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Howie Carr Damns Ogunquit, Maine’s Leftist Barney Frank With Faint Praise For Repudiating Nazi Oyster King

By Ted CohenMay 2, 202610 News 3K Views

The top jock on the Boston waves who’s made a career out of humiliating then-Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Barney Frank now…

News

Sabres Eliminate Spoked Wheels, Bruins Demolished By Scrappy Buffalo Team

By Ted CohenMay 2, 20263 News

The Boston Bruins’ season has ended in heartache for New England ice diehards who’d prayed for an 11th hour comeback.…

News

Saco Crash Leads to Death of Motorcyclist

By Seamus OthotMay 2, 20260 News

A tragic crash on Friday left a 53-year-old Saco man dead after he allegedly struck another vehicle head-on while passing.…

News

Sox Fans Reach New Height Of Frustration, Fly Banner Over Fenway Urging John Henry To Go Away

By Ted CohenMay 2, 20260 News 1K Views

A sports-betting company hired a plane to hover above the Boston Red Sox with a banner blasting team ownership. The…

News

Spirit Airlines Shuts Down After Failed $500 Million Bailout Talks

By Jon FetherstonMay 2, 20265 News

Dania Beach, Florida – Spirit Airlines has shut down operations, ending more than three decades in the air after the…

News

What Are They Afraid Of? Maine Wire Repeatedly Blocked from Democratic Events

By Jon FetherstonMay 2, 202619 News 2K Views

“Welcome thy stranger.” “Love thy neighbor.” Those are the words Maine Democrats like to repeat, until the person asking questions…

Politics

McCarthy Goes Up On Air With Six-Figure ‘Lobster Tank’ Ad, Casting Maine Voters as the Investors

By Maine Wire StaffMay 2, 20266 Politics 1K Views

Owen McCarthy, the health-tech entrepreneur seeking the Republican nomination for governor, took his first swing at television this week with…

News

Federal Law Enforcement Recover and Return Ancient Artifacts Stolen from Mediterranean

By Seamus OthotMay 2, 20263 News

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) returned 26 ancient Greek artifacts to the Mediterranean nation last week after they were recovered…

News

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Case Challenging Termination of Temporary Protected Status for 350k+

By Libby PalanzaMay 2, 20266 News

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case concerning the federal government’s efforts to end temporary…

Commentary

Angus King III Misses Golden Opportunity To Break Out Of The Crowded Democrat Gubernatorial Pack

By Ted CohenMay 1, 20268 Commentary 2K Views

Angus King III proved during the first key statewide Democrat primary pivotal televised debate he doesn’t have Daddy’s killer instincts.…

Crime

Woman Pleads Guilty to Operating Illegal Chinese Marijuana Grow in Piscataquis County

By Seamus OthotMay 1, 20269 Crime 3K Views

A Chinese woman from New York pleaded guilty on Monday to drug possession charges related to her operation of two…

Energy & Environment

Massive Lithium Deposit Found in Maine and NH That Could “Replace Imports for a Century or More”

By Seamus OthotMay 1, 202620 Energy & Environment 6K Views

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) identified a possible 900,000 metric ton deposit of lithium in the Northern Appalachians, with the…

News

Maine GOP Senator Holding Democrats Responsible For Ignoring Endangered Children Praised By Outspoken Victim

By Ted CohenMay 1, 20262 News 1K Views

A foster child who was ripped from her mother and nearly later died of addiction is applauding a Republican state…

Commentary

Is Atlas Shrugging?

By The Maine WireMay 1, 20266 Commentary 1K Views

You can hold off for just so long, but as Peter with his finger in the dike learned, the dam,…

News

Democrats Running for Governor Struggle to Separate Themselves in Statewide Debate, as Pingree Leads Viewer Poll

By Jon FetherstonMay 1, 202613 News 1K Views

PORTLAND, Maine – The five Democrats running for governor took the debate stage Thursday night in a statewide “Commitment 2026”…

News

Collins Votes to End Iran War After Previous Vote to Allow It To Continue

By Seamus OthotMay 1, 202613 News

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) voted on Thursday in favor of a War Powers Resolution to end the war in Iran…

