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Jason Joyce: Who Is The Maine Lobsterman Speaking At The 2020 RNC?

Jason Joyce: Who Is The Maine Lobsterman Speaking At The 2020 RNC?

Jason Joyce, a Maine lobsterman, is scheduled to address the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night. President Donald Trump has lately made overtures to the fishing industry and tweeted about the lobster industry in Maine as recently as Tuesday morning. In June, he reversed protections for a 5,000-square-mile section of the ocean in a bid […]

4y ago

Poll Shows Republican Sen. Susan Collins Trailing By 9 Points As Democrats Look To Regain Control Of Senate

Poll Shows Republican Sen. Susan Collins Trailing By 9 Points As Democrats Look To Regain Control Of Senate

Maine Sen. Susan Collins could be in for a tough fight to keep her seat, with a new poll showing that she trails her Democratic opponent by nine points in a race already drawing national attention. As the Bangor Daily News reported, the poll was commissioned by the left-leaning group “Swing Hard. Run Fast. Turn […]

4y ago

Maine Bans Native American Mascots From Public Schools

Maine Bans Native American Mascots From Public Schools

Maine has become the first state to ban public schools, colleges, and universities from using Native American symbols as their mascots, CNN reports. The measure was signed by Governor Janet Mills on Thursday, and the provision will go into effect 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature. Specifically, the law will prohibit public schools […]

5y ago

White People Would Be ‘Forgotten’ Without An Electoral College, Ex-Maine Governor Says

White People Would Be ‘Forgotten’ Without An Electoral College, Ex-Maine Governor Says

Paul LePage, who was the Republican governor of Maine for eight years before leaving office earlier this year, has long been known for controversial statements. And that has continued even now that he’s out of office. The former governor gave an interview on a radio show on WVOM, as reported by The Maine Beacon. In […]

5y ago

Maine Woman Pleads Guilty To Welfare, MaineCare, And SNAP Fraud

Maine Woman Pleads Guilty To Welfare, MaineCare, And SNAP Fraud

A woman in Lewiston, Maine, pleaded guilty to illegally accepting more than $20,000 in state and federal welfare benefits. The Sun Journal reports that 45-year-old Sherry Awadjie openly admitted in federal court that over the course of two years, she accepted thousands of dollars in welfare benefit money that she was not entitled to. The […]

5y ago

SNAP Benefits To Increase For Maine Residents Under New Administration

SNAP Benefits To Increase For Maine Residents Under New Administration

Low-income residents of Maine will see an increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits – also known as food stamps – starting next month. This past Wednesday, Jane Lambrew, who serves as the commissioner of Health and Human Services, announced a major change to Maine’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that will positively […]

5y ago

Strange ‘Pancake-Batter’ Creatures Are Scaring Swimmers In Maine

Strange ‘Pancake-Batter’ Creatures Are Scaring Swimmers In Maine

There’s nothing quite like taking a dip in the ocean. The water is warm as you float along minding your own business. This until you see what looks like pancake-batter creatures invading your space. It sounds like something out of a bad B-grade horror movie. However, for those who enjoy a dip in the Gulf […]

6y ago

With Win In Maine Race, Democrats Now Control All 21 House Seats In New England, Republicans Have Zero

With Win In Maine Race, Democrats Now Control All 21 House Seats In New England, Republicans Have Zero

The states that comprise the region of the country known as “New England” are known to be reliable Democratic Party strongholds. Following the results of last week’s midterm elections, that’s now even more noticeably true. The states that compose the region of New England are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. And […]

6y ago

Susan Rice To Consider Running Against Susan Collins After Midterms

Susan Rice To Consider Running Against Susan Collins After Midterms

Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice said that she would make the final decision about running against Senator Susan Collins after this fall’s midterms, The Hill reports. “I have been moved by the enthusiasm. I’m going to give it due consideration after the midterms.” Rumors of Rice possibly running against Collins started after the national […]

6y ago

Body Of Missing Maine Teacher Kristin Westra Found, Death Ruled A Suicide

Body Of Missing Maine Teacher Kristin Westra Found, Death Ruled A Suicide

Forty-seven-year-old Kristin Westra was last seen alive by her husband Jay last Sunday night. He reported her missing on Monday morning. ABC News reported this morning that her body was found Friday in a wooded area, and that her death has been ruled a suicide. Details about the cause of death — or regarding the […]

6y ago

Maine Investigates Restaurant That Allegedly Gave Marijuana To Lobsters

Maine Investigates Restaurant That Allegedly Gave Marijuana To Lobsters

Maine officials are currently investigating a restaurant that allegedly used an unusual technique to calm down lobsters before cooking them — by blowing marijuana smoke at them. According to the Portland Press Herald, Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound was allowed to remain open while being probed by the Maine Health Inspection Program but has decided not […]

