An acrimonious relationship develops between Maine and Massachusetts.
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.
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
Colony, Chapter I: Dawnland
Maine’s path to statehood began long before you think it did.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine on target to meet near-term greenhouse gas emissions goals
New estimates of how much carbon Maine forests store indicate that achieving carbon neutrality will be easier than hitting Gov. Mills’ robust emissions targets for 2050.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Stacey Abrams, who called loss in Georgia race tainted, warns Maine audience of voter suppression
Abrams, the first black woman in U.S. history to win a major party gubernatorial nomination, speaks to 900 in Portland.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Stacey Abrams, rising star in national Democratic Party, is coming to Portland
Abrams will speak at the University of New England on Jan. 22.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
‘Putin’s favorite congressman’ moves to Maine
Dana Rohrabacher, who once arm-wrestled the now-Russian president and represented Orange County, Calif., for 30 years in the U.S. House, now lives in York.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Times Record, Uncategorized
Gov. Mills grants full pardon to late tribal attorney Donald Gellers
Maine’s first known posthumous pardon brings closure to a 1968 case that was one of the most sordid in the state’s legal history.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
House passes Rep. Pingree’s measure to protect working waterfronts
Rep. Chellie Pingree’s bill would provide federal loans and grants to preserve access for fishermen, boatyards and the public and defend against climate change damage.
Posted inLocal & State, News
People on front lines battle squeeze on Maine’s EMS system
Thanks to them, 911 callers have yet to feel the pinch of rising costs and a jury-rigged and inadequate funding model.
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Maine’s emergency medical response system is teetering on the brink of collapse
Underfunded and understaffed, especially in the state’s vast rural stretches, EMS services are in critical condition.