12+ hour, 30+ min ago   (811+ words) President Donald Trump returned to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Friday night, delivering an hour-long address that mixed tributes to the law enforcement officers who stopped an attempted assassin with sharp attacks on journalists, Democratic politicians and some of…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (327+ words) The general election campaign for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat officially shifted into high gear Sunday after Democrats nominated former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in November. Within hours of Jackson securing the nomination…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (436+ words) A 22-year-old Falmouth man has been charged with assault after Portland Police say he followed a woman walking along Forest Avenue before allegedly throwing bodily fluids on her in what the victim described as a disturbing, unprovoked attack. The incident…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (411+ words) Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson officially secured the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate on Sunday, capping off a fast-moving replacement process that began after Democratic nominee Graham Platner withdrew from the race earlier this month. Meeting at the Cross…...

12+ hour, 14+ min ago   (405+ words) When star Boston radio journalist Kirk Minihane tweeted the other day he was “pretty sure no one has ever been featured on @DatelineNBC and a then contestant on @FamilyFeudABC” he was only half right. There was one other guy besides…...

12+ hour, 18+ min ago   (272+ words) Randolph Mantooth, who played TV’s “Emergency!” paramedic firefighter John Gage and marshaled Ellsworth’s fire parade a half-century ago, has died. Mantooth, 80, who passed away earlier this month in California, teamed up with costar Kevin Tighe, who played TV’s paramedic firefighter…...

12+ hour, 42+ min ago   (441+ words) A slim majority of Independents in Maine are opposed to the use of ranked choice voting in the state, according to the Pine Tree State Poll, a States of Opinion Project conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center....

12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (821+ words) Here is a nickel’s worth of free advice for every Republican running for office in Maine: Stop campaigning like Democrats deserve the benefit of the doubt. Every Republican candidate should spend the rest of this election reminding working Mainers exactly…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (759+ words) Just hours before Maine Democrats are scheduled to meet in Bangor to select a replacement nominee for the U.S. Senate, a Republican state lawmaker is asking Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to determine whether former Senate President Troy Jackson is legally…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1409+ words) Augusta resident Troy Jackson, the former Senate President from Allagash, has secured the Maine Democratic Party’s inside nod to take over the U.S. Senate nomination, a seat vacated by his disgraced communist-socialist bestie, Graham Platner. The national media are now…...