Artifacts from the Whydah were discovered by a team led by Barry Clifford, who has come under fire for his handling of archaeological sites.
Colin Woodard
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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Maine member of Trump voter fraud panel wants it to probe Russian election hacking
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap serves on the president’s voter fraud commission and says it makes sense for the commission to investigate Russia’s efforts to hack state electoral systems.
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Sens. Collins, King question Comey in high-stakes hearing
Maine’s senators pose separate lines of questions for the fired FBI director in his appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Legal experts look ahead at keys to Comey’s testimony to Senate panel
The fired FBI director goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee, including Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins, today at 10 a.m.
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Bill Cohen’s lessons from Watergate
Breaking with a president of his own party, the first-time congressman from Maine believed doing the right thing would doom his career in D.C.
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Maine environmental advocates warn of ‘crippling’ cuts in Trump budget
One describes the range of cuts as a ‘full-on attack’ on a natural resource-dependent state.
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Maine resolution would aid scheme to rewrite U.S. Constitution
It closely mirrors a secretive group’s model bill and calls for a controversial convention of the states – the first since 1787.
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Gulf of Maine will become too warm for many key fish, report says
Cod and haddock will see prime habitat areas vanish this century, but lobsters will find new spaces to grow.
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Sen. Collins wants Comey to testify, deliver memos on Trump meeting
Maine’s Republican senator tells NPR she wants to establish the key facts amid allegations Trump tried to quash part of the FBI’s Russia investigation.
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Panic flows over the future of 2 dams in eastern Maine
A pulp and paper company’s move to surrender the dams worries communities bordering lakes and draws intervention efforts from Canada.