OthotMarch 17, 20261 News 3K Views

A Somali-founded money transfer bank, Dahabshiil, with links to Maine Home Care fraud and Rep. Yusuf Yusuf (D-South Portland), has…

News

Randall Liberty Defends Men in Women’s Prison in Letter to Republican Following Allegations of Abuse of Female Prisoner by a Male Inmate

By Seamus OthotMarch 17, 20260 News 2K Views

Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) commissioner Randall Liberty defended his decision to allow a 310lb trans-identifying male murderer to live…

News

Southern Maine’s Biggest Mall Bleeding Tenants As Commercial Crisis Hits Portland Area

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20260 News

A fitness center has announced it’s vacating the Maine Mall, becoming the shopping mecca’s fourth loss in three months.The Orangetheory…

Arson News

Possible Arson Under Investigation After Early Morning Fire at Portland Apartment Building

By Jon FetherstonMarch 17, 20260 News

PORTLAND, Maine — Police and fire investigators are examining a possible arson after an early morning fire Monday at an…

News

Lewiston Council to Revisit Shooting Victims’ Needs as Questions Grow Over City Hall Response

By Jon FetherstonMarch 17, 20260 News

LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council is set to revisit the long-running issue of unmet needs among survivors and…

News

Department Of Transportation Slams Brakes On Illegal Trucking Licenses With Loophole Closure Now In Effect

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 17, 20260 News 2K Views

The U.S. Department of Transportation closed a major loophole that allowed for unqualified illegal immigrants to obtain commercial driver’s licenses…

News

Mid Valley Motors Towing and Recovery Donates Illegal Parking Fines to Lewiston Shooting Victims Fund

By Jon FetherstonMarch 17, 20260 News 2K Views

LEWISTON, Maine – Mid Valley Motors Towing and Recovery says it has had enough of ongoing illegal parking issues at…

Commentary

Your Leaking Roof Is Chopped Liver Compared To Frank Lloyd Wright’s $7 Million Nightmare

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20260 Commentary

The name Frank Lloyd Wright evokes structural design at its best in the world of architecture.But you homeowners will be…

News

Maine Horseshoe Crabs Finally Get The Respect They Deserve – Here’s To Another 400 Million Years

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20260 News

The age-old species known as horseshoe crabs is declaring a win over the drug companies.Two major pharmaceutical giants – Amgen…

News

Susan Collins and Angus King Join Colleagues in Urging HHS to Release Remaining LIHEAP Funds for FY26

By Libby PalanzaMarch 17, 20260 News

Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Sen. Angus King (I) have joined a bipartisan but primarily Democratic group of lawmakers in…

Commentary

Portland Press Herald Touts Receiving Laughable Awards From Dying Newspaper Association

By Ted CohenMarch 17, 20261 Commentary

The Maine Trust For Local News, which this week ran not only one but two stories on maple sugaring, has…

News

‘Hanoi Jane’ Lashes Out At Fellow Actress For Taking Hostage The Memories Of Dead Actor Crush

By Ted CohenMarch 16, 20260 News

Jane Fonda, known as much for hopping on an enemy tank during the Vietnam War than any movie she’s made,…

Featured

Trump Signs Executive Order Putting JD Vance in Charge of Federal Anti-Fraud Task Force, Raises Concerns About Fraud Linked to Somali Networks

By Jon FetherstonMarch 16, 20260 Featured

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order at the White House on Monday establishing a new federal task…

News

Maine Bureaucrats Spent $40,000 Of Taxpayers’ Hard-Earned Money To Find Out Government Costs Too Much

By Ted CohenMarch 16, 20261 News

The braintrust in Maine’s welfare capital just paid a consultant big money to ask taxpayers how unhappy they are.Portland officials…

News

Maine Legislature Unanimously Votes to Exempt Residential Electricity from State Sales Tax

By Libby PalanzaMarch 16, 20260 News

Both the Maine State House and Senate have unanimously approved an emergency bill expanding the state’s sales tax exemption for…

News

Maine Senate Advances Disclosure Requirement for AI-Altered Campaign Materials Along Partisan Lines

By Libby PalanzaMarch 16, 20260 News

Lawmakers in the Maine State Senate have followed suit with their House colleagues in advancing a measure that would require…

News

Angus Censored Critical Political Content But Now Accusing Trump Of Trying To Hide Black History?

