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Ted Cohen strikes again
TIME TO READ | 3 minutes (673 words) In his latest missive — and now just the latest chapter in his rather creepy obsession with me — Ted Cohen once again uses the Maine Wire to shit on various journalists across the state without having the balls to look ’em in the eye. Maybe it’s because he’s short, wears thick glasses and has a reputation for really bad breath. I don’t know. But something…
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Reporters are not supposed to be friends with the people they cover -- especially government officials . . . I broke that rule
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An Open Letter to My Daughter
March 15, 2026 Dearest Marlee, There is an old saying in journalism that you should never bury the Lede (lead). You should always say the most important stuff at the top. I have broken that rule time and time again, most notably — and regretfully — when it comes to my communication with you. I hope someday that you will forgive me, but maybe I need to forgive myself first. No matter what. No…
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We've lost a journalist's journalist
Cutis Robinson | Aspen Daily News photo I did not know Curtis Robinson. He was only a few years older than me, but he was a notable, old-school journalist who got to hang around with my idol Hunter S. Thompson. According to a recent feature story in the Aspen Daily News, Robinson was a journalist’s journalist: “dogged and irreverent kind of journalist — the type who wouldn’t take BS if it was…
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Keep on rocking in the free world
______________ Apparently, a lot of people are very stupid and have absolutely no clue about the First Amendment or ‘free speech’ __________ It would appear that a lot of people in the Biddeford-Saco area did not pay attention during their seventh-grade Social Studies classes. That’s okay, I slept through my English and math classes and look where I landed. For more than three decades, I…
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REVENGE OF BIPOLAR
Exhibit 101: Why I regularly blog about my own mental illness and stigma You may remember him from his classic role as Lewis Skolnik in the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. But what you probably didn’t know was that actor Robert Carradine battled with bipolar disease for nearly two decades. Photo: Wiki Fandom This week, Carradine, 71, died from suicide. It’s important to talk about this stuff.…
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'Nooner' sleeps with the fishes
Dammit! Feeling devastated. I just learned (via social media) that my best friend in Oregon, Tim “Nooner” has died. This one really hurts It was the early 1990s. I lived alone in Portland, and often felt isolated, nearly 3,000 miles away from my family and friends. Tim and I were co-workers, he was a semi-reformed hippie with a hearty laugh and a wide smile. He had an awesome sense of humor…
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Testing 123
By RANDY SEAVER, Editor As part of his campaign process to increase government transparency, accountability and citizen participation, newly-elected Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain unveiled his plan to create a new ad-hoc committee that will oversee all development on the University of New England’s Biddeford campus. LaFountain’s plan was warmly received by both the city council and members of…
Christmas Chaos 2025: You're Invited!
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Merchant is a dumbass; Grohman is not a "Nazi"
Despite what one downtown merchant in Biddeford is saying on Facebook, Mayor Marty Grohman – despite his pale skin tone, blonde hair and blue eyes – is not a member of the Aryan Nation. I’ll be kind and not call the merchant out by name — but calling the mayor a “Nazi” for something he didn’t actually do is quite a leap and a profoundly stupid move, especially when it’s posted on your business…
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Blinded By the Light: A public-school teacher goes off the rails
As first reported this morning by the Maine Wire – a politically conservative media outlet — a Waterville public teacher is now facing scrutiny and widespread backlash after making a post on social media that calls for people to physically harm President Donald Trump. Notice how I chose my words carefully. Using the words “ki**” or “assasi**te” in connection to the President of the United States…
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Tampons for 11-year-old boys?
I am the proud parent of a transgender kid who is now 27-years old. I fully support the LGTBQ + Community. But . . . A bill (LD 155) has been submitted to the Maine Legislature requiring all schools to have menstrual products available in boys’ bathrooms. If this outlandish proposition were to be approved, taxpayers (you and me) would have to fund the distribution of tampons for 11-year-old…
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Confessions of a Facebook group administrator
Being the administrator of a community Facebook page can be a time-sucking, giant pain in the ass, bit it can also be very entertaining. Here are some of my favorite comments that we see posted from time to time on the Biddeford + Saco Community Facebook page. It is well known that I am a snarky sonofabitch, so my answers to these comments shouldn’t surprise or offend you. Sometimes, when I…
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Games Without Frontiers
Last night, I watched President Trump’s address to Congress. For those of you complaining about the boorish behavior of some Democrats: 1.) You are right. Several members of Congress acted like six-year-olds in a playground. 2.) You have very short memories. Do you not remember Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green screaming at Biden; or when Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) shouted “You lie!” during…
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Godzilla, KFC and your last breath
Lots of people asked me today what I am doing to celebrate my birthday. The following is not made up or me trying to be funny, in fact just the opposite I made brunch this morning for Laura and myself. We took a quick drive along a small part of southern Maine’s coastline. Got home. Started a load of laundry. Tonight, I will have the pleasure of enjoying a bucket of KFC chicken (my favorite)…
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Fatal Attraction or Dog Day Afternoon?
If you think about it, it’s a really sad story. Pathetic, even. Ted Cohen – once a highly respected veteran reporter for Maine’s largest newspaper – is today reduced to freelance writing for a handful of irrelevant websites. Cohen has become that character. You know? That overweight, balding 58-year-old guy, sitting alone at the bar in an Applebee’s, nursing a Budweiser during happy-hour so…
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Voices Carry
I understand that tensions are high, and that feelings are raw on the national political stage, but I still think we can engage in robust discussion and debate without marginalizing millions of Americans who suffer daily with varying degrees of mental illness. Reading some of the social media commentary regarding the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., yesterday I was…
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