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January 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Spot the difference 🤔
January 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Maine State Police Investigating Homicide at Illicit Cannabis Grow Run by “Chinese Gang from NY”

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Maine State Police Investigating Homicide at Illicit Cannabis Grow Run by "Chinese Gang from NY"
The Maine State Police are investigating a homicide that is tied to the location of a former illegal Chinese marijuana grow in Turner, near the defunct Twitchell-Turner-Auburn Airport. According to a ...
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December 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Bad news for any Piping Plover predators!

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December 18, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Rep. Reagan Paul:

"Nuclear energy could — and should — be the cornerstone of Maine’s future."

Read the full commentary:
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December 12, 2024 at 6:45 PM
@strim.bsky.social says that the Democrats will nominate either Shenna Bellows or Troy Jackson for Governor in 2026.

Some pundits have also floated Jared Golden as a contender.

Would you support either for Governor??
December 12, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Good news for the Shenna Stans...

Your girl is getting a raise!

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December 12, 2024 at 1:01 PM
TRIGGER WARNING!!

House GOP Passes Bill to Help Educate High Schoolers on the Evils of Communism

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December 12, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Maine's left-wing politicians are urging the Biden Administration to make a last-ditch effort to subvert Donald Trump's immigration policies.
December 11, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Despite the left-wing hysteria over rising sea levels, a comparison of satellite imagery of some of Maine’s most iconic coastal communities shows virtually no change in the coastline:

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December 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM
The Satanic Satanists have installed a "holiday display" outside the NH State Capitol building.

Their version of Christmas cheer is a little bit... different:
December 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Gardiner’s Proposed School-Based Clinic Operator Earned $11.7 Million Prescribing Drugs in 2023

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Gardiner's Proposed School-Based Clinic Operator Earned $11.7 Million Prescribing Drugs in 2023
A new trend sweeping Maine schools has parents concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding medical treatments — including sex-change related treatments and mind-altering prescription drugs — ...
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December 10, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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The responsible thing would be for Susan Collins to go before the cameras and say this guy has no business as SecDef and she's working to bring her GOP colleagues around. That'd be leadership.

Instead, Collins is meeting with Hegseth this week as part of the PR campaign to get him thru. #MEpolitics
Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth: "The left and progressives used allegiance to state, they used patriotism as a vehicle to untether us from timeless truth, from the Bible. The cross and the bible were replaced by a flag and a pledge.”
December 10, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Pingree, King, and Mills Push Eleventh-Hour Protections for Immigrants as Trump Heads for White House

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Pingree, King, and Mills Push Eleventh-Hour Protections for Immigrants as Trump Heads for White House
Maine’s Sen. Angus King (I) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D), along with Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine), called on Friday for a permanent extension of work permits for immigrants, weeks before President-elect...
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December 10, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Demonstrators in Augusta wave Syria's three-star opposition flag following the fall of Assad.
December 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Race-Based Tourism: Maine Taxpayers Fund $165k Grant to Black Travel Influencers for Attracting ‘diverse visitors’ to State

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Race-Based Tourism: Maine Taxpayers Fund $165k Grant to Black Travel Influencers for Attracting 'diverse visitors' to State
The State of Maine’s Office of Tourism has awarded a $165,000 grant to a black travel influencer as part of a marketing campaign aimed at attracting more “diverse visitors” and “Black travelers” to Ma...
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December 6, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Senator Susan Collins says she is "concerned" about the recent allegations against Pete Hegseth, and that she expects to meet with him next week.

(Video from WGME)
December 5, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Maine's biggest tax increase in decades begins Jan. 1

Here’s what businesses and workers should expect:
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Maine's New Paid Leave Rules: Here's What Businesses and Workers Should Expect
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released Wednesday the final rules for the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program set to launch, in part, in just four weeks. These rules include...
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December 5, 2024 at 1:00 PM