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Maine Mom Asks US Supreme Court to Hear Her Case Against a Damariscotta School for Allegedly Hiding Her Child’s Gender Transition From Her

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 2, 20260 News 6K Views

A Maine mom has now asked the United States Supreme Court to consider her case against a Damariscotta school in…

News

Maine’s Minimum Wage Rises to $15.10 Per Hour in 2026, Including for Agricultural Workers

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 2, 20260 News

Beginning on New Year’s Day, Maine’s minimum wage increased to $15.10 per hour. Following the enactment of a bill signed…

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Midnight Shift in New York: Socialist Zohran Mamdani Takes Power, Signals New Front in National Political Fight

By Jon FetherstonJanuary 2, 20261 News

As the clock struck midnight on January 1, New York City officially entered a new political era. Zohran Mamdani was…

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Five Major Immigration Changes Take Effect Nationwide, Reshaping Visa and Border Enforcement

By Jon FetherstonJanuary 2, 20260 News 1K Views

A slate of significant immigration policy changes took effect across the United States as the new year begins, marking another…

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Woman Reported Missing in Mexico, Maine; Authorities Seek Publicโ€™s Help

By Jon FetherstonJanuary 2, 20260 News 1K Views

MEXICO, Maine โ€” Law enforcement officials in Oxford County are searching for a woman who was reported missing after abruptly…

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Trump Vows to Claw Back $18 Billion in Alleged Minnesota Medicaid Fraud: โ€œItโ€™s a Giant Scamโ€

By Jon FetherstonJanuary 2, 20260 News

President Donald Trump is escalating pressure on Minnesota officials after federal investigators uncovered what his administration says could amount to…

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Maine Ranks Near Bottom Nationwide for Sales and Gross Receipts Tax Revenue

By Jon FetherstonJanuary 2, 20260 News 8K Views

Maine finished 41st in the nation for total sales and gross receipts tax revenue in 2024, according to a new…

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Sworn In Under Fire: Lewiston Council Moves to Probe Iman Osmanโ€™s Qualifications as Legal, Residency Questions Mount

By Jon FetherstonJanuary 2, 20260 News 3K Views

LEWISTON, Maine – Iman Osman is set to be sworn in as a Lewiston city councilor at 6:00 P.M. on…

News

Trump Warns Iran: U.S. โ€˜Locked and Loadedโ€™ if Regime Kills Protesters

By Jon FetherstonJanuary 2, 20260 News

President Donald Trump sharply escalated tensions with Iran on Friday, issuing a blunt warning to the countryโ€™s leadership as protests…

News

โ€œSee You in Courtโ€ Still Just a Soundbite: Millsโ€™ Trump Showdown Isnโ€™t Decided โ€” and Maine Girl Dads Are Taking the Fight to the Ballot Box

By Jon FetherstonJanuary 2, 20260 News 7K Views

Gov. Janet Mills has spent months on the campaign trail boasting that she โ€œstood up toโ€ President Donald Trump, repeatedly…

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Alleged Corinth Killer Known in Lincoln County to Be a Ticking Time Bomb, Residents Say

By Sam PattenDecember 31, 20250 News 4K Views

It was a tragedy piled on a tragedy is how one Lincoln County resident described the December 27 homicide of…

News

Billions Burned, Silence from the Corner Office: Why Are Maura Healey and Janet Mills Still Asking for More?

By Jon FetherstonDecember 31, 20250 News 3K Views

As working families in Maine and Massachusetts get crushed by higher taxes, higher rents, and higher grocery bills, two governors…

News

In With a Vacancy, Out With a Reliable Retailer: Renys Shutters Its Portland Store Earlier Than Planned

By Ted CohenDecember 31, 20250 News 2K Views

The familiar Maine department store Renys has now broken even more hearts, going out of business a day earlier than…

News

Word of the Year: Fraud

By Jon FetherstonDecember 31, 20250 News 1K Views

As 2025 winds down, one-word towers above the rest in American public life: fraud. Not inflation. Not immigration. Not even…

Crime

$400K of Stolen Lobster Meat Being Investigated in Connection With Maine Oyster Farm Robbery

By Ted CohenDecember 31, 20250 Crime 2K Views

The recent heist of 40,000 oysters from a farm in Falmouth is now believed to be the first of a…

News

Lobster Dip Returns to Old Orchard Beach on New Yearโ€™s Day, Raising Funds for Special Olympics Maine

