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Mills Declares State of Emergency in Anticipation of Hurricane Lee, Requests Disaster Declaration from Biden

By Edward TomicSeptember 14, 20230 News

In advance of Hurricane Lee’s projected landfall Friday evening, Maine Gov. Janet Mills declared a State of Emergency Thursday and…

News

CNN Fact Checkers Inadvertently Confirm Several Points of Evidence Against Biden in Impeachment Inquiry

By Edward TomicSeptember 14, 20230 News

CNN inadvertently confirmed several key claims regarding the corruption allegations against President Joe Biden when the network’s “fact checkers” tried…

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Florida Surgeon General Advises Young Healthy Adults Under 65 Not to Take Latest COVID Booster

By Edward TomicSeptember 14, 20231 News

In a new guidance issued Wednesday, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo warned young healthy adults under the age of 65…

News

Mitch McConnell Ignored Warnings About Jan. 6 from Mitt Romney and Angus King: Romney Biographer

By Edward TomicSeptember 14, 20232 News

An excerpt of a new biography of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) published in The Atlantic Wednesday tells the story of…

Education

These 56 Maine High School Seniors Are Semifinalists for National Merit Scholarship

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 14, 20230 Education 3K Views

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) unveiled the names of over 16,000 semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship…

News

Maine’s Congressional Delegation Weighs In On The Impending Impeachment Inquiry Against Joe Biden

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 13, 20230 News

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced this week the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe…

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Janet Mills Awards $3.7 Million in Grants to Sea-Run Fish Habitat Restoration Projects

By Edward TomicSeptember 13, 20230 News

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday that her administration has awarded $3.7 million in grant funding to projects that will…

News

Economy At The Top of Voters’ Minds Going Into 2024, Majority Believe Biden Is Not “Mentally Up For The Job” of President: WSJ Poll

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 13, 20230 News

A new Wall Street Journal poll revealed that the economy is at the forefront of voters’ minds going into the…

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DeSantis Presidential Campaign Announces Maine Leadership Team

By Edward TomicSeptember 13, 20233 News

Florida Governor and current second-place 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Ron DeSantis announced the formation of his campaign’s Maine leadership…

Featured

Payments to Troy Jackson for Travel, Lodging Nearly Doubled After He Bought Home in Augusta, Totaled $160k from 2019-2023

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20231 Featured 2K Views

The State Legislature’s payments for travel and lodging to Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) surged drastically after he and…

News

Chellie Pingree’s Wealth Has Surged as Member of Congress

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20233 News 6K Views

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s personal wealth has swelled over her decade in a half as a Member of Congress, according…

News

South Portland Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking After Selling Meth to Undercover Cops at Tavern

By Edward TomicSeptember 13, 20230 News 1K Views

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced Tuesday the arrest of a South Portland man on drug trafficking charges that…

Business

U.S. Inflation Rises More Than Expected in August, Real Earnings Decrease

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20230 Business

Despite some economists’ predictions that inflation in the U.S. economy had been tamed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced…

News

CDC, FDA Say Everyone Should Get the Latest Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Shots

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20235 News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday that every American older than six months should go get…

News

Ramada Inn Will Not Become “Transitional Housing” Facility for Mainers on the “Fringes of Homelessness”

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 12, 20230 News

It has been confirmed that the former Ramada Inn in Lewiston will not become a “transitional housing” facility for those…

News

“Culture of Corruption”: McCarthy Orders Formal Impeachment Inquiry, But Conservatives Are Skeptical

By Edward TomicSeptember 12, 20232 News

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Tuesday that he is directing House Republicans to open a formal impeachment inquiry…

News

Google At The Center of Biggest Anti-Trust Lawsuit in More Than 20 Years, Trial Set To Begin This Week

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 12, 20230 News

Google will be going to court this week in the biggest anti-trust lawsuit in more than twenty years, according to…

News

Washington University Will No Longer Prescribe Puberty Blockers to Minors In Response to New Missouri Law

By Edward TomicSeptember 12, 20230 News

Washington University announced Monday that their physicians at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital will no…

News

CIA Whistleblower Alleges Agency Bribed Experts to Change Their Position on COVID-19 Origin

