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Man with Outstanding Warrants Arrested After Resisting Arrest and
Being Tased
By Seamus Othot on Mar 05, 2026
08:30 pm
The York County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Lebanon man on Wednesday after he was allegedly found to be subject to multiple outstanding arrest warrants during a traffic stop and resisted arrest. [RELATED: Two Madison Residents with Outstanding Warrants Arrested during Drug Raid…] At approximately 1:40 p.m., Deputy Levi Johnson allegedly witnessed a traffic violation on [...]
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Lewiston Embarrassment Iman Osman Returns to Court Monday to Face Gun Charges By Jon Fetherston on Mar 05, 2026 08:29 pm
LEWISTON, Maine — Disgraced former Lewiston City Councilor Iman Osman is scheduled to return to Lewiston District Court on Monday, March 9, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., to face two felony charges tied to an alleged stolen firearm: receiving stolen property and theft by unauthorized taking of a gun. Osman has already pleaded not guilty to [...]
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Elite Universities Dropping Swimming Requirement For Fear Of “Racial Inequity” Accusations; Bowdoin Dodged Bullet By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 08:26 pm
The age-old requirement that college seniors must pass a swimming test is being dumped due to fears it discriminates against people of color. Dartmouth College just became the latest school to drop a mandatory swimming test from its graduation prerequisite. In doing so, the Ivy League school joins a handful of other elite institutions that [...]
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Sen. Angus King Leads Bipartisan Push to Ease Benefit Access for Military Members Returning to Civilian Life By Libby Palanza on Mar 05, 2026 03:13 pm
Sen. Angus King (I) introduced a bill with Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) to provide support to veterans participating in the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) when they are applying for benefits. Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins (R) has also signed onto the bill as a cosponsor alongside a number of other Democratic and Republican lawmakers. According to [...]
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Banished Blair Witch, Seeking Political Revival, Running For Return To Midcoast Maine Selectboard By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 03:11 pm
The Blair Witch is seeking political redemption in a Maine town where voters fired her last year amid a bitter property dispute. The witch’s name on Friday The 13th will appear as the more common Heather Donahue. March 13, a Friday, townspeople in a town called Freedom, Maine will go to the polls to decide [...]
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Former Female Maine Police Chief Hitting The Road In Cross-Country Campaign For The E.R.A. By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 02:58 pm
Ex- Freeport Police Chief Susan Nourse knows about breaking glass ceilings. After all, she’s been one of the few female top cops Maine has ever had. So it’s more than fitting that Nourse would hop in a replica of a 1914 car and embark on a cross-country trek lobbying for the Equal Rights Amendment. The [...]
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Conservative Augusta School Board Member Recieves Letter of Reprimand After Speaking Against Pro-Trans Policies By Seamus Othot on Mar 05, 2026 02:12 pm
The left-wing Augusta School Board issued a formal admonishment against Conservative board member James Orr for alleged policy violations after he criticized the school district’s liberal transgender policies. [RELATED: Liberals Claim Victory in Augusta School Board After Two Conservative-Leaning Candidates Ran and Split the Vote…] “We value your insights and your passion for sharing your [...]
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Janet Complains To Her BFFs At Portland Press Herald That The Maine Wire Scooped Her By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 01:14 pm
The Democrat Gov. Janet Mills administration went crying to Maine’s largest daily Wednesday – the paper she counts on for a hug when the chips are down. The Portland Press Herald ran a piece quoting a Mills spokesman decrying The Maine Wire for allegedly being in bed with President Trump. The Trump administration last week [...]
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Bangor Woman Faces Potential 30 Year Prison Sentence Following Bank Fraud Guilty Plea By Seamus Othot on Mar 05, 2026 09:42 am
A Bangor woman is facing a potential 30-year prison sentence after she pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. [RELATED: Attempted Bank Fraud in Houlton Leads to Cross-Border Chase Into Canada Involving Canadian Mounted Police…] Nichole Kelley, 46, of Bangor, pleaded guilty to her role in a bank fraud conspiracy that lasted [...]
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Liberal Ladies of ABC-TV’s ‘The View: And Now Let’s Give A Warm Round Of Applause For … A Registered Democrat ExCongressman/Sex Offender’ By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 09:41 am
The human Weiner Mobile is back! Carlos Danger, which was ex-U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY’s screen name, came out of the closet this week on The View. No not that closet, silly. The closest in which he’s been hiding since he became a convicted pedophile. “🚨 HOLY SHIT — The Jewish sex offender Anthony Weiner [...]
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The York County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Lebanon man on Wednesday after he was allegedly found to be subject to multiple outstanding arrest warrants during a traffic stop and resisted arrest. [RELATED: Two Madison Residents with Outstanding Warrants Arrested during Drug Raid…] At approximately 1:40 p.m., Deputy Levi Johnson allegedly witnessed a traffic violation on [...]