By Jon FetherstonDecember 31, 20250 News

Hundreds of participants are set to ring in the New Year by charging into the Atlantic Ocean in front of…

News

Homeland Security Descends on Lewiston

By Jon FetherstonDecember 31, 20250 News 9K Views

Federal agents visited a property in Lewiston on Tuesday that has been the source of repeated reports of fraud and…

News

JFKโ€™s Granddaughter Dies Tragically At 35

By DCNFDecember 31, 20250 News 1K Views

Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy, passed away at the age of 35 on Tuesday from…

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Rollover Crash in Buxton Sends Four to Hospital, Police Say Speed a Factor

By Jon FetherstonDecember 31, 20250 News 1K Views

A rollover crash in Buxton on Monday injured four people, including one person who was ejected from the vehicle, according…

News

Deqa Dhalac Faces Growing Scrutiny as Gateway MaineCare Scandal Deepens

By Jon FetherstonDecember 31, 20250 News 3K Views

Democratic state Rep. Deqa Dhalac (South Portland) is facing intensifying scrutiny as a widening state and federal investigation into alleged…

News

Dead Milford Toddlerโ€™s Mom Bids Farewell To Daughter, Wants Answers About Mysterious Death

By Ted CohenDecember 31, 20250 News 6K Views

The mother of a 1-year-old twin found dead Sunday in Milford says she is โ€œtired of people making assumptionsโ€ about…

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State Remains Silent on Proceedings in Sunny Stewart’s Murder Case, Accused Killer Now an Adult

By Maine Wire StaffDecember 31, 20250 News 3K Views

It has been more than four months since Maine courts threw a shroud of secrecy over the proceedings in the…

News

Gateway Fraud Fallout Widens as Harrington Demands Answers: โ€˜Their Silence Is Deafeningโ€™

By Jon FetherstonDecember 31, 20250 News 1K Views

Maine Republicans intensified their attack Tuesday over alleged MaineCare fraud tied to Gateway Community Services, warning that the case exposes…

Featured

Feds Probe โ€˜Little Mogadishuโ€™ Locations Linked to Alleged Somali Medicaid Fraud, Gun Crimes in Lewiston

By Steve RobinsonDecember 31, 20250 Featured 8K Views

Dozens of federal agents working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security probed multiple locations in Lewiston on Tuesday that…

National

Are the Friendly Mounties Next? Iran Declares Canadian Navy A Terrorist Organization

By DCNFDecember 30, 20250 National

Iran declared the Royal Canadian Navy a โ€œterrorist organizationโ€ Tuesday in retaliation for Canada giving the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps…

News

SUV Strikes Pedestrian in Portland Crosswalk, Driver Flees Scene

By Jon FetherstonDecember 30, 20250 News 2K Views

Police are searching for the driver of a silver SUV who struck a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk Sunday evening…

News

Organizer Of GoFundMe Campaign For Dead Maine Toddler Under Fire, Defends Raising Money

By Ted CohenDecember 30, 20250 News 15K Views

A Bangor organization raising money for the family of a twin girl who died prematurely is either well-intentioned or jumping…

News

Feds Raid Minnesota Door-to-Door as Walz Faces Heat, Maineโ€™s Gateway Scandal Goes National, Mills Silent

By Jon FetherstonDecember 30, 20250 News 3K Views

Federal agents are now going door to door at businesses across Minnesota as part of a sweeping fraud crackdown, a…

News

Bret Baier Presses Zelenskyy About Ukrainian Corruption

By DCNFDecember 30, 20250 News

Fox News host Bret Baier put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the spot Monday, confronting him with questions about corruption…

News

Trump Says U.S. โ€˜Hitโ€™ Drug Dock in Venezuela as Pressure Mounts on Maduro

By Jon FetherstonDecember 30, 20250 News

President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States โ€œhitโ€ a dock in Venezuela where drugs were allegedly being loaded…

News

Mills Claims Win on $190M Grant While Campaigning Against Its Architect

By Jon FetherstonDecember 30, 20250 News 2K Views

Gov. Janet Mills (D), a candidate for the U.S. Senate, is trumpeting a $190 million federal health care award for…

News

Trump Warns Hamas to Disarm or Face Consequences as Senator Says They’re Breaking Agreement

By Jon FetherstonDecember 30, 20250 News

President Donald Trump warned Monday that Hamas must disarm within a โ€œvery short period of timeโ€ under the terms of…

News

Collins Announces $190 Million for Maine Rural Health Care as Part of $50B Federal Program

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News

U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) announced Monday that Maine will receive $190 million in first-year funding through the Rural Health…

News

Maine GOP Leaders to Hold Press Conference Tuesday about Gateway Community Services Allegations

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News 2K Views

Maine Republican legislative leaders will hold a press conference Tuesday to discuss allegations of MaineCare fraud involving Gateway Community Services,…

News

Ambulances Coming to Togus: VA Hospital to Begin Taking Veteran Transports Under Federal Order

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News 2K Views

The Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center is preparing to begin accepting veterans transported by ambulance starting January 1, 2026, after…

News

Maine Loses Influential Leaders, Athletes, and Cultural Icons in 2025

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News

Maine marked a year of notable losses in 2025, as prominent figures from politics, business, athletics, and the arts passed…

News

Condemned, Raided, Yet Still Showing Up in Business Records and Political Filings: Lewiston’s Problematic Building an Emblem of Failure

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News 1K Views

A condemned building tied to a federal drug bust is continuing to appear on paper as a business address and…

News

Maineโ€™s 2026 Hikes to Hit Smokers, Streamers, and Sportsmen with Higher Taxes and Fees after Thursday

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News 14K Views

Maine residents will see higher taxes and fees across multiple everyday purchases starting January 1, 2026, as a slate of…

News

Platner and Mills Frantic In Deadline Fundraising Pitches While Collins Tries To Play It Cool

By Ted CohenDecember 29, 20250 News 1K Views

The dark horse in Maineโ€™s Democrat U.S. Senate primary went full bore on Christmas for his last, big end-of-year money…

National

Can Republicans Crack The Affordability Problem In 2026? Hereโ€™s What Theyโ€™re Planning

By DCNFDecember 29, 20250 National

After passing major tax cuts earlier this year, Republicans are laying out a broader affordability agenda they hope will start…

News

Corinth Woman Killed in Shooting, Son Charged With Murder

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News 2K Views

A Corinth man is facing a murder charge following a fatal shooting Saturday morning at a Main Street residence. According…

News

YouTuber Nick Shirley Exposes Alleged Somali Daycare Center Which Reportedly Reaped $4,000,000 From Taxpayers

By DCNFDecember 29, 20252 News 1K Views

YouTuber Nick Shirley posted video Friday showing multiple purported Somali-run day care centers in Minnesota, including one which reportedly received…

News

Generator Power Surge Blamed for Christmas Day House Fire in Brunswick

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News 1K Views

A Christmas Day house fire in Brunswick was quickly brought under control Thursday afternoon, with investigators pointing to an electrical…

News

Bellows Blocks DOJ Voter Data as League of Women Voters Cries โ€˜Data Grabโ€™ โ€” Despite Recent Scandals

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20251 News 2K Views

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is again under fire as the League of Women Voters of Maine steps in…

News

Janet Mills Hopes You Forget She Blocked Worker and Senior Tax Relief, Leaving Mainers Out in the Cold

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News 3K Views

As Maine continues to grapple with fallout from the Gateway Communities scandal and other nonprofit controversies, Gov. Janet Mills has…

News

MSP Investigating Child Death in Penobscot County

By Jon FetherstonDecember 29, 20250 News 2K Views

Maine State Police are investigating the death of a one-year-old child who was found unresponsive Sunday morning at a residence…

News

Brazen Thief Robs Single Mom Who Was Holiday Shopping At Bangor-area Hannaford

By Ted CohenDecember 29, 20250 News 2K Views

โ€œTo the person who took my pocketbook backpack from Hannaford in Hampden would you be so kind to return it?โ€…

News

Fire Marshal Probes Custom House Wharf Blaze as Damage Mounts Along Portland Waterfront

By Jon FetherstonDecember 28, 20250 News

The Maine State Fire Marshalโ€™s Office, working alongside the Portland Fire Department, is continuing its investigation into a Friday evening…

News

Russia Warns Of Rocket Blast In North Atlantic Airspace Including Area Along the Maine Coast

By Ted CohenDecember 28, 20250 News 1K Views

The Russian Space Agency has warned international and military flights commonly flying over, into and out of Bangor to beware…

News

Strike Shuts Down Hockey in Portland as Maine Mariners Cancel Weekend Games

By Jon FetherstonDecember 28, 20250 News

The Maine Mariners have canceled their scheduled home games this weekend after a player strike over a stalled collective bargaining…

