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the kavanaugh hearings
10/6/2018
Collins and Murkowski Face Political Repercussions at Home for Kavanaugh Votes Collins has guaranteed herself a tough reelection race in 2020, and Murkowski is already getting an intraparty threat from Sarah Palin.
Alleged Lobster Embezzlement Is Most New England Crime Ever A Maine man is accused of stealing over $1 million worth of seafood.
Top Maine Court Orders GOP Governor to Stop Ignoring Voters and Expand Medicaid Maine’s fiery right-wing governor has vowed to go to jail before allowing a Medicaid expansion. He may get his wish.
The Maine Lobster Festival Sea Goddess Drama Has Escalated “It’s been pretty brutal … a so-called friend even said she was burning all of her lobster festival shirts.”
Shame Cast Upon Maine Lobster Festival Sea Goddess “This is a terrible situation for everyone involved.”
Last Resort: How Maine Democrats Can Save Roe v. Wade Beating on Senate Democrats to oppose Brett Kavanaugh would be divisive and wouldn’t matter anyway. Giving Susan Collins a free ride in 2020 would.
Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS Confirmation Is in the GOP’s Hands There are three Republican senators to watch. If they stay in line, nothing else matters.
8 Days After Primary, Maine Democrats Get Their Top Nominees First-place finishers in the Democratic primaries for governor and Congress won after “ranked-choice voting” implemented, but it took a while.
Primaries Set Up Big General-Election Battles From a wave of Democratic woman in Virginia to a shot at a GOP Senate seat in Nevada, the June 12 primaries set tables for a November banquet.
GOP Could Get Even Trumpier in June 12 Primaries The primaries range from big gubernatorial fights in South Carolina and Nevada to open House races in Virginia to ranked-choice voting in Maine.
Virginia Is Giving Obamacare a Huge — If Belated — Win Democrats were able to wrangle a few GOP votes to expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of needy Virginians.
Trump Ends Obama’s Ban on Bear Baiting, Other Cruel Hunting Techniques in Alaska Disputes between animal-rights supporters and trophy hunters are a reliable culture-war issue that Team Trump is happy to exploit.
Maine’s Governor Defies the Law and Voters on Medicaid Expansion Republican Paul LePage plans to block a voter-sanctioned measure via stubborn defiance of the law.
A Lobster Shortage Is Causing Prices to Skyrocket Bad weather and high demand have caused prices to double.
summer travel
4/4/2018
16 Obscure-ish Islands for Mostly Middle-of-Nowhere Vacationing Swim amid the mangrove trees in Thailand, scoot through coastal vineyards in Turkey — or do nothing at all.
online reservations
3/15/2018
Maine Restaurant Announces It Will Only Take Reservations by Mail Prospective diners are encouraged to “write clearly and legibly.”
Lamb Win Could Point to Democratic Resurgence in Lily-white Districts Under the right circumstances, it looks like Democrats can again win in places where they don’t have their customary minority base.
travel
3/13/2018
My Family Has Gone to This Secret Maine Beach Since the ’50s The residents of Biddeford Pool don’t want you to know about their bucolic beach town.
stoneman shooting
3/13/2018
Maine Governor Plans to Block Medicaid Expansion Despite Statewide Vote Mainers voted to expand Medicaid, but Governor Paul LePage says he won’t do it unless his conditions are met.
Senator Susan Collins Won’t Run for Governor of Maine The four-term senator will remain in Washington, where she believes she can do the most good.
i like this bitch's life
9/22/2017
I Wish I Had a Clothesline Full of Linens in Maine I Like This Bitch’s Life: Nicholson Baker edition.
LePage Insists Medicaid Is ‘Welfare’ With Maine voters having a chance to expand Medicaid over Paul LePage’s objections, he wants the ballot to call the venerable program “welfare.”
The Last of Summer, Shot on Film in Midcoast Maine Man Repeller’s photo editor Edith Young shoots her summer retreat.
Paul LePage Threatens to Run for Senate The fiery Maine governor admits he might not be an effective senator, but is considering a run anyway, and might even appoint himself to a seat.
Susan Collins Says She May Run for Governor of Maine in 2018 If she does, New England’s most racist governor will get to appoint Maine’s next senator.
aging gracefully
6/28/2016
Maine Restaurateur Bans Customers Who Own Assault Weapons “If you own this gun, or you condone the ownership of this gun for private use, you may no longer enter.”
Climate Change Is Decimating Maine’s Lobster Population An alarming study says a warm-water disease threatens Maine’s whole industry.
Paul LePage Claims Racist Remarks Were Part of a Clever Strategy Shocker: He was talking about black drug dealers the whole time!
oh state politics!
1/26/2016
Chipotle’s Pitiful Sales Have Forced Suppliers to Lay Off Employees The chain’s burrito-bowl manufacturer has shed 5 percent of its workforce.
LePage Blames Maine’s Heroin Woes on ‘D-Money’ “ I was going impromptu and my brain didn’t catch up to my mouth.”
Add Maine’s Cod to the List of Things Decimated by Global Warming Scientists now blame rising water temperatures more than overfishing.
Yet Another Restaurateur Has Accused Yelp of Tweaking Reviews Apparently, one chef claims, Yelp will punish you if you don’t buy ads.
Kids In Restaurants
7/21/2015
Parents Irate After Restaurant Owner ‘Snaps’ at Screaming Child “Her parents said, ‘Are you screaming at a child?’ ‘Yes I am. And she shut up.’”
A Restaurant Discriminated Against One of Its Servers for Not Going to Church It turns out, however, the owner just disapproved of his son’s choice of date.
Kaci Hickox Cannot Be Quarantined in Maine A judge rejected the state’s request to keep her inside and away from everyone.
Tough Quarantine Nurse Now Fighting With Maine She won’t agree to stay inside through the 21-day incubation period.
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