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Lewiston Embarrassment Iman Osman Returns to Court Monday to Face Gun Charges By Jon Fetherston on Mar 05, 2026 08:29 pm
LEWISTON, Maine — Disgraced former Lewiston City Councilor Iman Osman is scheduled to return to Lewiston District Court on Monday, March 9, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., to face two felony charges tied to an alleged stolen firearm: receiving stolen property and theft by unauthorized taking of a gun. Osman has already pleaded not guilty to [...]
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Elite Universities Dropping Swimming Requirement For Fear Of “Racial Inequity” Accusations; Bowdoin Dodged Bullet By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 08:26 pm
The age-old requirement that college seniors must pass a swimming test is being dumped due to fears it discriminates against people of color. Dartmouth College just became the latest school to drop a mandatory swimming test from its graduation prerequisite. In doing so, the Ivy League school joins a handful of other elite institutions that [...]
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Sen. Angus King Leads Bipartisan Push to Ease Benefit Access for Military Members Returning to Civilian Life By Libby Palanza on Mar 05, 2026 03:13 pm
Sen. Angus King (I) introduced a bill with Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) to provide support to veterans participating in the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) when they are applying for benefits. Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins (R) has also signed onto the bill as a cosponsor alongside a number of other Democratic and Republican lawmakers. According to [...]
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Banished Blair Witch, Seeking Political Revival, Running For Return To Midcoast Maine Selectboard By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 03:11 pm
The Blair Witch is seeking political redemption in a Maine town where voters fired her last year amid a bitter property dispute. The witch’s name on Friday The 13th will appear as the more common Heather Donahue. March 13, a Friday, townspeople in a town called Freedom, Maine will go to the polls to decide [...]
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Former Female Maine Police Chief Hitting The Road In Cross-Country Campaign For The E.R.A. By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 02:58 pm
Ex- Freeport Police Chief Susan Nourse knows about breaking glass ceilings. After all, she’s been one of the few female top cops Maine has ever had. So it’s more than fitting that Nourse would hop in a replica of a 1914 car and embark on a cross-country trek lobbying for the Equal Rights Amendment. The [...]
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Conservative Augusta School Board Member Recieves Letter of Reprimand After Speaking Against Pro-Trans Policies By Seamus Othot on Mar 05, 2026 02:12 pm
The left-wing Augusta School Board issued a formal admonishment against Conservative board member James Orr for alleged policy violations after he criticized the school district’s liberal transgender policies. [RELATED: Liberals Claim Victory in Augusta School Board After Two Conservative-Leaning Candidates Ran and Split the Vote…] “We value your insights and your passion for sharing your [...]
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Janet Complains To Her BFFs At Portland Press Herald That The Maine Wire Scooped Her By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 01:14 pm
The Democrat Gov. Janet Mills administration went crying to Maine’s largest daily Wednesday – the paper she counts on for a hug when the chips are down. The Portland Press Herald ran a piece quoting a Mills spokesman decrying The Maine Wire for allegedly being in bed with President Trump. The Trump administration last week [...]
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Bangor Woman Faces Potential 30 Year Prison Sentence Following Bank Fraud Guilty Plea By Seamus Othot on Mar 05, 2026 09:42 am
A Bangor woman is facing a potential 30-year prison sentence after she pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. [RELATED: Attempted Bank Fraud in Houlton Leads to Cross-Border Chase Into Canada Involving Canadian Mounted Police…] Nichole Kelley, 46, of Bangor, pleaded guilty to her role in a bank fraud conspiracy that lasted [...]
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Liberal Ladies of ABC-TV’s ‘The View: And Now Let’s Give A Warm Round Of Applause For … A Registered Democrat ExCongressman/Sex Offender’ By Ted Cohen on Mar 05, 2026 09:41 am
The human Weiner Mobile is back! Carlos Danger, which was ex-U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY’s screen name, came out of the closet this week on The View. No not that closet, silly. The closest in which he’s been hiding since he became a convicted pedophile. “🚨 HOLY SHIT — The Jewish sex offender Anthony Weiner [...]
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Auburn Police Investigating after Homeless Man Found DeadBy Seamus Othot on Mar 04, 2026 08:23 pm
The Auburn Police Department is investigating after a homeless man was found dead on Tuesday at an encampment near the railroad tracks. [RELATED: Railroad Company Begins Clearing Bangor Homeless Camp Along Train Tracks…] At approximately 3:02 p.m., the Auburn Police Department and the Auburn Fire Department responded to reports of a medical emergency at a [...]
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Portland Police Hand Out Awards at Ocean Gateway, Spotlight “Officer of the Year” and Behavioral Health CoordinatorBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 02:18 pm
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Police Department held its annual awards ceremony at Ocean Gateway, handing out dozens of commendations to officers, civilian staff, and partner agencies as the department highlighted what it called “outstanding service, professionalism, and dedication” among its ranks. Police said the department presented 13 Distinguished Unit Commendations and five Life-Saving Awards, [...]
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Supreme Court Blocks Push to Redraw Only GOP District in NYC Ahead of 2026 MidtermsBy Libby Palanza on Mar 04, 2026 02:13 pm
The United States Supreme Court has sided with the New York Republican who challenged the state’s redistricting effort that would have eliminated New York City’s only GOP-held district. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) asked the Court on an emergency basis to restore the lines of her district ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. A lower court [...]
