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Biden Confuses Ukraine With Iraq While in France. It’s Not the First Time He’s Made the Same Mistake

By Seamus OthotJune 10, 20242 News

During President Joe Biden’s trip to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which was filled with public relations…

News

York Sheriff’s K-9 Sniffs Out Fentanyl Hidden in Chinese Food Container During Traffic Stop

By Edward TomicJune 10, 20244 News

Two Massachusetts men are facing drug trafficking charges after a York County Sheriff’s Office K-9 successfully sniffed out fentanyl hidden…

News

U.S. Appeals Court Rules that mRNA COVID Shots Do Not Qualify as Vaccines

By Seamus OthotJune 10, 20246 News 3K Views

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the largest court of appeals in the country, and one which is often…

News

CBS Poll Reveals Most U.S. Voters Support Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens

By Steve RobinsonJune 10, 20241 News

Sixty-two percent of registered voters in the U.S. — including a third of registered Democrats — support the mass deportation…

Crime

Westbrook Teen Accused of Robbing, Pistol-Whipping Juvenile Victim

By Edward TomicJune 10, 20242 Crime

The Westbrook Police Department on Sunday announced the arrest of a juvenile suspect as a result of their investigation of…

News

City of Portland’s Syringe ‘Exchange’ Hands Out Thousands More Needles Than They Collect

By Edward TomicJune 10, 20246 News 2K Views

Since 2020, the City of Portland’s Syringe Service Program has distributed thousands more hypodermic needles annually than were collected, according…

News

California’s New $20 Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers Leads to Price Hikes, Layoffs, and Closures

By Libby PalanzaJune 10, 20242 News 1K Views

Minimum wage hikes for fast food workers touted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Democratic state lawmakers have caused…

News

South Portland City Council to Consider Turning Former Middle School into Transitional Housing for Homeless Families

By Edward TomicJune 10, 20246 News 1K Views

The South Portland City Council is set to discuss a proposal to allow a nonprofit to operate a transitional housing…

Commentary

Americans Must Criticize Our Corrupt Courts: Holloway

By The Maine WireJune 10, 20240 Commentary

Editor’s Note: The group quota regime is a revolutionary threat which aims to overthrow the political order of the United…

Business

Mortgage Company Increases Loan Amounts for Foreign Nationals Looking to Buy U.S. Property

By The Maine WireJune 10, 20240 Business

A&D Mortgage, a Florida-based lender, announced Monday that it has increased the maximum loan limits for Foreign National and Foreign…

News

Nonprofit Issues Guidance on How to Report on Maine’s Tribes

By Seamus OthotJune 10, 20243 News

Maine’s Wabanaki Alliance has issued a new set of “guidelines” for how journalists should discuss the state’s tribes in news…

News

EPA May Pressure Maine Schools to Use Problem-Prone Electric School Buses

By Libby PalanzaJune 10, 20245 News

Winthrop Public Schools may soon be putting its fleet of problematic electric school buses back on the road in order…

Commentary

Maine’s One-Party Government Rules Through Deception: Bobby Charles

By Robert "Bobby" CharlesJune 10, 20242 Commentary

Maine is emblematic of a phenomenon occurring nationwide. States controlled by one-party Democrat governments, intent on pushing radical agendas, are…

Featured

Maine State Police Raid Illicit Marijuana Grow in York County Linked to NH Restaurant: Triad Weed

By Steve RobinsonJune 7, 202413 Featured 4K Views

The Maine State Police executed a search warrant at a property in Parsonfield Friday morning that was suspected of harboring…

News

Biden Has Disastrous Day While in France Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day

By Seamus OthotJune 7, 20248 News 1K Views

President Joe Biden added yet more fuel to arguments that he is mentally incompetent following a disastrous appearance in France…

News

Polling Breaks Down Voter Views on Key Social Issues, Including Transgender Ideology, Going Into 2024 Election: Pew Research

By Seamus OthotJune 7, 20241 News

Pew Research released new polling results on Thursday covering numerous cultural issues which could prove to be key issues during…

News

Angus King Concerned New Federal Regulations May Cause Veterans in Rural Areas to Have “Reduced Access” and “Worse Health Outcomes”

By Libby PalanzaJune 7, 202410 News

Sen. Angus King (I) and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) have co-signed a letter raising concerns about a recently-approved federal regulation…

