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Did Anyone Else Witness This Tesla Possibly Driving Itself Along the Grass in Portland, Maine?

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2 years ago

May 2, 2024

Did Anyone Else Witness This Tesla Possibly Driving Itself Along the Grass in Portland, Maine?

You have to love how small Portland is. So small, where you can’t even accidentally drive in the wrong direction without being caught.. or in this case, on the wrong piece of earth? This is a weird thing to write about because I don’t think that anybody who’s commenting on this poor guys car on Facebook has any idea what’s actually happening in the photo.

The best part is, my good friend Nate over at Portland Old Port tagged me in this photo that was posted to his Facebook and of course I had to make a blog about it as he would expect, so here we are. He’s going to laugh when he reads that part.. Hi Nate thanks for the content :)!

Okay so this dude named Pete Peterson who has a “top poster” badge next to his name on Portland Old Port’s Facebook, posted a photo of this Tesla just chillin driving down the boulevard in Portland, just not on the road. This is the photo that then generated over hundreds of comments below it.

It’s wild to me that this is the photo that started such a huge conversation online, but I guess that’s what happens when we’re all cooped up inside bored. However, as the internet does to us, I’m not invested, and I now need somebody to tell me once they figure out the real story, what exactly was going on here. Also please have them reach out to me so I can interview them on my show LOL!

2024 Maine Savings Amphitheater Summer Waterfront Concerts Lineup

Here are the performers who will be coming to the Maine Savings Amphitheater on the Bangor Waterfront in the summer of 2024!

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Car catches fire on Maine Turnpike in Kennebunk

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9 hours ago

May 31, 2026

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Car catches fire on Maine Turnpike in Kennebunk

KENNEBUNK, Maine (WGME) — A car caught on fire on the Maine turnpike Saturday.

It happened in Kennebunk in the southbound lanes of the turnpike.

A car caught on fire on the Maine turnpike Saturday. (Courtesy of Kennebunk Fire Rescue)

You can see a large cloud of black smoke coming from the scene.

Nobody was hurt.

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Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames.

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In Maine governor’s race, connection is preferable to cronyism | Letter

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20 hours ago

May 31, 2026

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In Maine governor’s race, connection is preferable to cronyism | Letter

After Maine’s first Democratic gubernatorial debate, I commented that the candidates seemed to be vying with each other to be agreeable. Would it last? Back then, I thought I’d be happy with any of them as Maine’s next governor.

Not so now, as I observe the cronyism of Shenna Bellows, Troy Jackson and Hannah Pingree, whose plan to rank each other when they vote provides a blueprint for gaming the ranked-choice voting system in the primary. The political insiders are forming an alliance against the outsiders, Nirav Shah and Angus King III.

Shah’s campaign responded that it would stay focused on winning voters’ support, a more principled approach, in my estimation.

I prefer a governor who listens and learns from his constituents over one experienced at alliances and deal-making. I want integrity and leadership, not manipulation and exclusion.

I no longer believe that Bellows, Jackson or Pingree would make a good governor.

Moriah Freeman
Brunswick

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WSJ: Maine Senate candidate’s wife says she found explicit texts on his phone

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1 day ago

May 30, 2026

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WSJ: Maine Senate candidate’s wife says she found explicit texts on his phone

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – A Wall Street Journal article reports that Amy Gertner, the wife of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, told campaign aides she found sexually explicit text messages on Platner’s phone after he launched his bid for office last year.

According to the report, Gertner disclosed the messages while aides were conducting opposition research, and she asked a campaign aide to review what Platner had sent—reportedly to several women—to determine whether it could become a liability for his campaign.

The Wall Street Journal reports Gertner believed she was confiding in someone she considered a friend.

The article also states the couple discussed the messages in marriage counseling.

In a statement from Gertner provided by the Platner campaign, she wrote that they have gone through counseling and that their marriage today “is stronger than ever before.”

Amy Gertner provided a statement through the Platner campaign.

“I confided deeply personal details about my marriage to someone I considered a friend. In the months since, I have had to watch as she spread malicious gossip to anyone who would take her call. I trusted this person with the most private chapter of our lives – the early days of our marriage before any campaign was on our mind – and I am deeply hurt by her betrayal and the invasion of our privacy.

“It is no secret that Graham and I have struggled on our fertility journey. We did the hard work that marriage requires. We went to counseling. We were honest with each other in ways that weren’t easy. And we came through it, not in spite of how much we’ve been through, but because of how much we love each other and the life we’ve built. Our marriage today is stronger than ever before.

“I know who Graham is. I know the man I married and the husband he has been to me on the best and the worst days of my life. That hasn’t changed, and it won’t.” – Amy Gertner

Platner and Gertner married in 2024, according to the report.

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