2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (433+ words) That’s the opening line to humorist Bob Marley’s new bit. (Audience laughing here at his malaprops.) “Oh, what are they called?” Marley asks his audience, pretending he doesn’t know what they’re really called. “Look,” he says. “People can be whatever…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (509+ words) The North Yarmouth Select Board voted 3-2 on Tuesday to remove the Pride flag display that had been up since June 1 at the town’s community center and to develop a flag policy for municipal property going forward, despite opposition from the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (708+ words) The First Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a Christian school in Bangor in a lawsuit against the State of Maine for allegedly violating their freedom of religion. The plaintiffs in this case, Crosspoint Church and Bangor Christian Schools,…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (917+ words) The United States Supreme Court voted 6-3 Tuesday to uphold state laws barring biological males from playing on female-only sports teams. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson concurred in part and dissented in part from the majority’s opinion....

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (126+ words) In fact, the decision merely keeps boys out of girls’ sports. It doesn’t forbid boys claiming to be girls from playing on transsexual teams. The bottom line is so-called trans kids are welcome to be athletes – but not on mixed-gender…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (114+ words) Minor league baseball’s York Revolution declined to play its Pride Night game on Thursday and opted instead to forfeit after players refused to wear uniforms that featured a rainbow design, team officials said. The Revolution’s game against the Southern Maryland…...

2+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (370+ words) Bangor’s controversial pride flag rainbow crosswalk cost taxpayers $2,590 even before it was repainted after drivers left skid marks on it. [RELATED: Bangor Public Works Paints Pride Crosswalk Using City Resources…] Bangor Public Works sent employees to paint the crosswalk on…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (332+ words) Bangor Public Works used city resources and taxpayer funds on Wednesday to paint a rainbow pride flag crosswalk on State Street. [RELATED: Bangor Hosts Massive Pride Event Featuring Demonstrators in Fetish Gear, Drag Queens, and Small Children…] The city did…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (334+ words) Vermont case reminiscent of Maine middle schoolers identifying as cats. As Vermont’s state legislature considers expanding the range of sexual activities considered bestiality, an alert GOP senator sees the handwringing on the wall. During a recent legislative hearing on the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (706+ words) AUGUSTA, Maine – A contentious public hearing began Tuesday over a challenge to the Maine Girl Dads ballot initiative, a citizen-led referendum effort that could appear before Maine voters in November 2026. The initiative, officially titled “An Act to Designate School Sports…...