News

Two-Foot-Long, Two-Pound, $180 ‘Lobzilla Roll,’ Named For Its Maine Precursor, Makes A Splash In Connecticut

By Ted CohenMay 1, 20264 News

A Connecticut businessman is celebrating a seafood joint he just bought by offering a whopper of a lobster roll that…

Crime

Accused Teen Killer of Midcoast Paddleboarder Competent For Trial

By Ted CohenMay 1, 20264 Crime

A state judge has ruled that 18-year-old Deven Young is competent to stand trial for the murder of Sunshine “Sunny”…

News

Maine Warden Service Planning Search for Man Missing Since 2017

By Seamus OthotMay 1, 20262 News

Ted Cohen contributed to this article. The Maine Warden Service is mounting a search operation on Saturday looking for a…

Crime

Three Arrested After Dropping Bag of Drugs in Auburn Liquor Store Parking Lot and Returning for Them Later

By Seamus OthotMay 1, 20262 Crime 2K Views

The Auburn Police Department arrested three suspects on Wednesday after they allegedly dropped a bag of drugs in a liquor…

Commentary

Legacy Columnist Who Lied About Aging Governor Pal Now Accusing The Maine Wire?

By Ted CohenMay 1, 20263 Commentary

After Portland Press Herald writer Steve Collins admitted earlier this week he had lied about fellow Democrat Janet Mills, he’s…

News

One Suspect Arrested Amid String of Shootings in Lewiston

By Seamus OthotMay 1, 20262 News

Amid a string of shootings reported across Lewiston on Thursday, police arrested one suspect for allegedly recklessly discharging a firearm.…

News

Make Heaven Crowded Tour Comes to Portland on May 15 — A Conversation With Chip Moore of TPUSA Faith | The Pastor’s Office

By Travis CareyMay 1, 20261 News

When Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10, something began happening across America that nobody planned and nobody saw coming.…

Crime

Fired Chick-fil-A Employee Gets Even By Stealing $80,000 Worth of Mac & Cheese

By Ted CohenMay 1, 20263 Crime

Even after he was fired by a Chick-fil-A outlet, Keyshun Jones still had access to its cash register codes. So…

Commentary

Leading Democrat U.S. Senate Primary Candidate Deems Opponent’s Resignation As A Commitment To Winning

By Ted CohenMay 1, 20261 Commentary

Not sure Graham Platner meant to say what he did by trying to praise Janet Mills as she exited stage…

Commentary

Ex-Boston Herald Reporter Defends Patriots Beat Reporters For Lazy Vrabel Affair Coverage

By Ted CohenMay 1, 20261 Commentary

Boston radio talker Mike Felger is trying his best to explain why the city’s sports reporters are missing the grits…

News

Small-time Blogger’s Scoop: Bizarre Discrepancy With NFL Reporter Who Had Affair With Patriots Coach

By Ted CohenMay 1, 20262 News 2K Views

The disgraced NFL reporter who the New York Post caught canoodling with the Pats coach and later credited with saving…

News

Platner, Bellows, Sheline, Harriman Stay Silent as Gun Violence and Fear Rise in Lewiston

By Jon FetherstonMay 1, 20265 News 1K Views

LEWISTON, Maine — Fear is rising in Lewiston as reports of repeated gunfire incidents rattle neighborhoods, but when confronted directly…

Featured

WGME Debate Faces GOP Backlash as Midgley Pushes for Wessels Inclusion and Bobby Charles Boycotts

By Jon FetherstonApril 30, 20269 Featured 3K Views

PORTLAND, Maine – A dispute over next week’s WGME-TV Republican gubernatorial debate is intensifying after candidate Robert Wessels said he…

News

SCOTUS Unanimously Allows Group of Faith-Based Pregnancy Centers to Bring 1A Lawsuit Against NJ

By Libby PalanzaApril 30, 20260 News

The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a group of faith-based pregnancy centers is able to bring a…

Crime

Cape Elizabeth Man Arrested at Scarborough Hotel With $60k in Illegal Drugs and Three Pounds of Fentanyl

By Seamus OthotApril 30, 20262 Crime

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested a Cape Elizabeth man on Wednesday after he was allegedly found with $60,000…

News

Janet Mills Signs Measure Requiring Pay Scale Disclosures into Law

By Libby PalanzaApril 30, 20264 News 3K Views

Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill into law Friday requiring businesses with more than ten employees to include a…

Commentary

Maine Failed Democrat U.S. Senate Candidate Janet Mills Going Shopping At Reny’s To Dry Her Tears

By Ted CohenApril 30, 20269 Commentary 2K Views

Outgoing Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who threw in the towel Thursday on her U.S. Senate dream, is looking for a…

News

Platner Praises Mills’ Service, Vows to Unite Democrats After Governor Suspends Senate Bid

By Jon FetherstonApril 30, 202612 News

AUGUSTA, Maine – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner issued a statement Thursday praising Gov. Janet Mills’ public service and…

Crime

Shooting Rocks Lewiston as Platner, Bellows Plan Little Mogadishu Rally with Dark Money Allies

By Jon FetherstonApril 30, 20265 Crime 2K Views

Hours before two of Maine’s leading Democratic candidates were prepared to speak with supporters on Lisbon St. in downtown Lewiston,…

Energy & Environment

Mills Establishes Data Center Advisory Council Amid Backlash Following Her Veto

By Seamus OthotApril 30, 20264 Energy & Environment

Gov. Janet Mills established a new “Maine Data Center Advisory Council” with an executive order on Friday following backlash from…

News

Disgraced Former Lewiston Councilor Iman Osman Due Back in Court Friday as Attorney Seeks Dismissal of Gun-Theft Case

By Jon FetherstonApril 30, 20263 News

AUBURN, Maine – Former Lewiston City Councilor Iman Osman, whose brief time in elected office collapsed under the weight of…

Crime

Skowhegan Man Faces Grave Consequences After Vandalizing Cemetery

By Seamus OthotApril 30, 20263 Crime

A Skowhegan man is facing grave consequences after he was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly vandalizing a graveyard. [RELATED: Love…

Commentary

Portland Press Herald Democrat Columnist Suddenly Reveals He Knew Janet Was Too Old For A Senate Campaign

By Ted CohenApril 30, 20262 Commentary

The Maine governor’s political bedfellow over at the state’s largest paper just stuck a shiv in his good pal. Columnist…

News

Windham Crash Sends Pickup Careening Through Commercial Building

By Seamus OthotApril 30, 20261 News

A Windham crash sent a pickup truck careening through an empty commercial building on Wednesday after a driver allegedly failed…

Commentary

Ex-WEEI Star Kirk Minihane Tees Off On Competition, Threatens ‘To Go Help WEEI’

By Ted CohenApril 30, 20261 Commentary 1K Views

Boston WEEI’s former on-again, off-again, foul-mouthed-but-ratings-king Kirk Minihane is on again – his own show that is – blasting his…

News

Shah Moves Quickly to Back Platner After Mills Drops Senate Bid, Cementing Democratic Realignment

By Jon FetherstonApril 30, 20265 News

AUGUSTA, Maine – Democratic gubernatorial front-runner Dr. Nirav Shah wasted little time Thursday morning throwing his support behind Democratic U.S.…

Crime

Westbrook Police Make three Arrests After Recovering Four Stolen Vehicles

By Seamus OthotApril 30, 20262 Crime 3K Views

The Westbrook Police Department recovered four stolen vehicles and arrested three suspects on Sunday after two of them attempted to…

News

Maine Comedian Pranks DOT Rest Stop “Snack Wisely” Signs – Placed Near Candy Vending Machine

By Ted CohenApril 30, 20262 News

Bob Marley in his latest Facebook video is questioning the audacity of Maine’s transpo officials suggesting you “snack wisely.” Marley,…

News

PETA Scolds Indianapolis 500 Driver For Joking About Killing A Bird At 230 MPH

By Ted CohenApril 30, 20262 News

French race car driver Romain Grosjean has angered animal rights group PETA for ‘flippant’ comments after hitting a bird while…

