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Cumberland Sheriff Promises to Hold Some ICE Detainees Despite County Commissioner Vote

By Seamus OthotApril 28, 20265 News

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce promised on Monday that the Cumberland County Jail will continue to house some ICE detainees…

News

Maine Democrat Senate Candidate’s Wife Suffers Miscarriage Amid Couple’s Public Reproductive Battle

By Ted CohenApril 28, 20269 News 1K Views

The wife of the leading Democrat primary candidate for U.S. Senate, who’s made a campaign issue out of her difficulty…

Maine and New England

Maine BBall Phenom Cooper Flagg Captures Coveted NBA Rookie Of The Year Title

By Ted CohenApril 28, 20260 Maine and New England

Local boy does good. Great, actually. Cooper Flagg, born in Newport, Maine, took home the NBA’s 2025-26 Rookie of the…

News

Scarborough Honors Memory Of Veteran Police Officer, Chief, Who Has Died

By Ted CohenApril 28, 20260 News

Scarborough Police on Monday announced the passing of former Chief Robert Moulton after a long illness. Moulton began with Scarborough…

Crime

‘Dances With Wolves’ Actor Nathan Chasing Horse Sentenced To Life In Prison For Sexual Assault

By Ted CohenApril 28, 20263 Crime

A Nevada judge has sentenced “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse to life behind bars for sexually assaulting Indigenous…

Maine and New England

With Maine Blueberry Season Soon To Dawn, A Word To The Buys – Don’t Pick Wet Fruit

By Ted CohenApril 28, 20261 Maine and New England

A registered dietitian nutritionist is doing our work for us with a breaking blueberry alert. Before you grab a pint…

Healthcare

InterMed to Stop Accepting Martin’s Point Medicare Advantage in January 2027

By Libby PalanzaApril 28, 20260 Healthcare

InterMed has announced that it will no longer be accepting Martin’s Point Medicare Advantage plans starting in January of 2027.…

News

Blood In The Charles – Boston 98.5’s Toucher Goes Postal Over 93.7’s Shirtenlieb’s Mutiny

By Ted CohenApril 28, 20260 News 2K Views

If there’s blood in the historic Charles River today, as it wends its way through Brighton and upstream to Waltham,…

Crime

Catch and Release: Rockland Man Found with Meth During Traffic Stop Just Months After February Arrest

By Seamus OthotApril 28, 20261 Crime

The Rockland Police Department arrested an alleged drug trafficker on Monday, just months after a drug arrest at an apartment.…

News

Republicans Planning Rally To Save Maine Kids to End Child Deaths Under Maine’s DHHS Supervision

By Seamus OthotApril 28, 20261 News

Rep. David Boyer (R-Poland) is organizing the “Rally to Save Maine’s Kids” for Wednesday and is asking Mainers to come…

Maine and New England

Southern Maine City Manager Quits After Just Nine Months, Complains Biddeford Has ‘Systemic Issues’

By Ted CohenApril 28, 20263 Maine and New England 2K Views

If Biddeford city officials thought they were getting calm after a storm by hiring a rookie manager, they were off…

Crime

Portland Police Weekly Report: Warrants, Drug Charges and Missing Juveniles Among Calls for Service

By Jon FetherstonApril 28, 20260 Crime

PORTLAND, Maine – Portland police released their latest weekly calls for service numbers Tuesday as part of the department’s ongoing…

News

Supreme Court Clears Path for New Congressional Maps in Texas Ahead of Midterm Elections

By Libby PalanzaApril 28, 20261 News

The United States Supreme Court has greenlit the use of Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map by overturning a lower court’s…

News

Portland Council Vote Puts Live Nation Venue on Brink as Years-Long Debate Ends in Narrow 5-4 Decision

By Jon FetherstonApril 28, 20262 News

PORTLAND, Maine – After more than a year of planning, controversy, and mounting public opposition, the Portland City Council voted…