By Edward TomicSeptember 12, 20231 News

Testimony from a CIA whistleblower to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence…

News

Massive Migrant Caravan Heads North to US From Panama

By Edward TomicSeptember 12, 20231 News

Videos circulating widely on social media this week appear to show a migrant caravan of more 4,000 people is heading…

Commentary

Lockman: Pinning the Nazi Tail on the Democrat Donkey

By Larry LockmanSeptember 12, 20234 Commentary

You know you’ve struck a raw nerve when the majority party at the State House swamp blasts out a fundraising…

News

Biden Energy Secretary’s EV Road Trip Goes Hilariously Wrong

By Edward TomicSeptember 12, 20231 News

Biden’s Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm had the police called on her over a dispute at a charging station at…

News

Biden Administration “Likely” Violated the First Amendment By Pressuring Social Media Companies to Censor American Citizens, According to Court of Appeals

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 12, 20230 News

Biden Administration officials likely violated the First Amendment by “coercing” and “significantly encouraging” social media companies to censor citizens’ protected…

Crime

Sheriff Defies Blue State Governor’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Gun Carry Ban

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 12, 20231 Crime

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Lillian Tweten on September 11, 2023 A sheriff said in a press conference Monday he…

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Kevin McCarthy To Throw Support Behind Impeachment Inquiry Into Biden

By DCNFSeptember 12, 20231 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Mary Lou Masters on September 12, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning to…

Crime

US-Mexico Border Is World’s Deadliest Land Route For Migrants, Report Shows

By DCNFSeptember 12, 20231 Crime

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on September 12, 2023 The U.S.-Mexico border is the deadliest land route…

News

Southern Maine SWAT Team Rescues Hostage from South Portland Motel after Standoff with Texas Fugitive

By Edward TomicSeptember 12, 20230 News

South Portland Police officers were dispatched to the Pine Haven Motel on Main St. in the early hours of Tuesday…

Commentary

Pats Recap: GOAT Makes Nostalgic Comeback as Patriots Own Comeback Falls Short

By Alexander HonanSeptember 12, 20231 Commentary

It was a perfect September setting at Gillette Stadium on Sunday for Patriot football: a misty overcast, intense humidity, and…

News

Mills Admin Seeks Mediation to Move Forward Contract Negotiations with Maine State Employee Union

By Edward TomicSeptember 11, 20231 News

The Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) announced Monday that it has filed a request for mediation to help…

News

Virginia Gov Glenn Youngkin Pardons Father Whose Daughter Was Sexually Assaulted in Public School Bathroom

By Edward TomicSeptember 11, 20230 News

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Sunday that he has granted a pardon to a father who was prosecuted and…

News

Palermo Baptist Church Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Slogans

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 11, 20231 News

The Second Baptist Church in Palermo was vandalized Saturday night with pro-abortion slogans and red paint. The vandals painted “abortion…

News

Minnesota Set to Allow 81,000 Illegal Immigrants to Obtain Driver’s Licenses

By Edward TomicSeptember 11, 20232 News 2K Views

Minnesota will soon allow an estimated 81,000 illegal immigrants living in the state to receive a driver’s license, when the…

News

Majority of Americans Think Biden Was Involved in Hunter’s Business Dealings: CNN Poll

By Edward TomicSeptember 11, 20230 News

A majority of Americans say they think President Joe Biden was involved in his son Hunter’s business dealings while he…

News

Chicago Teachers’ Union Boss Who Called School Choice Supporters “Fascists” Sends Son to Private School

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 8, 20232 News

Stacy Davis Gates, head of the Chicago Teachers Union, has been the subject of significant backlash after a local newspaper…

News

Cape Elizabeth May Dismiss Controversial Lawsuit Against Local Small Business

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 8, 20233 News

The Town of Cape Elizabeth’s lawsuit against the Lumbery — a business located in the center of town on Route…

News

Top House Republican Investigating Jack Smith’s ‘Abusive Tactics’ in Trump Probe

By Edward TomicSeptember 8, 20230 News

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced Thursday that the Committee is investigating one of Special Counsel Jack…

News

Biden May Force Migrant Families to Remain in Texas

By Edward TomicSeptember 8, 20234 News

The Biden administration is considering forcing some migrant families who enter the United States illegally to remain near the border…