News

Triad Weed: Kennebec Sheriff’s Office Two More Illegal Pot Grows — No Arrests

By Seamus OthotJune 7, 20244 News

The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office executed search warrants at two unlicensed marijuana cultivation operations on Thursday — one in Farmingdale…

News

Sanford To Close Homeless Encampment Due to Excrement Polluting Mousam River

By Edward TomicJune 7, 20246 News 1K Views

A homeless encampment located at Heritage Crossing in Sanford, the site of a large abandoned mill complex, is scheduled to…

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Three Arrested After Major Bangor Drug Bust Nets $45,000 in Fentanyl, Crack

By Edward TomicJune 7, 202491 News 2K Views

Three people in a Bangor apartment were arrested Thursday afternoon and are facing drug trafficking charges, the Maine Drug Enforcement…

News

Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Must Report to Prison by July 1 to Serve Four-Month Sentence for Contempt of Congress Conviction

By Libby PalanzaJune 7, 20242 News

Steve Bannon — who previously served as an advisor to former President Donald Trump (R) — was ordered by a…

News

Maine School District Votes to Delete Transgender Student Policy

By Edward TomicJune 7, 20247 News 2K Views

The Board of Directors of Maine’s Regional School Unit 40 (RSU 40) on Thursday evening voted to delete a transgender…

Top News

Southern Maine Public School Teacher Charged for Assaulting 12-Year-Old Student: Sheriff

By Steve RobinsonJune 6, 20243 Top News 1K Views

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday it has concluded an investigation into an alleged assault by a teacher against…

News

Jared Golden Pushes for Vote on Bill Establishing Right to Contraceptives, Sterilization Procedures

By Edward TomicJune 6, 202412 News

Democratic Congressman Jared Golden of Maine’s 2nd District on Wednesday issued a statement calling for a vote on a bill…

Featured

Illegal Alien Rapist with Active Warrants in Iowa Arrested in Maine After Canada Kicked Him Out

By Steve RobinsonJune 6, 20249 Featured

A Congolese illegal alien was arrested last month at the Maine-Canada border and is being held without bail at the…

Triad Weed

Maine Sheriff Busts 19th Illegal Chinese Cannabis Hub of the Year

By Steve RobinsonJune 6, 20245 Triad Weed 2K Views

The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed on Thursday morning its 19th search warrant of the year as part of an…

News

Maine Christian School Loses Bid to Stop “Poison Pill” Rules from Blocking Access to Town Tuitioning Program

By Libby PalanzaJune 6, 20245 News

A federal judge has declined, for a second time, to issue an injunction suspending enforcement of a clause in the…

News

Maine Woman Files Sues Insurance Company That Won’t Pay For Ozempic, Claims Obesity a ‘Disability’

By Seamus OthotJune 6, 202412 News

A Falmouth woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against her health insurance company, claiming that it illegally discriminated against her…

News

Maine’s Taxpayer-Funded Migrant Groups Upset at Biden’s New Asylum Seeker Limits

By Seamus OthotJune 6, 20248 News

The Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition (MIRC) has issued a statement condemning President Joe Biden’s new executive order, which aims to…

News

Biden Accuses Trump of Planning to Jail Political Opponents While Dems Actively Try to Jail Trump

By Seamus OthotJune 6, 20247 News

President Joe Biden’s campaign issued a statement criticizing former President Donald Trump for allegedly planning to jail his political opponents…

News

How the Prevalence of Remote Work Has Affected Maine’s Job and Worksite Statistics: MDOL Report

By Libby PalanzaJune 6, 20241 News

A new report from the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) has revealed that the rise of remote work in recent…

News

“Letta Dicken”, Booze, and Kid-Friendly Fun: Portland Group Boasts of ‘Largest Pride Festival in the Northeast’

By Seamus OthotJune 6, 20245 News

Pride Portland, a Portland based LGBT non-profit, took to Instagram to announce the Portland pride parade, which they claim will…

News

Biden’s Immigration Executive Order ‘riddled with loopholes’ and Will Not Secure Border: FAIR

By Edward TomicJune 6, 20240 News

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a nonprofit organization that advocates for stricter measures against illegal immigration into the…

News

Cape Elizabeth Considers Non-Binding Referendum Question Regarding Potential Affordable Housing Development at Gull Crest

