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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PublishedAugust 3, 2012
Maine lobster glut prompts protests in New Brunswick
The abundance of Maine-caught lobster this summer has driven prices in the state to the lowest levels in a generation, sparking angry protests among lobstermen in New Brunswick.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2012
From Capitol Hill to tying the knot: A look at power couple Susan Collins and Thomas Daffron
One of the most influential Maine political figures you’ve likely never heard of soon will tie the knot with the woman who will soon be the most powerful politician in the state.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2012
Collins, fiance ‘bring out best in each other’
The Maine senator and the political strategist Thomas Daffron share a long history of friendship and success.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2012
Major corporate players support Angus King’s Senate bid
Former Gov. Angus King’s U.S. Senate campaign has attracted the support of powerful national donors and political players, including some of the country’s most prominent corporate lobbyists, the head of the nation’s largest construction firm, and a corporate chieftain who once testified before Congress that smoking did not cause cancer.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2012
Sen. Susan Collins future husband, Thomas Daffron, was once her mentor on Capitol Hill
One of the most influential Maine political figures you’ve likely never heard of soon will tie the knot with the woman who will soon be the most powerful politician in the state.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2012
Election 2012: King catches the money wave
The former governor, running for the U.S. Senate as an independent, attracts vastly more money than his opponents — some from surprising sources.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2012
Eastport tides might turn profit as power can come from undersea turbines
EASTPORT — The tide is running out of Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays, transforming the miles-wide ocean passages around Eastport into fast-running rivers.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2012
Commercial tidal power going online off Eastport coastline
EASTPORT — The tide is running out of Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays, transforming the miles-wide ocean passages around Eastport into fast-running rivers.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2012
EPA overrules Maine on alewives issue
The ruling is a victory for Maine’s Indian tribes and environmentalists, who say the state’s laws have killed an important food source.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2012
Alewives: Important species or invasive pest?
MILLTOWN, New Brunswick — It’s late in the alewives’ spring run, and overnight just five fish have climbed the fish ladder at the Milltown Dam, which spans the St. Croix River on the Maine-New Brunswick border.
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