News

True Outsider David Jones Launches Final Stretch of Maine GOP Gubernatorial Primary: ‘The Insiders Can’t Control Me, But the People Can Trust Me’

By Jon FetherstonApril 28, 20261 News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Following his fiery, no-holds-barred address at the Maine Republican Party Convention, businessman David Jones is entering the…

News

Two Firefighters Injured After Accidental Generator Fire Spreads to Augusta Home, Barn

By Jon FetherstonApril 28, 20260 News

AUGUSTA — Two firefighters were injured Monday morning after an accidental fire that began while someone was working on a…

Featured

How Maine Became Ground Zero in the National Medicaid Fraud Scandal — And Why Augusta Spent Three Years Pretending It Wasn’t Happening

By Steve RobinsonApril 27, 202615 Featured 3K Views

For eight years, the evidence has been piling up in plain view: MaineCare, the state’s $4-billion-and-growing Medicaid behemoth, has become…

News

Maine’s Congressional Delegation Reaches Out to USPS Over Back-Balance Owed to Island Contractor

By Libby PalanzaApril 27, 20268 News

Maine’s Congressional delegation has reached out to the United States Postal Service (USPS) regarding a payment issue with a contractor…

Commentary

WEEI’s Weird Program Shuffle: As The World Turns In Waves Amid Boston’s Radio Wars

By Ted CohenApril 27, 20260 Commentary 2K Views

The musical chairs continue to go round ‘n round at Boston’s WEEI all-sports radio, where it competes with 98.5 Sports…

Crime

Auburn Woman Charged with OUI After Striking Pedestrian Near Central Maine Community College

By Seamus OthotApril 27, 20262 Crime 3K Views

The Auburn Police Department arrested a woman early Sunday morning after she allegedly struck and injured a pedestrian near the…

Crime

‘Off Target:’ Riding Lawnmower Stunt Didn’t Grow Well For Florida Teens

By Ted CohenApril 27, 20260 Crime

Two 18-year-olds were arrested for disorderly conduct after filming a social-media stunt driving a lawnmower through a Target store in…

Commentary

Poor White House Press Saplings Never Got To Eat Maine Lobster Amid Shooting

By Ted CohenApril 27, 20266 Commentary

Thousands of pounds of steamed Maine lobster went to the birds rather than to the famished legacy press. A shooter…

Crime

Popular ‘Mayor Of Midcoast Maine’ Missing Three Weeks, Family And Friends Fearing The Worst

By Ted CohenApril 27, 20260 Crime 3K Views

A mysterious disappearance of a Waldoboro man has an investigatory website speculating about a possible connection to a huge kidnapping/assault/drug…

News

Ex-Maine Cop, Marilyn Monroe’s First Husband, Didn’t Know At The Time She Was A ‘Pin-up Girl’

By Ted CohenApril 27, 20261 News 1K Views

A new 100-year photographic retrospective exhibit of sex goddess Marilyn Monroe reveals a secret about her first husband, who would…

News

1943 Battleship Named The Maine Was A Killing Machine On Paper, But It Never Got Built

By Ted CohenApril 27, 20260 News

The Montana class of battleships with their 16-inch guns would have been the most feared vessels ever put to war…

Crime

Brewer Man Arrested After Allegedly Fleeing I-395 Crash That Injured Chester Woman

By Jon FetherstonApril 27, 20260 Crime

BREWER, Maine – A Brewer man was arrested Sunday morning after Maine State Police said he fled the scene of…

News

Eagle-eyed Eastern Maine Medical Center Worker Credited With Assistance Rescuing Autistic Child

By Ted CohenApril 27, 20261 News

While at work a northwestern Maine hospital employee happened to notice from a third-floor window a potential tragedy unfolding. As…

News

Bobby Charles Calls Maine “In Peril,” Promises Sweeping Reforms in Speech to GOP Convention

By Jon FetherstonApril 27, 20260 News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles delivered a forceful address Saturday to delegates at the Maine GOP convention,…