By Libby PalanzaJune 6, 20241 News

The Cape Elizabeth Town Council is considering whether or not to ask residents if affordable housing construction should be allowed…

Commentary

The Bangor Newspaper Wants You to Know Triad Drug Traffickers Are Good Neighbors

By Steve RobinsonJune 6, 20241 Commentary

Several readers have forwarded the Bangor newspaper’s Monday story on illicit Chinese-controlled marijuana grow sites in Norridgewock, so I figured…

News

Bidenomics: 58 percent of Registered Voters Say They’re Living Paycheck to Paycheck

By Edward TomicJune 5, 20243 News

More than half of registered voters in the U.S. say they are living paycheck to paycheck under the Biden administration,…

News

Maine ‘Femboy’ Pleads Guilty to Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography

By Edward TomicJune 5, 20241 News 2K Views

A Windham man who operated an account named “Femboy Cassidy” on a messaging application has pleaded guilty to the distribution…

News

Some Maine Democrats Are Ignoring “Pride” Month

By Seamus OthotJune 5, 20247 News

Maine’s top Democrats, alongside U.S. Sen. Angus King (I), have opted not to post LGBT-themed messages across their social media…

News

Trump Calls for GOP to Use ‘Every Appropriate Tool’ Against Democrats, Including Mail-In Voting

By Seamus OthotJune 5, 20240 News

Former President Donald Trump has announced a new “Swamp the Vote” initiative, which encourages Republicans to turn out to vote…

News

Republican Husband and Wife Run for Seats in Maine House and Senate

By Edward TomicJune 5, 20243 News

After four terms serving in the Maine House of Representatives, Republican State Rep. David Haggan is looking to move into…

News

Bienvenido a Maine: Mills to Spend $2.5M on Ads to Grow State’s ‘racial, ethnic, and multilingual workforce’

By Edward TomicJune 5, 202416 News

The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is seeking to spend $2.5 million on a two-year marketing campaign…

News

Maine ‘Gun Safety’ Coalition Oversees Negligent Firearm Discharge at Gun-Giveback

By Seamus OthotJune 5, 202412 News 7K Views

One of Maine’s primary gun control advocate groups, the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, oversaw a gun-giveback program on Saturday at…

News

Maine ACLU Defends Right to Panhandle on Bangor’s Busiest Roads

By Edward TomicJune 5, 20246 News

The left-wing Maine American Civil Liberties Union (Maine ACLU) has come out in opposition to a proposed ordinance in the…

Featured

Collins Grills FBI Chief Wray Over Chinese Mafia Drug Trafficking in Maine

By Steve RobinsonJune 5, 202410 Featured 1K Views

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray Tuesday over the ties between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…

News

Drag Queen “Letta Dicken” Braves Unsubstantiated Dangers to Perform for Children at Maine LGBT Event

By Seamus OthotJune 5, 20249 News 3K Views

Windham and Raymond hosted a “Pride Month” event on Sunday aimed at exposing children to LGBT-themed content, and though the…

Commentary

Brunswick’s “Wilbur’s Woods” House Project Will Be a Blight: Schaeffer

By Pem SchaefferJune 5, 20242 Commentary 2K Views

After much middle of the night reflection, I have reached at least two conclusions: First, Wilbur’s Woods needs to be…

Commentary

Mainers Squeezed Out of Homes by State Migration Policies 

By Roy MatthewsJune 4, 202411 Commentary 2K Views

During a critical housing shortage for Mainers, the state government continues to take in more migrants than it can accommodate. …

News

Cambridge Seeks to Send Social Workers to Respond to Some Emergency Calls Instead of Police

By Seamus OthotJune 4, 20246 News

Cambridge, Mass., is currently working to implement a system which would send a team of unarmed social workers to respond…

News

75-Year-Old Pro-Life Woman Sentenced to Two Years in Jail for Blocking Access to Abortion Clinic in 2020

By Libby PalanzaJune 4, 202410 News 5K Views

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) sentenced Paulette Harlow, age 75, to a 24-month prison term for her role…

Top News

Maine Ranks 48th in the United States for Average Annual Incomes

By Libby PalanzaJune 4, 202410 Top News 5K Views

Mainers were recently found to have one of the lowest average annual incomes in America when adjusted for cost of…

