r/Maine

The Maine Policy Institute co-leads a program called the "Can We? Project" with the Waynfleet School in Portland to engage high school students across Maine in civil discourse with the goal of bridging political divides.

It also runs the state’s most notorious, tax-exempt cyber bullying operation, The Maine Wire, which is solely focused on demonizing Somali immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ kids, teachers and anyone who isn’t a white Christian conservative.

It gets its funding to terrorize vulnerable communities from part-time MDI resident Leonard Leo and NYC billionaire and part-time Belgrade resident Tom Klingenstein.

Its Board of Directors includes representatives from several Maine businesses including the P.D.Q. Door Company, the Portland-based law firm PretiFlaherty, Lewiston printer Dingley Press, Cambridge Insurance Advisors, Akamai Technologies, the Muddy Dog and beverage distributor National Distributors. I believe it's time to hold them accountable for all of the pain and suffering The Maine Wire has caused in our state.

Looking for food trucks for my wedding and unlike restaurants, I can’t just zoom in on a map and see what’s in the area. Is there an app or site for this that’ll help me narrow it down? Figured it’d also just be useful to have so I can see what food trucks are in any given area

Anyone remember a classy lady by the name of Jean Hay? She was a Bernie Sanders-esque visionary who ran for the U.S. Senate in 94 and I think again the next cycle after. I feel like she was ahead of her time. She was talking about all the same stuff that’s popular now with Platner and all the other socials Dems around the country.

Hi there! We have had our two hens for three years, they were best friends. We live in Lewiston so can’t keep many chickens. One of our girls always had issues laying, broken eggs, soft shells even with supplementation. She unfortunately passed away yesterday leaving our one girl all alone. As chickens are flock animals they shouldn’t be kept as a single. We went to get another chicken for her yesterday but anywhere around is looking for a 3 chicken minimum which is beyond what we can house in our coop and more poop than our backyard can handle. We are hoping someone with chickens would like to take her in so she isn’t so lonely. She’s 3, a good egg layer, she is use to free ranging and our fenced in backyard and has been around kids; cats, and a chicken fearing dog. She’s been well loved but we don’t feel like it’s right to keep her alone.

Edit to add: her name is Ted - her bestie Bill passed away.

Hey! Is Kennebec Tavern in Bath shut down for good?! They’re still not open? My wife and I love that place because it’s not too far from Augusta. If they are, any good suggestions for a similar place on the water? They had the BEST fried scallops. PSA we actually live in Sidney but on the Augusta line.

"Barack Obama: While he maintained his public optimism, his memoirs (A Promised Land) detail the crushing weight of realizing that even with a historic mandate and a congressional majority, the friction of the federal bureaucracy and fierce institutional resistance made enacting sweeping "hope and change" an agonizingly slow, compromised inch-by-inch battle."

Apparently Bangor city planners couldn't be bothered to do their own work, so they've purchased 6 Daxbot subscriptions at $500 plus $12/hour each (approx. $5,000) to map out the city's sidewalks for accessibility. Does Bangor just have an unlimited budget for wasteful spending? Why not use the city's town planning employees to do this? It's not that difficult. For that matter, they could actually survey Bangor citizens for their input.

Obviously this is a way for them to say, "hey, look, we actually care about our disabled population and are doing something about it." No, they're not. I know a number of people who have been complaining to the city for years to make much-needed repairs for the disabled population with nothing being done. Instead of making the repairs that have already been reported, they are wasting all this money to tell them what they've already been told. Wonder if any of the city planners are getting a kickback for this.

I went through what feels like a stupid amount of firewood this past season. 😅 Unless I got my piles mixed up, I burnt almost 7 cord. I have a newer, high-efficiency (non-cat) Jotul. The house is an older, 1,600 sq ft home that could use a bit more insulation (but not terrible), but it's reasonably well air sealed. I burn a hardwood mix of seasoned oak, maple, and birch. Stove keeps the house at 70-72 all winter.

Every time I ask, people say 2–3 cords... I don't believe it. I burn 24/7 all winter since I work from home. Not at all ashamed to burn in the shoulder season. I have a secondary oil burner but it rarely, if ever, calls for heat. Only hot water.

Just curious. Trying to figure out if this new stove is eating wood or not. Definitely more than my old vintage stove, but the new one is properly sized and the house is a lot more comfortable. Plus, I do have a strong chimney draft.

(sorry to be talking about heat when it's 100 degrees outside)

I know it's telling on myself for not being a "true Mainer" but today marks 40 years since I moved here! It was 4th of July weekend, 1986, when my parents moved up from Massachusetts to Springvale. There's family history in the area, my maternal great-grandfather graduated high school in Sanford way back when the Willard building was the high school, and my dad's family lived around here before moving to Mass in the 70s. Though I've moved three times since Springvale, I've been in Maine ever since and have very much adopted it as home. 💜

Hard to believe it's been so long, most of my life really. Wasn't even in kindergarten yet when we moved, but I still remember the drive up. So glad we did though, not just for the state but because this is where I met my husband! We were high school sweethearts, first met as friends in sophomore year, fell out of touch, then reconnected senior year when we met in study hall. Started as friends, ended up going to prom. We've been together 26 years now. 🥰

Can't imagine living anywhere else.