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Martin Engstrom, 'Marty on the Mountain' – a Maine Legend Has Passed Away

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2 years ago

January 5, 2024

Martin Engstrom, 'Marty on the Mountain' – a Maine Legend Has Passed Away

For 38 years we knew what was happening on Mount Washington thanks to Martin Engstrom Junior.

Better known to his fans as “Marty on the Mountain,” Martin would provide weather reports from atop New England’s highest peak.

Sadly, Martin’s family announced the devastating passing of the Maine legend. He was 86 years old and passed away on January 4, 2024, after an illness.

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Martin’s daughter Anita Williams said,

I just lost my rock…now I have to be the rock.

I knew Marty like most people from the 38 years he reported the weather from Mount Washington…even though he wasn’t a weatherman.

According to WMTW, Marty was an engineer, not a weatherman.

Engstrom’s actual job was to man the WMTW transmitter on top of New England’s tallest peak. He worked the sophisticated equipment that kept the station on the air.

He interviewed with WMTW, where he worked all 38 years, about his fondest memories from the top of New England’s tallest mountain.

I got to meet Marty when he was rightfully inducted into the Maine Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2019. He was humble, funny, loving and will be truly missed.

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Marty would have been 87 years old on April 28. He lost his wife Rosa Lee five years ago.

His family is just learning of this sad news and will have more details about services and where we will be able to pay respects to a man who was a part of our lives for decades.

Our thoughts go out to his family and close friends during this difficult time.

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Car catches fire on Maine Turnpike in Kennebunk

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5 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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15 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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