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Portland Police Report Nearly 500 Crashes in First Two Months of 2026, Hit-and-Runs Remain Persistent ProblemBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 02:10 pm
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Police Department released new crash statistics on Wednesday showing that hundreds of traffic accidents have already occurred in the city during the first two months of 2026, including a significant number of hit-and-run incidents. According to police data, officers responded to 232 crashes in February alone, the majority of which [...]
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Dhalac Bails on Reelection as Gateway Scandal Goes Federal — and Mills Keeps Quiet About the Lawmaker Under the Same RoofBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 02:07 pm
AUGUSTA, Maine — Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D) is heading for the exits. After months of mounting scrutiny tied to Gateway Community Services, including MaineCare fraud allegations, Lewiston shooting-related grant questions, and expanding federal interest, Dhalac announced on Jan. 29, 2026, that she will not seek reelection, blaming what she called an “increasingly hostile and unsafe” [...]
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Jeez, What Happened To The Good Old Days When We Were Talking About Sperm And Not Nazi Tattoos?By Ted Cohen on Mar 04, 2026 01:59 pm
OK, enough of the Nazi tattoo already. Can’t we get back to the fun stuff like the “Great Sperm?” You remember, the good ole days, right? When Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner’s wife was talking about how manly he was? “I can say that, right?” as she coyly asked in a TV campaign commercial [...]
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Lewiston Nonprofit Returns Shooting Recovery Funds After Controversy Over Maine Community Foundation Grant ProcessBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 01:53 pm
LEWISTON, Maine – A Lewiston-area nonprofit says it is redirecting tens of thousands of dollars originally awarded through a recovery fund connected to the October 2023 Lewiston mass shooting, after learning more about the broader controversy surrounding how those funds were distributed. The organization, The Root Cellar, announced Wednesday that it has transferred $65,521.79, the [...]
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U.S. Joins Military Action Against Terror Organizations in Ecuador as Iran War Continues in Middle EastBy Seamus Othot on Mar 04, 2026 12:19 pm
The U.S. military launched a joint operation in Ecuador against “Designated Terrorist Organizations” on Tuesday, even as the war with Iran continues. [RELATED: Maine Playing Growing Role In ‘Operation Epic Fury,’ With War Planes And Ships Joining The Fray…] “We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for their unwavering commitment to [...]
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Lewiston City Council Punts on Victims’ Needs Resolution, Awaits March 17 PresentationBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 11:05 am
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council voted Tuesday night to delay action on a proposed resolution that would assess the ongoing needs and financial burdens of people impacted by the October 25, 2023, mass shooting, choosing instead to wait for a presentation from the Maine Resiliency Center later this month. The council agreed to [...]
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Mills Administration Complains After Maine Wire Breaks Autism Medicaid Billing Scandal — Federal Probe IntensifiesBy Maine Wire Staff on Mar 04, 2026 10:50 am
AUGUSTA, Maine — Officials with the State of Maine are raising concerns after federal officials in the Trump administration shared information about a major Medicaid billing investigation with a conservative media outlet before formally notifying the state, according to a report from WGME. The controversy centers on a federal probe into MaineCare billing practices connected [...]
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The Auburn Police Department is investigating after a homeless man was found dead on Tuesday at an encampment near the railroad tracks. [RELATED: Railroad Company Begins Clearing Bangor Homeless Camp Along Train Tracks…] At approximately 3:02 p.m., the Auburn Police Department and the Auburn Fire Department responded to reports of a medical emergency at a [...]
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Portland Police Hand Out Awards at Ocean Gateway, Spotlight “Officer of the Year” and Behavioral Health CoordinatorBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 02:18 pm
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Police Department held its annual awards ceremony at Ocean Gateway, handing out dozens of commendations to officers, civilian staff, and partner agencies as the department highlighted what it called “outstanding service, professionalism, and dedication” among its ranks. Police said the department presented 13 Distinguished Unit Commendations and five Life-Saving Awards, [...]
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Supreme Court Blocks Push to Redraw Only GOP District in NYC Ahead of 2026 MidtermsBy Libby Palanza on Mar 04, 2026 02:13 pm
The United States Supreme Court has sided with the New York Republican who challenged the state’s redistricting effort that would have eliminated New York City’s only GOP-held district. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) asked the Court on an emergency basis to restore the lines of her district ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. A lower court [...]
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Portland Police Report Nearly 500 Crashes in First Two Months of 2026, Hit-and-Runs Remain Persistent ProblemBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 02:10 pm
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Police Department released new crash statistics on Wednesday showing that hundreds of traffic accidents have already occurred in the city during the first two months of 2026, including a significant number of hit-and-run incidents. According to police data, officers responded to 232 crashes in February alone, the majority of which [...]
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Dhalac Bails on Reelection as Gateway Scandal Goes Federal — and Mills Keeps Quiet About the Lawmaker Under the Same RoofBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 02:07 pm
AUGUSTA, Maine — Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D) is heading for the exits. After months of mounting scrutiny tied to Gateway Community Services, including MaineCare fraud allegations, Lewiston shooting-related grant questions, and expanding federal interest, Dhalac announced on Jan. 29, 2026, that she will not seek reelection, blaming what she called an “increasingly hostile and unsafe” [...]