Crime

Maine Attorney General Announces Crackdown on Fraudsters Giving Migrants ‘dubious legal advice’

By Edward TomicJune 4, 202410 Crime

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D) on Tuesday announced that his office and the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (MIRC), a…

Top News

New Study Suggests that the COVID Response and Vaccines Led to an Increase in Excess Deaths Worldwide

By Seamus OthotJune 4, 20249 Top News

A new study from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam suggests that government responses to COVID-19 and the mRNA injections marketed…

News

Cumberland Town Council Votes to Paint Crosswalk Rainbow for Pride Month

By Edward TomicJune 4, 202417 News

The Cumberland Town Council on Monday voted in favor of painting a crosswalk with a rainbow pallet of colors in…

News

Portland Schools Seek to Spend $224,000 on Hiring English Language Teachers for ‘new arrivals’

By Edward TomicJune 3, 202413 News 1K Views

Portland Public Schools is seeking to spend over $200,000 in federal funds on hiring four English language teachers who will…

News

Norway Man Sentenced to 2 Years for Obtaining over $240,000 From PPP Loan Fraud

By Edward TomicJune 3, 20241 News

A Norway man who was accused of filing numerous fraudulent applications to gain over $240,000 from a pandemic-era relief program…

News

Maine Has Ninth Worst Economy in the United States: WalletHub

By Libby PalanzaJune 3, 202415 News 3K Views

Maine has the ninth worst economy in the country, according to a recent study by personal finance website WalletHub. This…

News

Fauci Admits: No Evidence for Social Distancing, and Can’t Remember Studies Favoring Child Masking

By Seamus OthotJune 3, 20244 News

Former Chief Medical Advisor to the U.S. President Anthony Fauci, who headed the nationwide response to the COVID-19 outbreak under…

News

President Biden Releases Statement as Hunter’s Federal Gun Trial Begins

By Edward TomicJune 3, 20249 News

President Joe Biden on Monday released a statement in support of his son Hunter as jury selection is beginning in…

Commentary

How Trump Can Flip the Script on His Conviction: Sam Patten

By Sam PattenJune 3, 20243 Commentary

As a fellow bearer of a politically motivated felony conviction, I have some unsolicited advice for Donald J. Trump on…

News

UK Unveils New Restrictions on Puberty Blockers for Minors

By Seamus OthotJune 3, 20242 News

The United Kingdom has announced a new emergency ban on puberty blockers for minors, a decision that follows less strict…

News

Democrat Senator Joe Manchin Switches Party Affiliation to Independent One Day After Trump Guilty Verdict

By Seamus OthotJune 3, 20244 News

Democrat Senator Joe Manchin (W.Va) announced on Friday that he has changed his party affiliation and will unenroll from the…

News

Former President Trump Was Found Guilty, So What Happens Next?

By Libby PalanzaJune 3, 20241 News

Former President Donald Trump (R) was found guilty Thursday of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. This marks the…

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Bar Harbor Businesses File Second Request for Injunction Against Town for Ordinance Placing Daily 1,000 Passenger Limit on Cruise Ships

By Libby PalanzaJune 3, 20243 Business

Just days after the First Circuit allowed for Bar Harbor’s daily 1,000 passenger limit on cruise ships to remain in…

Top News

UPDATE: Bomb Squad Robot Detonates ‘Suspicious Package’ Found Near Portland Intersection

By Edward TomicJune 3, 20241 Top News

The Portland Police Department’s bomb squad detonated a “suspicious package” found near an intersection Monday morning. Portland Police posted to…

News

Biden Admin Offers ‘mass amnesty’ to migrants, Terminating 350,000 Asylum Cases: NYP

By Edward TomicJune 3, 20241 News

The Biden administration has closed hundreds of thousands of asylum cases filed by migrants, allowing the asylum program to operate…

Featured

The Felonious Fondler: Mass. Man Nabbed at Migrant Shelter on Charges of Sexually Assaulting a 12-Year-Old NH Girl

By Seamus OthotJune 3, 20246 Featured 1K Views

A Massachusetts man was apprehended at a migrant shelter in Chelmsford last month after police in Manchester, N.H., issued a…

News

Portland City Council to Vote on Third Emergency Extension of 50-bed Expansion to Homeless Shelter

By Edward TomicMay 31, 20247 News

On Monday the Portland City Council will vote on extending an emergency order for the third time to prolong a…

Commentary

Golden, King Flunk the Test on Unjust Trump Verdict

By Steve RobinsonMay 31, 20248 Commentary

Maine Democrats, a category that includes Sen. Angus King, regardless of what his alleged political pronouns are, have failed a…

Commentary

The Trump Verdict and the Political Destruction of the Law: Josh Filler

By Joshua FillerMay 31, 20244 Commentary

On Thursday, the final act of former president Donald Trump’s show trial in New York was delivered. And just like…

News

Brazilian Man Hid Involvement in 11 Murders on Visa, Asylum Applications to Enter and Remain in US: DOJ

By Edward TomicMay 31, 20247 News

A Brazilian man residing in Malden, Mass., was indicted on Wednesday for fraudulently obtaining a visa to enter the U.S.…

News

Texas Man Faces 10 Years to Life for Coercing Maine Child Into Sending Explicit Pictures

By Edward TomicMay 31, 20242 News

A Texas man has pleaded guilty in a Portland federal court to coercing and enticing a Maine child into sending…

News

Maine Congressional Delegation Speaks Out Following Trump Guilty Verdict

By Seamus OthotMay 31, 202416 News

Maine’s congressional delegation has spoken out following the unprecedented conviction of former Republican President Donald Trump in New York on…

News

Atlanta Man Pleads Guilty to Counterfeit Check Scheme That Involved Recruiting Homeless People to Cash Checks

By Edward TomicMay 31, 20241 News

An Atlanta, Georgia man has pleaded guilty in to a counterfeit check scheme that netted him and a coconspirator nearly…

Featured

Trump Guilty: Leftist Judge, Prosecutor Secure 34 Guilty Verdicts Against Trump

By Steve RobinsonMay 30, 202422 Featured

In a case that has been widely panned by mainstream legal analysts, former Republican President and current Republican presidential candidate…

News

Waterville Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing 15 Firearms from Dealer

By Edward TomicMay 30, 20243 News

A Waterville man pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiring to steal firearms from a federally…

Crime

Hancock Man Gets Two Years Probation, $5k Fine for Kicking and Pushing Female FBI Agent

By Edward TomicMay 30, 20243 Crime

A Hancock man has been sentenced to two years probation and a $5,000 fine for kicking and pushing an FBI…

News

House COVID Subcommittee Requests Fauci’s Personal Emails and Phone Records After ‘secret back channel’ Revelations

By Edward TomicMay 30, 20245 News

A Republican-led House subcommittee investigating the origins of COVID-19 is requesting access to Dr. Anthony Fauci’s personal emails and phone…

News

Veto Day Bill Establishing Commission Studying Extent of “Housing Discrimination” Left Unsigned by Janet Mills

By Libby PalanzaMay 30, 20242 News

A resolution establishing a commission to study the extent of “housing discrimination” in Maine was among the thirty-five bills passed…

Top News

Somerset Sheriff Busts Illicit Drug House in St. Albans Next to Daycare

By Steve RobinsonMay 30, 20245 Top News 2K Views

The Somerset County Sheriffs’ Office on Thursday executed a search warrant at a suspected illicit marijuana grow located at 71…

Maine and New England

Maine Cops Warn BMV Issuing Driver’s Licenses to Individuals with Bogus Social Security Numbers

By Steve RobinsonMay 30, 202411 Maine and New England 9K Views

A police department in southern Maine is seeing an “uptick” in the number of driver’s licenses issued by the Bureau…

News

Iranian Supreme Leader Praises Anti-Israel US College Protests: ‘You are standing on the right side of history’

By Edward TomicMay 30, 20241 News

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued an open letter Thursday praising American university students engaged in pro-Palestine protests for being…

News

New Map Breaks Down Chinese Ownership of Farmland by State

By Seamus OthotMay 30, 20247 News 39K Views

The Daily Mail has released a new map breaking down the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) most recent data on…

News

Pingree Applauds $7.7 Million EPA Grant for Electric School Buses Prone to Malfunction

By Edward TomicMay 30, 20247 News

Maine’s Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (CD-01) on Wednesday applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for announcing a $7.7 million…

