Sources: The Hill
Three police officers are wounded in a machete attack during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, New York City, United States. The suspect, a 19-year-old male from Maine, is also wounded and has been arrested, with jihadist motives being suspected. 2023-01-1
Protesters gather in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to protest Russian aggression. Code Pink and other anti-war protesters also gather in Topsham, Maine and other cities across the U.S. to protest the escalation. 2022-02-5
The National Assembly votes to criminalize conversion therapy, with violators facing three years in prison and up to €45,000 in fines. The bill will now be sent to President Emmanuel Macron to be signed into law. 2022-01-26
The Madras High Court orders "strict action" to be taken against individuals that promote conversion therapy, and issues guidelines to the police, education institutes, and the judiciary on how to address LGBT issues and individuals. 2021-06-7
Maine reports its first two cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom in a person from Franklin County who previously travelled internationally. 2021-02-10
Israeli MPs pass a bill to begin the process to outlaw conversion therapy, being the first Middle Eastern country to do so. The bill was passed as two of the main coalition parties joined the opposition in supporting it. It must pass two more approvals to become a new law. 2020-07-23
Maine votes to expand Medicaid under Obamacare in the first ever referendum on the issue. 2017-11-7
Heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions hit the northeastern United States days after a bad storm with between 15 and 17 inches of snow reported in Massachusetts and Maine. 2014-02-16
The Republican caucuses in the state of Maine finish with Mitt Romney finishing just ahead of Ron Paul. 2012-02-11