Crime

Historic Florence Fountain Damaged By Tourist’s Pre-Wedding Challenge To ‘Touch Private Parts’

By Ted CohenApril 27, 20262 Crime

A tourist in Florence allegedly damaged a 16th-century fountain as part of a pre-marriage challenge to touch a statue’s genitals.…

News

Jonathan Bush Vows to “Shred Bad Legislation” and Cut Bureaucracy in Maine GOP Convention Address

By Jon FetherstonApril 27, 20260 News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Bush delivered a forceful speech to delegates at the Maine Republican Party convention…

News

David Jones Calls for ‘Fighting Spirit’ and Property Tax Elimination at Maine GOP Convention

By Jon FetherstonApril 27, 20261 News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican gubernatorial candidate David Jones delivered an energetic address Saturday at the Maine GOP Convention, urging delegates…

Featured

Portland Council Faces Packed Monday Night Agenda with ICE Policy Vote, Live Nation Venue Rules, Theater Moratorium, and Shelter Talks

By Jon FetherstonApril 27, 20261 Featured

PORTLAND, Maine – Portland city councilors are set for a busy Monday evening at City Hall, with several high-profile issues…

News

Owen McCarthy Tells Maine GOP Convention He Is Running to “Take Our State Back”

By Jon FetherstonApril 26, 20264 News

AUGUSTA, Maine – Owen McCarthy addressed the Maine GOP convention Saturday, casting himself as a northern Maine outsider with a…

News

SPLC Labeled Her An “Extremist” – Ayaan Hirsi Ali Speaks Out After Southern Law Group Discovers Poverty

By Maine Wire StaffApril 26, 20263 News 4K Views

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a survivor of Somali clan violence and genital mutilation as a child, is now a human-rights activist…

News

Garrett Mason Touts Conservative Record, Targets Democrats on Housing, Energy, and Taxes at Maine GOP Convention

By Jon FetherstonApril 26, 20261 News

AUGUSTA, Maine – Republican gubernatorial candidate Garrett Mason delivered a wide-ranging speech to delegates at the Maine Republican Party convention,…

Media

Legacy Media Kleptos Steal Bottles Of Wine From White House Correspondents Association Dinner After Shooting

By Ted CohenApril 26, 20266 Media 2K Views

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” That was the now-infamous phrase uttered by Democrat Rahm Emanuel,…

News

Southern Maine Homeless Services Center Director Fires Back At Critics, Defends Budget

By Ted CohenApril 26, 20265 News

The top official at York County’s only emergency nightly-housing supplier issued a blistering defense Sunday, accusing skeptical taxpayers of peddling…

News

Golden Joins Republicans in Vote to Ease Enviornmental Regulations to Promote Domestic Energy Production

By Seamus OthotApril 26, 20262 News

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) joined all voting Republicans and just 19 other Democrats on Thursday to vote in favor of…

News

Ben Midgley Touts Business Background, Tax Cuts, and Welfare Reform Agenda at Maine GOP Convention

By Jon FetherstonApril 26, 20262 News

AUGUSTA, Maine – Republican gubernatorial candidate Ben Midgley addressed supporters Saturday morning at the Maine GOP Convention, delivering a speech…

Crime

Portland Police Sound Alarm After Seven Suspected Overdoses in Less Than 20 Hours

By Jon FetherstonApril 26, 20260 Crime

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Police Department issued an urgent public safety alert Sunday after the city experienced seven suspected overdoses…

News

Portland Sea Dogs Skipper To Coach Red Sox 3rd Base As Sox Manager Alex Cora, Five Assistants Axed

By Ted CohenApril 26, 20260 News

A day after a three-game sweep by New England’s dreaded Yankees, the Red Sox fired manager and ex-infielder Alex Cora…

News

All Seven GOP Candidates Stand Together in Video Appeal to Trump, Say Democrat One-Party Rule Failed to Stop Fraud