News

Janet Mills Has Not “Taken A Position” On Controversial EV Mandates That Would Limit Sale of Gas-Powered Cars and Trucks

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 8, 20239 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D) stated during a Maine Public Radio interview earlier this week that she has not “taken a…

News

Maine AG: No Officer Wrongdoing in the 2021 Death of Man who Broke into Ex-Girlfriend’s House, Took Hostages, & Planted Pipe Bombs

By Edward TomicSeptember 8, 20231 News

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey released a report on his office’s investigation into the 2021 death of a man who…

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Freeport School District Set to Consider ‘Transgender and Gender Expansive’ Student Policy

By Edward TomicSeptember 8, 20239 News 2K Views

Maine Regional School District 5’s (RSU5) Board of Directors is set to hear a first reading of a new policy…

Top News

Mills Says She Hasn’t “Walked Away” from Bargaining Table with State Workers’ Union — The Union Disagrees

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 8, 20230 Top News

In an interview with Maine’s taxpayer-funded radio network Thursday, Gov. Janet Mills denied a suggestion from a listener that her…

News

The Mortgage Broker Troy Jackson Threw Under the Bus Denies Wrongdoing: “Something seems a little fishy here”

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 8, 20232 News 4K Views

The Falmouth-based mortgage broker accused of abetting an apparent mortgage fraud by Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) denied any wrongdoing…

News

Free Speech Isn’t Always Free On College Campuses — How Do Schools In Maine Stack Up?

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 8, 20231 News

Free speech may not be so free on college campuses in Maine, according to a recent ranking done by College…

News

Mayor Eric Adams Says Migrant Crisis ‘will destroy’ NYC: “The city we knew, we’re about to lose”

By Edward TomicSeptember 7, 20234 News

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared in a town hall event Wednesday evening that the city’s migrant crisis “will…

News

Janet Mills Addresses Death of Maine Man in Police Custody, Says AG Determines if it was ‘Justifiable Homicide’

By Edward TomicSeptember 7, 20231 News

During her segment on the Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show Wednesday, Maine Gov. Janet Mills was asked to address…

News

Maine’s Governor Mills Says Ethics Commission Will Decide Senate President Troy Jackson’s Fate

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 7, 20234 News 1K Views

Gov. Janet Mills commented briefly Thursday on the growing scandal that has surrounded Senate President Troy Jackson after an investigative…

News

Federal Judge Orders Texas to Remove 1,000 Floating Border Barrier, Gov Abbot Promises to Appeal

By Edward TomicSeptember 7, 20230 News

A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas handed the Biden Administration a victory…

News

Mills Says She Has Not Visited Any of Portland’s Homeless Encampments, Looking for “Creative Proposals” from Lawmakers

By Edward TomicSeptember 7, 20236 News

On Maine’s taxpayer-funded Maine Calling radio program Thursday, Maine Gov. Janet Mills told host Jennifer Rooks that she has not…

News

Maine State Police Slam Bangor Daily News for “Irresponsible Journalism” On Man’s Death in Police Custody

By Edward TomicSeptember 7, 20236 News 2K Views

The Maine State Police issued a statement Wednesday slamming the Bangor Daily News for their article covering the death in…

News

Property Taxes Have Been at The Top of Mainer’s Minds Recently — Here’s A Taste of What’s Been Going On

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 7, 202310 News 2K Views

The subject of property taxes has become increasingly prevalent in recent weeks, with discussions ranging from the repeal of the…

News

“I had Hoped to Have More Success”: Portland Encampment Crisis Response Team Updates City Council on Fore River Encampment Clean Up

By Edward TomicSeptember 7, 20231 News

Portland Director of Health and Human Services Kristen Dow and Fire Chief Keith Gautreau joined the City Council during its…

Business

Liberty Safe Gives Feds Access Codes to Customer’s Safe Without Court Order

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 7, 20230 Business

Liberty Safe, a company that markets itself to conservative Americans as the patriotic way to safely store firearms, admitted Wednesday…

Politics

Troy Jackson Admits: He “Never Really Read” FHA Mortgage Doc He Signed and Failed to Satisfy

