LEVANT — For the fourth consecutive year, a corn maze at Treworgy Family Orchards in Levant was named the in nation by USA Today readers. Treworgy has been creating different corn maze designs for over 20 years, according to co-owner Jonathan Kenerson. This year’s theme is “The Whale of a Tale,” inspired by the children’s book…
AUGUSTA — A Biddeford Democrat who says she wants to “audit the Pentagon and fund the people” is the latest entrant into the race to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Daira Smith-Rodriguez has worked as a civilian contractor for the Air Force, where she audited projects to save “billions of taxpayer dollars.” The daughter of…
PORTLAND – President Trump’s nominee of a Portland attorney to the U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit is drawing fire from advocates for abortion rights and the LGBTQ+ community. Four different organizations – Planned Parenthood, EqualityMaine, Our Power and Maine Women’s Lobby – signed a joint letter this week to Sen. Susan Collins, asking her…
Survivors of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting and relatives of victims are suing the federal government, alleging that the U.S. Army could and should have stopped one of its reservists from carrying out what they call “one of the most preventable mass tragedies in American history.” Eighteen people were killed in October 2023 when Robert Card…
AUGUSTA — An oyster farmer from Sullivan announced his run for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Graham Platner, a Marine and Army veteran, is running in the Democratic primary for the right to challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in November 2026, according to a press release. “Year after year, we send people to Washington who…
Travel across the border dropping in both directions this summer. A release from National Statistical Office of Canada showed that the amount of Canadian residents traveling back over the border has dropped drastically in the past year – by about a third. That is something that is being noticed in Western New York as well….
State and federal lawmakers are pushing back on plans by the General Services Administration to move the Buffalo Passport Agency out of downtown Buffalo and into the suburbs. Leading the charge is Rep. Tim Kennedy, NY-26, who says the office is currently located in a perfect location, citing people who take nearly a dozen different…
DETROIT — At the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, a quote from former President Ronald Reagan is engraved on one wall. “Let the 5,000-mile border between Canada and the United States stand as a symbol for the future,” Reagan said upon signing a 1988 free trade pact with America’s northern neighbor. “Let it forever be not…
SCARBOROUGH — The U.S. lobster industry’s catch keeps sliding as fishermen contend with the northward migration of the valuable crustaceans. The industry is based mostly in Maine, where lobsters are both a cultural signifier and the backbone of the coastal economy. The state’s haul of lobsters has declined every year from 2021, when it was…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is threatening to sue the state of Maine over the state allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ and women’s sports at public schools and universities. In a Feb. 25 letter to Gov. Janet Mills, Bondi said Maine’s policy violates Title IX of the federal Educational Amendments Act of 1972. …