Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) applauded the passage of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting public health and lowering the cost of replacing older, heavily polluting diesel engines. Introduced by Pingree and a coalition of … Continue reading
Susan Collins Will Vote for Pro-Lifer Bobby Charles for Governor Reports Planned Parenthood
Susan Collins has once again declared her support for an anti-abortion politician, saying recently, “Of course I’m going to be voting for Bobby Charles” for governor. Bobby Charles has called himself “unapologetically pro-life,” supported “defunding” Planned Parenthood and wants to … Continue reading
Child Injured in Crash Involving Dump Trump on East End
On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at approximately 2:31 pm., Portland Police responded to a crash at the intersection of Washington Avenue and /Fox Street involving a nine year-old boy and a dump truck according to a press release issued early … Continue reading
US Supreme Court Upholds Right to Vote by Mail
Absentee voting by mail will continue just as it has in prior elections, announced Secretary of State Shenna Bellows today according to a press release received this morning from her office. The US Supreme Court rejected the US Postal Service … Continue reading
Fatal Warren Avenue Crash Claims Life of Juvenile, Injures Two Others
At approximately 8:46 pm., on Saturday, September 12, 2026, Portland Police responded to the area of 512 Warren Avenue for a collision involving a motor vehicle and three pedestrians. A group of juvenile males were walking on the north side … Continue reading
Maine Immigration Forum HIghlights Acts of Quiet Resistance
On Thursday, September 17, 2026, the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition will host its third annual Maine Immigration Forum (MIF) event at Halo at the Point on Thompson’s Point. The event runs from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. The theme of … Continue reading
Maine Education Association Endorses Troy Jackson for US Senate Seat
Yesterday, during a press conference in Portland, the Maine Education Association (MEA) endorsedTroy Jackson for the US Senate seat currently occupied by Susan Collins (R). MEA pointed to Jackson’s decades-long recordof sanding with working peope and fighting for teachers and … Continue reading
Brunswick Man Arrested in Homicide of Neighbor
Major Crimes Unit South Detectives have arrested a Brunswick man in connection with the September 1, 2026 homicide of his neighbor: James Smith, 48, of Brunswick according to a press release received this afternoon from Shannon Moss, Public Information Officer, … Continue reading
Pingree Slams Interior Plan to Carve up Yosemite for Private Development
Congresswoman Chellie PIngree (D-ME) is pushing back against the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) proposed land exchange in Yosemite National Park. The project is listed as DOI’s sixth most important priority – even though Interior has acknowledged that it has … Continue reading
Armed Robbery Suspect of Portland Arrested by Local Police
On September 8, 2026, at approximately 5:23 pm., Portland Police responded to Huong’s Vietnamese Restaurant, located at 267 St. John Street, for a report of an armed robbery. The suspect fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash. Portland … Continue reading