By Jon FetherstonApril 26, 20263 News 1K Views

AUGUSTA, Maine — In a rare show of unity at the Maine Republican Convention on Saturday, all seven Republican candidates…

News

Woman Dead, Man Seriously Injured After Hiram House Fire

By Jon FetherstonApril 26, 20260 News 1K Views

HIRAM, Maine — A woman is dead and a man was seriously injured after a late-night house fire Friday in…

Featured

Trump Evacuated Unharmed After Gunman Opens Fire at Washington Hilton, Same Hotel Where Reagan Was Shot Outside in 1981

By Jon FetherstonApril 26, 20262 Featured

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump was evacuated unharmed from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton Saturday…

News

Robert Wessels Tells Maine GOP Convention: Winning the Blaine House Won’t Be Enough Without House and Senate Majorities

By Jon FetherstonApril 25, 20266 News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Wessels told Maine GOP Convention delegates Friday afternoon that Republicans cannot afford to…

Featured

Breaking: Shots Fired Disrupt White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Prompting Evacuation and Panic. President Trump and Attendees Reportedly Unharmed.

By Tom ShattuckApril 25, 20265 Featured

WASHINGTON – What began as a high-profile evening of politics, media, and tradition abruptly turned into chaos Saturday night when…

Crime

Somali Pirate Arrested Near Canadian Border After Entering United States Illegally In Arizona

By Maine Wire StaffApril 25, 20263 Crime 1K Views

A Somali national wanted for passport fraud and fingerprints linked to a piracy incident in 2012 was arrested by U.S.…

Crime

DOJ Report Affirms Importance of Capital Punishment, Affirms Federal Use of Firing Squad Executions

By Seamus OthotApril 25, 20266 Crime

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) affirmed the importance of capital punishment to the justice system and authorized the use…

News

Mills Vetoes Moratorium on Data Center Construction and Bill to Automatically Unseal Criminal Records

By Seamus OthotApril 25, 20264 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) vetoed a bill that would have placed a temporary moratorium on the construction of AI data…

News

Texas Law Requiring Public School Classrooms to Display the Ten Commandments Upheld by 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

By Libby PalanzaApril 25, 20263 News

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Texas law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.…

Crime

Former Maine Senate Democrat Candidate Admits Damaging Mount Desert Signs

By Ted CohenApril 25, 20261 Crime

A former Hancock County budgeteer and perennial downeast candidate and has been fined $250 for wrecking signs at a land…

News

Maine Destroyer Fired Five Warning Shots At Iranian Ship Before Going For Broke

By Ted CohenApril 25, 20262 News

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is revealing riveting new details surrounding the takedown by a Bath-built warship…

News

Sarcastic Maine Paternity Meme Now Linked To The Pats Coach’s Scandalous Affair Fallout

By Ted CohenApril 25, 20262 News

An iconic Maine family is now being humorously linked to a video meme claiming that Pats coach Mike Vrabel might…

Crime

Kennebec Sheriff’s Department Arrests Convicted Domestic Abuser and Stalker Found with Firearms

By Seamus OthotApril 25, 20260 Crime

The Kennebec Sheriff’s Department arrested a convicted domestic abuser on Friday after he was allegedly found in possession of multiple…

Featured

Mills Quietly Freezes MaineCare Provider Payments Until July 1

By Steve RobinsonApril 25, 20262 Featured

Gov. Janet Mills’ Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is once again withholding payments from MaineCare providers, delaying some…

News

The Pastor’s Office Ep. 8 – PRODIGALS

By Travis CareyApril 25, 20260 News

https://youtu.be/z7ggNr0GIyI?si=Jq8b4BLyCm-EwaSO In this episode, Pastor Travis sits down with his mother-in-law Marla and her two daughters — his wife Maddie…

News

Collins Rallies Maine GOP Convention Crowd, Takes Aim at Chuck Schumer and Democratic Opponents