News

Property Tax Relief for Veterans Among Veto Day Bills Left Unsigned by Janet Mills

By Libby PalanzaMay 30, 20240 News

Among the thirty-five bills passed on Veto Day that Gov. Janet Mills (D) did not sign into law was a…

Top News

3.5 Million Acres of Maine Land Owned by Foreign Interests: USDA

By Steve RobinsonMay 30, 20244 Top News 3K Views

A federal report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has revealed has revealed that Maine has the highest percentage of…

Featured

Maine Senator: Chinese Communist Party Likely Behind Illegal Drug Houses in Rural Maine

By Steve RobinsonMay 30, 20243 Featured

Maine Sen. Angus King is concerned that the Chinese Communist Party, which rules the People’s Republic of China, is coordinating…

Maine and New England

York County Jail Hiring Sanford’s ‘New Arrivals’

By Edward TomicMay 29, 202417 Maine and New England 1K Views

A year ago this month, over one hundred asylum-seeking migrants unexpectedly arrived in the city Sanford seeking welfare benefits and…

News

Maine House Speaker Appoints New DEI Commissioner From Org That Gave $175k Taxpayer-Funded Grant to Her ‘Domestic Partner’

By Edward TomicMay 29, 202411 News 1K Views

Maine House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) recently appointed a new commissioner to the state racial equity commission, the Permanent…

News

Maine Receives $258k to Develop Wildfire Prevention Plans in Northern and Downeast Regions

By Libby PalanzaMay 29, 20242 News

The Maine Forest Service (MFS), housed within the state’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s (DACF), has been awarded two…

News

House Democrat Super PAC Set to Spend $100 Million on Pro-Abortion Campaign

By Edward TomicMay 29, 20248 News

The Democrats’ House Majority PAC is planning to invest $100 million into advertising and voter mobilization efforts focused on the…

News

Three Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Penobscot County

By Edward TomicMay 29, 20241 News

Three people are facing drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop on I-95 in Orono that resulted in the discovery…

Top News

Homeland Secretary: Illegal Aliens Trying to “game” Asylum Rules

By Steve RobinsonMay 29, 20249 Top News

Some of the migrants illegally entering the U.S. over the unsecured southern border are trying to “game” the American asylum…

News

Live Nation and Ticketmaster Sued by DOJ and 30 States for Allegedly Monopolizing the Live Entertainment Industry

By Libby PalanzaMay 29, 20243 News

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation for…

Top News

$320 Million Fail: Biden Admin Pauses Aid to ‘floating pier’ Off Gaza Coast After Structure Breaks Apart

By Edward TomicMay 28, 20246 Top News

The U.S. was forced to put a pause on the delivery of aid to its “floating pier” on the coast…

News

Biden Grants Disaster Declaration for Maine in Response to April Nor’easter

By Libby PalanzaMay 28, 20241 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Friday that the Biden Administration had approved Maine’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration in…

Energy & Environment

Biden Admin Approves State Offshore Wind Project in Gulf of Maine, Citing ‘no significant impact on the environment’

By Edward TomicMay 28, 202411 Energy & Environment

The Biden administration has granted a request from the State of Maine to lease 15.2 square mile in the Gulf…

News

Knights of Columbus Hold Memorial Day Mass After National Parks Service Reverses Decision on Permit

By Libby PalanzaMay 28, 20240 News

Facing legal action, the National Parks Service (NPS) reversed course late last week and allowed Knights of Columbus to hold…

News

Brunswick Man Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Connection to Fatal Overdose Released After Posting $750 Bail

By Edward TomicMay 28, 20244 News

A Brunswick man arrested and charged with multiple drug trafficking counts last week in connected to an ongoing investigation into…

Maine and New England

Migrant Resettlement Agency Chronically Over-billed MaineCare, Has Not Repaid Taxpayers: Audit

By Seamus OthotMay 28, 202413 Maine and New England 5K Views

Audit results acquired by The Maine Wire have revealed that the taxpayer funded migrant resettlement non-profit Maine Immigrant and Refugee…

Maine and New England

Maine Government Promotes Speaker Talbot Ross’ Sister, Radical Left Groups to Train Supervisors in DEI Practices

By Seamus OthotMay 28, 20245 Maine and New England

The Maine Wire has acquired an internal Maine State Government Document intended to push supervisors working for the state to…

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