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Jeez, What Happened To The Good Old Days When We Were Talking About Sperm And Not Nazi Tattoos?By Ted Cohen on Mar 04, 2026 01:59 pm
OK, enough of the Nazi tattoo already. Can’t we get back to the fun stuff like the “Great Sperm?” You remember, the good ole days, right? When Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner’s wife was talking about how manly he was? “I can say that, right?” as she coyly asked in a TV campaign commercial [...]
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Lewiston Nonprofit Returns Shooting Recovery Funds After Controversy Over Maine Community Foundation Grant ProcessBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 01:53 pm
LEWISTON, Maine – A Lewiston-area nonprofit says it is redirecting tens of thousands of dollars originally awarded through a recovery fund connected to the October 2023 Lewiston mass shooting, after learning more about the broader controversy surrounding how those funds were distributed. The organization, The Root Cellar, announced Wednesday that it has transferred $65,521.79, the [...]
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U.S. Joins Military Action Against Terror Organizations in Ecuador as Iran War Continues in Middle EastBy Seamus Othot on Mar 04, 2026 12:19 pm
The U.S. military launched a joint operation in Ecuador against “Designated Terrorist Organizations” on Tuesday, even as the war with Iran continues. [RELATED: Maine Playing Growing Role In ‘Operation Epic Fury,’ With War Planes And Ships Joining The Fray…] “We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for their unwavering commitment to [...]
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Lewiston City Council Punts on Victims’ Needs Resolution, Awaits March 17 PresentationBy Jon Fetherston on Mar 04, 2026 11:05 am
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council voted Tuesday night to delay action on a proposed resolution that would assess the ongoing needs and financial burdens of people impacted by the October 25, 2023, mass shooting, choosing instead to wait for a presentation from the Maine Resiliency Center later this month. The council agreed to [...]
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Mills Administration Complains After Maine Wire Breaks Autism Medicaid Billing Scandal — Federal Probe IntensifiesBy Maine Wire Staff on Mar 04, 2026 10:50 am
AUGUSTA, Maine — Officials with the State of Maine are raising concerns after federal officials in the Trump administration shared information about a major Medicaid billing investigation with a conservative media outlet before formally notifying the state, according to a report from WGME. The controversy centers on a federal probe into MaineCare billing practices connected [...]
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Democrats Put Forward Misleadingly-Named Bill Seemingly Aimed at Stopping Jails from Housing ICE DetaineesBy Seamus Othot on Mar 03, 2026 10:14 pm
Democrats in Maine’s Legislature put forward a bill that appears to be a thinly veiled attempt to hinder ICE from holding any detainees in the state’s jails under the guise of increasing access to facilities for Maine law enforcement. [RELATED: DHS Slams Sheriff Joyce After “Bush League” Arrest Critique — ICE Pulls Detainees from Cumberland [...]
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Cumberland Deputies Arrest Two Men in Gray for Shooting from a Moving VehicleBy Seamus Othot on Mar 03, 2026 10:08 pm
Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men in Gray on Sunday after they allegedly discharged firearms from a moving vehicle while passing a cruiser. [RELATED: Portland PD Investigating Shooting That Damaged a Seventh-Day Adventist Church…] At approximately 1:08 a.m., a deputy in a marked sheriff’s cruiser was conducting routine stationary traffic enforcement on West Gray [...]
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Maine Playing Growing Role In ‘Operation Epic Fury,’ With War Planes And Ships Joining The FrayBy Ted Cohen on Mar 03, 2026 09:46 pm
The contributions of the state’s military assets are gaining prominence as the nation’s best tame the beast known as Iran. Besides two guided-missile destroyers that were built at Bath Iron Works being deployed, a major Maine airport is now reportedly being used as a launch pad for flying fueling beasts. A widely followed website on [...]
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Midcoast Man Angry With Girlfriend’s Toddler Daughter Convicted Of Murdering The TotBy Ted Cohen on Mar 03, 2026 09:33 pm
An Edgecomb man accused of beating a young girl to death has been found guilty, state officials said. Tyler Witham-Jordan was charged with murder in connection with the death of 3-year-old Makinzlee Handrahan on Dec. 25, 2022. Witham-Jordan was the boyfriend of Makinzlee’s mother. Prosecutors said Witham-Jordan was experiencing opioid withdrawal on that Christmas morning [...]
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If You Think The Maine Lamestream Media’s Liberal Lies Are Over The Top, You’ll Love ThisBy Ted Cohen on Mar 03, 2026 09:23 pm
A study by a conservative media watchdog shows that the four major search engines are heavily promoting mostly liberal news. So now the numbers confirm what we’ve long suspected. Dan Schneider of the Media Research Center calls the approach a “subliminal form of propaganda” that could potentially be illegal, arguing that these platforms are suppressing [...]
