Seamus Othot is a reporter for The Maine Wire. He grew up in New Hampshire, and graduated from The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, where he was able to spend his time reading the great works of Western Civilization. He can be reached at [email protected] or (401) 216-9160.
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...
Just one day after Vice President JD Vance visited Maine and promised to crack down on the massive amount of fraud being exposed by The Maine Wire, the Small Business Administration (SBA) took a concrete step to end Covid-era loan fraud in the state. [RELATED: Mills Claims She’s Tough on Fraud In Response to Vance
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) issued a response to Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud visit to Bangor on Thursday, claiming that she actually is tough on fraud, and deflecting away from the fraud issue onto the Iran War. [RELATED: Vance Brings Anti-Fraud Message to Bangor, Praises Maine Wire Reporting and Backs LePage Congressional Bid…] “As District
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Rep. Michele Meyer (D-Maine) announced a $1 million investment of opioid settlement funds on Wednesday for a social services hub in Kittery. [RELATED: Maine AG’s Office Quietly Spends Millions on Opioid Settlement Funds with Limited Disclosure…] The funding will go to Mainspring: The Seacoast Social Services Collective, a project
A Skowhegan homeless shelter was ordered to shut down on Wednesday following a months-long dispute surrounding code enforcement and the shelter’s failure to install a sprinkler system. [RELATED: Maine Cities and Towns Now Required to Allow Homeless Shelters Under Unanimous New Law…] “It’s unfortunate, but I am glad that the state is providing resources for
A Maine game warden was tragically killed on Tuesday after his plane crashed in Avon. [RELATED: Top Air Canada Exec Quits Under Fire For Not Knowing How To Speak French After Fatal Plane Crash…] At approximately 11:00 a.m., Game Warden Pilot Tibbetts’ plane went down near Schoolhouse Pond in what was ultimately a fatal crash.
Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) sent a letter to Maine’s Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary James Danly on Monday, asking the department to examine and publish the true costs of Maine’s green energy push. [RELATED: Golden Joins Republicans in Vote to Ease Enviornmental Regulations to Promote Domestic Energy Production…] “The persistent claim that wind and
A Lewiston man pleaded guilty on Friday to drug trafficking charges after he sold drugs to a confidential source. [RELATED: Clifton Drug Trafficker Arrested Following Bail Check…] In February 2025, a confidential source working with the FBI made multiple purchases of controlled drugs from Dashane Seamster, 30, of Lewiston. On April 1, the source made
Bangor handed hundreds of thousands in federal grant money to Food and Medicine, a nonprofit where Democratic gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson worked, that campaigned against the voter ID referendum and in favor of a convicted killer for the City Council. [RELATED: Killer Of Canadian Tourist In Old Orchard Beach Among Three New City Councilors In
A Raymond driver suffered serious injuries on Thursday after she allegedly crashed head-on into a school bus in Westbrook. [RELATED: Car Crashes Into Saint George Home Leaving 16-Year-Old with Life Threatening Injuries…] At approximately 8:32 a.m., the Westbrook Police Department and Westbrook Fire Department responded to reports of a crash on Bridgton Road near the
Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) policy director Gabi Berube Pierce is running for a seat on the Augusta School Board against controversial activist Nicholas Blanchard, who goes by “Corn Pop” online. [RELATED: Federal Judge Smacks Down Augusta School Board in Free Speech Fight With “Cornpop” Blanchard…] In her professional capacity as a lawyer and
The Bangor Daily News meet-and-greet at the Bangor Public Library exceeded expectations on Thursday with a crowd size straying into the double digits. Some attendees even appeared below retirement age. [RELATED: Bangor Newspaper Company Has Received More Than $2.4M from Mills Admin for “Public Affairs”…] The paper held its event from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30
The Oxford Sheriff’s Department found two eight-year-old girls safe on Wednesday hours after they were reported missing from a Mexico school. [RELATED: Maine State Police Take Lead in Search for Missing Hampden Man Douglas Dunphy…] At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a school resource officer working at the Mountain Valley Community School in Mexico learned
Bath Iron Works secured a contract to construct the Navy’s next guided missile destroyer, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced on Wednesday. [RELATED: Platner Tries to Pin Iran War and Skyrocketing Gas Prices on Collins Despite Her Recent Vote to End Hostilities…] “Today, the U.S. Navy awarded Bath Iron Works a contract to build the next
As Graham Platner pivots towards a pitched battle against Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) after Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) dropped out of the race, he has worked to blame the incumbent for the Iran War despite her recent vote to end it. [RELATED: Collins Votes to End Iran War After Previous Vote to Allow It To
The Maine Marine Patrol recovered the body of a sea kayaker on Tuesday after his family reported seeing his boat capsize. [RELATED: Marine Patrol Search of the Kennebec River for Missing Man Results in the Discovery of a Body…] The Maine Marine Patrol began searching for Jeffery B. Eaton, 55, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, at
The National Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) called Democratic Congressional Candidate Jordan Wood at 1:00 a.m. to inform him that they would be endorsing his primary opponent, Joe Baldacci. [RELATED: Dem Senate Candidate Jordan Wood’s “Courage” on Full Display as Staffer Bars Maine Wire Reporter from “Public” Town Hall…] “The DCCC called at 1am last
A tragic crash on Friday left a 53-year-old Saco man dead after he allegedly struck another vehicle head-on while passing. [RELATED: Windham Crash Sends Pickup Careening Through Commercial Building…] At approximately 6:51 a.m., the Saco police received reports of a crash in the area of 838 Portland Road in Saco. The Saco Police and Fire
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) identified a possible 900,000 metric ton deposit of lithium in the Northern Appalachians, with the largest concentrations in Maine and New Hampshire, which “could replace imports for a century or more.” [RELATED: How America Can Break Free From China’s Minerals Stranglehold…] “USGS mineral science is the leading edge in the
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) voted on Thursday in favor of a War Powers Resolution to end the war in Iran just ahead of the war’s 60-day mark despite an earlier vote to allow it to continue. [RELATED: Collins Votes Against Iran War Powers Resolution, Warns It Would “Send the Wrong Message” to Tehran…] “As I
Ted Cohen contributed to this article. The Maine Warden Service is mounting a search operation on Saturday looking for a Franklin man who went missing in 2017. [RELATED: Missing Thomaston Father, Dorman’s Dairy Kin, Found Dead; Darryl Sanborn’s Cause of Death ‘Pending’…] Russell Burnett, 47, of Franklin, was first reported missing to the Hancock County