Project would enhance Searsport, but plan to dispose of contaminated spoils drew local ire.
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.
Pennsylvania-based company linked to rule-breaker Jack DeCoster buys 3 Maine egg farms
Hillandale Farms owned the Iowa operation tied to a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010, and the notorious businessman was one of its suppliers.
Can New Brunswick and Nova Scotia teach Maine a lesson about consolidation?
Merging towns to save money by joining services is touted for Maine, but its success in Canada varies.
Mainer sees success in commercial clam farm, but not everyone loves the project
An experimental soft-shell clam farm in Georgetown aims to keep green crabs at bay and rebuild the industry.
Elder challenges tribal leaders, is led off in handcuffs
In rough and tough Passamaquoddy politics, an elder with a recall petition can be recalled.
Bush family compound in Kennebunkport is campaign gold
Rich in history, money and and power, Walker’s Point is a touchstone of the Bush political dynasty.
Potential cost kills referendum on redacted parts of Maine Constitution
The ballot question would have proposed overturning a 140-year-old amendment that prohibits the printing of the state’s treaty obligations to Indian tribes.
Bill seeks to publish ‘redacted’ parts of Maine Constitution
The sections, which included the treaty obligations with Indian tribes that Maine agreed to, are still forbidden to be published with the rest of the state’s fundamental laws.
Maine tribes will no longer recognize authority of state officials
Three tribes have asked the federal government to intervene in a Maine Indian Claims Settlement Acts dispute.
Report gives Maine counties mixed grades on smog
Critics fret over what effect the state’s new rules will have as York County already has an ‘F’ for ozone pollution.