6y ago

Sen. Susan Collins Says Kavanaugh Told Her Roe v. Wade Is ‘Settled Law’

Sen. Susan Collins Says Kavanaugh Told Her Roe v. Wade Is ‘Settled Law’

According to NBC News, Senator Susan Collins claims that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh told her that he believes Roe v. Wade is “settled law.” The pro-choice Maine Republican has previously voiced her hesitation to vote in favor of President Trump’s newest Supreme Court nominee over the issue of reproductive rights. After sitting down for […]

6y ago

Hulu’s ‘Castle Rock’ Renewed For Season 2

Hulu’s ‘Castle Rock’ Renewed For Season 2

Hulu’s Stephen-King-inspired series Castle Rock has officially been renewed for a second season, according to Variety. Castle Rock, named after Stephen King’s fictional Maine topography, is set in the Stephen King multiverse, but is not based on any particular novel or series of King’s. The anthology’s first season centers around Castle Rock, Maine’s only private […]

6y ago

Man Killed In Hit-And-Run Confessed To Similar Crime In 2013, But Sacrificed Himself To Save Little Leaguers

Man Killed In Hit-And-Run Confessed To Similar Crime In 2013, But Sacrificed Himself To Save Little Leaguers

Douglas Parkhurst, the 68-year-old man killed in a hit-and-run during a recent Little League baseball game in Maine, had an ironic past, having confessed in 2013 to fatally hitting a 4-year-old girl with his car as a teenager in October, 1968. Yet witness accounts suggest that it was his heroic deeds that saved the lives […]

6y ago

George H.W. Bush Hospitalized For Low Blood Pressure, Fatigue

George H.W. Bush Hospitalized For Low Blood Pressure, Fatigue

George H.W. Bush, the 41st president and father of 43rd president George W. Bush, has been hospitalized for low blood pressure and fatigue, CNN is reporting. In a Sunday tweet, Bush’s spokesman, Jim McGrath, said that the 93-year-old will be in the hospital “for a few days.” “President @GeorgeHWBush was taken to Southern Maine Health […]

6y ago

Teenage Boy And Father Injured In Bobcat Attack In Maine, Authorities Still Searching For ‘Aggressive’ Animal

Teenage Boy And Father Injured In Bobcat Attack In Maine, Authorities Still Searching For ‘Aggressive’ Animal

A teenage boy was injured Wednesday evening in Stow, Maine, after a bobcat appeared in his family’s yard and attacked him and his father. According to the Sun Journal, a Maine-based publication, Carolynn Plowden and her 17-year-old son, Justin, first saw the bobcat crossing a road near their home at around 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. […]

6y ago

Somerset County Sheriff’s Deputy Eugene Cole Shot, Killed, In Norridgewock, Sparking Manhunt With FBI Involved

Somerset County Sheriff’s Deputy Eugene Cole Shot, Killed, In Norridgewock, Sparking Manhunt With FBI Involved

A sheriff’s deputy in Maine was shot and killed early this morning in the town of Norridgwock. The suspect in this crime allegedly shot Somerset County Corporal Eugene Cole at about 1:45 a.m., drove off in his police cruiser, and then robbed a Cumberland Farms convenience store. A national manhunt is now underway for the […]

6y ago

Oprah Receives Letter From ‘Jesus Christ,’ A Maine Woman, And Some Wonder If It’s A Sign From God

Oprah Receives Letter From ‘Jesus Christ,’ A Maine Woman, And Some Wonder If It’s A Sign From God

An 83-year-old Maine woman is receiving a lot of unexpected attention after Gayle King of CBS This Morning posted a photo of the envelope she sent to Oprah, according to Time. Fan mail is nothing out of the ordinary, but since the woman’s name is Jesus Christ, it caught King’s eye. King asked Oprah in […]

6y ago

Maine GOP Candidate Says That He’s Not Impressed With ‘Skinhead Lesbian’ Parkland Survivor Emma Gonzalez

Maine GOP Candidate Says That He’s Not Impressed With ‘Skinhead Lesbian’ Parkland Survivor Emma Gonzalez

The Parkland school shooting which claimed the lives of 17 people has fueled a movement of activism led by the students. In the forefront of the call for gun control, 18-year-old Emma Gonzalez has demanded that laws be reformed to make acquiring firearms more difficult. But a Republican candidate for Maine’s 57th Congressional District is […]

6y ago

Mother Convicted Of Killing Infant Blamed Autistic Sons, Claims She Woke Up To Find Baby Beaten And Dead

Mother Convicted Of Killing Infant Blamed Autistic Sons, Claims She Woke Up To Find Baby Beaten And Dead

Miranda Hopkins, 32, is facing up to 30 years for the death of her 7-week-old infant son after she was found guilty of manslaughter in a Maine court on Tuesday. She was charged with manslaughter and the jury convicted her of this crime after they deliberated for several hours. She will return to court next […]

7y ago

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