The former senator’s departure from the Mitchell Institute followed revelations that the Democrat’s name appears over 300 times in the latest batch of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Drew Johnson
Staff Writer
Drew is the night reporter for the Portland Press Herald. He previously covered South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth for the Sentry, Leader and Southern Forecaster. Though he is from Massachusetts, Drew grew up going to his family’s lake house in Denmark, Maine, learning to snow ski at Pleasant Mountain and water ski on Moose Pond. While he started as a “Vacationlander”, Drew adopted “the way life should be” motto and moved to Portland in 2021.
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Proposal to close Maine’s recreational cannabis market won’t appear on November ballot
A petition seeking a statewide referendum on whether to end recreational sales and add oversight to the medical marijuana industry was not submitted in time to qualify for the November 2026 ballot.
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Shenna Bellows says she was doxed for stance on ICE
Maine’s secretary of state, also a Democratic candidate for governor, said she is ‘not backing down’ following a slew of ‘vicious and nasty’ phone calls after her personal information was spread online.
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UMaine student dies following gas leak at Washington County mill
The university identified the student as Kasie Malcolm, a junior studying chemical engineering at the university system’s Machias campus.
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Hundreds gather in Portland to protest actions by ICE
The demonstration came at the end of a week in which federal immigration officials said over 100 people had been detained in Maine.
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Jared Golden 1 of 7 House Democrats who voted for DHS spending bill
The 2nd District congressman said failing to fund the Department of Homeland Security ‘would undermine public safety and emergency response services.’
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Subzero temperatures expected across Maine, and that doesn’t count the wind chill
Winds could make conditions feel as cold as 20 to 30 below, meteorologists say, and more snow is expected starting Sunday night.
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Maine woman interfered with Brewer police assuming they were ICE agents, officials say
Mary Conmee, of Orrington, has been served a court summons for disorderly conduct and obstructing government administration during a Brewer law enforcement operation Wednesday.
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Reports and videos of ICE activity are increasing in Maine
Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline confirms an ‘increased presence’ of agents in his city, while a flood of social media posts appears to show officers also are operating in the Greater Portland area.
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NTSB releases preliminary report on Rockland school bus crash that killed 12-year-old student
The federal agency is also investigating the fatal bus crash that occurred in Standish in December.