While I was in between books recently, I picked up a short horror novella: Woman in White, by fellow Vermont author Kristin Dearborn. While it’s a terrifying story about otherworldly horrors in small-town Maine, Dearborn explains it’s not just monsters you should be afraid of.
Maine Governor Paul LePage attempts to explain his very obviously racist remarks about the state’s heroin problem, does a great job:
Heroin use has exploded across the American northeast, and, according to Governor Paul LePage of Maine, men with names like “D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty” are to blame.
Winters in Maine are fucking cold. Hence it’s a fifteen-year-old resident that invented them, in 1873. And now his hometown throws him a parade every year.
Someone page Ren McCormack, because a Maine high school just outlawed dancing. Gorham High School in Gorham, ME has said “no” to freaking, grinding, and twerking, and the students—many of whom are upset that they won’t get to dress up or take pictures at the lousy bonfire their school has scheduled instead—need…
Cumberland County Jail has had some problems contraband getting in. That’s why the Maine jail’s security protocols have been tightened to make sure anyone entering won’t bring something metal along with them. Unfortunately, the metal detectors weren’t just picking up keys and bracelets—they were also picking up bras.…
The name: Freeman Hatch. The crime: covering a small town in Maine with Bigfoot graffiti.
Burt Shavitz, the founder of natural skin care company Burt’s Bees, died on July 5 in Bangor, Maine surrounded by family. The 80-year-old reportedly suffered from respiratory complications.
A Portland, Maine food writer, whose job it is to eat and write about food, is now banned from three restaurants after being warned that he wasn’t to write reviews of those venues after visiting on assignment.
A town hall held by Maine Governor Paul LePage ended a little early after an enraged former mayor tossed a jar of Vaseline at him. Nothing could make me happier than the preceding sentence. Literally nothing could be funnier than politicians throwing Vaseline at other politicians. This is pretty much direct…
A perfectly named Maine woman was arrested for arson following a series of fires she allegedly set on New Year's Day.
Kaci Hickox, the moxie-laden nurse who took the state of Maine to court over her mandatory (though unnecessary) quarantine—and won—has reached a settlement with the state. And honestly, it sounds a lot like what she's suggested all along.
Yesterday, a reader made us a chart to show the frequency of colors in the L.L. Bean home fall 2014 catalogue. Today Brian Keegan brings us the network version.
Mike Michaud, the democratic candidate who currently serves as a US representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district is in a dead heat with incumbent Tea Partier, Paul LePage for the 2014 governor election. Maine's politics are a little more complicated than many states in that the governor has been elected by…
Wayne Maines was in a meeting when he got the call. His daughter, a transgender teenager who had been fighting the state of Maine for years over her right to use the girls' bathroom at school, had finally won.
People all over the world will be counting down to the end of 2012 in a few days. But a particularly heartwarming 3,2,1... will happen tonight in a number of communities in Maine, where gay marriage will be legal starting at 12:01 a.m. Yay!
Ever since Obama came out in support of same-sex marriage — which he adorably spun as an adorable lesson he learned from his adorable daughters — and called the Department of Justice off defending DOMA, he's been on his gay-marriage game. Which is great, he damn well should be.
Harlan Gardner, a 90-year-old World War II vet and grandpa we want to hug, makes a touching appeal for Mainers United for Marriage, a group that's encouraging state residents to vote yes on an upcoming referendum to allow gay marriage. The short video is just so lovely and wonderful that now I need to go hug my…
Nunchuks really don't get used often enough, it seems, which is a shame because Michelangelo was clearly the most rad Ninja Turtle. Then again, people would probably only deploy their nunchuk skills when faced with a really threatening adversary, which is what happened when woman in Winslow, Maine was forced to fend…