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MDEA Bust Involving Border Patrol Leads to Arrest of New Jersey Man and Two OthersBy Seamus Othot on Mar 03, 2026 09:07 pm
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested three people, including a New Jersey man, and executed warrants in Baileyville and Calais following a week-long investigation into a motel-based drug operation. [RELATED: Vassalboro Man Busted with 2,000 Grams of Cocaine Following Maine DEA Investigation…] On Monday, the MDEA executed a search warrant at a Baileyville motel [...]
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Senate Unanimously Backs Increased Salary Supplements for Infant Caregivers, Grants for Overnight Child Care ProvidersBy Libby Palanza on Mar 03, 2026 09:03 pm
Senate lawmakers in Maine unanimously voted Tuesday to advance a resolve increasing salary supplements for child care providers willing to look after babies. This measure also seeks to establish a grant program for facilities offering overnight care. All 34 senators present for Tuesday’s vote expressed support for the proposal. One Republican lawmaker was excused. This [...]
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Marshals Track Down Georgia Murder Suspect Hiding Out in AuburnBy Seamus Othot on Mar 03, 2026 02:14 pm
U.S. Marshals arrested a Georgia man wanted on charges of murder and possession of a machine gun on Monday after he was allegedly found hiding out in Auburn. [RELATED: Firearm Thief from Topsham Pleads Guilty After Marshals Apprehend Him for Failing to Surrender for His Sentence…] “Crossing state lines does not grant escape—it only strengthens [...]
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Charleston Woman Arrested While Trying to Conceal Drugs During Bail CheckBy Seamus Othot on Mar 03, 2026 02:08 pm
Penobscot County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Charleston woman on Monday after she was allegedly found trying to conceal illegal drugs during a bail check following a prior drug arrest. [RELATED: Drug Raids Involving K-9 Units Lead to Seizure of Fentanyl, Firearms, and Over a Kilogram of Methamphetamines…] At approximately 1:45 p.m., Penobscot deputies conducted a [...]
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Hillary Clinton Denies Talking About Sex Pedo With Ex-Maine Democrat U.S. Sen. George MitchellBy Ted Cohen on Mar 03, 2026 12:13 pm
Maine’s now-most-notorious disgraced former respected politician has been dragged yet again into the Jeffrey Epstein sex spectacle. George Mitchell, who’s repeatedly denied having sex with one of Epstein’s underaged, sexually-trafficked girls, was brought up during a congressional interrogation of former First Lady Hillary Clinton. “Have you ever communicated with any of the following people relating [...]
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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 the aftermath was distributed to nonprofits instead of remaining fully centered on those most directly harmed. Public reporting has put [...]
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By: Judd Garrett
Objectivity is the Objective
November 30, 2025
In 2001 and 2002, the United States and our Western allies went into Iraq and Afghanistan, naively believing that if we could expose the people who lived in those countries to Western values, such as democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and many other human rights. They would reject the dictatorial theocracies they were living under and fully embrace these new values. Instead, the people living in those Islamic countries rejected our values; they rejected freedom, democracy, and human rights. They chose theocracy over democracy. That is completely fine. If those people want to live under Sharia Law, that is their right, and that is their choice. Even though we believe Western values are superior, that does not give us the right to impose them on people who do not want them. In the end, the cornerstone of Western values is that every person and every group of people should have the right to determine how they live. And if they want to live under an oppressive theocracy, there is nothing we can or should do about it. Live and let live.
Instead of learning the lessons of our failures in Iraq and Afghanistan that people who hold Islamic beliefs and values are incompatible with Western values and classic liberalism, we – i.e. Barack Obama and the left – decided to bring millions of Middle Eastern Muslims into our country believing that these people will somehow assimilate to America and adopt the Western values that they just rejected in their own country.
Obama brought in 70,000 Somali Muslims and transplanted them into the middle of Michigan. Now, the majority of the people in Dearborn, Michigan are Somali Muslims; Somali Muslims hold the majority of the political positions in Dearborn; five times a day, the non-Muslims who still live in Dearborn must listen to the Islamic call to prayer blasting through the public streets of that city starting at 5:30 AM, and also watch Muslims march in their streets chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel”. So much for the separation of church and state, we hear the left continually scream whenever anyone does anything Christian in public.
This is not the end result of Barack Obama’s starry-eyed hope that people of all cultures could get along. No, this is the Democrats' game plan, started under Obama. Six months into Obama’s first term, he won the Nobel Peace Prize, even though he did nothing to bring peace anywhere in the world before receiving the award. They gave him the prize simply because he was the first person of color to be elected President of the United States.
Often, when someone receives an award or recognition they don’t really deserve, it motivates them to act in ways that make them worthy of it. So, after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing, it was fair to believe that Obama would be motivated to do everything in his power to bring as much peace to the world as possible to make himself worthy of that level of recognition. In reality, he did the exact opposite. He didn’t bring peace to the world; he brought war. He started five wars in the Middle East during his two terms as President. He set the Middle East on fire.
