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Defense Secretary Pauses Recruitment of New Transgender Military Service Members, Stops Funding Transition Surgeries

By Seamus OthotFebruary 11, 20253 News

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a Department of Defense (DoD)-wide memo on Friday, officially banning the recruitment of new…

News

Steel Exporters Balk at Trump Tariffs, Some Pledge Retaliation

By Sam PattenFebruary 11, 20253 News

As promised while when route to the Super Bowl on Sunday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump announced increased tariffs on…

News

Oversight Project Releases Secret Pact — Which Maine AG Frey Signed — on Resisting Trump Hatched Just Days After the November Election

By Seamus OthotFebruary 11, 202513 News

Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey signed a confidential agreement with Democrat Attorneys General just weeks after the 2024 election…

News

Susan Collins Says She Will Vote to Confirm RFK Jr as HHS Secretary

By Edward TomicFebruary 11, 20256 News

Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins has stated that she will be voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…

News

Three Arrested in Medway Drug Bust: Meth, Fentanyl, and Firearm Seized

By Edward TomicFebruary 11, 20252 News

Three people were arrested are facing a slew of narcotics and other charges after police found methamphetamine, fentanyl, a handgun…

News

Maine Democrat Celebrates Convicted Cop-Killer and Terrorist in Now-Deleted Black History Month Post

By Edward TomicFebruary 11, 202513 News 2K Views

A Maine Democratic lawmaker made a Facebook post for Black History Month celebrating Assata Shakur, an FBI’s most wanted terrorist…

News

Who Does “Public Advocate” Heather Sanborn Really Represent?

By Jacob PosikFebruary 11, 20259 News

On her second day as Maine’s new public advocate – the official responsible for representing the interests of low-income ratepayers…

News

Trump Nixes New Pennies to Save Millions

By Seamus OthotFebruary 11, 20251 News

Does it make sense to get rid of cents? President Donald Trump ordered U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent…

News

Democratic Lawmaker Proposes Six Months of State-Funded Housing for Recently Released Inmates

By Edward TomicFebruary 11, 202511 News

A Maine Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would launch a two-year, state-funded pilot program to provide inmates recently…

Maine and New England

Portland Police Investigating Deaths of Two Homeless Men Found in Woods Behind Riverton Hannaford

By Edward TomicFebruary 11, 20256 Maine and New England

Portland Police announced Monday morning that they are investigating two deaths in the wooded area behind Hannaford on Riverside Street.…

News

Trump Proclaims Gulf of America Day En-Route to the Superbowl

By Seamus OthotFebruary 10, 20252 News

President Donald Trump proclaimed the first ever Gulf of America Day from Air Force One on Sunday while en route…

News

Suspected Drugs Hidden in Candy Packaging Seized After South Portland Police Pursuit, Two Arrested

By Edward TomicFebruary 10, 202525 News 2K Views

A traffic stop following a police chase in South Portland early Saturday morning led to the arrest of two Massachusetts…

News

Canadian Authorities Busted Biggest Fentanyl Lab “In the History of the World” with Ties to China

By Seamus OthotFebruary 10, 20253 News 2K Views

David Asher, a long-time U.S. advisor on national security, appeared on Canada’s state-funded CBC news on Sunday to defend Trump’s…

News

Loud Trash Collectors Prompt Tony Town to Consider Noise Ordinance

By Ted CohenFebruary 10, 202513 News

Southern Maine residents tired of getting woken up by trash haulers clanking dumpsters may finally get some sleep soon, at…

News

‘Whiteouts, dangerous cold, and hazardous terrain’: Maine’s Chief Border Patrol Agent Warns Against Illegal Crossings

By Edward TomicFebruary 10, 20254 News 1K Views

The head of U.S. Border Patrol operations in Maine’s Houlton sector, which covers encompasses the entire state, coastline and U.S.-Canada…

News

Republican Lawmakers Launch Effort to Repeal Same-Day Voter Registration in Maine

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 10, 20257 News

A group of Republican lawmakers are looking to end the controversial practice of same-day voter registration in Maine. Rep. Barbara…

News

Instead of Cutting Fat from the Budget, Maine Democrats Want State-Funded Weight Loss Drugs

