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Maine Women Rally to Beat Vermont 57-55

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February 17, 2024

While the High School Basketball Tourney is taking place in Bangor, the UMaine Women’s Basketball Team was on the road in Burlington, Vermont, coming from way behind to beat the University of Vermont Catamounts 57-55.

Vermont led 20-8 at the end of the 1st Quarter and 32-24 at the end of the 1st Half. Maine took the lead in the 3rd Quarter, outscoring Vermont 22-11 to take a 46-43 lead.

Anne Simon scored 16 points, and now has 1820 career points, to move past Heather Ernst and now is 6th on the Maine Women’s Basketball All-Time Scoring List.

Adrianna Smith had 16 points and was just a rebound shy of a double-double finishing with 9 rebounds.

Sarah Talon had 15 points, matching her season-high.

The Black Bears had just 8 turnovers in the game, while Vermont had 17..Maine was outrebounded 33-29

Vermont was led by Andeja Matic with 14 points.

Vermont is now 18-9 overall and 10-3 in America East.

The Black Bears are now 18-8 overall, having won 6 in-a-row, and are 11-1 in America East.

Maine continues to be on the road for their next 2 games, playing at the University of Maryland Baltimore County on Thursday, February 22nd at 7 p.m. and then at the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Saturday, February 24th at 2 p.m. Neither of those games will be aired on 92.9 The Ticket as we will be covering the 2024 High School Tourney.

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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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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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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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