Why would a Nobel Peace Prize winner start five wars? The answer is very simple. With wars come refugees. There have been millions of refugees as a result of the wars that Obama started throughout the Middle East, and almost all of those Middle Eastern Muslim refugees came to Western countries. Nearly none of them went to any of the 56 Muslim-majority countries around the world. This was done intentionally. The wars in the Middle East did nothing other than create millions of refugees which flooded into Western countries.
When Joe Biden pulled out of Afghanistan in September 2021, it made no sense that such a simple operation became such a failure. How in the world could withdrawing the most powerful military in the world from a country be a disaster? It made no sense. Was our military that incompetent that we lost 13 service members in the process, left $80 billion worth of the most advanced military equipment there, and the whole country turned into complete chaos? It all makes sense when you realize that the disaster of the withdrawal from Afghanistan was done on purpose. The Biden administration wanted it to be a total failure; they wanted Afghanistan to collapse into complete chaos because that gave them the excuse to import 76,000 Afghan refugees into our country, which is exactly what they did. It was all done on purpose.
Last week, one of those Afghan refugees who came in under Joe Biden, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, committed a terrorist attack against members of our National Guard, killing two of them. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest of Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, another Afghan national who allegedly made a social media post about “building a bomb” and threatened to blow up a building in Fort Worth, Texas. These acts are the fruition of the far left's overarching plan. The left hates America. They hate our free market capitalism. They hate our freedom of speech. They hate our freedom of religion. They hate our freedom of the press. They hate our right to bear arms. They hate everything that America stands for. They want to tear America down to its studs and rebuild it in their Marxist, communist vision of the world. And one of the best ways of doing that is bringing in as many people from other countries who hate America as much as they do. That is why they have been bringing in as many Middle Eastern Muslims to the United States as possible. Not only do Muslims hate America, our culture, our religions, and our system of government, but they are also willing to lay down their lives to destroy America. We’ve seen that time and time again with the thousands of suicide terrorist attacks across the West.
It is not only a small percentage of these Muslims who become radicalized to commit these acts of terror that we should worry about, but every Muslim in our country is also a potential threat to our country. Every single Muslim in America is a sleeper cell, whether they know it or not. Their religion teaches them that the greatest thing that they can do on this earth is to lay down their lives killing non-Muslims, so every Muslim can easily be radicalized into a terrorist. Every Muslim is a few clicks of their mouse away from strapping on the suicide vest. That is their ticket to heaven.
It is not only Imams from their Mosques or extremists on the dark web doing the radicalizing; the left sends out dog whistles to these sleeper cells all the time, hoping to trigger them to act, just as we saw recently. A couple of weeks ago, six members of Congress released a video telling service members not to follow illegal orders of Donald Trump. The message that these members of Congress wanted to get out into the public domain was that Donald Trump was giving illegal orders to ICE and the National Guard. And within a week of sending that message, an Afghan national kills two National Guardsmen. The left knows exactly what they are doing. That video was not directed at members of the military; it was aimed at people on the verge of being radicalized. The Muslims are the most useful idiots of the far-left Marxists.
During a commencement ceremony speech at the University of Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz called ICE law enforcement the “modern-day Gestapo.” Illinois Governor JB Pritzker claimed the United States is “essentially” becoming Nazi Germany as a result of ICE’s efforts to enforce immigration laws. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE to a neo-Nazi group. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called for people to “fight” President Trump’s agenda “in the streets.” Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal called ICE agents “deranged” and said it is “inspiring” to obstruct immigration enforcement. Congressman Eric Swalwell compared ICE agents to a “KGB officer in Russia.” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called ICE “secret police” who “are terrorizing our communities.” And now, we have foreign nationals attacking ICE, shooting National Guardsmen, and threatening to blow up buildings.
Leftist, Don Lemon recently said,
“Black people, brown people, people of all strips, whether you’re an Indian American, Mexican American… go out, in your place, where you live, and get a gun legally… because when you have people knocking on your door, and taking you away without due process as a citizen, isn’t that what the second Amendment was written for?”
None of that is happening. Don Lemon wants the sleeper cells to think that it is, so they will pick up a gun and shoot ICE agents or the National Guardsmen. Remember, the left is diabolically evil. They want as much death and destruction in this country as possible. If you disagree, remember, many people on the left cheered and celebrated the murder of Charlie Kirk. They make no distinction between Charlie Kirk, ICE agents, and National Guardsmen.
If we continue to import these people, we are going to get to the point of critical mass, the point of no return. If this continues, it will only end in a massive civil war in our country, just as civil wars are going on throughout the Middle East. The only countries in that region that do not have a civil war are the ones that have already been taken over and controlled by the theocrats. America is one generation away from becoming the Middle East, embroiled in never-ending civil wars. Diversity is not our strength. This type of diversity will be our destruction, and that is exactly what the left and the Muslims want.