By Seamus OthotFebruary 10, 20258 News

As Maine faces an impending half-billion dollar budget shortfall, and Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) considers a flurry of tax increases…

News

Maine Considers Limits on Corporate Work-From-Home Spy Tools

By The Maine WireFebruary 10, 20256 News

Maine lawmakers are slated to consider creating protections for workers that will limit how American businesses can use emerging monitoring…

News

Maine Considers Repealing Annual Vehicle Inspection Requirement

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 10, 202519 News 3K Views

The annual tradition of visiting an auto mechanic to get an inspection sticker could come to an end if a…

News

‘Substantial cuts’ on horizon for Maine’s largest newspaper conglomerate, says top source

By Ted CohenFebruary 10, 20257 News 1K Views

A well-connected New England media analyst says he’s “heard from serious people that substantial cuts may be coming” to the…

News

Maine Man Who Couldn’t Be Buried in the Town Cemetery Bearing his Name Hatched Plan B

By Ted CohenFebruary 10, 20250 News

A Maine man who wanted to be buried in the town cemetery but was told there was no more room…

Commentary

How to Shut Down the Department of Education

By Sam PattenFebruary 10, 20253 Commentary

On Thursday morning, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is scheduled to hear from U.S. President…

News

3x Deported Illegal Alien, Convicted of Assault and Weapons Charges, Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

By Edward TomicFebruary 10, 20259 News

A Guatemalan national, who was previously deported three times from the U.S. and served a nearly six-year prison sentence in…

Maine and New England

Rockefeller, founded Maine museum, dead at 99

By Ted CohenFebruary 7, 20255 Maine and New England 4K Views

A wealthy Maine philanthropist who quietly used his access and money to promote social good is being remembered by the…

News

Maine DHHS Tried to Charge Media Outlet Over $250K to Fulfill a FOAA Request

By Seamus OthotFebruary 7, 202515 News 3K Views

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) told 8 Investigates that a records request aimed at exposing the…

News

House Dem ‘Frustrated’ With His Party’s Constant Hyperventilating Over Trump’s Every Move

By DCNFFebruary 7, 202527 News 2K Views

Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden urged his party to pump the brakes on their reflexive, hair-trigger responses to Republican advances…

News

Maine to Continue to Allow Boys to Compete in Girls Sports in Defiance of Trump Executive Order

By Seamus OthotFebruary 7, 202543 News 8K Views

In the face of a new executive order issued by President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposing significant penalties on schools…

News

Maine Community Foundation Faces Scrutiny After Directing Nearly $2 million in Donations for Lewiston Shooting to Varied Local Nonprofits

By Edward TomicFebruary 7, 202510 News 4K Views

Over a year after the tragic mass shooting that rocked Lewiston in October 2023, scrutiny has emerged over how one…

News

Man Previously Arrested for Portland Stabbing Accused of Assaulting Teen Girl in Westbrook

By Edward TomicFebruary 7, 202517 News 2K Views

A man previously arrested for a stabbing in Portland is now being accused of trying to grab, kiss and give…

News

Mills Admin Offers $300,000 ‘Social Equity Program’ Pushing Affirmative Action for Business Development

By Edward TomicFebruary 7, 202527 News 2K Views

The Mills administration is seeking an organization to award $300,000 to administer the state’s “social equity program,” a taxpayer-funded affirmative…

News

Tree Frog and Salamander Lovers Demand Maine Airport Ground Tree-cutting

By Ted CohenFebruary 7, 202511 News

The Portland International Jetport has been ordered to stop cutting trees near the runways until authorities can determine whether the…

News

Maine Mall Shooting Suspect, Facing Assault and Weapons Charges, Turns Himself in at Cumberland County Jail

By Edward TomicFebruary 7, 202519 News 2K Views

The South Portland Police announced late Thursday afternoon that they had arrested 20-year-old Ahmed Basheer Awad, who is suspected of…

News

Auto-makers Sue Maine AG Aaron Frey Over Enforcement of “Right to Repair” Law

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 7, 20257 News

An automotive trade association based out of Washington D.C. has sued Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey over the enforcement of…

News

State That Leaked Social Security Numbers and Medical Records of 1.3 Million Residents Worried About Elon Musk’s Access to Personal Information

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 6, 202512 News 5K Views

Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey has joined a coalition of 12 state attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department…

News

DCNF EXCLUSIVE: GOP Rep Unveils Bill To Prevent ‘Left-Wing Lunatics’ From Holding US Highways Hostage

By DCNFFebruary 6, 20258 News

Republican Georgia Rep. Mike Collins reintroduced legislation Thursday to criminalize protests that block highways. Collins’ Safe Passage on Interstates Act…

News

Dem Claims ‘Christian Prayer’ Should Not Be Allowed In Capitol, Protests National Prayer Breakfast

By DCNFFebruary 6, 20258 News 2K Views

California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman protested the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, claiming it violates the separation between church and state.…

News

Maine Dems in Disarray on How to Protest Trump

By Sam PattenFebruary 6, 202516 News 1K Views

The Kennebec County Democratic Committee pulled its support from a planned protest outside the State Capitol in Augusta on Wednesday…

News

NH Bill Would Revoke Tax Exemptions from Non-profits that Re-Settle Illegal Immigrants in the Granite State

By Seamus OthotFebruary 6, 20254 News

New Hampshire State Rep. Travis Corcoran (R-Weare) is working to pass a bill through the state’s Republican-controlled legislature that would…

News

Taxpayer-Funded USAID Nonprofit Teaches Maine’s Illegal Aliens How to Avoid Trump’s Deportation Program

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 6, 20259 News 1K Views

A Maine-based nonprofit funded entirely by U.S. taxpayers is using its social media presence to teach illegal aliens tips and…

News

More Charter Schools Could Soon Open Their Doors in Maine Under Republican-Led Bill

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 6, 20252 News

Maine may gradually increase its current limit on charter schools if lawmakers pass a Republican-led bill introduced in late January.…

News

Mills Admin Partners with Woke Brunswick Nonprofit to Train Maine Students to be Climate Change Activists

By Edward TomicFebruary 6, 202510 News 1K Views

Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) is partnering with a Brunswick-based nonprofit organization…

News

Maine “Non-Profit” News-chain Publisher Quits, Just the Latest Resignation

By Ted CohenFebruary 6, 20257 News 2K Views

The Maine Trust for Local News, already reeling from a string of executive resignations, is now losing the publisher of…

Maine and New England

USAID Cuts Will Hit Maine NGO That Pays CEO $426k Per Year

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 6, 202520 Maine and New England 7K Views

The Trump Administration’s rapid moves to impose fiscal restraint on the sprawling federal bureaucracy will hit at least one governmental…

Crime

Maine Mall Shooting Suspect Ahmed Basheer Awad, 20, Still at Large: South Portland Police

By Edward TomicFebruary 6, 202525 Crime 3K Views

Police have identified but are still attempting to locate the individual suspected of shooting another person inside the Maine Mall…

News

Trump Pentagon Reportedly Preparing To Close Curtain On America’s Syria Excursion

By DCNFFebruary 6, 20252 News

The Trump administration is reportedly developing a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, marking an end to the decade-long…

Blog

The Case for a Scalpel, Not a Wrecking Ball

By Sam PattenFebruary 6, 202512 Blog

By choosing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as its first target for demolition, Elon Musk’s DOGE made a…

News

Elon Musk’s Claim Linking USAID To Bioweapons Isn’t As Far-Fetched As The Deep State Wants You To Think

By DCNFFebruary 5, 20256 News 1K Views

As Elon Musk moves to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, the agency’s support for the discovery of novel…

Maine and New England

Maine Ski Junkets Cost Massachusetts Man $6,000

By Ted CohenFebruary 5, 20254 Maine and New England 2K Views

Lift tickets are already expensive, but they just got a lot more so for a man who thought he was…

News

Maine Democrats Take Dim View of Bills to Increase Government Transparency

By Seamus OthotFebruary 5, 202515 News 1K Views

The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held public hearings on Wednesday regarding two bills that would bring Maine’s public record laws…

Crime

‘Candy’ Fentanyl Drug Operation Ends with Mass. Man’s Guilty Plea: 8 Million Narcotic Doses

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 5, 20253 Crime

A Lynn man admitted in federal court Monday to running a large-scale drug operation that peddled fentanyl-laced pills disguised as…

News

Local Officials in Maine Cities Unwilling to Say They Will Comply with Deportations Despite Threat of Legal Action

By Seamus OthotFebruary 5, 202516 News 1K Views

Local officials in Bangor, Lewiston, and Portland were reluctant to say whether they would comply with deportations promised by President…

News

Maine AG Joins Blue State Coalition Defending ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children Against Trump Order

By Edward TomicFebruary 5, 202530 News 2K Views

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey on Wednesday joined with the attorneys general of 14 other states in issuing a statement…

News

20,000 Federal Employees Resign After Trump Offer: Report

By Seamus OthotFebruary 5, 20254 News

More than 20,000 federal employees have announced their resignations in response to President Donald Trump’s severance offer, which would allow…

News

A Thing of the Past? — Maine Lawmakers Consider Ditching Daylight Savings Time

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 5, 20257 News

Springing forward and falling back may soon be a thing of the past in Maine if lawmakers advance either of…

Crime

Border Patrol Agents in Caswell Arrest 2 Romanian Nationals Who Illegally Crossed US-Canada Border

By Edward TomicFebruary 5, 20255 Crime

U.S. Border Patrol agents in Caswell recently located and captured two Romanian nationals who illegally crossed the northern border into…

News

Republican Lawmaker Seeks to Add ‘Political Affiliation’ as Protected Class Under Maine Human Rights Act

By Edward TomicFebruary 5, 20257 News

A Maine Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would classify political affiliation as a protected class under the Maine…

News

Trump Says U.S. Will Rebuild Gaza Strip

By Sam PattenFebruary 5, 20257 News 3K Views

Standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday evening that America take over…

National

Bondi Wins Senate Confirmation, Will Become America’s 83rd Attorney General

By DCNFFebruary 5, 20255 National

The Senate confirmed former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) in a…

News

Biden Admin Filled Terrorist Coffers With Over $1,300,000,000 Before Trump Took Wrecking Ball To Foreign Aid

By DCNFFebruary 4, 202511 News 3K Views

More than $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds from the Biden administration ended up helping groups that sponsored or committed terrorism.…

News

Tulsi Gabbard Secures Committee Vote, Advances To Senate Floor

By DCNFFebruary 4, 20253 News

The Senate Intelligence Committee voted in favor of advancing Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tuesday. The…

Blog

Maine Under Mills: The Way Life Shouldn’t Be

By Joshua FillerFebruary 4, 202515 Blog 3K Views

In 2014, I moved my family from the heart of Washington, D.C. to Falmouth, Maine. I grew up in Portland…

News

El Salvador Agrees to House U.S. Prisoners in the Maximum Security Prison It Built Specifically to House Gang and Cartel Members

By Seamus OthotFebruary 4, 20254 News

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele extended an offer to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Monday meeting that…

News

Maine housing project stalled by bureaucratic setbacks

By Ted CohenFebruary 4, 20254 News

A contractor who’s suffered lengthy zoning delays on a $15 million Portland-area project is now wondering whether it’ll ever get…

News

Maine Police Dog ‘Preacher,’ and Assailant, Killed Following Aroostook County Armed Standoff

By Seamus OthotFebruary 4, 20256 News

A Maine State Police K9, Preacher, was killed in the line of duty on Monday night during a Portage Lake…

News

Federal Charges for Massive Chinese-Funded Illegal Marijuana Grow on Navajo Land in New Mexico

By Edward TomicFebruary 4, 20255 News

A federal jury in late January indicted three people for their alleged involvement in a massive 400-acre illegal marijuana cultivation…

News

Illegal Alien Charged with Aggravated Child Rape at Healey Hotel Arrested 8 Months After Maine Wire Exposé

By Seamus OthotFebruary 4, 20259 News 2K Views

Massachusetts authorities have finally arrested the 42-year-old illegal alien alleged to have incestuously raped his 14-year-old daughter multiple times in…

Energy & Environment

Senate Confirms Trump’s 9th Cabinet Nominee As Confirmation Schedule Far Outpaces Biden’s Nominees

By DCNFFebruary 4, 20250 Energy & Environment

The Senate, in a bipartisan fashion, voted Monday evening to confirm fracking executive Chris Wright as secretary of Energy. Senators voted 59…

News

NH Legislators Want Control of Maine’s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

By Seamus OthotFebruary 4, 20255 News

A bipartisan group of five New Hampshire state legislators put forward a bill calling on the federal government to declare…

News

Maine Democrats Push Bill to Eliminate Mandatory Minimum Criminal Sentences

By Seamus OthotFebruary 4, 20258 News

A group of Democrats in the legislature, led by Rep. David Sinclair (D-Bath), put forward a radical criminal justice reform…

News

Legislative Leaders Appoint Office of New Americans Council, AI Task Force Members

By John AndrewsFebruary 4, 20259 News

Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) and Senate President Mathea Elizabeth Larson Daughtry (D-Cumberland) will name members of special…

News

‘There is no increased risk to the public’: Maine Democrat Wants to Repeal the Crime of Violating Bail to Reduce Case Backlog

By Edward TomicFebruary 3, 202517 News

A bill introduced in the Maine Legislature by a Democratic lawmaker seeks to help alleviate the caseload on the state’s…

News

Legislative Panel Considers a Trio of Bills That Could Reform Maine’s Campaign Finance Laws

By Seamus OthotFebruary 3, 20252 News

Lawmakers in Augusta heard arguments on Monday for and against a series of bills that would reform Maine’s campaign finance…

News

Trade War in Flux as Trump Agrees to Delay Tariffs on Mexico and Continue Talks with Canada’s PM

By Sam PattenFebruary 3, 20255 News

U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke on Monday morning and forged a temporary agreement to delay…

News

‘We will use every tool at our disposal’: Chellie Pingree Outlines House Democrat Strategy to Fight Trump Administration’s ‘extreme actions’

By Edward TomicFebruary 3, 202524 News

Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) on Monday published a thread on X outlining what steps Congress, federal courts and the…

News

Auburn Rep Sets Ball in Motion for a Constitutional Amendment Banning Non-Citizen Voting in Maine

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 3, 202510 News 1K Views

A Republican lawmaker has proposed amending Maine’s constitution to clearly state that only United States citizens may vote in state…

News

Repeal of Ranked Choice Voting Scheduled for Public Hearing Monday in Augusta

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 3, 20254 News

Are you frustrated with the unorthodox was Mainers elect federal officials or do you think it works well? Members of…

Blog

Wealthy Maine Town Embroiled in Education Drama

By Ted CohenFebruary 3, 20254 Blog 2K Views

A string of crises facing Kennebunk schools reached a new nadir with embezzlement charges against a newly appointed drama teacher.…

Maine and New England

Forging a Path from Maine Teen’s Senseless Death

By Ted CohenFebruary 3, 20252 Maine and New England

A Yarmouth teenager who was mowed down and killed by a drunk driver more than 30 years ago is about…

News

US Strikes ISIS Targets in Somalia

By Sam PattenFebruary 2, 20259 News

American airstrikes targeted leaders of the Islamic State, or ISIS, in Somalia on Saturday and killed senior leaders of the…

News

Medical Ambulance Plane Transporting Young Child Crashes in Philadelphia Neighborhood, No Survivors

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 1, 20253 News

A medical ambulance plane carrying a young child and her mother crashed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Friday night in a neighborhood…

News

RFK’s MAHA Army Descends On DC — From Left, Right And Center

By DCNFJanuary 31, 20255 News 1K Views

Scores of green beanies lined the halls of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday. The forest green hats with…

News

Janet Mills’ Proposed Tax Hikes Are Set to Have a Public Hearing Monday Afternoon

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 31, 202521 News 2K Views

Several of the tax increases and changes included in Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) proposed biennial budget are set to have…

News

Trump Birthright Citizenship Order Leaves Loophole Allowing ‘Birth Tourism’ Method Used By Chinese Nationals

By DCNFJanuary 31, 20254 News

One loophole in President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship could permit Chinese nationals, along with other non-citizens, to…

News

NH Republican Controlled Senate Passes Trio of Bills Combatting Illegal Immigration, Including a Ban on Sanctuary Cities

By Seamus OthotJanuary 31, 20255 News

New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled Senate passed three bills on Thursday in party-line votes intended to combat illegal immigration and aid Immigration…

News

Department of Education Investigation Against Colorado School for All-Gender Bathroom

By Seamus OthotJanuary 31, 20252 News

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation on Tuesday into the Denver, Colorado Public Schools District for converting…

News

Trump Executive Order Threatening to Pull Funding from Schools Promoting DEI and Trans Ideology Could Spell Doom for Leftist Schools in Maine

By Seamus OthotJanuary 31, 202514 News 2K Views

President Donald Trump’s Wednesday executive order combating radical gender ideology and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) education in public schools…

Blog

‘Cheap’ Maine Loan If You’re Interested

By Ted CohenJanuary 31, 20257 Blog

Delinquent Maine property taxpayers just got a gift from the newly elected Democrat state treasurer. But guess who has to…

News

Democratic Lawmakers Propose Hotel Tax Hike to Increase Money for Schools

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 30, 202516 News

Democrat lawmakers in Augusta have introduced a bill that would impose a three percent sales tax on hotel rentals in…

Top News

Shocking Chart Shows the Alarming — and Expensive — Failure of Maine’s Public Schools

By Steve RobinsonJanuary 30, 202526 Top News 3K Views

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results for 2024 were released on Wednesday and the results are nothing short…

News

The Organ Harvester: The Shadowy Network of Green Future LLC (PART III)

By Steve RobinsonJanuary 30, 20258 News 3K Views

“Jason” spoke broken English. But the energetic Chinese man communicated well enough to tell an HVAC tech from Lewiston-Auburn about…

News

Maine Republicans Urge DOE to Comply with Executive Order Protecting Female-Only Spaces

By Seamus OthotJanuary 30, 20254 News

A group of 29 Maine Republicans sent a letter to the state’s Department of Education (DOE), urging it to comply…

News

These Constitutional Amendments Would Give Mainers the Right to Vote for Secretary of State and Attorney General

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 30, 20258 News

An effort is underway to give Maine citizens the right to elect their constitutional officers, including the Secretary of State,…

News

Maine National Guard Major Punished After Refusing COVID Vaccine Still Waiting to be Reinstated

By Seamus OthotJanuary 30, 20251 News 3K Views

Army Reserve Major and former Maine National Guardsman Michael Gary lost his position in the Guard and faced multiple investigations…

Maine and New England

Maine news ex-CEO’s pay hike preceded firings

By Ted CohenJanuary 30, 20253 Maine and New England 1K Views

The co-founder of the National Trust for Local News, the “nonprofit” owner of Maine’s largest newspaper chain, who quit on…

News

“There Are No Survivors”: Recovery Operations Underway After Tragic D.C. Plane Crash

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 30, 20253 News

Officials announced Thursday morning that there not believed to be any survivors from the crash that occurred late Wednesday night…

News

“Resign”: Trump Offers Fed Bureaucrats Buyout to Trim Bloated Government Payrolls

By Seamus OthotJanuary 30, 202510 News

President Donald Trump’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offered on Tuesday to give all federal employees nearly eight months of…

News

Portland Police Say They Are Making Progress on Unsolved Homicide Investigations

By Edward TomicJanuary 30, 20252 News

The Portland Police Department says they have made significant progress in recent years with their investigations into unsolved homicides, with…

News

Maine Students Continue to Struggle Academically Post-Pandemic: 2024 Nation’s Report Card

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 30, 20256 News

Maine elementary and middle school students are continuing to struggle academically, according to the 2024 Nation’s Report Card. The National…

Blog

Fired Maine Columnist Breaks Silence

By Ted CohenJanuary 30, 20259 Blog 2K Views

A columnist who’s among several ousted by Maine’s largest daily paper fears that the next shoe to drop may be…

News

Former Foreign Relations Committee Chair Handed Harshest Sentence Ever for a U.S. Senator

By Sam PattenJanuary 30, 20253 News

A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced former U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) to 11 years in prison on Wednesday…

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