News

Third-Alarm Fire Engulfs Portlandโ€™s Working Waterfront, Damages Buildings and Boats

By Jon FetherstonDecember 27, 20250 News 7K Views

PORTLAND, Maine โ€” Crews battled a large fire Friday evening on Commercial Street along Portlandโ€™s working waterfront, prompting a third-alarm…

News

Gateway Communities Implodes โ€” and Governor Janet Mills Owns This Failure

By Jon FetherstonDecember 27, 20250 News 6K Views

Letโ€™s be clear: the collapse of Gateway Communities did not come out of nowhere.It happened on Janet Millsโ€™ watch, after…

News

Trump Orders Deadly Christmas Strike on ISIS Targeting Christians in Nigeria

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News 1K Views

Presidentย Donald J. Trumpย announced late Tuesday that the United States launched a โ€œpowerful and deadlyโ€ military strike againstย Islamic Stateย terrorists operating in…

News

Fire Marshal Probing Pittsfield House Fire That Killed Two Dogs

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News

Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a residential fire that tore through a home on Canaan Road…

News

Zelenskyy and Trump to Meet Sunday to Discuss Ukraine Security Guarantees

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News

Ukrainian Presidentย Volodymyr Zelenskyyย said Friday that he will meet with U.S. Presidentย Donald Trumpย in Florida over the weekend to discuss security guarantees…

News

Maine State Police Confirm Murder-Suicide in Tremont After Couple Found Dead

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News 2K Views

The Maine State Police have confirmed a murder-suicide following the discovery of two deceased adults at a Tremont residence earlier…

News

Did Maine Politics Break in 2025? Senate Wars, Street Protests, and Lingering Questions on Electoral System

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News 1K Views

Maine politics in 2025 were defined by confrontation, controversy, and growing public distrust, as a high-stakes U.S. Senate race, mass…

National

Minnesotaโ€™s Lt. Gov. Takes Pandering To Somalis To The Next Level

By DCNFDecember 26, 20250 National

Democratic Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan praised Somali migrants in the state during a visit to a market in a…

News

Chellie Says Both She and Angus Are Ready To Retire, ‘Hand The Mantle To Our Kids:’ NBC News

By Ted CohenDecember 26, 20250 News 3K Views

Maine leads the nation in one important category, a national news network recently suggested: dynastic politics. Looking ahead to the…

News

More Than Two Years after Lewiston Shooting, Scrutiny Deepens over Donations Going to Unrelated Non-Profits

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News 2K Views

More than two years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, victims and their families say they are still…

News

Federal Investigators Scrutinize Deqa Dhalacโ€™s Past Nonprofit Ties Amid Expanding Medicaid Fraud Probe

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News 3K Views

A widening investigation by the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee into alleged Medicaid fraud has placed new scrutiny on…

National

Congress Faces Mountain Of Unfinished Business After Christmas Break

By DCNFDecember 26, 20250 National

After its Christmas break concludes, Congress is set to return in January with a host of unfinished business that could…

News

Trump Crime Crackdown Coincides With Sharp Drop in Murders as D.C. Guard Deployment Sparks Legal Fight

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News

A sweeping crime crackdown launched by the Trump administration, including the controversial deployment of National Guard troops in the nationโ€™s…

News

Economic Divide Widens Sharply Between Portland and Rural Maine, Report Finds

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News 3K Views

A new statewide economic analysis released this month paints a stark picture of prosperity split sharply between the greater Portland…

News

Missing Maine Teen Featured Again On Popular National Crime-Story TV Broadcast

By Ted CohenDecember 26, 20250 News 4K Views

Former prosecutor and well-known TV crime fighter Nancy Grace is spotlighting a suspiciously-missing Maine girl. On her Christmas-eve show, โ€œCrime…

News

Flu Cases Explode Across Maine as Early, Severe Season Slams Hospitals

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News 2K Views

Influenza cases are surging across Maine far earlier and harder than health officials typically see, with new data showing infections…

News

White House Orders Military to Enforce Venezuelan Oil โ€œQuarantineโ€ as Trump Turns Up Economic Pressure

By Jon FetherstonDecember 26, 20250 News

The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a so-called โ€œquarantineโ€ of Venezuelan oil…

News

Maine GOP Files FOAA for Fraud Report Data Amid No-Bid Contract Spending and Welfare Fraud Allegations