By Jon FetherstonApril 25, 20263 News

AUGUSTA, Maine – U.S. Sen. Susan Collins addressed the crowd Friday at the Maine GOP Convention, urging Republicans to unite…

Featured

LePage Tells Maine GOP Convention He Is Running to “Fight One More Time” for Maine

By Jon FetherstonApril 25, 20261 Featured

AUGUSTA — Former Maine Gov. and U.S. congressional candidate Paul LePage spoke Friday at the Maine GOP Convention in Augusta,…

News

Elite Massachusetts Boarding School Coach Charged With Grooming, Raping Victims In Decades Old Crime

By Maine Wire StaffApril 24, 20265 News 3K Views

Massachusetts – A former teacher and coach with the Miss Hall’s School in Berkshires re-appeared in court after being arraigned…

Crime

Cumberland Commissioners End Jail Agreement with ICE in 3-1 Vote

By Seamus OthotApril 24, 202613 Crime 1K Views

The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday to terminate its federal agreement allowing ICE to house immigration detainees…

Crime

Scarborough PD Requests Public Assistance Apprehending Suspect Who Successfully Fled

By Seamus OthotApril 24, 20261 Crime

The Scarborough Police Department is requesting public assistance in locating a suspect who successfully evaded capture following a traffic stop…

News

No Love For Labubu: Testing Confirms Dolls Woven With Chinese Blood Cotton

By Maine Wire StaffApril 24, 20262 News 2K Views

First Maine weed, now the Labubu(s) – the Chinese Community Party (CCP) has moved on to producing toy dolls for…

Crime

“Home Alone” House Owner Found Dead Of Suicide Amid Pending Child-Porn Charges

By Ted CohenApril 24, 20260 Crime 3K Views

The longtime tenant of the mansion made famous by the “Home Alone” movie, under investigation for child porn, was found…

News

First “British Hiker” Caught Crossing into Maine Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

By Seamus OthotApril 24, 20266 News 3K Views

Ali Mohammed Ali Abdullah, 18, one of the four “British” hikers arrested earlier this month for illegally crossing the Canadian…

Commentary

Maine’s Liberal Elites Don’t Like Jet Noise – But Apparently Only When They’re On The Ground

By Ted CohenApril 24, 202610 Commentary 2K Views

The latest effort by neighbors of the airport in the state’s biggest city are making noise again – about jet…

Crime

Two Arrested After MDEA Investigation Into Fentanyl Trafficking in Pittsfield, Canaan Area

By Jon FetherstonApril 24, 20260 Crime

PITTSFIELD, Maine — Two Pittsfield residents were arrested Wednesday night following a months-long Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigation into fentanyl…

Crime

Counterfeit Canadian Maple Syrup Scandal Getting Stickier By The Minute

By Ted CohenApril 24, 20263 Crime 3K Views

Maple producers in Maine’s northern neighbor are demanding that an alleged criminal syrup supplier be held accountable. In court documents,…

Crime

Bath Man Out on Bail Arrested During MDEA Raid

By Seamus OthotApril 24, 20260 Crime 4K Views

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested a Bath man on Wednesday after he was allegedly found with significant quantities…

Crime

Freeport Man Tased after Crashing Into Cumberland Sheriff’s Cruiser While Fleeing Police

By Seamus OthotApril 24, 20260 Crime 1K Views

The Cumberland Sheriff’s Department arrested a Freeport man on Thursday after he allegedly crashed into a cruiser while attempting to…

News

Nike’s ‘Walkers Tolerated’ Boston Marathon Sign Was Meant To Fire Up Runners. Oops

By Ted CohenApril 24, 20260 News

Nike got a brisk reminder last week of how edgy marketing can easily blow up in a brand’s face, according…

News

Sanford Townspeople Up In Arms Over Unsightly Anti-Cop Graffiti Along The Main Drag

By Ted CohenApril 24, 20263 News

“May I ask who is the dumb a55 that has the home on Main Street in Sanford that has all…

