• Mills Drops Out, Out of State Influences Fund Attack Ads on Platner

    Governor Janet Mills suspended her campaign on April 30 after weeks of attack ads against her primary election opponent Graham Platner, but some attack ads are expected to continue due to funding from conservative political action committees. In March of this year, Mills ran a series of ads focusing on her opponent Platner’s past social… Read more

  • Eliot Cutlers Fifth Probation Violation

    Former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler has been accused of a fifth probation violation after allegedly refusing to allow investigators into his private electronic devices. Probation officer Sam Payson signed a motion accusing Cutler of keeping encrypted files on his devices which would violate his probation. According to WGME, Cutler was originally convicted of being in… Read more

  • The Beauty of a Walk-off

    The Beauty of a Walk-off

    Someone I work with sent me this article, and they were wondering what the term “walked it off” meant, so I figured I would enlighten those who are curious.  Read more

  • Investigating Portlands Rough Roads

    Investigating Portlands Rough Roads

    “Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all” The Beatles wrote this song about potholes in the 1960s, but there are still problems going on today in Portland, Maine.  As an SMCC student who commutes to and from campus, it is common to run into… Read more

  • How Talking Politics Became so Hostile (Opinion)

    A week ago, I had the privilege of talking to a few SMCC students about whether they do or do not like talking about politics and for the most part I got the same answer, “it depends.” Andrew Gelinas made the good point that, “it doesn’t necessarily mean you have to talk to someone you… Read more

  • Portland: one of the hardest working cities

    Maine and New Englanders, in general, have great pride in our sturdy work ethic and grit. Now that work ethic and grit have been recognized. In a list of the hardest-working cities in the country published by wallethub.com (website for personal finance), Portland, Maine, was named just barely out of the top 25%. Our city… Read more