Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ turns 104 with no plans to retire
Maine’s oldest lobster catcher just turned 104, but he has no plans to stop catching lobsters anytime soon. Virginia “Ginny” Oliver celebrated her latest big day surrounded by family in Rockland last Thursday, where she enjoyed her favorite chocolate cake and ice cream. WGME reports. Ginny, the protagonist in the children’s book The Lobster Lady, […]
Maine’s Oldest ‘Lobster Lady’ Turns 104, Refuses to Retire
Maine’s oldest active lobster catcher just turned 104, but after more than 90 years of catching crustaceans, he has no plans to retire just yet. Virginia Oliver is Catch a lobster She told a local CBS station that she was 8 years old when her father died in a boat off the coast of Rockland. […]
Bowling Alley Reopens Six Months After Maine’s Deadliest Mass Shooting By Former Army Reservist
In southwestern Maine, the state’s deadliest mass shooting occurred last October after a former Army reservist shot and killed 10 people at a nearby bar, leaving eight people dead, according to the Associated Press. bowling alleys reopened Friday. “We’re excited to open,” Samantha Juray, co-owner of Just in Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston, […]
Lewiston bowling alley to reopen after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
The Jurays were faced with the difficult decision of whether to reopen their Maine bowling alley in the wake of last October’s mass shooting. In the end, the decision was made to reopen, and the venue was completely transformed. Maine Gov. Janet Mills is scheduled to speak at Friday’s reopening ceremony. Deciding whether to reopen […]
Top court upholds Maine’s Sunday hunting ban
Maine’s Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s long-standing ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional. The court considered a case asking whether a Sunday hunting ban on game animals such as deer, turkey and elk is still necessary. Maine is one of a growing number of states restricting hunting on Sundays. Maine rejects mandate to […]
‘They want to trans children so badly’: Maine’s ‘transgender trafficking bill’ likely to pass and trigger interstate battle
Democratic state Rep. Ann Perry’s LD 227, dubbed the “Transgender Trafficker Protection Act” by critics, would codify sex-reassignment mutilation and abortion rights in Maine and place sex-reassignment surgeons in serious danger. This is a radical bill that protects people from such influence. Authorities are prohibited from informing parents of abducted children’s whereabouts if they are […]
Maine’s Democrat governor wants gun control mental health wake of mass shooting
Maine’s governor introduced legislation Wednesday that would prevent dangerous people from possessing weapons and strengthen mental health services to prevent future tragedies like the Lewiston shooting that shook the state. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills called for the change in a January speech, three months after an Army Reserve soldier killed 18 people in the deadliest […]
Maine’s highest court hands Democrat official who wants to remove Trump from ballot another loss
Maine Secretary of State Shena Bellows, a Democrat, will have to wait for a U.S. Supreme Court decision before formally removing Donald Trump from the state's ballot. On Wednesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the following decision: Suspended lower court judgment Trump removed from Maine vote. Mr. Bellows, who is not a lawyer, made […]
Maine’s top court dismisses appeal of judge’s decision on Trump ballot status
Maine's Supreme Court on Wednesday night declined to consider whether former President Donald Trump can remain on the state's ballot, making it the first U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar case in Colorado. It upheld the judge's decision that it was necessary to make a decision. Democratic Secretary of State Shena Bellows concluded […]
Maine’s Top Court Declines To Weigh In On Trump Ballot Access, Punts To SCOTUS
The Maine Supreme Court has declined to consider whether former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the state's vote, putting an expected Supreme Court ruling on hold. Democratic Secretary of State Shena Bellows declared Trump ineligible to participate in the Dec. 28 vote, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, but the ruling suspended […]