News

Trump Issues ‘Shoot and Kill’ Order as U.S.-Iran Standoff Deepens in Strait of Hormuz

By Jon FetherstonApril 24, 20260 News

WASHINGTON – The military standoff between the United States and Iran escalated Thursday as President Donald Trump ordered U.S. forces…

News

Gov. Janet Mills Celebrates Expansion of Free School Meals Program in Supplemental Budget

By Libby PalanzaApril 24, 20266 News

As part of the supplemental budget signed into law earlier this month created a new grant program designed to expand…

News

Bush Campaign Says GOP Candidate Has Raised More Than $2.1 Million in Maine Governor’s Race

By Jon FetherstonApril 24, 20265 News

SOUTH PORTLAND — Republican gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Bush has raised more than $2.1 million in his campaign for Maine governor,…

News

Pats Coach Effectively Admits Affair After Latest Photo Drop, Pulls Out Of NFL Draft

By Ted CohenApril 24, 20260 News

Just hours after a new set of damning pictures of a married Superbowl star with his alleged mistress hit the…

News

Housing in Maine is Some of the Most Expensive in the Nation

By Libby PalanzaApril 23, 202614 News 2K Views

Housing in Maine is among the most expensive in the country, according to a new report shared by personal finance…

News

Bombshell New Snaps Show Pats Coach, NFL Scribe, Kissing In NYC Bar Six Years Ago

By Ted CohenApril 23, 20264 News

NFL three-time Superbowl winner Mike Vrabel has a new slew of scandalous pix to splain to Mrs. Vrabel. The New…

Crime

Vermont City Bans Birthday Suits, Citing Inquiry From Nude Taxi Driver

By Ted CohenApril 23, 20260 Crime

A female cab driver says it’s only fare she should be allowed to carry passengers while she is nude. But…

News

Five Drug Addicts Arrested After Complaint from Brewer Hotel Staff

By Seamus OthotApril 23, 20262 News 2K Views

The Brewer Police Department arrested five drug addicts last week after receiving a request from hotel staff to remove them…

Crime

Missing Teens from Gardiner Discovered During Portland Traffic Stop

By Seamus OthotApril 23, 20261 Crime 1K Views

The Portland Police Department recovered two missing teens from Gardiner early Thursday morning in a traffic stop that also led…

Crime

York Deputies Arrest Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting a 9-Year-Old in 2021 and Evading Justice for Years

By Seamus OthotApril 23, 20260 Crime

The York County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man on Wednesday who has evaded police since 2021 after he was accused…

News

Dr. Oz Gives Governors Nationwide 10 Days to Respond After Letter Demanding Crackdown on Medicaid Providers

By Seamus OthotApril 23, 20262 News

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz issued another warning about Medicaid fraud on Thursday with a…

News

Lewiston Resident Calls for Rule Changes to Allow Shooting Survivors to Speak as Council Conduct Draws Scrutiny

By Jon FetherstonApril 23, 20260 News

LEWISTON, Maine – A Lewiston-area resident is calling on city officials to reconsider public comment rules to ensure survivors of…

News

NGO Federal Revenue Down In Maine After Trump Sets USRAP Record Targeting Refugee Industrial Complex

By Maine Wire StaffApril 23, 20264 News 2K Views

Independent-research data shows Maine’s resettlement of hundreds of refugees and other humanitarian-related arrivals in recent years, aligning with nonprofits and…

News

Angus King Joins Democratic Senators in Challenging President Trump’s Election Integrity Executive Order

By Libby PalanzaApril 23, 20266 News

Sen. Angus King (I) has joined a group of Democratic senators in pushing back against President Donald Trump’s election integrity…

News

Fire Breaks Out On Maine Guided-Missile Destroyer, Injuring Three Sailors

By Ted CohenApril 23, 20261 News 1K Views

Three crewmen on the Maine-built USS Zumwalt were injured in a fire aboard the ship, USNI News reported. The blaze…