By: Judd Garrett
Objectivity is the Objective
November 30, 2025
In 2001 and 2002, the United States and our Western allies went into Iraq and Afghanistan, naively believing that if we could expose the people who lived in those countries to Western values, such as democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and many other human rights. They would reject the dictatorial theocracies they were living under and fully embrace these new values. Instead, the people living in those Islamic countries rejected our values; they rejected freedom, democracy, and human rights. They chose theocracy over democracy. That is completely fine. If those people want to live under Sharia Law, that is their right, and that is their choice. Even though we believe Western values are superior, that does not give us the right to impose them on people who do not want them. In the end, the cornerstone of Western values is that every person and every group of people should have the right to determine how they live. And if they want to live under an oppressive theocracy, there is nothing we can or should do about it. Live and let live.
Instead of learning the lessons of our failures in Iraq and Afghanistan that people who hold Islamic beliefs and values are incompatible with Western values and classic liberalism, we – i.e. Barack Obama and the left – decided to bring millions of Middle Eastern Muslims into our country believing that these people will somehow assimilate to America and adopt the Western values that they just rejected in their own country.
Obama brought in 70,000 Somali Muslims and transplanted them into the middle of Michigan. Now, the majority of the people in Dearborn, Michigan are Somali Muslims; Somali Muslims hold the majority of the political positions in Dearborn; five times a day, the non-Muslims who still live in Dearborn must listen to the Islamic call to prayer blasting through the public streets of that city starting at 5:30 AM, and also watch Muslims march in their streets chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel”. So much for the separation of church and state, we hear the left continually scream whenever anyone does anything Christian in public.
This is not the end result of Barack Obama’s starry-eyed hope that people of all cultures could get along. No, this is the Democrats' game plan, started under Obama. Six months into Obama’s first term, he won the Nobel Peace Prize, even though he did nothing to bring peace anywhere in the world before receiving the award. They gave him the prize simply because he was the first person of color to be elected President of the United States.
Often, when someone receives an award or recognition they don’t really deserve, it motivates them to act in ways that make them worthy of it. So, after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing, it was fair to believe that Obama would be motivated to do everything in his power to bring as much peace to the world as possible to make himself worthy of that level of recognition. In reality, he did the exact opposite. He didn’t bring peace to the world; he brought war. He started five wars in the Middle East during his two terms as President. He set the Middle East on fire.
Why would a Nobel Peace Prize winner start five wars? The answer is very simple. With wars come refugees. There have been millions of refugees as a result of the wars that Obama started throughout the Middle East, and almost all of those Middle Eastern Muslim refugees came to Western countries. Nearly none of them went to any of the 56 Muslim-majority countries around the world. This was done intentionally. The wars in the Middle East did nothing other than create millions of refugees which flooded into Western countries.
When Joe Biden pulled out of Afghanistan in September 2021, it made no sense that such a simple operation became such a failure. How in the world could withdrawing the most powerful military in the world from a country be a disaster? It made no sense. Was our military that incompetent that we lost 13 service members in the process, left $80 billion worth of the most advanced military equipment there, and the whole country turned into complete chaos? It all makes sense when you realize that the disaster of the withdrawal from Afghanistan was done on purpose. The Biden administration wanted it to be a total failure; they wanted Afghanistan to collapse into complete chaos because that gave them the excuse to import 76,000 Afghan refugees into our country, which is exactly what they did. It was all done on purpose.
Last week, one of those Afghan refugees who came in under Joe Biden, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, committed a terrorist attack against members of our National Guard, killing two of them. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest of Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, another Afghan national who allegedly made a social media post about “building a bomb” and threatened to blow up a building in Fort Worth, Texas. These acts are the fruition of the far left's overarching plan. The left hates America. They hate our free market capitalism. They hate our freedom of speech. They hate our freedom of religion. They hate our freedom of the press. They hate our right to bear arms. They hate everything that America stands for. They want to tear America down to its studs and rebuild it in their Marxist, communist vision of the world. And one of the best ways of doing that is bringing in as many people from other countries who hate America as much as they do. That is why they have been bringing in as many Middle Eastern Muslims to the United States as possible. Not only do Muslims hate America, our culture, our religions, and our system of government, but they are also willing to lay down their lives to destroy America. We’ve seen that time and time again with the thousands of suicide terrorist attacks across the West.
It is not only a small percentage of these Muslims who become radicalized to commit these acts of terror that we should worry about, but every Muslim in our country is also a potential threat to our country. Every single Muslim in America is a sleeper cell, whether they know it or not. Their religion teaches them that the greatest thing that they can do on this earth is to lay down their lives killing non-Muslims, so every Muslim can easily be radicalized into a terrorist. Every Muslim is a few clicks of their mouse away from strapping on the suicide vest. That is their ticket to heaven.
It is not only Imams from their Mosques or extremists on the dark web doing the radicalizing; the left sends out dog whistles to these sleeper cells all the time, hoping to trigger them to act, just as we saw recently. A couple of weeks ago, six members of Congress released a video telling service members not to follow illegal orders of Donald Trump. The message that these members of Congress wanted to get out into the public domain was that Donald Trump was giving illegal orders to ICE and the National Guard. And within a week of sending that message, an Afghan national kills two National Guardsmen. The left knows exactly what they are doing. That video was not directed at members of the military; it was aimed at people on the verge of being radicalized. The Muslims are the most useful idiots of the far-left Marxists.
