Molly Adams
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Meet our 2025 Mainers To Be Thankful For
Meet our 2025 Mainers To Be Thankful For
Every year, when we solicit nominations for Mainers To Be Thankful For, we try to emphasize that we’re looking for people who don’t just do good work in their communities but also exceed expectations....
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November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Meet our 2025 Mainers To Be Thankful For
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
79 Teeny-Tiny Gifts
Small enough to fit in your hand and all under $40.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics drive Trump’s #Chicago deportation blitz. Law enforcement experts say federal agents show a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-CPD Supt. Garry McCarthy sez. @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics drive Trump’s #Chicago deportation blitz. Law enforcement experts say federal agents show a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-CPD Supt. Garry McCarthy sez. @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
Being a social media influencer in Maine looks a little different than it does in other parts of the country. New obsession! Great video at the link.
South Portland influencer cleans the streets while jogging
Ben Michaud, the man behind the Instagram account Ploggarun, has amassed 35,000 followers and earned $300 from returning recyclables.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Being a social media influencer in Maine looks a little different than it does in other parts of the country. New obsession! Great video at the link.
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Delight of the day: www.printmag.com/designer-pro...
Winey Bears Repair Brings Old Stuffed Animals Back to Life – PRINT Magazine
The heartwarming, 40-year-old family business restores worn-out stuffed animals to help keep memories alive.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
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The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.
“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.
Read more at @windycitytimes.com
“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.
Read more at @windycitytimes.com
Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times
Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.
“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.
Read more at @windycitytimes.com
“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.
Read more at @windycitytimes.com
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Reclaim your time and disengage disingenuous foks!
October 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reclaim your time and disengage disingenuous foks!
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My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Never before exhibited photos by Gordon Parks are at Bowdoin for the next month. There are quite a few of the images in the article if you can't make it to Brunswick.
See Maine through the eyes of renowned photographer Gordon Parks
These images made in 1944 for Standard Oil have never been exhibited before and are on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art through Nov. 9.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Never before exhibited photos by Gordon Parks are at Bowdoin for the next month. There are quite a few of the images in the article if you can't make it to Brunswick.
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Journalist @leighkunkel.bsky.social was left with a bloody nose after federal officers shot her in the face and the back of the head while she was reporting on protests at an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview on Sept. 26.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Journalist @leighkunkel.bsky.social was left with a bloody nose after federal officers shot her in the face and the back of the head while she was reporting on protests at an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview on Sept. 26.
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Scientists report that the vibes today are worse than anyone suspected they could get. They’re tearing out whole chapters in the vibe studies textbook and frantically rewriting them to account for it.
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Scientists report that the vibes today are worse than anyone suspected they could get. They’re tearing out whole chapters in the vibe studies textbook and frantically rewriting them to account for it.
Wonderful reporting and images from the eastern edge of our country.
In Sipayik, the Passamaquoddy are finding resilience in a half-acre of clams
With one of the largest soft-shell clam gardens in the world, the tribe is confronting invasive crabs and human-caused ecological damage.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Wonderful reporting and images from the eastern edge of our country.
Maine news.
Rockland Breakwater Draws Throngs, Injuries
The fire chief advises people to watch their steps and stop to admire the views.
www.midcoastvillager.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Maine news.
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TOMORROW! Join us along with Central Maine News, Maine Youth Action Network, Alfond Youth & Community Center and Main Street Skowhegan in Waterville, #Maine, for an evening of conversation, connection, and community. Click the link for more information.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
TOMORROW! Join us along with Central Maine News, Maine Youth Action Network, Alfond Youth & Community Center and Main Street Skowhegan in Waterville, #Maine, for an evening of conversation, connection, and community. Click the link for more information.
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Stefanie was last seen running into the North Maine Woods beside the Damron’s home in the tiny Aroostook County town of New Sweden, 20 miles from the Canadian border.
Authorities have mounted a massive search in the last year in more than 4,500 acres of thick backcountry forest.
Authorities have mounted a massive search in the last year in more than 4,500 acres of thick backcountry forest.
A teenager has been missing in the Maine woods for 1 year
The disappearance of Stefanie Damron last September in Aroostook County has left her family despondent: 'We haven't had a chance to heal.'
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September 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Stefanie was last seen running into the North Maine Woods beside the Damron’s home in the tiny Aroostook County town of New Sweden, 20 miles from the Canadian border.
Authorities have mounted a massive search in the last year in more than 4,500 acres of thick backcountry forest.
Authorities have mounted a massive search in the last year in more than 4,500 acres of thick backcountry forest.
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Favor Kabwe struggled to find the words to describe his feelings after being naturalized as an American citizen.
“A huge relief,” the 39-year-old Auburn resident said.
“Finally, I belong here,” said Kabwe. “This is my home.”
“A huge relief,” the 39-year-old Auburn resident said.
“Finally, I belong here,” said Kabwe. “This is my home.”
Portland citizenship ceremony brings relief amid immigration crackdown
The country's intense immigration enforcement and divisive political rhetoric weighed on Wednesday's ceremony as 50 people from 28 countries were naturalized as American citizens.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Favor Kabwe struggled to find the words to describe his feelings after being naturalized as an American citizen.
“A huge relief,” the 39-year-old Auburn resident said.
“Finally, I belong here,” said Kabwe. “This is my home.”
“A huge relief,” the 39-year-old Auburn resident said.
“Finally, I belong here,” said Kabwe. “This is my home.”
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Breaking — FEMA Acting Chief Counsel Colt Hagmaier just resigned in an email to staff. He's worked at the agency for more than a decade.
Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk.
Text of his email shared with me:
Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk.
Text of his email shared with me:
September 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Breaking — FEMA Acting Chief Counsel Colt Hagmaier just resigned in an email to staff. He's worked at the agency for more than a decade.
Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk.
Text of his email shared with me:
Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk.
Text of his email shared with me: