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...
Two Navy veterans have raised questions about the veracity of Maine gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles’ military record and sharply criticized his decision to wear a military uniform on Memorial Day. Claude Berube, a retired Navy Reserve commander, expressed concerns about Charles’ claims regarding his military service in the aftermath of September 11 attacks. “After 9/11
A growing number of respected Democratic, Independent and Republican voices are publicly raising concerns about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner as Democrats seek to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races. The criticism has come not just from Republican opponents, but from figures who broadly identify with
By Neil Harper of the Maine Wire I drive into the Fighting Oligarchy Tour at Thompson’s Point featuring Bernie Sanders, Graham Platner, and Troy Jackson. I park next to a man in a truck I had seen before at a previous Graham rally. He’s eating a sandwich. Meat and mustard fall from his mouth into
The atmosphere at a youth ball game is usually a soundtrack of summer: the crack of the bat, the enthusiastic chants of the players, and the calming hum of the crowd enjoying their day off as the warm breeze blows the black flies away just enough to bearably watch the children play. But, when you
By Lisa Keim – Oxford County Commissioner, District 2 Like many of you, I look around Maine today and barely recognize parts of it. The change hasn’t been subtle—it’s been sweeping. And for many of us, it hasn’t just been economic or political; it’s been personal. The fallout from heavy-handed COVID mandates still lingers, leaving
Show moreShow less BANGOR, Maine – Vice President JD Vance singled out The Maine Wire’s Jon Fetherston and Steve Robinson for recognition during his visit to Bangor on Thursday, praising their reporting on fraud before a large crowd gathered at Bangor International Airport. “We’ve also got some reporters from the Maine Wire, people who have
BANGOR, Maine – The Maine Republican Party announced that Vice President J.D. Vance will travel to Bangor on Thursday to deliver remarks at Bangor International Airport, marking a high-profile visit to the state as the Trump administration sharpens its focus on government fraud and oversight. Details of the event remain limited. Party officials said only
By Caroline McCaughey – Special for The Maine Wire Friday, May 8 is Military Spouses Appreciation Day, and Maine State Sen. Brad Farrin (R-Somerset) told the Maine Wire it’s well deserved. “We spend a lot of time focusing on the service member, but I don’t think we spend enough time talking about the family,” said
By Neil Harper I was walking off a small ceremony shoot on a beach in Wells, Maine, photographing a young bride and groom eager to begin their lives together. And as soon as they were out of sight, I began to dart— I hurtled myself toward that parking lot, throwing myself into my car.Camera landing
As reported in the Robinson Report Republican Robert “Bobby” Charles holds a nearly 40-point lead over his closest competitors in Maine’s June 9th GOP gubernatorial primary, according to a Charles’ campaign internal strategy memo prepared by McLaughlin & Associates and provided to The Robinson Report. “Bobby Charles holds a commanding 36-point lead on the first-choice
Owen McCarthy, the health-tech entrepreneur seeking the Republican nomination for governor, took his first swing at television this week with a 30-second “Shark Tank” parody titled “Lobster Tank” that recasts the people of Maine as the panel of investors and McCarthy himself as the candidate making the pitch. The ad will come with a “six-figure”
Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, is unlikely to clear the Senate Judiciary Committee and make it to the floor for a vote, Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. One Republican senator and the panel, Thom Tillis (R-NC), told the
After Russia escalated its assault on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv overnight, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to be shifting the focus of his criticism over the stalled peace talks over the war between the two former Soviet countries from Ukraine’s President Voldymyr Zelenskyy to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. “I am not happy with the
Noting an uptick of crime in Maine committed by individual out on bail for a previous offense, Sen. David Haggan (R-Penobscot) wants to roll back provisions of a 2021 law that made it easier for those being held under suspicion of committing a crime to get released on bail. LD 1536, “An Act to Amend
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is undeterred by the “No Kings” signs that have become prominent at recurring ‘Hands Off’ rallies around the state and has launched a speaking program to raise the alarm about America’s democracy being in peril. Never one to let a low-hanging news hook pass by, Sen. King pegged an op-ed
Rhode Island-based U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose reportedly issued a ruling late on Friday denying Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) claim for declaratory and injunctive relief against the terms of the censure Maine Democrats imposed against her last month. Those terms strip Rep. Libby of the right to vote or speak on the
America’s youngest national security advisor, former Hillary Clinton and Amy Klobuchar aide Jake Sullivan, took center stage at Harvard University on Tuesday to share with Kennedy School of Government professor Graham Allison some of his greatest hits from the Biden administration. Sullivan’s appearance preceded President Donald Trump saying on Wednesday that the venerated American university
An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent who was the subject of retaliation by the agency for coming forward to Congress in 2023 about former First Son Hunter Biden’s tax violations has on Tuesday — the deadline for Americans to file their tax returns — been named an acting commissioner, or temporary head, of the federal
Just two weeks after Waldo County Hospital closed its maternity and birthing unit citing declining birth rates, on Monday Rep. Jan Dodge (D-Belfast) testified before the legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee on her bill to mandate that Maine high schools expand a condom giveaway program statewide. “My students were grateful for the availability of
As the deadline set in a letter of impasse the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights had sent to Maine state officials two weeks ago drew down to its final hours, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office issued a response saying the state would neither sign a resolution agreement nor propose an alternative