When Kevin Bell, 46, told a plainclothes law enforcement officer last weekend that he wanted to kill U.S. President Donald Trump, it wasn’t the first time the Bridgton man mused publicly about his desire to inflict violence on others. While it might be tempting to write off such declarations as the ravings of a madman, his profile is not entirely dissimilar from the man arrested with a weapon in the woods adjoining then-candidate Trump’s golf…

Maine’s highways could soon be monitored by automated speed-tracking cameras that could be used to issue tickets without a driver ever interacting with police if Republican Sen. Brad Farrin’s (R-Somerset) recent resolution is successful. [RELATED: Inspecting the Inspectors: Electronic Surveillance System for Vehicle Inspections, and Fee Hikes, Proposed…] The proposed resolution, LD 1457, introduced on Thursday, drew support from three Democratic and two Republican co-sponsors. It was set to be referred to a committee that…

Already reeling from recent bad news in rankings on national scales when it comes to educational performance and overall tax burden per citizen, Maine received more discouraging news this week when the Maine Jobs Council unveiled the results of a recent study: Maine now ranks among the least productive states in America. According the study conducted by the Washington, DC-based Porter Development Initiative, Maine ranks 46th in the nation for Gross Domestic Product per worker…

Two Maine Border Patrol stations that cover areas of responsibility of over 100 miles of the U.S.-Canada border have new agents in charge, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced last week. The Border Patrol designates the Houlton Sector as the entire state of Maine, its border with Canada, and its coastline. The agency maintains stations in Calais, Fort Fairfield, Houlton, Jackman, Rangeley and Van Buren, each with their own area of responsibility for patrolling…

President Donald Trump’s Wednesday executive order combating radical gender ideology and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) education in public schools could prove disastrous for Maine’s far-left school districts, which could risk losing part of their funding. [RELATED: Maine Education Department Tells Public Schools to Ignore Trump’s Order on Transgender Ideology… “Parents trust America’s schools to provide their children with a rigorous education and to instill a patriotic admiration for our incredible Nation and the values…

The co-founder of the National Trust for Local News, the “nonprofit” owner of Maine’s largest newspaper chain, who quit on Wednesday, had been under fire for taking huge salary increases amid budget cuts. As The Maine Wire reported a month ago, Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro has been under fire for grabbing massive pay hikes even as she was cutting the budget for the newspapers she just bought. Shapiro conveniently ignored the issue of her controversial salary…

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced last week that she is establishing a 21-member Artificial Intelligence task force, meant to compile an advisory report on the potential dangers and benefits of advanced AI. “Emerging AI technologies offer the potential to improve lives, drive economic growth, and help solve complex challenges. But like all new technologies, AI, if not embraced in a prudent and responsible manner, can cause potentially harmful changes to the lives and livelihoods of…

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of the 40 federal death row inmates in the U.S. on Sunday, including convicted rapists and child murderers. The action by Biden means that some of America’s most heinous criminal offenders will be spared the death penalty. [RELATED: Biden Pardons His Son Hunter after Promising He Wouldn’t…] Biden said the decision to grant leniency to the rapists and murderers was aimed specifically at preventing them from…

Four suspects were arrested on drug charges last week after the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office found approximately $40,000 in methamphetamine, fentanyl and crack cocaine during their second search of a Solon residence in just under two months. At about 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Division executed a search warrant at the Solon residence of Cory Miller, as the result of a monthlong investigation into alleged drug trafficking taking…

John L. Martin, the longtime Democratic politician and master State House strategist, was found unconscious Sunday morning in his driveway and is currently hospitalized in Bangor, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. No information was available on his current status. Martin, 83, is currently running for re-election to the State House of Representatives for the District 1 seat vacated by State Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent), who abdicated the seat to challenge…

An arrest has been made in connection to Monday afternoon shooting in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood that left one man dead, Portland Police announced Tuesday. [RELATED: Portland City Officials Respond to Disturbing Video Showing Drug Abuse, Fights, Crime in Bayside Neighborhood…] Police say they responded to the area of Portland and Alder Streets at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival at the scene, officers found Edgar Cando, a 31-year-old…

The Maine Wire, Maine’s fastest growing digital news and investigative reporting outlet, announced Monday that it has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Janet Mills in Kennebec County Superior Court seeking compliance with Maine’s Freedom of Access Act. Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson, the plaintiff in the complaint, issued the following statement: “For 195 days, Gov. Mills has refused to turn over her schedules for three days in Dec. 2023, blatantly disregarding the spirit and letter…

CBS News Investigations ran a segment Tuesday highlighting the proliferation of Asian transnational criminal organizations throughout rural Maine, including an interview with Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson: From CBS News: Maine is the newest frontier for the illicit marijuana trade, with potentially hundreds of suspected unlicensed grow houses operating in the state… It’s part of a larger phenomenon nationwide. Thousands of illegal marijuana farms have been cropping up in states like Oklahoma, California and Colorado,…

A Maine teacher was arrested Thursday following information that she had been engaging in inappropriate sexual relations with a minor student. [RELATED: Maine’s Far Left Media Censor MASSIVE Turnout Opposed to Transgender Trafficking, Abortion Tourism Bill…] The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office began its investigation after being given information that a teacher at Hebron Academy, a boarding high-school and middle-school, was engaging in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. “Our top priority is always to…

Far left activists have successfully blocked a proposed mining project in remote Township 6, Range 6 (T6R6) that would have brought 270 jobs and the related economic development to rural northern Maine. The Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) voted against Wolfden Resource’s proposed Pickett Mountain mine weeks after Democratic lawmakers, spurred on by the Natural Resources Council of Maine and the Conservation Law Foundation, successfully hijacked what would otherwise have been a run-of-the-mill process for…