By Seamus OthotDecember 24, 20250 News 2K Views

As Gov. Janet Mills’ (D-Maine) administration has blown millions on no-bid contracts, and allegations of Medicaid fraud have touched upon…

News

Scarborough Firefighters Perform Extrication After Afternoon Crash

By Jon FetherstonDecember 24, 20250 News

SCARBOROUGH, Maine โ€” Scarborough firefighters were called to the scene of a serious motor vehicle crash Friday afternoon that required…

News

They Break It, Others Rewrite It: How The Maine Wire Became Maineโ€™s Agenda-Setter

By Jon FetherstonDecember 24, 20250 News 1K Views

For years, Maineโ€™s legacy media landscape operated with a familiar hierarchy: big newspapers and TV stations decided what mattered, and…

News

Indicted, Address in Question: Lewiston Councilor-Elect Osman Faces Removal Fight as Mayor Calls for Resignation

By Jon FetherstonDecember 24, 20250 News 2K Views

LEWISTON, Maine โ€” Iman Osman, a Lewiston city councilor-elect and current school committee member, is heading toward a collision with…

News

Two Arrested in Augusta Arson Case, Suspects Charged Were Out on Multiple Bail Conditions

By Jon FetherstonDecember 24, 20250 News

State fire investigators have arrested two men in connection with a house fire in Augusta that authorities say was intentionally…

News

Collins Election Cybersecurity Measure Becomes Law in Massive Defense Bill

By Jon FetherstonDecember 24, 20250 News

Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Sen. Mark Warner (D) aimed at strengthening the security of…

News

Trump Administration to Resume Garnishing Wages of Defaulted Student Loan Borrowers in 2026

By Jon FetherstonDecember 24, 20250 News 1K Views

The federal government will resume wage garnishment for student loan borrowers in default beginning in early 2026, ending a pandemic-era…

News

Famous Bath Couple Close To Throwing Dishes In Argument Over CBS Corporate Shuffle

By Ted CohenDecember 24, 20250 News 1K Views

Longtime midcoast Maine summer visitors Connie Chung and Maury Povich nearly got into it in a verbal battle over a…

Crime

Christmas Comes Early via Mistrial for Alleged Chinese Agent Who Helped Run NY Governor’s Office

By DCNFDecember 24, 20250 Crime

A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday in the corruption case against a former top aide to Democratic New York…

News

Governor Mills Shuts Down State Offices Ahead of Christmas Eve Storm

By Jon FetherstonDecember 23, 20250 News

Governor Janet Mills has ordered all State of Maine government offices closed Wednesday, December 24, as an overnight storm system…

News

DHHS Cuts Off Medicaid Payments to Gateway Communities as Audit Finds Over $1M in Overbilling, Fraud Allegations Escalate

By Jon FetherstonDecember 23, 20250 News 14K Views

Maineโ€™s Department of Health and Human Services has suspended MaineCare payments to Gateway Community Services after a newly completed state…

News

Mills Admin Gave $300K Grant to Non-Profit for Drug Addicted Trans People

By Seamus OthotDecember 23, 20250 News 2K Views

Amid the Mills Administration’s unchecked spending, including thousands of pages and billions of dollars on no-bid contracts, it’s also expending…

News

U.S. House Oversight Demands Treasury Records on โ€˜Scandal-Riddenโ€™ Maine Nonprofit Over MaineCare Billing

By Jon FetherstonDecember 23, 20250 News 2K Views

A powerful congressional committee is demanding federal financial records tied to a Maine nonprofit that has come under scrutiny following…

News

Former Nebraska Republican Senator Discloses โ€œDeath Sentenceโ€ Cancer

By Ted CohenDecember 23, 20250 News

Former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) announced he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The two-term ex-senator, 53, wrote…

News

Illegal Ecuadorian Facing Arson Charge in New York Caught in Rangeley

By Seamus OthotDecember 23, 20250 News 1K Views

The U.S. Border Patrol Houlton Sector arrested an Ecuadorian illegal immigrant in Rangeley early this month with a criminal history…

News

Feds Issue Ban on Foreign Made Drones, Citing National Security Concerns

By Seamus OthotDecember 23, 20250 News

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned the sale of new models of foreign-made drones this week, citing national security concerns…

News

MSP Investigating Two Adults Found Dead in Tremont

By Seamus OthotDecember 23, 20250 News

The Maine State Police are gathering information after local police discovered two dead adults in Tremont. [RELATED: Maine State Police…

