The Maine Trust for Local News needs to be schooled on the meaning of “conflict of interest.”A new restaurant review…
A behemoth great white shark last heard from off the North Atlantic coast is now lurking off the Florida shore.Named…
By Maine Policy Institute Policy Analyst Montana Towers Maine is at an important crossroads. For years, the state has struggled…
The Portland Police Department made a shocking discovery on Thursday after a caller reported the discovery of human remains. [RELATED:…
Laurie Grant has one message for curious members of the public trying to figure out what the cops are doing…
A 19-year-old UMaine student was found dead in an Orono retention pond on Tuesday after he was first reported missing…
UNITED STATES — A Cambridge criminal was indicted on Mar. 18, 2026 in Massachusetts on federal charges in the trafficking…
WATERVILLE, Maine — While many candidates talk about Maine’s child welfare system from the outside, Shawn Packard says he has…
A third contender – claiming a mantle of bureaucratic reform – has emerged in what until now has been a…
The Maine State Police arrested a Skowhegan man on murder and assault charges after he allegedly killed a man and…
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged, opting to hold its benchmark federal funds rate at…
The State of Maine has awarded a total of $12 million for the construction of affordable apartments in Bangor, Portland,…
The wife of Democrat U.S. Senate contender Graham Platner – potentially his best defender against a new anti-women campaign assault…
Sam Patten is a contributor to the Maine Wire. Is the government about to charge national media personality Tucker Carlson…
The state’s No. 3 standing nationwide as a top maple syrup producer apparently isn’t good enough for one of the…
HARTFORD — Legislators in Connecticut are looking at possibly imposing a new 2-cent tax per ounce on sweetened beverages, including…
How in the world could you leave out Bette Davis?That’s the burning question for the denizens of editors at the…
Conservative Augusta school board member James Orr took a stand against radical gender ideology in schools on Monday, vowing to…
The Pine Tree State’s most famous lifestyle icon says she may be about the only one who can afford a…
The New Hampshire state police arrested a Massachusetts 18-year-old on Monday after he allegedly led them on a multi-town pursuit…
A burlesque and drag show event put on by “Port City Peep Show” and hosted at the Austin Street Brewery…
The Portland Press Herald apparently feels it isn’t burning through enough cash trying its darndest not to break any stories.So…
LEWISTON, Maine – The Lewiston City Council rejected two proposed changes to its meeting rules Tuesday night, voting down efforts…
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council voted 5–2 Tuesday night to give final passage to an amendment to the…
The Maine Department of Energy Resources (DOER) announced last week that heating fuel prices are on the rise. In just…
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council on Tuesday night heard emotional testimony from survivors, family members, and community advocates…
Thirteen attorneys general have joined together in a lawsuit against OneMain Financial for allegedly adding unwanted products and hidden costs…
A top Amazon official is lauding the company’s massive proposed warehouse, pointing out its economic benefits.But some Gorham residents are…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a Warren man on Sunday after he allegedly tried to force a driver off the…
Democrat Graham Platner mistakenly thought he made points Tuesday countering Janet Mills’ attack ad.The otherwise-usually-charming U.S. Senate hopeful looked absolutely…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills (D) escalated Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday with a sharp-edged campaign ad aimed…
AUGUSTA, Maine — A citizen-led initiative aimed at designating school sports participation and facilities by sex is officially headed to…
LIBSON, Maine – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner sought to push back against a negative ad from Gov. Janet…
The Democrat U.S. Senate candidate from Maine known for offensive tattoos and great sperm now has a new claim to…
The player who won historic gold last month for USA Men’s Hockey with a stunning overtime goal wants the puck.But…
LEWISTON, Maine – Lewiston Police Chief Carly Conley sharply criticized the Lewiston City Council on Monday, ahead of its Tuesday…
Maine native Patrick Dempsey says his latest acting role is a secret way to publicize a cancer center in his…
A planned Maine data center could be canceled due to legislation that would ban such projects in the state, developers…
Of the 85,000 registered snowmobilers in Maine, how many have ended up?Ended up – stranded on an ice floe.If you…
The Maine State Police Bomb Squad responded to Limington on Monday after a resident reportedly discovered a grenade near a…
AUGUSTA — Only a day after Graham Platner reversed his Nazi symbol stance and decided the tattoo design is “eminently…
CONNECTICUT— A Hartford man was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after amassing hundreds of thousands of dollars in…
A Somali-founded money transfer bank, Dahabshiil, with links to Maine Home Care fraud and Rep. Yusuf Yusuf (D-South Portland), has…
Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) commissioner Randall Liberty defended his decision to allow a 310lb trans-identifying male murderer to live…
A fitness center has announced it’s vacating the Maine Mall, becoming the shopping mecca’s fourth loss in three months.The Orangetheory…
PORTLAND, Maine — Police and fire investigators are examining a possible arson after an early morning fire Monday at an…
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council is set to revisit the long-running issue of unmet needs among survivors and…
The U.S. Department of Transportation closed a major loophole that allowed for unqualified illegal immigrants to obtain commercial driver’s licenses…
LEWISTON, Maine – Mid Valley Motors Towing and Recovery says it has had enough of ongoing illegal parking issues at…
The name Frank Lloyd Wright evokes structural design at its best in the world of architecture.But you homeowners will be…