News

Red Sox Exec, Ex-UMaine Black Bear, Spends $20 Million To Imprint His Name On Athletic Arena

By Ted CohenApril 30, 20260 News 2K Views

UMaine is lauding yet-another massive cash haul from a former Black Bear who is now the multi-millionaire vice chairman of…

News

British Commentator To Sue Charity For Denying Internships To White People; U.S. ABA Case Supports Claim

By Ted CohenApril 30, 20261 News

An aspiring white law student has filed legal notice alleging discrimination against a black-only internship in a case similar to…

Crime

Homeless Man from Oregon Arrested in Bangor for Assaulting a Woman In Broad Daylight On the Street

By Seamus OthotApril 30, 20262 Crime

The Bangor Police Department arrested a homeless man from Oregon on Monday after he allegedly assaulted a woman in broad…

News

Federal Judge Smacks Down Augusta School Board in Free Speech Fight With “Cornpop” Blanchard

By Jon FetherstonApril 30, 20260 News

AUGUSTA, Maine – Nicholas “Cornpop” Blanchard just scored a major First Amendment victory over the Augusta School Board. After roughly…

News

Dhalac Exits Augusta as Gateway Scandal and Federal Oversight Probe Follow Her Out the Door

By Jon FetherstonApril 30, 20267 News 2K Views

AUGUSTA, Maine— State Rep. Deqa Dhalac’s time in Augusta politics is effectively winding down, but the questions surrounding her past…

News

Whistleblower Bombshell: Walz Fraud Scandal Erupts as Maine Democrats Prepare to Welcome Him as Keynote Speaker

By Jon FetherstonApril 30, 20264 News 1K Views

PORTLAND, Maine – As Maine Democrats prepare to welcome Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as the keynote speaker at this weekend’s…

News

Passing Driver Spots Body in Lake Auburn

By Seamus OthotApril 30, 20260 News

The Auburn Police Department is investigating after they recovered a body from Lake Auburn on Wednesday. [RELATED: Missing Thomaston Father,…

Maine and New England

Senate Democrats Adjourn Sine Die, Killing Bipartisan Child Welfare Oversight Reform

By Jon FetherstonApril 30, 20266 Maine and New England

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to adjourn sine die, ending the Second Regular Session of the 132nd…

News

Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Congressional Map As An “Unconstitutional Racial Gerrymander”

By Libby PalanzaApril 29, 20262 News

The United States Supreme Court has struck down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana as an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” The…

News

Mayor Of York County’s Largest City Rejects College President’s Plea For Marriage Counselor

By Ted CohenApril 29, 20264 News 1K Views

The president of University of New England’s proposal for a mediator to negotiate with Biddeford officials has landed with a…

News

Maine’s Minimum Salary for Teachers Raised to $50,000 Annually by Fall 2029 Under New Supplemental Budget

By Libby PalanzaApril 29, 20268 News 1K Views

Gov. Janet Mills (D) has continued to tout provisions of the $500 million supplemental budget in the weeks since she…

News

Bellows Sets Hearing Date for Challenge to Ballot Initiative Barring Males from Girls’ Sports and Spaces

By Seamus OthotApril 29, 20264 News 1K Views

The men behind Maine Girl Dads will defend their ballot initiative to bar males from girls’ sports and spaces at…

News

Protest at Massachusetts ICE Facility Leads to Arrests of Eight Mainers

By Seamus OthotApril 29, 20266 News 1K Views

A group of 11 anti-ICE protesters, including eight Mainers, was arrested in Burlington, Massachusetts, for trespassing at an ICE facility…

News

California Tech Company Facing Federal Lawsuit for Hiring Foreigners While Discriminating Against U.S. Workers

By Seamus OthotApril 29, 20263 News

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Team filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against California-based tech company Cloudera for allegedly…

Business

Maine Lawmakers Uphold Mills’ Surprise Veto of AI Datacenter Moratorium

By Seamus OthotApril 29, 20260 Business 1K Views

Maine’s Legislature voted on Wednesday to uphold Gov. Janet Mills’ (D-Maine) surprise veto of a bill that would have placed…

