Bill Clarke announces Senate run to challenge Sen. Susan Collins

Maine entrepreneur Bill Clarke is joining the US Senate race in a bid to unseat Senator Susan Collins. Clarke is one of three Republican candidates vying to take on Collins in the June primary. Clarke was defeated by Collins when he ran as an...

Wabanaki Artisan Celebration honors culture through storytelling and art

Waterville Creates hosts Wabanaki Artisan Celebration to highlight artists as we head into Indigenous Peoples Day. WATERVILLE, Maine — The nonprofit organization Waterville Creates put on a Wabanaki Artisan Celebration to highlight Wabanaki...

Maine school board meeting sees women undress in protest of trans athletes in girls sports, a growing trend

Maine teens Carrlyn Buck, Hailey Himes, Cassidy Carlisle and Lucy Cheney recount their chaotic high school sports experience in a state that aggressively protects trans athletes in girls' sports. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Maine's...

Today In Culture, Monday, October 13, 2025: RIP Tony Fitzpatrick | DCASE Interim Commissioner Named | Roger Brown Home Could Be Landmarked

Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART RIP Tony Fitzpatrick Tony Fitzpatrick, “a boundlessly creative man whose talents enriched the worlds of visual arts, theater,...

Activists strip to their underwear at Maine school board meeting to protest trans athlete policy: ‘You feel uncomfortable?’

Three activists stripped to their underwear during a Maine school board meeting this week in protest of the district’s policy allowing trans athletes to compete in women’s sports. The morally-tinged burlesque show, spearheaded by local activist...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills will challenge Sen. Susan Collins, AP sources say

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year, two people familiar with Mills’ plans said Friday. The development sets up a potential...

3 Northeast states banned religious exemptions for vaccines. What about Massachusetts?

When Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed a law in 2019 tightening the state’s rules for vaccinating students, Northe Saunders captured the historic moment in a photo: his then 3-year-old daughter standing on the granite steps of the State House in...

Activists Who Want to Dismantle Public Schools Now Run the Education Department

Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that...

Maine Mariners unveil plans for new practice facility in Scarborough

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (WGME) -- The Maine Mariners are skating ahead with plans for a new state-of-the-art practice facility in Scarborough. The team, along with Hebert Development, Gorrill Palmer, and Studio Troika, has submitted plans for a 58,000...

Maine’s Democratic governor plans to join race to unseat Susan Collins

Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, plans to launch a Senate campaign early next week, according to multiple reports. Mills will be one of the biggest names in a crowded Democratic field looking to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Mills to join the race...

Indigenous Peoples' Day: Top LGBTQ+ films, TV shows, and documentaries you can watch on October 13. Full list

Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day are both celebrated on the second Monday of October, and although Columbus Day remains a federal holiday, some states only recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day. In the United States, a total of 17 states and...

Maine faces shortfall of 3,000 skilled manufacturing workers, study says

Maine manufacturers need up to 3,000 more skilled workers, according to a study released by the Manufacturers Association of Maine in partnership with the Maine Department of Labor and the Maine Forest Bioproducts Tech Hub. The report, conducted...

Maine Listings unveils ‘customer-centric’ logo

Maine Listings, a real estate data and technology multiple listing service operated by the Maine Association of Realtors, unveiled a new logo and visual direction that aims to reflect its mission to be customer-centric, friendly and accessible....

Maine Gov Janet Mills briefly posts, then deletes, early Senate campaign launch video

President Donald Trump spars with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over complying with an executive order preventing trans athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills...

Stop treating Medicaid as the default choice for Maine’s aging patients | Opinion

Kaitlyn Cunningham Morse is founder and owner of Maine Aging Partners, LLC. Most families don’t plan for Medicaid until they’re already in crisis. A hospital stay ends and discharge planners say it’s time to move. A parent can no longer manage...

Nearly 500 Education Dept. Employees Fired

In addition to the layoffs of nearly half the Education Department’s staff in March, almost 500 more staffers were fired Friday. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images | BraunS and...

8 things to do in and around central Maine

Nora Brown. (Courtesy of Chocolate Church Arts Center) Nora Brown A Nora Brown concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Brown plays traditional Appalachian music with a focus on banjo playing...

Joe Manganiello announces engagement to Caitlin O'Connor

Manganiello posted a selfie of the duo Friday with the caption "June 24th, 2025." WASHINGTON — Joe Manganiello and Caitlin O'Connor announced they're engaged Friday after nearly two years of dating. Manganiello, 48, and O'Connor, 36, posted a...

Maine Gov. Mills to challenge Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year, according to two people familiar with Mills’ plans on Friday, setting up a potential matchup between the...

Maine man who threatened to hunt down, kill immigrants is under supervised release

A Maine man who threatened to hunt down and kill undocumented immigrants in comments posted to YouTube will be under supervised release for the next three years.Benjamin Brown, 47, of Waterville, pleaded guilty in June to making threatening...