News

Canadian Schizophrenic Who Stabbed Servicemembers Granted Travel To Saudi Arabia, Somalia To Meet Wife

By Maine Wire StaffApril 23, 20264 News

A Canadian man diagnosed with schizophrenia who is off the hook for stabbing military personnel at a Toronto recruiting center…

News

Promises Made, Victims Shortchanged: Lewiston Families Demand AG Force Maine Community Foundation to Answer for Missing Relief Money

By Jon FetherstonApril 23, 20261 News

LEWISTON, Maine – The families and survivors of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting are once again being forced to do what…

News

Lewiston Police Respond to Overnight Gunfire, Three Charged After Targeted Shooting

By Jon FetherstonApril 23, 20260 News

LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston Police responded to reports of multiple gunshots early Tuesday morning, quickly apprehending several individuals and charging…

News

Unpopular ‘Suitcase Chicken’ Ban Likely To Be Lifted For Food Stamp Recipients

By Ted CohenApril 23, 20263 News

The low-income population by law denied supermarket rotisserie chickens just had a stroke of good cluck, thanks to a group…

News

Henpecked Pats Coach Says ‘I Will Miss Football Draft To Go Into Counseling:’ ESPN

By Ted CohenApril 23, 20260 News

The married NFL coach caught on camera allegedly spending quality intimate time with a female reporter he denied was an…

News

The SPLC Was Paying the Klan; Maine’s Press and Politicians Were Citing Them

By Steve RobinsonApril 22, 202611 News 2K Views

For years, when a Maine politician wanted to lend borrowed credibility to a partisan smear, or when a Bangor Daily…

News

Luna Home Care Still In Operation Out of Yet Another Home Care Hub Office Despite Failing to Repay $260k in Overbilled MaineCare Funds

By Seamus OthotApril 22, 202611 News 2K Views

The Portland-based Luna Home Care has continued to draw in millions of dollars in Medicaid funding despite failing to pay…

News

#DeflateGate 2.0: Pats Coach Attends Own Funeral In Wake Of Alleged Affair With NFL Scribe He Pretends Never Happened

By Ted CohenApril 22, 20261 News 2K Views

Judging from the sad, somber, deflated look on his drawn face Tuesday, the embattled New England Patriots head coach musta…

News

Jonathan Bush Touts Tax Cuts, School Choice at Cumberland County GOP Meeting as Stephanie Anderson Announces Bid for District Attorney

By Jon FetherstonApril 22, 20266 News

Standish, Maine – Republican gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Bush spoke Tuesday at the Cumberland County GOP meeting, where he introduced himself…

National

Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire Indefinitely as Financial Pressure on Tehran Mounts, But Strait Blockade Keeps Tensions Boiling

By Jon FetherstonApril 22, 20264 National

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the ceasefire between the United States and Iran indefinitely, buying more time…

News

New Hampshire Democrat Accuses Parents Of “Stochastic Terrorism” For Defending Children From Sexual Exploitation

By Maine Wire StaffApril 22, 202612 News

New Hampshire – A Democrat state senator said supporters of single-sex spaces that avoid combining females with biological males are…

Commentary

When Crimes Become Civil, Accountability Disappears

By Maine Wire StaffApril 22, 20262 Commentary

By Chief Eric Small Maine’s latest criminal justice reform, L.D. 1189 (Public Law 2025, Chapter 496), took effect this year…

Crime

Downeast Maine Goodwill Evacuated As Bomb Squad Called In To Inspect A Potential Explosive Device

By Ted CohenApril 22, 20260 Crime

Cops ordered the evacuation of a Goodwill store along the northeast coast after staffers found a grenade among the pickins.…

News

Collins Presses Kennedy on Women’s Health Research, NIH Funding Cuts at Senate Hearing

By Jon FetherstonApril 22, 20260 News

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Susan Collins ® used a Senate hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services’ fiscal…

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