Edward Tomic is a reporter for The Maine Wire based in Southern Maine. He grew up near Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Boston University. He can be reached at [email protected]
Interview with Jerry Leeman: Today we bring you a story about a handful of fishermen rallying against a billion-dollar green industrial project, shady foreign corporations, and our own federal and state government. All are conspiring to generate a cash cow for...
By Greg Yates The criminal case People v Gosselin took place in a little red house structure known as the “Town of Highland Justice Court” located in Sullivan County, New York. This little red structure is also known as the Barryville Town Hall, where court is...
Maine State Senator and former House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Cumberland) has introduced a bill that would extend taxpayer-funded prescription drug discount program coverage to certain noncitizens residents of Maine. Sen. Talbot Ross’ bill, LD 842, would provide coverage under the Maine Rx Plus Program to noncitizens living in Maine who might otherwise qualify for
The Maine American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has issued a statement denouncing the use of a New Hampshire federal prison by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain suspected illegal aliens. [RELATED: Maine ACLU Vows to Resist ‘repression and totalitarianism’ of Second Trump Administration…] Last month, media outlets began reporting on a leaked memo
Rockland Police on Monday announced the arrest of an 18-year-old accused of stealing $40,000 from a vehicle in February while out on bail conditions from prior criminal charges. Police say that Zachary Gilbert, 18, of Rockland, was arrested on Friday, March 7, and was charges with felony theft and violation of conditions of release. According
An illegal alien who was arrested late last year and found to be a member of the Venezuelan transnational criminal street gang Tren de Aragua has been deported to Ecuador, U.S. Border Patrol Houlton Sector announced Sunday. According to Border Patrol, a resident agent assigned to Maine’s Calais Station arrested the foreign national near Old
A shooting outside of a mosque in Lewiston on Friday night interrupted a Ramadan service and left a 19-year-old injured. Lewiston Police say they responded to the parking lot of “Masjidu Salaam Mosque” at 240 Bartlett St. at around 9:45 p.m. on Friday to reports of a shooting. [RELATED: Somali-American Maine Rep Says Immigrants’ ‘lives
A Canadian citizen was caught trying to smuggle a large bag of methamphetamine pills over the northern border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, the agency announced this week. CBP says that on Friday, Feb. 28, officers at the U.S.-Canada port of entry in Ogdensburg, N.Y., encountered 32-year-old Canadian citizen Raphael Leblond-Lacroix attempting
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have revealed new details about the Chinese national now facing deportation after being charged with sex trafficking in connection to a massage parlor he operated in Rockland. [RELATED: Owner of Rockland Asian Massage Parlor Charged with Sex Trafficking Now Being Held in ICE Custody…] Tian “Adam” Tao, 54, owner
The City of Portland’s recently implemented “syringe buyback” program is showing signs of effectively increasing the number of syringes returned the city’s syringe exchange and of reducing the number of used needles littering the city, according to a city memo published this week. Portland’s Syringe Services Program (SSP), commonly referred to as “The Exchange,” is
Two people out on bail were arrested in Rockland on Thursday after police found cocaine and other narcotics in their vehicle during a traffic stop. Rockland Police say they were conducting proactive patrols around a suspected drug trafficking location in Rockland around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, when they stopped a vehicle for multiple traffic violations.
A Maine high school track and cross country coach published an op-ed Thursday in the Bangor Daily News defending the participation of biological males in girls’ sports. The author of the op-ed, entitled “There is no place for hatred in running,” is Isaac Vaccaro, a math teacher and head coach of cross country, indoor track
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, alongside a coalition of 21 other Democratic state attorneys general, on Wednesday were able to secure a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration, blocking their planned steep cuts to research grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The injunction, granted Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston
A Brunswick-based LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit will be hosting a “queer wildlife day” later this month, during which participants will learn “how Queerness exists in animal relationships and behaviors.” Queerly ME will be hosting the “queer wildlife” event on March 24, featuring animal ambassadors from the Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick — which include various
An illegal alien from Ecuador was arrested in Maine on Sunday for operating under the influence (OUI), and is now being held on an immigration detainer by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), booking records show. [RELATED: Illegal Alien’s Speeding, Reckless Passing Maneuver on I-95 Left Maine Woman Dead, Husband Critically Injured: MSP Crash Report…]
The Maine Trust for Local News (METLN), the nonprofit organization that owns the Portland Press Herald, Lewiston Sun Journal and more than a dozen other regional newspapers, announced on Tuesday that it will be laying off 49 employees and reducing certain print publications as part of a new cost-cutting effort. [RELATED: Press Herald Faces More
Two suspects in a fraudulent check cashing scheme that targeted a bank in Waterboro and other banks in the area were identified by the York County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. The York County Sheriff’s Office say they were called to Partners Bank in Waterboro in January for a report of two males attempting to cash
Following a month-long investigation into suspected drug trafficking, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a Norridgewock home that resulted in four arrests and the seizure of over $20,000 in illegal drugs and multiple firearms. Deputies and detectives from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, alongside a detective from the Waterville Police Department
The U.S. Department of Education has launched an online “End DEI” portal for parents, teachers and other community members to submit reports of discrimination based on race or sex occurring in public K-12 schools. The portal allows for the submission of a school or school district and provides a form for detailing any potential discriminatory
In an interview published online last week, recently elected Portland City Councilor for District 2, Wes Pelletier, a longtime member of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (Maine DSA), praised Maine Gov. Janet Mills for picking a fight with President Trump over the issue of biological males competing in women’s sports. Pelletier was elected as
A Windham man with a suspended driver’s license was arrested last week for operating under the influence (OUI) and multiple other charges after he allegedly sped past Westbrook High School at over 65 miles per hour, police say. The speed limit in school zones is 15 miles per hour when school is in session, as
A Republican-led bill introduced on Wednesday would allow Maine municipalities to place limitations on the state’s ability to resettle migrants into their communities. [RELATED: Catholic Charities Maine Plans to Resettle 150 Refugees in 100-Mile Radius Around Bangor…] The bill, LD 422, “An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in