EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower exposes Maine's most expensive autism-home company Quality Care Access bills MaineCare approximately $471,000/client annually. The national median for similar care is $73,000. Do they provide exceptional care in return? Well, watch for yourself:

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The faculty advisor of the Black Student Union in the Lewiston public schools, Abby McCoy, poses with some of the educational materials in her classroom. Hilarious and depressing scoop from @Seamus_Othot via @TheMaineWire

MWTV 9/25/26 - Senator Susan Collins Joins nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1wxWjlWOL…

Senator Collins will be joining us LIVE on Maine Wire TV today. Show starts at 4:00 PM, right here on X!

I have discovered another interlinked network of Chinese Spas in NH. There seem to be a lot of them.

Our fourth attempt in the last two weeks to deliver donation complaints to AG Frey after he promised Lewiston shooting survivors he would earnestly review them. The fourth time we've had no luck. No returned calls or voicemails. Is Augusta working for you?

Mayor Sheline, who has been largely silent in the face of the shootings in Lewiston this week, shows up at the nurses' strike:

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Lewiston High testing rank, compared with 500 other Maine schools, per Public School Review:

Another look inside the "diverse" classroom.

McCoy, a chemistry teacher, spent all of her time on video for the award discussing "diversity."

What happens after police make the arrest? That question has been building for months in Lewiston. Residents packed a community forum in June demanding action. Lewiston Police Chief Carly Conley publicly called Maine’s criminal justice system “broken.” Androscoggin County District Attorney Neil McLean said the juvenile system was “even more broken.” City officials later held a special meeting devoted specifically to youth gun violence, where police presented numbers showing juveniles were playing an outsized role in the city’s shootings. Nearly four months after that first community forum, two teenagers already under court supervision are back in the system following another shooting. The arrests do not prove that a probation officer, judge, prosecutor or other official failed to properly handle either teenager’s case. But they do raise a straightforward accountability question: What happened between their previous offenses and Tuesday afternoon? Maine’s juvenile justice system divides responsibility among police, prosecutors, the Department of Corrections and the courts. Juvenile Community Corrections officers supervise youths placed on probation and participate in detention decisions. Judges operate under Maine law governing when juveniles can be detained and when they must be released. The system also places greater emphasis than the adult criminal justice system on rehabilitation, diversion and alternatives to incarceration. That means the officer who puts handcuffs on a juvenile accused of carrying or firing a gun does not decide how long that juvenile remains confined. There is currently no public evidence establishing that anyone within the system improperly handled the cases of the two teenagers arrested Tuesday. Their probation status, however, raises questions that deserve answers. What offenses originally placed them on probation? What conditions were imposed? How closely were they being supervised? Had either violated probation before Tuesday? Had either previously been detained at Long Creek? If so, when were they released and under what conditions? Were there warning signs before Tuesday’s arrests? There is also a broader question that could help determine whether Lewiston is dealing with isolated cases or a systemic problem: How many juveniles arrested in connection with Lewiston shootings this year were already on probation or otherwise under state supervision when they allegedly committed another offense?

Approval of President Trump has remained steady in Maine in recent months. Residents are split roughly 60/40, with most Mainers disapproving of his handling of the job. Read more: themainewire.com/2026/09/mai…