National

$1M Spent Teaching Ferrets to Binge-Drink: Here Are Some Of The Wackiest Things Featured In Rand Paulโ€™s New Report Alleging $1,639,135,969,608 In Govโ€™t Waste

By DCNFDecember 23, 20250 National 1K Views

Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul released the latest edition of his annual โ€œFestivusโ€ report Tuesday detailing over $1 trillion in…

News

House Oversight Requests Bank Records Linked to Maine Medicaid Agency, Somali Rep Dhalac

By Steve RobinsonDecember 23, 20250 News 2K Views

State Rep. Deqa Dhalac, the former assistant executive director of Gateway Community Services, has become ensnared in a congressional investigation…

News

Watch Hunter Biden Claim With Straight Face That Laptop From Hell Never Existed

By DCNFDecember 23, 20250 News

Hunter Biden told podcaster Shawn Ryan in an interview that aired Monday that former Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New…

News

Waterville Man Rams Police Cruiser While Fleeing in Stolen Vehicle

By Seamus OthotDecember 23, 20250 News

A suspect allegedly trashed a Waterville police cruiser on Sunday after ramming it with a stolen vehicle while attempting to…

News

Portland Lands $2.1M Federal Grant for Brighton Avenue Traffic Safety Overhaul

By Jon FetherstonDecember 23, 20250 News

The City of Portland has secured a $2.12 million federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant to carry out…

News

Maine AGโ€™s Office Quietly Spends Millions on Opioid Settlement Funds with Limited Disclosure

By Jon FetherstonDecember 23, 20250 News 2K Views

Over the past five years, the Maine Attorney Generalโ€™s Office, led by Aaron Frey (D) has secured more than $260…

News

Portland Opens $150K Public Art Commission for New Harbor Park

By Jon FetherstonDecember 23, 20250 News

The City of Portland Public Art Committee has announced an open call for artists to submit qualifications for a new…

News

Railroad Company Begins Clearing Bangor Homeless Camp Along Train Tracks

By Seamus OthotDecember 22, 20250 News 2K Views

The CSX railroad company began clearing a Bangor homeless encampment on Monday morning that was located on their property near…

News

Nationwide Crackdown on Child Exploitation Helps 205 Victims and Nabs Nearly 300 Offenders, Two in Maine

By Seamus OthotDecember 22, 20250 News

A new U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) crackdown on child exploitation came to the aid of 205 minor victims and…

News

Shenna Bellows Clawing For Campaign Dollars By Dangling Her Cat โ€œSidโ€

By Ted CohenDecember 22, 20250 News 1K Views

When a politician resorts to using animals as props, you know there must be a problem. Embattled Maine Democrat Secretary…

News

Trump Unleashes โ€˜Massive Strikeโ€™ on ISIS in Syria After Americans Killed

By Jon FetherstonDecember 22, 20250 News

President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military has launched large-scale attacks on ISIS targets in Syria, one week after…

News

RSU 10 Comes to Senses, Will Not Have Co-Ed Locker Room After Parental Backlash

By Seamus OthotDecember 22, 20250 News 3K Views

The RSU 10 school district reversed course on its plans to include a co-ed locker room in its newly constructed…

News

Westbrook Police Arrest Fugitive Wanted for Sex Crimes in Virginia

By Seamus OthotDecember 22, 20250 News 1K Views

The Westbrook Police Department arrested a fugitive from Virginia on Wednesday who was wanted for sexually abusing minors. [RELATED: Howland…

Business

Tech Behemoth Gobbles Up Power Company In $5 Billion Deal To Juice Data Centers

By DCNFDecember 22, 20250 Business

Googleโ€™s parent company, Alphabet, announced on Monday that it will acquire the data center and energy infrastructure company Intersect for…

News

Traffic Stop Turns Into Drug Bust, Old Orchard Beach Man Charged With Cocaine, Meth Trafficking

By Jon FetherstonDecember 22, 20250 News 1K Views

What began as a routine traffic stop Friday night quickly escalated into a serious drug arrest, with police seizing large…

News

Fire Destroys RSU 20 Bus Garage in Searsport, State Fire Marshal Investigating

By Jon FetherstonDecember 22, 20250 News

A fire tore through the RSU 20 bus garage in Searsport Saturday afternoon, destroying the building and prompting an active…

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