By Ted CohenMarch 16, 20260 News

The state’s junior U.S. senator is clutching his fake pearls blasting President Trump for a “damn lie” whitewashing of slavery…

News

Self-Avowed Democrat Portland Press Herald Columnist On Governor’s Payroll Accuses Maine Wire Of Duplicity?

By Ted CohenMarch 16, 20260 News

When Steve Collins first got hired by the Maine newspaper that publishes paid content from the state’s Democrat governor, he…

News

GOP Lawmaker Responds to Democrats’ Snubbing of Charlie Kirk

By Jon FetherstonMarch 16, 20260 News 1K Views

AUGUSTA, Maine – A legislative effort to honor the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk cleared the Maine House without…

News

Nearly $500K Restored to Maine Victims of Crypto Scam

By Seamus OthotMarch 16, 20260 News

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is restoring nearly $500,000 stolen from two Mainers via a cryptocurrency investment scam. [RELATED:…

News

Janet Mills Enters Senate Race Under Growing Cloud of Fraud Allegations and Federal Scrutiny

By Jon FetherstonMarch 16, 20261 News 2K Views

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s 2026 U.S. Senate race is moving from petition season into open combat, and the timing could…

News

Houlton Police Work With Border Patrol to Arrest Two Drug Traffickers

By Seamus OthotMarch 16, 20260 News

The Houlton Police Department worked with Border Patrol agents on Thursday to arrest two alleged drug traffickers and execute a…

News

Platner Reverses Tattoo Stance And Calls His Nazi Tattoo “Eminently Reasonable.”

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 16, 20260 News 2K Views

Democrat-candidate Graham Plater is no longer sorry for his Totenkopf tattoo, as the controversy rollercoaster takes another turn. In a…

News

Bath Iron Works’ Destroyer Makes St. Patrick’s Holiday Port Visit Ahead Of Upcoming Commissioning

By Ted CohenMarch 16, 20260 News

It’s “old home days” for an Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer – the newest in the Navy – built in Bath,…

News

First Cyber Fugitive Makes FBI Most Wanted List Shortly After Tren De Aragua Member Arrested In Old Orchard Beach

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 16, 20260 News 4K Views

The alleged leader of an international conspiracy that deployed digital attacks targeting ATMs across the United States, funneling millions in…

News

Androscoggin Sheriff Searching for Suspects Responsible for String of Burglaries and Car Theft

By Seamus OthotMarch 16, 20260 News

The Androscoggin Sheriff’s Department is searching for two suspects believed to be responsible for a car theft and a string…

News

The Pastor’s Office Ep. 4 – MISINFORMATION (w/ Guest Steve Robinson)

By Travis CareyMarch 16, 20260 News

https://youtu.be/Tv3OXw87gpk?si=kogXgGZsGymexvDH In this episode of The Pastor’s Office Podcast, Pastor Travis Carey sits down with Steve Robinson, editor-in-chief of The…

Featured

Trump Declares U.S. Has “Decimated” Iran, Calls for Global Cooperation to Secure Strait of Hormuz

By Jon FetherstonMarch 16, 20261 Featured

President Donald J. Trump said the United States has beaten and “completely decimated” Iran militarily, economically, and “in every other…

News

Portland to Increase Cruise Ship Passenger Fees Under New Tariff Plan

By Jon FetherstonMarch 16, 20261 News

PORTLAND, Maine — The City of Portland will increase cruise ship tariff fees beginning January 1, 2027, under a new…

News

Rhode Island Democrats Find Joy In State-Sponsored Discrimination While Pushing The “ICE Out Act”

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 16, 20260 News

RHODE ISLAND — New legislation in Rhode Island introduced by state lawmakers would prohibit state and local law enforcement from…

News

Collins, King, and Golden Urge IRS to Reopen In-Person Tax Assistance Centers in Bangor and Augusta

By Libby PalanzaMarch 16, 20260 News

Members of Maine’s congressional delegation have called upon the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reopen the recently closed Tax Assistance…

News

Falmouth High School Student, Father Sue for District’s Alleged Lack of Compliance with Pledge of Allegiance Requirements

By Libby PalanzaMarch 16, 20260 News 1K Views

The Falmouth School Department and Superintendent Steve Nolan are facing a lawsuit for allegedly not providing students the opportunity to…

News

York Sheriff Appoints Convicted Money Laundering Attorney to Board Overseeing Jail where Corrections Officers Keep Being Indicted

By Seamus OthotMarch 16, 20261 News 2K Views

York County Sheriff William L. King appointed an attorney previously convicted for his role in a drug-related money laundering scheme…

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