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 7, 20234 Politics 1K Views

Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) claimed Thursday morning that he never read the Federal Housing Authority (FHA)-backed loan agreement…

News

Homeless Mainers and Asylum Seekers Are Both In Need of Housing — Here’s How A Few Cities Have Decided To Handle Things

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 6, 20234 News

Many cities in Maine are facing dueling crises at the moment that are both drawing on largely the same pool…

Top News

Ethics Complaint Against Troy Jackson Officially Filed Over Residency Requirement Violation, Potential Fraud

By Edward TomicSeptember 6, 20232 Top News

Maine State Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) filed an official written complaint Wednesday with Maine’s Attorney General’s Office and Ethics Commission…

News

Schumer Taps Collins to Wedge GOP’s Establishment Stooges from ‘MAGA Republicans’

By Neil McCabeSeptember 6, 20234 News

The leader of Senate Democrats sent a “Dear Colleague Letter” touting his success steamrolling Senate Republicans in the first eight…

News

1.2 Million U.S.-Born Workers Lost Their Jobs Last Month While Foreign Workers Gained 668,000

By Edward TomicSeptember 5, 20232 News

Over 1.2 million native born U.S. workers lost their jobs between July and August, while foreign born workers gained 668,000…

Commentary

Editorial: Do Not Comply

By The Maine WireSeptember 5, 202316 Commentary 3K Views

The COVID-19 authoritarians are on the march. Hospitals from California to Massachusetts are bringing back mask mandates. NPR is openly…

News

Fauci Defends Efficacy of Masks When Confronted with Study, “Concerned” That People Won’t Comply

By Edward TomicSeptember 5, 20232 News

In a CNN interview Saturday, Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci defended the use…

Media

Troy Jackson’s $80k+ in Taxpayer-funded Reimbursements Were Approved by Troy Jackson

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 5, 20232 Media 2K Views

In 2020, 2021, and 2022, Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) received more reimbursement via the State Legislature for travel, meals,…

News

Portland Awarded $4 Million CDC Grant for Overdose Prevention

By Edward TomicSeptember 5, 20231 News

Portland’s Public Health Division has been selected as a recipient of a $4 million grant from the Centers for Disease…

News

Juvenile Receives Summons for Aggravated Reckless Conduct for Portland Labor Day Shooting

By Edward TomicSeptember 5, 20230 News

Shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday, Portland Police were dispatched to a Kennedy Park apartment building where it was reported…

News

“Zombie Slasher” Machete and Loaded Shotgun Horrify Store Owners Across from Portland Homeless Encampment

By Edward TomicSeptember 1, 20235 News 3K Views

The owner of Fogg Lighting, a store across from one of Portland’s largest homeless encampments at the Marginal Way Park…

News

Recalling Elected Officials May Soon Be Possible in Windham — Residents Likely To Decide How At The Ballot Box This November

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 1, 20230 News

The Windham Town Council is currently considering competing proposals for allowing members of the town to recall their elected officials…

News

Gov Mills Pushes for 2023 Farm Bill to Include Increased Food Stamp Funding, ‘Climate-Smart’ Agriculture

By Edward TomicSeptember 1, 20231 News

In a letter sent Wednesday to the Biden Administration, several key Congressional committees, and Maine’s Congressional Delegation, Gov. Janet Mills…

Maine and New England

Maine State Workers Enter Labor Day Weekend With Another Lowball Offer from Mills

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 1, 20235 Maine and New England

Maine state workers have struggled all year long to get the Mills Administration to bring an acceptable pay increase to…

News

Plans to Transform Former Lewiston Ramada Inn Into Affordable Housing Facility Blocked

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 1, 20232 News

The Lewiston Housing Authority’s plan to purchase and convert the Ramada Inn into transitional housing appears to have been halted…

News

Mills Touts Opioid Policies as Overdoses in Maine Total Almost 6,000 This Year

By Edward TomicSeptember 1, 20234 News

Maine Gov. Janet Mills attended a remembrance ceremony Thursday, Aug. 31, on International Overdose Awareness Day — as the total…

Commentary

Soros-backed “National Trust for Local News” Debuts in Maine by Ignoring Scandal Engulfing Top Democrat

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 1, 20232 Commentary 3K Views

Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) has remained silent this week in the face of mortgage records, insurance records, and…

News

Maine Democrats Want to Block Trump’s 2024 Ballot Access as Scandal Swarms Top Ranking Dem Troy Jackson

By Edward TomicAugust 31, 20238 News 1K Views

Maine’s Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Attorney General Aaron Frey said Thursday that they are reviewing election laws…

News

House Oversight Democrat Jamie Raskin Calls for Jared Kushner to be Subpoenaed Over Middle East Business Dealings

By Edward TomicAugust 31, 20230 News

In a Thursday letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Ranking Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) called for…

News

AG Frey Seeks Injunctive Order Against Jonesboro Man who Threatened Interracial Couple

By Edward TomicAugust 31, 20230 News

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Wednesday that he has filed a civil rights complaint seeking an injunctive order against…

News

Pictures Suggest Troy Jackson Still Living in Augusta Post-Session, Not His Allagash District

By Steve RobinsonAugust 31, 20232 News 1K Views

Photographs captured Wednesday morning outside an Augusta apartment complex add yet more evidence to the claim that Maine Senate President…

News

$11.2 Billion Lost to Food Stamp Overpayment in FY2022, Highest Amount in Program History: FGA Report

By Libby PalanzaAugust 30, 20232 News

Government over-payment of food stamp benefits cost taxpayers a minimum of $11.2 billion in fiscal year 2022, according to a…

Commentary

Mills Admin Tells State Workers to Chin Up Despite Impact of Supermoon, Retrograde Mercury

By Steve RobinsonAugust 30, 20237 Commentary 2K Views

A top official in the Mills Administration told state employees at the Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) Wednesday…

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Majority of Mainers Struggling to Afford Basic Necessities, Worse Off Financially Than Last Year, and Few Expect Improvements: UNH Poll

By Libby PalanzaAugust 30, 20232 News 1K Views

A University of New Hampshire (UNH) poll released Wednesday revealed that many Mainers are struggling financially and feeling much less…

Maine and New England

Major Offshore Wind Company Takes Huge Losses After Struggling To Get More Biden Bucks

By DCNFAugust 30, 20231 Maine and New England

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Nick Pope on August 30, 2023 A Danish offshore wind company with major projects…

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House Republicans Demand Answers from DOJ on $280 Billion COVID-19 Relief Funds Stolen by International Criminal Organizations

By Edward TomicAugust 30, 20231 News

Foreign nationals bilked American taxpayers for more than $280 billion as a panicked federal government handed out relief funds during…

News

Texas Fugitive Arrested for Trafficking $40,000 Worth of Illegal Drugs at Westbrook Motel

By Edward TomicAugust 30, 20231 News

A Texas man has been arrested and charged with aggravated drug trafficking as well as being a fugitive from justice…

News

Nearly Half of Maine Sex Offenders Released Between 2005 and 2019 Offended Again: USM Report

By Edward TomicAugust 30, 20234 News

The Maine Statistical Analysis Center, part of the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute, published a report in July…

News

Red Sox Legend David Ortiz Reveals He is the Victim of an Extortion Plot By Hackers

By Edward TomicAugust 30, 20230 News

In a video posted to his Instagram account Wednesday, Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz said he is the victim…

News

Maine Republicans Call for Investigation Into Senate President After Maine Wire Report Details Residency Requirement Violation, Potential Fraud

By Steve RobinsonAugust 30, 20230 News 1K Views

Maine Republicans called for investigations on Wednesday into Maine Senate President Troy Jackson following a Maine Wire exclusive report that…

Crime

Illegal Migrants From Mexico Assault Northern Border Agent, Official Says

By DCNFAugust 30, 20230 Crime

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on August 30, 2023 Three illegal migrants from Mexico assaulted a Border…

Flappr’s Docu Series on the Chinese Revolution is Perfecting Counterprogramming for the Brainless Communist in Your Life

By Steve RobinsonAugust 30, 20230 Commentary

If you’re looking for a funny and educational review of how disastrous Marxist-inspired communism has been for mankind, you can…

News

Neo-Nazis or Neo-Marxists: Which Are the Biggest Threat to Life & Liberty in Maine?

By Larry LockmanAugust 30, 20232 News

Is Maine at risk of being transformed into a bastion for white-supremacist neo-Nazi deadbeats such as the loser who claims…

News

Golden Slams Dark Money-Funded ‘Radical Leftist Elites’ Who Criticized His Opposition to Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

By Edward TomicAugust 30, 20232 News

In a letter to his constituents published on his Substack Monday, Democratic Congressman for Maine’s 2nd District Jared Golden called…

News

Eight Arrested for Drug Trafficking in Central and Mid-Coast Maine Following Months-Long Investigation

By Libby PalanzaAugust 30, 20231 News 28K Views

Eight people have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking offenses following a lengthy investigation, the Maine Department of Public…

News

Mainers’ Approval of Gov. Janet Mills Is On The Decline: UNH Poll

By Libby PalanzaAugust 29, 20233 News 2K Views

A poll conducted earlier this month by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) reveals Mainers’ thoughts on Gov. Janet Mills’…

News

Maine Senate President Troy Jackson Locked in Bitter Legal Fight Over Augusta Home He Bought – and Moved Into – in 2019

By Steve RobinsonAugust 29, 20234 News 11K Views

Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, agreed in a federally insured mortgage contract to make an Augusta house his…

News

Portland Police Seize Fentanyl and Laced Counterfeit Pills from Repeat Offender After Traffic Stop

By Edward TomicAugust 29, 20230 News

Portland Police made a traffic stop last Monday afternoon at the intersection of Park Ave. and Mellen St. in Portland…

Energy & Environment

Environmentalists Blast Offshore Wind as 69th Dead Whale in Less than Year Found Dead on Atlantic Coast

By Steve RobinsonAugust 29, 20233 Energy & Environment 2K Views

In a less than 24-hour span this weekend, two more dead whales have been discovered off the northern Atlantic coast…

News

Left-wing Lincoln County DA Drops Assault Charges on Angolan Citizen Who Brutally Attacked Woman, Gave Man Detached Retina, Then Fought a Cop

By Edward TomicAugust 29, 20237 News 2K Views

Lincoln County District Attorney Natasha Irving dismissed five charges against a man who allegedly assaulted his fellow staff members at…

News

Judge Denies Maine Governor’s Bid to Halt Lawsuit Alleging Her COVID-19 Vax Mandate Violated Religious Freedom

By Libby PalanzaAugust 29, 20235 News 44K Views

A District Court judge has denied Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) request to halt the First Amendment lawsuit filed against her…

News

California Attorney General Sues School District Over ‘Forced Outing Policy’ to Notify Parents of Their Kid’s Gender ID Changes

By Edward TomicAugust 29, 20230 News

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday a lawsuit to challenge the mandatory gender identity disclosure policy of the Chino…

News

Maine Police Find Claymore Mine, Grenades in Dead Man’s House

By Edward TomicAugust 29, 20230 News

Police in Portland, Maine were called Saturday to the house of a recently-deceased man whose daughter found three explosive devices…

Energy & Environment

How 150 People Are About to Drive Maine Car Prices and Inflation Up Drastically—and Permanently

By Tom DesjardinAugust 28, 202310 Energy & Environment 4K Views

Only eight U.S. states can boast that all-electric vehicles exceed 1 percent of all vehicles registered there. None are greater…

Crime

Iconic Retailer Closes Shop In Blue City Thanks To Rampant Crime

By Steve RobinsonAugust 28, 20230 Crime

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Lillian Tweten on August 28, 2023 Nordstrom permanently closed its San Francisco location after 35…

News

Fatal Stabbing of GOP Activist in New Hampshire Home Deemed Homicide

By Edward TomicAugust 28, 20230 News

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office announced Sunday that the death of Republican legal activist Alexander Talcott, 41, in his…

News

York County Residents Targeted By Deed Scam from Utah-based Land Investment Company “Edge Equity”

By Edward TomicAugust 28, 20232 News 2K Views

York County residents are being targeted with unsolicited purchase agreements by a Utah real estate investment company, but county officials…

News

Maine Hospital Threatened Defamation Lawsuit Over 15-year-old’s op-ed on Patient Safety Concerns

By Edward TomicAugust 25, 20232 News 2K Views

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is fighting back against a Maine hospital that threatened to file a…

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