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Fort Fairfield School Defends Controversial Performance That Featured An LGBTQ Activist Known for His Risqué Online Presence

Seamus OthotSeamus OthotApril 20, 2026
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Two Child Welfare Reform Bills Remain in Limbo as Maine Legislature Adjourns

By Libby PalanzaApril 20, 20260 News
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IRS Slaps 1% Tax On Overseas Cash Transfers, Adds Quarterly Reporting Requirements

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 20260 News
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Market Basket CEO’s Firing By His Own Sisters Upheld After Prolonged Family Legal Battle

By Ted CohenApril 20, 20260 News
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Janet Mills Signs Unanimous Bill Creating New Office of the Child Advocate into Law

By Libby PalanzaApril 20, 20260 News
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Democrats Announce “Small Town PAC” With New ActBlue Donation Portal

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 20261 News
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“We Don’t Negotiate, We Dismantle” – New Federal Task Force Launches Website, Provides Mission Statement

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 20261 News
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Iranian National Arrested In Los Angeles For Smuggling Arms To Sudan

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 20260 News
Crime

Portland to Mark National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Amid Ongoing Concerns Over Public Safety and Quality of Life

By Jon FetherstonApril 20, 20262 Crime
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Maine Destroyer Fires At, Disables Iranian Vessel That Refused Orders To Stop On Command

By Ted CohenApril 20, 20260 News
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Trump Warns of Escalation After Reported Ceasefire Violation in Strait of Hormuz as Deadline Looms

By Jon FetherstonApril 19, 20266 News

Two Child Welfare Reform Bills Remain in Limbo as Maine Legislature Adjourns

April 20, 2026

IRS Slaps 1% Tax On Overseas Cash Transfers, Adds Quarterly Reporting Requirements

April 20, 2026

Market Basket CEO’s Firing By His Own Sisters Upheld After Prolonged Family Legal Battle

April 20, 2026

Presque Isle and New Sweden Men Plead Guilty to Federal Child Porn Charges

April 20, 2026

Janet Mills Signs Unanimous Bill Creating New Office of the Child Advocate into Law

April 20, 2026

Fort Fairfield School Defends Controversial Performance That Featured An LGBTQ Activist Known for His Risqué Online Presence

April 20, 2026

Commentary

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Editorial: They Call You a Racist — Until the Facts Come Out

By Jon FetherstonApril 19, 20269 Commentary
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Maine GOP Straw Poll Confirms What Many Mainers Already Knew: The Maine Wire Is Setting the Pace

By Jon FetherstonApril 19, 20266 Commentary
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Parents Wanting Their Teen Boys To Have Breasts Fretting Over Precedential Gender Lawsuits

By Ted CohenApril 17, 20264 Commentary
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The Pastor’s Office Ep. 7 – ISRAEL (w/ Guest Pastor Greg Huston

By Travis CareyApril 17, 20260 Blog

Maine Wire Features

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‘We’ve Been Living With This’: Seniors Allege Ongoing Bed Bug Infestation at Portland Facility

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Business

Scrappy Market Basket Scion, A Former UMaine Hockey Player Who Iced Out Grocery CEO Cousin, Donates $500,000 To Team

By Ted CohenApril 11, 2026
Business

Kit Kat Hires Armed Guards To Protect Its Chocolate Bars After Massive Robbery

By Ted CohenApril 10, 2026

IRS Slaps 1% Tax On Overseas Cash Transfers, Adds Quarterly Reporting Requirements

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 2026

Market Basket CEO’s Firing By His Own Sisters Upheld After Prolonged Family Legal Battle

By Ted CohenApril 20, 2026

Presque Isle and New Sweden Men Plead Guilty to Federal Child Porn Charges

By Seamus OthotApril 20, 2026

Janet Mills Signs Unanimous Bill Creating New Office of the Child Advocate into Law

By Libby PalanzaApril 20, 2026

Fort Fairfield School Defends Controversial Performance That Featured An LGBTQ Activist Known for His Risqué Online Presence

By Seamus OthotApril 20, 2026

Democrats Announce “Small Town PAC” With New ActBlue Donation Portal

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 2026

“We Don’t Negotiate, We Dismantle” – New Federal Task Force Launches Website, Provides Mission Statement

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 2026

Iranian National Arrested In Los Angeles For Smuggling Arms To Sudan

By Maine Wire StaffApril 20, 2026

UPDATE: Arrest Made in Congress Street Stabbing Near Longfellow Square; Suspect Charged with Domestic Violence Aggravated Assault

By Jon FetherstonApril 20, 2026

Portland to Mark National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Amid Ongoing Concerns Over Public Safety and Quality of Life

By Jon FetherstonApril 20, 2026

Fatal Motorcycle Crash on I-95 in Sidney Under Investigation by Maine State Police

By Jon FetherstonApril 20, 2026

Auburn Man at Center of Twin Cities Manhunt Arrested After Lockdowns Shook Lewiston

By Jon FetherstonApril 20, 20262K Views

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Lewiston City Council Approves Immigration Ordinance in 5–2 Vote, Despite Objections from Police Chief

By Jon FetherstonMarch 18, 20265K Views

Portland Police Arrest Murder Suspect in Connection with 2017 Killing

By Seamus OthotApril 9, 202613K Views

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