The age-old species known as horseshoe crabs is declaring a win over the drug companies.Two major pharmaceutical giants – Amgen…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Sen. Angus King (I) have joined a bipartisan but primarily Democratic group of lawmakers in…
The Maine Trust For Local News, which this week ran not only one but two stories on maple sugaring, has…
Jane Fonda, known as much for hopping on an enemy tank during the Vietnam War than any movie she’s made,…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order at the White House on Monday establishing a new federal task…
The braintrust in Maine’s welfare capital just paid a consultant big money to ask taxpayers how unhappy they are.Portland officials…
Both the Maine State House and Senate have unanimously approved an emergency bill expanding the state’s sales tax exemption for…
Lawmakers in the Maine State Senate have followed suit with their House colleagues in advancing a measure that would require…
The state’s junior U.S. senator is clutching his fake pearls blasting President Trump for a “damn lie” whitewashing of slavery…
When Steve Collins first got hired by the Maine newspaper that publishes paid content from the state’s Democrat governor, he…
AUGUSTA, Maine – A legislative effort to honor the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk cleared the Maine House without…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is restoring nearly $500,000 stolen from two Mainers via a cryptocurrency investment scam. [RELATED:…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s 2026 U.S. Senate race is moving from petition season into open combat, and the timing could…
The Houlton Police Department worked with Border Patrol agents on Thursday to arrest two alleged drug traffickers and execute a…
Democrat-candidate Graham Plater is no longer sorry for his Totenkopf tattoo, as the controversy rollercoaster takes another turn. In a…
It’s “old home days” for an Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer – the newest in the Navy – built in Bath,…
The alleged leader of an international conspiracy that deployed digital attacks targeting ATMs across the United States, funneling millions in…
The Androscoggin Sheriff’s Department is searching for two suspects believed to be responsible for a car theft and a string…
https://youtu.be/Tv3OXw87gpk?si=kogXgGZsGymexvDH In this episode of The Pastor’s Office Podcast, Pastor Travis Carey sits down with Steve Robinson, editor-in-chief of The…
President Donald J. Trump said the United States has beaten and “completely decimated” Iran militarily, economically, and “in every other…
PORTLAND, Maine — The City of Portland will increase cruise ship tariff fees beginning January 1, 2027, under a new…
RHODE ISLAND — New legislation in Rhode Island introduced by state lawmakers would prohibit state and local law enforcement from…
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation have called upon the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reopen the recently closed Tax Assistance…
The Falmouth School Department and Superintendent Steve Nolan are facing a lawsuit for allegedly not providing students the opportunity to…
York County Sheriff William L. King appointed an attorney previously convicted for his role in a drug-related money laundering scheme…
President Donald Trump’s administration restored federal funding to the Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) after it was removed because the…
The legacy media is sworn to fear – else they would be asking New England Patriots officials about a star…
Things are really going downhill when the state’s largest paper uses the whole front page to write about one of…
LEWISTON, Maine — A Lewiston property owner is challenging actions taken by the Lewiston Planning Board during its March 9,…
ELLWORTH, Maine — A 28-year-old Lamoine woman was arrested Thursday, March 12, 2026, after agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement…
Funny how the very newspapers that are failing are the same ones that don’t cover news.The annual convention of the…
A midcoast Maine House seat is looking to go red after eight years trending blue, with no announced liberals so…
Registered nurses at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor say they’re walking off the job March 23.The strike…
VIRGINIA — A man who recently pled guilty to providing support to the Islamic State was released from federal prison…
Having run the state’s successful medical-marijuana campaign, Jonathan Leavitt has found a new calling – theater.Leavitt has now written, and…
The annual Maine Fungi Fest suddenly ain’t so annual.To wit, the Mainers who like shrooms have yet to find a…
BOSTON – Gov. Maura Healey announced on Friday yet another regional defiance to President Trump’s enforcement on immigration law, inviting…
Having once been ousted from the Freedom, Maine selectboard, a retired actress was hoping for political redemption.But voters Friday rejected…
FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — Investigators with the Maine Fire Marshal’s Office arrested a juvenile male Friday in connection with the…
Three priests in three states are facing charges – including one for zoning violations while feeding the poor.The three separate…
Access Hollywood, known more by a silly remark by Donald Trump that Democrats falsely believed would be the end of…
The tragic midair crash over Iraq of two KC-135 refueling tankers involved planes identical to those based in Bangor.The reliable…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a person was stabbed during a possible home invasion in Mattawamkeag on Thursday.…
The apparent lagging of the Pingree name in Maine’s top state electoral contest might be needing a boost from the…
PORTLAND — A Gorham man was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court in Portland to 25 years in prison…
The road that parallels the meandering Mattagodus Stream in a small northern Penobscot County town has become a literal dump.Not…
TAMPA – A U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft was downed over western Iraq on Thursday while conducting operations in support…
South Portland voters will be asked this November to weigh in on an $87 million bond to construct new fire…
Augusta School Board Member James Orr addressed significant issues facing the school district during Wednesday’s meeting, including LGBT books for…
NEW YORK — Progressive activists documented their government-hosted Islamic religious observance inside New York City Hall, in trend with leftwing…