During a commencement ceremony speech at the University of Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz called ICE law enforcement the “modern-day Gestapo.” Illinois Governor JB Pritzker claimed the United States is “essentially” becoming Nazi Germany as a result of ICE’s efforts to enforce immigration laws. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE to a neo-Nazi group. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called for people to “fight” President Trump’s agenda “in the streets.” Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal called ICE agents “deranged” and said it is “inspiring” to obstruct immigration enforcement. Congressman Eric Swalwell compared ICE agents to a “KGB officer in Russia.” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called ICE “secret police” who “are terrorizing our communities.” And now, we have foreign nationals attacking ICE, shooting National Guardsmen, and threatening to blow up buildings.
Leftist, Don Lemon recently said,
“Black people, brown people, people of all strips, whether you’re an Indian American, Mexican American… go out, in your place, where you live, and get a gun legally… because when you have people knocking on your door, and taking you away without due process as a citizen, isn’t that what the second Amendment was written for?”
None of that is happening. Don Lemon wants the sleeper cells to think that it is, so they will pick up a gun and shoot ICE agents or the National Guardsmen. Remember, the left is diabolically evil. They want as much death and destruction in this country as possible. If you disagree, remember, many people on the left cheered and celebrated the murder of Charlie Kirk. They make no distinction between Charlie Kirk, ICE agents, and National Guardsmen.
If we continue to import these people, we are going to get to the point of critical mass, the point of no return. If this continues, it will only end in a massive civil war in our country, just as civil wars are going on throughout the Middle East. The only countries in that region that do not have a civil war are the ones that have already been taken over and controlled by the theocrats. America is one generation away from becoming the Middle East, embroiled in never-ending civil wars. Diversity is not our strength. This type of diversity will be our destruction, and that is exactly what the left and the Muslims want.
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Harvestfest 2025
Charlie Kirk August 2, 2025 Visit to Maine
Mainers List Their Concerns About the State
Today Maine House Representative Katrina J. Smith, District 62, a Republican from Palermo, asked the question, "What concerns you the most about Maine right now?"
There were over 184 responses, and here were some of the concerns raised:
According to U.S. Census Bureau facts, in 2022, per capita income in Maine was $39,718 and 10.8% of people in Maine are living in poverty.
Maine ranks in the top 10 states for the highest electricity rates, coming in at number 3 for 2024.
When it comes to affordable rent, Maine is the 5th least affordable state.
The cost of living index for Maine is 110.7.
In 2022, there were 151,212 small businesses in Maine.
Do you agree with the concerns on this list? What if any other concerns would you add to the list? Please add your concerns and suggestions in the comment section.
Please keep emailing me your local news tips, school/education news, community issues, crime concerns, issues you feel should be investigated, upcoming events, good news stories, neighbors helping neighbors, etc. to [email protected]
Today Maine House Representative Katrina J. Smith, District 62, a Republican from Palermo, asked the question, "What concerns you the most about Maine right now?"
There were over 184 responses, and here were some of the concerns raised:
- There are too many free benefits
- Illegal marijuana grows
- Election integrity
- The Secretary of State's decision to remove former President Trump from Maine's primary ballot
- The attack on legal gun owners' rights by the anti-gun lobby
- Governor Mills policies
- The cost of living was mentioned several times
- The cost of electricity, food, heating oil, and taxes in Maine
- The number of solar panel farms plastering the state
- A lack of affordable rentals and housing for hard-working Mainers was mentioned a few times
- Immigration
- Finding medical care in a timely manner
- The state not doing enough to take care of the homeless
- Maine is turning into California more and more
- Lack of common sense in Augusta
- The removal of the religious and philosophical exemptions for the huge list of mandatory childhood vaccinations to attend public school
- Underfunded nursing homes
- Maine is not attracting new businesses
- Energy bills are too high
- Poorly maintained roads
- High property taxes
- Poor use of taxpayer money
- Cost of living
- Housing for asylum seekers
- Government overreach
- Lack of support for Maine educators
- Quality of the schools
- Ranked choice voting
- Gender ideology
- Fentanyl overdoses
- Mental health
According to U.S. Census Bureau facts, in 2022, per capita income in Maine was $39,718 and 10.8% of people in Maine are living in poverty.
Maine ranks in the top 10 states for the highest electricity rates, coming in at number 3 for 2024.
When it comes to affordable rent, Maine is the 5th least affordable state.
The cost of living index for Maine is 110.7.
In 2022, there were 151,212 small businesses in Maine.
Do you agree with the concerns on this list? What if any other concerns would you add to the list? Please add your concerns and suggestions in the comment section.
Please keep emailing me your local news tips, school/education news, community issues, crime concerns, issues you feel should be investigated, upcoming events, good news stories, neighbors helping neighbors, etc. to [email protected]
Flag Day - June 14, 2023
County Meeting in Alfred
Kentucky Derby - May 6, 2023
Lincoln Day Breakfast - February 11, 2023
Host: York County Republican Committee
Heidi Sampson - 2025
York County GOP Chair
