The Pittsfield Police Department arrested a man on animal abuse charges earlier this month after he allegedly sexually abused a dog. [RELATED: Deadly Dog Disease Detected in Houlton…] Police responded on September 18 to reports from the Hometown Veterinary Clinic in Fairfield that a dog had been sexually assaulted and had become paralyzed. Workers at the veterinary clinic believed that the sexual abuse likely took place in Pittsfield, and Pittsfield Animal Control Officer Russell Craft…

Among the hundreds of laws now going into effect in the state is a unanimous measure preventing medical debt from being included on Mainers’ credit reports. In June of this year, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle agreed to pass a bill preventing unpaid medical bills from affecting Mainers’ credit scores. Although State Law currently has some restrictions on the treatment of medical debt, this new law blocks it from being included at all.…

Bailey Island, Maine — Authorities are looking into threats made against the owners of a Bailey Island restaurant after one of them was identified as the driver of a car bearing a bumper sticker that read “MAKE ASSASSINATIONS GREAT AGAIN.” The car reportedly belongs to Susanna “Ray” DeSilva, 32, a Topsham resident and LGBTQ activist who co-owns the Fishnet Café on Bailey Island with spouse Ashley DeSilva, who was born female and now goes by…

The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department busted a trio of alleged drug traffickers on Wednesday when they executed a search warrant at a Vassalboro residence. [RELATED: Rockland Police Arrest Drug Traffickers During Routine Stop Following Brief Struggle…] At around 6:00 a.m. Kennebec County Deputies, along with Maine State Police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) executed a search warrant at 635 Webber Pond Road in Vassalboro. The Sheriff’s Department obtained the warrant after a months-long…

As speculation grows over possible 2026 Democrat candidates for U.S. senator from Maine, one most-obvious name hardly ever comes up. Chellie Pingree. So what is keeping Pingree, who has been in the U.S. House for 16 years, from taking a good old-fashioned chance at a promotion and running against Republican incumbent Susan Collins. It’s certainly not the fear of losing money, which Pingree has plenty of, as The Maine Wire has analyzed. Sure she gets…

As the 2025 Fiscal Year came to a close last month, Maine’s General Fund turned out to have a $152.2 million surplus, the governor’s office declared last week. In addition, the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund, also known as the “Rainy Day Fund,” has also reached its statutory maximum of $1.03 billion. Mainers should not expect to see any of their tax dollars coming back to them, however. Instead, the surplus will be distributed across a…

Maine Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland), a Somali immigrant and Maine politician, has garnered national attention in recent days after a years-old clip re-surfaced showing her appearing to express her ongoing prioritization of her home country even after she became the Mayor of South Portland in 2021. Those comments have come back into the limelight as Omar Fateh, the son of Somali immigrants, has recently won the Democratic primary for mayor in Minneapolis, Minnesota –…

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Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill into law creating the Maine Department of Energy Resources, a cabinet-level department responsible for coordinating and leading the state’s energy policy and programs. In January, the governor announced her intention to seek legislation elevating the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) by the end of this year. At the time, Gov. Mills explained that Maine is one of only a few states to have an energy office located within…

The Portland Police Department arrested two people on Saturday after they allegedly assaulted police officers at the city’s “No Kings” protest held to show opposition to President Donald Trump on his birthday. [RELATED: Portland Resettled Nearly 1,000 Migrants in City in 2024, Including Hundreds at $4.5 million per Year Shelter…] Liberal activists staged No Kings protests across the country, including multiple in Maine, to coincide with President Trump’s birthday and the Army 250th birthday military…

Maine State Police arrested the husband of a Hermon Middle School teacher, Aaron M. Pinette, 42, on Friday on child pornography charges after executing a search warrant. [RELATED: Topsham Teacher Under Investigation But the School is Providing Scant Details…] Hermon School Superintendent Barbara Sargent sent a letter to parents, obtained by WABI, addressing the arrest of the spouse of one of their teachers. Sargent reportedly confirmed in the letter that Pinette had not volunteered at…

A bill that would have allowed Mennonites to self-insure their vehicles so that they could comply with a religious prohibition on commercial insurance narrowly failed in the Maine House on Thursday, after one Democrat changed her vote at the last minute after initially voting in favor. [RELATED: Anti-ICE bills, Insurance for Mennonite Drivers and a Possible January 6th Showdown: Legislative Scouting Report for May 13…] “Mennonites are a group of people that believe very strongly…

The federal jurist assigned to the federal lawsuit against Maine for refusing to bar transgender-identifying men from women’s sports, U.S. Magistrate Judge John Nivison, recused himself from the case on Friday after previously recusing himself from Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) lawsuit against her censure order. [RELATED: DOJ Files Civil Suit Against Maine, Rep. Libby and Two Maine Students Join AG Bondi in Live Presser…] Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil…

Both nationally, and especially in places like Maine, housing is becoming unaffordable for too many. This trend kills the American Dream. Can it be reversed? Yet bet it can. Working Americans – single and families – deserve home ownership. Older Americans deserve to be able to stay in their homes.On the national level, the cost of homebuilding doubled from 2010 to the 4th quarter of 2024, according to Federal Reserve Economic Data. Why? Inflation, reflecting…

Bowdoin College, an elite liberal arts college on the coast of Maine, is coming under national scrutiny for its handling of anti-Semitism thanks to an investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce announced March 28. That investigation may inexorably point to questions over Bowdoin’s hiring of Nasser Abourahme, an assistant professor of Middle East and North Africa Studies, who has consistently voiced support and praise for violent anti-Israel militants, describing the October…