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Maine technology startup revolutionizes movement analysis nationwide

FOX 23 - Maine ·

PORTLAND (WGME) — David Holomakoff, a University of Maine graduate, has turned his interest in visualizing body movements into a global business. Holomakoff founded Kinotek, a company based in Portland, Maine, that uses light detection and ranging...

Maine’s Laurel Libby, Censured Over Trans Sports Policy, Gets Last Laugh: ‘I Have Never Apologized’

Daily Wire · June 25, 2025

Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby (R) on Wednesday finally had her voice restored after state Democrats censured the Republican for a post calling out the state’s unpopular transgender sports policy. Libby announced on X that state Democrats passed a...

Maine Democrats Finally Allow State Rep. Laurel Libby to Vote and Speak on Behalf of Constituents

Townhall · June 25, 2025

Earlier this year, state Rep. Laurel Libby (R-ME) was censured by Maine Speaker Ryan Fecteau, a Democrat, for daring to stand up for girls having to compete against boys. The state representative sued, facing appeals courts and even the U.S....

Maine Legislature considers more than 100 bills and governor's vetoes on Wednesday

News Center Maine · June 26, 2025

None of the governor's five vetoes this legislative session were overturned by lawmakers. AUGUSTA, Maine — More than 100 bills were still on the table to potentially become law as lawmakers reconvened in the House and Senate Wednesday. Several...

Maine’s Cooper Flagg Makes History As NBA’s Top Draft Pick [PHOTOS]

92.9 The Ticket - Maine · June 26, 2025

June 25th will be a day that Cooper Flagg, the Flagg Family and the State of Maine will remember as he was selected #1 by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2025 NBA Draft! But that was just the icing on the proverbial cake! On June 22nd, he visited the...

Maine Rep. Laurel Libby officially has speaking rights restored after controversial trans athlete censure

Fox News ·

Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby spoke to Fox News Digital about her appeal to the Supreme Court, and the social media post that identified a trans athlete. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Maine state representative Laurel Libby had her...

Maine Democrats decline to hear Janet Mills-backed ‘red flag’ alternative

Bangor Daily News - Maine · June 25, 2025

AUGUSTA, Maine — Top Democratic lawmakers declined Wednesday to hold an 11th-hour meeting to advance a Republican bill endorsed by Gov. Janet Mills that is meant to compete with the “red flag” referendum going before Maine voters in November. Rep....

Another Renys set to open in Central Maine

WABI - Maine · June 25, 2025

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Renys is looking to open another store in central Maine after opening a new location in Waterville in April. A spokesperson for the company says Renys will be taking over the former Big Lots building on Western Ave. in...

Central Maine Healthcare still working to restore services 25 days after cyber incident

FOX 23 - Maine ·

LEWISTON (WGME) – A cyber incident at Central Maine Healthcare forced the shutdown of its computer and phone systems 25 days ago. The hospital still won't say if this was a cyberattack, only that the IT department, along with national experts, are...

Censured Maine lawmaker Laurel Libby claims victory after speaking on House floor

FOX 23 - Maine ·

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- Censured state lawmaker Laurel Libby is claiming victory after she was allowed to speak on the House floor on Wednesday for the first time in months. Libby was censured back in February after she posted the name and photo...

Get to know the family of Maine basketball phenom Cooper Flagg

WMTW 8 - Maine · June 26, 2025

Get to know the family of Maine basketball phenom Cooper Flagg, the No. 1 pick in 2025 NBA draft What it was outside of all the travel, what is life like these days? Uh, it's just, you know, we've, we've gotten in *** good rhythm. Um, being out...

10 Times Maine Made National News for Unexpected Reasons

I-95 - Maine · June 26, 2025

Sometimes Mainers find themselves garnering the attention of National news outlets for unusual and memorable reasons. Life in Maine is Pretty Slow and People Who Live Here Like it That Way Most of the time, Maine is a pretty quiet place to live....

Hazing, Sexual Misconduct Rock Maine High School Hockey Program, But Title IX Charges Dropped

Sports Illustrated - New York · June 24, 2025

Hazing, Bullying and Sexual Misconduct Led to Season Cancellation An internal investigation by Maine Administrative School District (MASD) 75, obtained via an investigative report WMTW 8 in Portland, Maine, has revealed disturbing incidents of...

Warning Issued: Venomous 5-Foot-Wide Jelly Fish on Maine's Shore

97.5 WOKQ Radio - New Hampshire · June 25, 2025

Nervous ocean swimmers are not feeling more confident about New England beaches after this week. And it makes sense. First you have two 30 foot sharks circling the Isle of the Shoals, on the Maine and New Hampshire border, only six miles off the...

System outage at Central Maine Healthcare continues to vex patients

Maine Public Broadcasting Network · June 25, 2025

Central Maine Healthcare patients say they're still in the "twilight zone," as they're having a hard time reaching their doctors, accessing medical records, getting prescriptions refilled and scheduling appointments. That's as a computer and phone...

Summer enrollments skyrocket at Maine's public universities

Mainebiz - Oregon ·

With more than 11,500 students already registered for the summer semester at Maine’s public universities, enrollment has already exceeded its highest point since 2011, and those numbers are expected to grow. The increased numbers also mark the...

NBA Draft live: Plenty of trades but Celtics staying quiet after Maine’s Cooper Flagg goes No. 1. Follow along.

The Boston Globe - Massachusetts ·

Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Nolan Traore (Nets), Kasparas Jakucionis (Heat), Will Riley (Jazz) off the board — 10:40 p.m. A busy night for Danny and Austin Ainge...

Maine lawmakers choose not to fund any sexual assault kit reforms

WMTW 8 - Maine · June 25, 2025

For the second year in a row, efforts to create a statewide tracking system for sexual assault kits in Maine, have failed. That means that Maine will remain the only state in the U.S. that's yet to enact any recommended rape kit reforms. Two...

Maine cancer patient says CMMC cyberattack disrupted vital treatment

News Center Maine · June 25, 2025

A Central Maine man undergoing radiation for prostate cancer says a recent hospital system outage caused by a cyberattack delayed his care and left him in the dark. LEWISTON, Maine — When Rick McVey began radiation treatments for prostate cancer...

These 3 Maine Towns Have Only One Stoplight

Z107.3 - Maine · June 25, 2025

You have to admit that one of the nice things about living in Maine is that, except for a few of the larger cities in our state, and mostly along the highways, we don't really encounter major traffic issues like they have elsewhere. Freeway...