News

New England Patriots Scouting Around For Possible Replacement Of Embattled Head Coach Mike Vrabel

By Ted CohenApril 29, 20260 News 1K Views

The Daily Mail says a “Patriots insider” reports team management is looking at a former Steelers coach as a Mike…

News

Missing Thomaston Father, Dorman’s Dairy Kin, Found Dead; Darryl Sanborn’s Cause of Death ‘Pending’

By Ted CohenApril 29, 20260 News

The Maine State Police said late Tuesday they’ve found a missing Waldoboro man dead. Darryl Sanborn, 64, of Thomaston was…

Crime

MDEA Arrests Suspects from Boston and Unity During Waterville Drug Bust

By Seamus OthotApril 29, 20262 Crime

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested two alleged drug traffickers in Waterville on Monday following a six-month investigation involving…

Crime

Rockland Man Out on Bail Arrested During Drug Raid

By Seamus OthotApril 29, 20260 Crime

The Rockland Police Department arrested a man during a Tuesday warrant execution while he was out on bail following prior…

Maine and New England

Maine Island Artist’s ‘LOVE’ Legacy Wins $102 Million Lawsuit Over Counterfeit Reproductions

By Ted CohenApril 29, 20260 Maine and New England

A federal court has found fraudulent efforts by an art hawker to make and sell copies of iconic Maine artist…

Crime

Comey Maybe – Top ‘Russiagate’ Instigator/FBI Boss Indicted For Arranging Seashell Assassinate-Trump Symbolism

By Ted CohenApril 29, 20261 Crime

The nation’s former top cop was indicted – and the subject of a federal arrest warrant -Tuesday over a photo…

News

Quitting Top Job In Southern Maine Democrat-ruled City Before Even Getting Started Lauded As Superb Performance

By Ted CohenApril 29, 20260 News

In what had to be a Harvard Lampoon exercise, councilors held a standing ovation for a city manager who’s resigning…

Commentary

EDITORIAL: Maine Democrats Invite Tim Walz as Fraud Cloud Hangs Over Minnesota — and Mainers Should Be Furious

By Jon FetherstonApril 29, 20268 Commentary

Are you angry yet? Are you paying attention? Because you should be. The Maine Democratic Party is bringing Minnesota Gov.…

Crime

Penobscot Deputies Make Three Unrelated Domestic Violence Arrests in One Day

By Seamus OthotApril 29, 20260 Crime 1K Views

The Penobscot County Sheirff’s Department made three domestic violence arrests on Monday all following unrelated disturbances in Burlington, Milford, and…

Commentary

Sox Secretive Owner Hiding From Media After Ousting Manager; Stool Pigeons Doing His Dirty Work

By Ted CohenApril 29, 20261 Commentary

After traveling to Baltimore over the weekend to meet with – and fire – Alex Cora, Red Sox owner John…

Energy & Environment

Rep. Runte CCs All State Reps on Email Arguing Against Mills’ Veto of Data Center Moratorium

By Seamus OthotApril 29, 20261 Energy & Environment

Rep. Walter “Gerry” Runte (D-York) appears to have accidentally CC’d all state representatives on a lengthy email on Monday where…

News

Democratic CD2 Debate Puts Progressive Wish List on Full Display: Medicare for All, Anti-War Messaging, and Attacks on Trump Tariffs

By Jon FetherstonApril 29, 20260 News

PORTLAND, Maine – The four Democrats running for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District nomination took the debate stage Tuesday night, televised…

News

Lewiston Taxpayers Revolt as Revaluation Notices Spark Outrage Ahead of Budget Fight

By Jon FetherstonApril 29, 20267 News 1K Views

LEWISTON, Maine – Lewiston taxpayers are furious after receiving new property revaluation notices showing massive increases in assessed values, setting…

News

Minnesotan Entrepreneurs Flock to Do Business from Westbrook Office Where Seven Home Care Providers Opened in 2025 

By Seamus OthotApril 28, 202614 News 4K Views

A new hub for Somali-run home healthcare businesses appears to be taking shape at 100 Larrabee Road in Westbrook, where…

News

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 3K 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, 202616 Featured 4K 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…

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