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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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Police arrested a Bangor man on Sunday after he allegedly assaulted someone at a hotel connected to Bangor International Airport and threatened to use a firearm. [RELATED: Private Jet Flips during Takeoff at Bangor Airport…
The Portland Police Department arrested a homeless man on Monday morning after he allegedly severely injured a security guard. [RELATED: Bangor Man Arrested After Chasing Woman With a Knife…] At approximately 3:50 a.m., police responded…
If Mills Were To Beat Platner Union Workers ‘Likely Would Support Republican Susan Collins’
Maine’s U.S. Senate race could be among the first nationwide to see labor backing the Republican candidate.Armed with polls showing Graham Platner trouncing Janet Mills in the upcoming Democrat primary, a group of unions is…
Deer Isle Man Arrested After Causing Thousands of Dollars of Damage Outside Stonington Business
The Hancock Sheriff’s Department arrested a Deer Isle man on Sunday after he allegedly caused thousands of dollars in damage to the exterior of Stonington’s Burnt Cove Market. [RELATED: Homeless Bangor Man Arrested After Taking…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a man on Friday after he allegedly chased a woman with a knife after she received a protective order against him. [RELATED: Woman Arrested Following Bangor Stabbing Incident…] At approximately…
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland City Council is once again staring down a politically charged vote over whether to let the Portland Police Department acquire a drone, reviving a proposal that already failed once and…
WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump bringing it to the forefront during his 2026 State of the Union address, a controversial proposal known as the Dalilah Law is poised to reshape how commercial driver’s licenses…
The mayor of Portland just hopped into the proverbial political bed with a Democrat gubernatorial hopeful whose claim to fame is a questionable government-grifted home loan.What was Mayor Mark Dion thinking when he endorsed Troy…
A so-called illegal “National of the Democratic Republic of the Congo” was pulled from his car by federal agents, as seen from a bystander’s video.BiddefordBuzz.com exclusively posted the February 27 nab and grab that occurred…
MAR A LAGO, Florida – President Donald Trump, on Sunday, said the United States and its partners have launched “Operation Epic Fury,” describing it as one of the largest, most complex, and most overwhelming military…
“Operation Epic Fury,” as the Pentagon coined it, had a little help from Maine.To wit, U.S. Navy photos posted online show the Bath-built USS Spruance firing a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of cashing…
LEWISTON, Maine — More than two years after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, the central outrage has not changed: while victims, survivors, and grieving families were still struggling to rebuild their lives, $1.9 million raised in…
Two Maine Families Finally Get Sweet Revenge On The Iranian Monster Whose Nation Bedevilled Them
It came 46 years late but the families victimized by the 1979 Iran hostage crisis get to sleep a little easier now that Khamenei is boxed up for shipping.The grabbing of American hostages at the…
A charity watchdog organization is questioning whether a Bangor firm supplying the nonprofit Wreaths Across America is inappropriately benefiting from the relationship.CharityWatch says the wreath charity and Worcester Wreath Co. may have too cozy a…
FORT KENT — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins issued a statement reacting to the U.S. airstrikes in Iran, pointing to what she described as the Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions, ballistic missile development, and support for terrorist…
PORTLAND, Maine – Cumberland County has adopted a new emergency notification system, replacing its previous CodeRed platform with Rave Alert, powered by Smart911, as of February 20. County officials said anyone who wants to continue…
A portrait of embattled former U.S. Senate Leader George Mitchell has been stripped from the Maine State House, a move that the state’s top investigative journalist calls possibly Mitchell’s ultimate indignity.Maine legislative officials have been…
WASHINGTON- President Donald J. Trump announced in a Truth Social post, Saturday afternoon, that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is dead, calling him “one of the most evil people in History” and declaring the…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) is looking to make free community college a permanent fixture in Maine as part of her proposed supplemental budget. In recent years, a pandemic-era program has allowed several classes of graduating…
A year after Maine’s top license-plate boss emerged politically wounded from a scandal over faulty tags, a new chapter of Plategate is emerging.Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is now recommending to the legislature that Maine…
WASHINGTON – Early Saturday morning, a joint U.S.-Israel military attack on Iran began, striking 14 sites as the operation got underway. President Donald Trump confirmed on February 28, 2026, that the United States and Israel…
LEWISTON — A 22-year-old Lewiston woman is facing multiple felony charges after police say she fired several rounds during a street altercation Thursday evening near Pine and Howard streets. According to the Lewiston Police Department,…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) learned the hard way Friday that President Donald J. Trump was serious about declaring War on Fraud during his Tuesday State of the Union Address. Mills, unbeknownst to the rest…
MaineCare auditors attempted to recoup nearly $450,000 from the Somali-run Affinity Homecare, co-located with Rep. Yusuf Yusuf’s (D-Portland) shady Care for Everyone and a foreign money transfer station. According to records obtained by the Maine…

























































