Today, new reporting in “The Maine Monitor” revealed that billionaires have given over $9.8 million to reelect their favorite RUBBER STAMP, Senator Susan Collins. Meanwhile, grassroots donors chipping in $200. or less have given Graham Platner $9.6 million according to … Continue reading
High Street Emergency Road Closure Due to Roadway Washout Repair
Early this morning on Thursday, June 11, between 12 am and 3 am, the city experienced a roadway washout on High Street between Commercial Street and York Street. High Street has been closed to all traffic for emergency repair of … Continue reading
Women’s Soccer Team Season Ticket Deposits Sell Out in First Hour; Club Shop Relocates
Portland Hearts of Pine announced early this afternoon that season ticket deposits for its newly launched USL W. League team sold out in just one hour, marking a major milestone for the future of women’s soccer in Maine. The rapid … Continue reading
Women’s Soccer Team Season Ticket Deposits Open Today at Noon
Today marks another major milestone for soccer in Maine, as season ticket deposits for USLW Maine’s inaugural season open at noon. The new women’s team has been part of the club’s vision from day one: a team for Maine, built … Continue reading
Senator Collins Votes to Confirm Two More Anti-repro Rights Judges Says Planned Parenthood
One week after voting to confirm anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ judge Kathleen “Kate” Lane to the US District Court for the District of Montana, Senator Susan Collins voted to confirm two more Trump nominated anti-reproductive rights judges – this time to … Continue reading
Platner Calls out Collins for Refusing to Say if She Regrets Decisive Kavanaugh Vote
Following Senator Susan Collins recent vote to confirm yet another judge in a wave of radical, anti-choice judicial nominees, today, Senator Susan Collins refused to say if she regrets her deciding vote for Brett Kavanaugh to serve as a Justice … Continue reading
ICE Plans to Hold Detainees Across From a Chemical Storage Site in Arizona
On one side of West Sweetwater Avenue in Surprise, Arizona, a community stores hundreds of thousands of pounds of hazardous chemicals, among them compressed gases that turn into a toxic, corrosive cloud if they escape. On the other side, the … Continue reading
Portland Man Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges
Abdikeya Mohamud, 38, of Portland was arrested yesterday on four c ounts of Class A Aggravated Trafficking Schedule W Drugs Cocaine Base (Crack) according to a press release received yesterday afternoon from Shannon Moss, Public Information Officer, for the Maine … Continue reading
Parking Rates to Increase as of July 1, 2026 in Portland
The City Council approved changes in the hourly parking rates and parking meter hours of operation as part of the recently approved Fiscal Year 2022 municipal budget. These changes go into effect on July 1, 2026. Parkig meter rates will … Continue reading
Primary Night Statement from Graham Platner for Maine Campaign
Graham Platner is now the Democratic nominee for United States Senate, the culmination of one of the most remarkable grassroots campaigns Maine has ever seen — and a signal that voters are hungry for a different kind of politics according … Continue reading