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Portland voters are being asked to weigh in on a $179.3 million school budget at the ballot box this June. As proposed, the school budget would…
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UNITED STATES — A Houthi spokesman in Yemen announced Saturday that they have increased their operations in the Iran conflict after carrying out the group’s first direct military operation against Israel, targeting a ballistic missile site in southern-occupied Palestine. The announcement was delivered by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree and broadcast on Al Jazeera, coming shortly after the group declared its support for Iran and separatist groups in the region. It also appears as ongoing…
Thirteen attorneys general have joined together in a lawsuit against OneMain Financial for allegedly adding unwanted products and hidden costs to borrowers’ loans, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden charges. According to the lawsuit filed Monday in New York, the plaintiffs allege that OneMain Financial employed the practice of guiding customers toward purchasing credit insurance and other loan-related products while making misleading claims about what was actually required, as well as what…
A top Amazon official is lauding the company’s massive proposed warehouse, pointing out its economic benefits.But some Gorham residents are protesting the 146,000-square-foot distribution center as an alleged threat to their village’s quality of life.The facility is slated for a 94-acre town-owned Main Street plot zoned for industry it’s buying for $4 million.“Beyond improving delivery service for Gorham-area families and businesses, this facility would bring new jobs and contribute to the community’s economic growth,” Amazon…
A Somali-founded money transfer bank, Dahabshiil, with links to Maine Home Care fraud and Rep. Yusuf Yusuf (D-South Portland), has ties to a sanctioned Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) oil vessel, according to a Somaliland-based outlet. [RELATED: Rep. Yusuf Yusuf Tied in to Vast Network of Million-Dollar Somali-Run Medicaid Recipients and Money Transfers…] “A finding that its petroleum subsidiary systematically accepted shadow fleet cargo while concealing vessel identities from its banking partners, the public, and…
A Vermont woman who placed an online Burger King order Thursday night realized too late she had actually ordered it from a Burger King in Maine.So once she noticed her whopper, the woman, living in Burlington, Vermont, posted on a Facebook page “Just made a mistake and ordered bk in Bangor, Maine if anyone wants to pick it up.”Burlington is 294 miles from Bangor so she figured the food would be cold by the time…
AUGUSTA, Maine – A string of overnight gunfire incidents left damage at three Central Maine Power substations in Kennebec County early Sunday, prompting a multi-agency investigation and an arrest. Between roughly midnight and 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, officers responded to reports of shots fired at substations in Windsor, Winslow, and Augusta. Maine State Police troopers were dispatched at about 12:15 a.m. to the Coopers Mills substation off Barton Road in Windsor after receiving…
Nearly half of a Bangor-area school board abruptly resigned this week, leaving the district without a quorum and unable to conduct official business. Four of the eight members of the Regional School Unit 63 School Board submitted their resignations Thursday, effectively shutting down the board. Those who stepped down were Linda Graban of Clifton, Heather Grass of Eddington, and Holden representatives Heather Lander and Cherie Faulkner. In their resignation letters, the departing members cited what…
A sprawling national black-market for renting and selling DoorDash accounts has quietly become one of the most widespread and least acknowledged gig-economy abuses in the country. With similar patterns now emerging in Maine, the issue is raising new questions about safety, accountability, and whether delivery apps have any meaningful control over who is showing up at residents’ front doors. Across the United States, a shadow industry has taken shape in which verified DoorDash, Uber Eats,…
The Lincoln County Budget Advisory Committee recommended earlier this month that just one dollar go toward funding District Attorney (DA) Natasha Irving’s office in an act of protest against her lenient, “restorative justice”-inspired prosecutorial style. [RELATED: Left-wing Lincoln County DA Drops Assault Charges on Angolan Citizen Who Brutally Attacked Woman, Gave Man Detached Retina, Then Fought a Cop…] “It’s a statement being made that we’re unhappy with the present district attorney’s administration,” said Advisory Committee…
Many consumer products containing “forever chemicals” will be pulled from store shelves throughout Maine beginning next year. Included in this prohibition will be non-stick cookware, as state regulators determined that they do not qualify for a “currently unavoidable use” exemption, according to reporting from Maine Public. This exemption is designed to exclude from the ban products with intentionally added PFAS that are “essential for health, safety and the functioning of society” when alternatives without PFAS…
A poll obtained The Maine Wire late on Thursday shows Robert “Bobby” Charles currently leading the growing field of Republicans seeking their party’s nomination next June to compete against a Democrat and an Independent for the Blaine House in 2026. According the survey of 300 likely Republican primary voters, Charles enjoys the support of 28 percent versus 24 percent who say they would vote for Shawn Moody, four percent who say Jonathan Bush – who…
When the legacy media in Maine latches onto an idea, many who have been around the block more than once take a skeptical pause. For reasons that are themselves eyebrow arching, Maine’s “mainstream” press seem intent on the idea that long-time summer person and recent year-rounder Jonathan Bush should be the Republican nominee for governor next year. On Monday, the Bangor Daily News ran an exclusive story that Bush, 56, has launched an exploratory committee.…
A total of 11 men are now facing charges of engaging a person for prostitution following a December raid on a massage parlor in Rockland, police announced on Monday. Rockland Police say they received a tip in late July 2024 from law enforcement in Lincoln County regarding an investigation into sexual acts that were being done in exchange for money at a local massage parlor. [RELATED: Police, Border Patrol Raid Asian Massage Parlor in Rockland…]…
In business since the 1950s, Cookie Jar Bakery in Cape Elizabeth is now fighting to retain use of the four parking spaces in front of its building. Although the use of this area for parking has been unchallenged for years, controversy was sparked when the bakery recently applied to create a delivery entrance in the back of their property. In reviewing their proposed site plan, the Town determined that the parking spaces in front of…
Draft copies of proposed changes to City of Portland ordinances obtained by the organization “Enough is Enough” show city officials may be preparing to legalize loitering and camping for the Portland’s homeless population. [RELATED: ‘Millsvilles’: The Maine Wire Visits Portland’s Drug-Infested Tent Cities…] The drafted changes, obtained by Enough is Enough by a Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) request late last week, would alter three sections of Portland city ordinances to allow for homeless individuals…