Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2017
Acadia wormers, clammers, towns await congressional action to fix park boundary, marine harvesting issues
Legislation submitted by Sen. King and Rep. Poliquin to resolve several conflicts remains stalled on Capitol Hill.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2017
Maine women among 5 to say former President George H.W. Bush groped them in photo shoots
The allegations threaten to tarnish the legacy of the 41st president, a summer resident of Kennebunkport.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2017
Right whales could be extinct in less than 25 years, scientists warn after spate of deaths
Researchers meeting in Halifax put hopes on a technological fix for lobster traps.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2017
Maine’s member of Trump voter fraud commission decries ‘vacuum of information’
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap made the request after learning from the press that a staffer he’d never heard of had been arrested on child porn charges.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2017
Matt Dunlap says he’s heard nothing from Trump voter fraud commission for a month
Initially open minded, Secretary of State Matt Dunlap has become the most critical member of the controversial panel.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2017
Storm brews over New England’s national monument offshore
Looser restrictions advocated for the site by the U.S. Interior secretary split scientists and commercial fishing interests.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2017
With scathing letter, climate scientist from Maine quits Interior Department
Joel Clement, a policy expert who was reassigned to an accounting job after disclosing how climate change affects Native Alaskan communities, calls for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s resignation.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2017
When debtors’ prisons in Maine flouted justice, Pine Tree emerged as a legal ally
The group that for 50 years has helped low-income Mainers and ended archaic practices in the state now faces cuts to federal funds.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2017
TD Bank paying compensation for shortchanging customers at coin counting machines
Most users will see just pennies from the class action lawsuit settlement.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2017
Congress set to reject Trump’s wide range of federal program cuts
A ‘meat ax’ approach to service and research programs isn’t likely to pass even Republican muster.
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