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Pine Tree Poll Shows Bad News for Collins and Mills, Good Results for LePage, and Gives Bobby Charles Massive Primary Lead
Correction: Bobby Charles was polling at 28 percent, not 38 percent as was previously stated in this…
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Nakomis Middle School Student Suspended for Referencing Investigation Against School for Allowing Male on Girls’ Cheerleading Team
The Nakomis Valley Middle School suspended an 8th grader for “bullying” after he mentioned a Title IX investigation against the school for allowing a trans-identifying male on the girls’ cheerleading team during a private conversation.…
Biden To Be Honored At Official Portrait Ceremony By The Law School Where He Got Caught Cheating
Syracuse University College of Law has commissioned an official portrait of its most famous cheater.Not only will Joe Biden have his portrait hung in the place where he got caught plagiarizing as a freshman law…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) has introduced legislation that would allow claimants to bypass the five-month waiting period when applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. As the law is currently written, Americans are not…
A technical glitch at Maine’s largest paper was only supposed to be a temporary thing.But it appears the highest-paid journalistic Geek squad in Maine can’t figure out the problem.“Secret insider information,” the paper’s editor posted…
EXCLUSIVE: Sanford Police Execute Search Warrant at Chinese Spa with Federal Assistance As Part of Sex Trafficking investigation
The Sanford Police Department executed a search warrant at a questionable Chinese-run spa on Thursday as part of an investigation into an alleged sex trafficking operation. [RELATED: Numerous Chinese Massage Parlors in Maine, Some Run…
LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston police shut down a section of Pine Street near Howard Street Thursday evening after residents reported hearing at least two shots fired, prompting officers to canvas for evidence and witnesses as…
A strong majority of Mainers believe that illegal immigration is a serious problem in the United States despite holding more divided opinions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This comes as part of the latest…
PORTLAND, Maine – Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing another entirely avoidable controversy after amplifying a post from far-right figure Stew Peters, in an episode first reported by The Hill. The backlash erupted…
A prisoner incarcerated in the Cumberland County Jail on arson charges allegedly called the Portland Press Herald on Wednesday to make a bomb threat against the jail. [RELATED: Burglar Makes Bomb Threat Against Bangor Non-Profit…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested a Vassalboro man on Wednesday and seized 2,000 grams of cocaine following an eight-month investigation into drug trafficking operations. [RELATED: MDEA Arrests Three in New Gloucester Morning Raid…]…
Pedo Eliot Cutler Facing – Count ‘Em – Fourth Charge Of Violating Probation On Child-Porn Conviction
Former twice-failed gubernatorial candidate and convicted sex offender Eliot Cutler is denying the latest charge of violating probation. Cutler, 79, appeared in court this week facing police claims that he failed to receive the sexual-addiction…
Portland Mayor Mark Dion Endorses Troy Jackson for Governor, Calls for Unified Democratic Leadership
PORTLAND, Maine – Portland Mayor Mark Dion is throwing his support behind Senate President Troy Jackson in the race for governor, framing the endorsement as a call for unified Democratic leadership in Maine. Dion said…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed an emergency bill into law amending the requirements that must be met by nurse practitioners before they gain full practice authority. State law previously required new nurse practitioners to spend…
Aging Janet Mills Claims Young Graham Platner – Unlike Her – Has Never Proven He Can Win An Election
Democrat Gov. Janet Mills may be unwittingly bringing attention to the fact she’s an antique compared to her young opponent.“Folks, I’m the only Maine Democrat to win a statewide election in the last 20 years,”…
Former Airforce F-35 Instructor Arrested After Defecting and Training Chinese Fighter Pilots
A former U.S. Air Force major with experience training pilots to fly the F-35 Lightning II was arrested on Wednesday after he reportedly spent years in China instructing the Communist nation’s military. [RELATED: Chinese-Born U.S.…
U.S. House Passes Bill to Curtail Costly Appliance Efficiency Standards With Support from Golden
The U.S. House passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at ending burdensome efficiency standards that restrict the home appliances Americans can buy. [RELATED: From Paper Straws to Appliance Regs, Trump Rolls Back Nanny State and…
When President Trump got Democrats applauding for a proposal to prohibit federal lawmakers from buying and selling stock, one member of that party was conspicuously missing from the State of the Union address. Chellie Pingree…
The alleged “white supremacy” Zohran Mamdani was railing against while attending Bowdoin College was nothing compared to the whiteout he’s now up against in New York City.In his first political firestorm as the first Muslim…
AUBURN, Maine – A gubernatorial debate that opened with promises of structure and civility quickly slid into sharp personal attacks, with Democratic candidate Troy Jackson repeatedly invoking former state Rep. Deqa Dhalac as he accused…
A deadly shooting during a youth hockey game in Rhode Island last week has claimed a third victim, a grandfather whose daughter and grandson were also killed in the attack, authorities said.Gerald Dorgan, who had…
Sen. Angus King has cosponsored a bill alongside several Democratic lawmakers requiring the federal government to return the revenue generated from President Donald Trump’s (R) tariffs, which were recently struck down by the United States…
Let’s hear it for Maine blueberries – you know, the ones that don’t get “recalled.”Four states are facing a serious recall of blueberries produced not in the wild barrens of the Pine Tree State but…
The Maine State Police arrested an Alabama woman on Tuesday after an I-95 pursuit through Androscoggin County. [RELATED: Maine State Police arrest suspect in Skowhegan homicide after pursuit across three states…] The Augusta Regional Communications…
The SAVE Act, recently backed by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), remains wildly popular with Maine voters. Democrats Janet Mills and Graham Platner oppose the ban on noncitizen voting. A new statewide poll of Maine…



























































