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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

Maine

Mark Dion, mayor of Portland, Maine, votes in support of a city council resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel, Sept. 4, 2024. (Screenshot via JTA)
October 23, 2024, 6:29 am
Mayor of Portland, Maine, apologizes for backing Israel divestment measure
Mark Dion says his ‘pretentious’ support for successful motion to divest from firms linked to Israel was ‘a betrayal to the trust that Jewish people should expect’ from his office
By Andrew Lapin
Mark Dion, mayor of Portland, Maine, votes in support of a city council resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel, Sept. 4, 2024. (Screenshot via JTA)
September 5, 2024, 10:30 pm
Portland, Maine, city council votes to divest from companies doing business with Israel
Resolution listing dozens of companies passes unanimously following raucous public debate; mayor says vote is meant ‘to send a signal’ to Israel to end war
By Andrew Lapin
Former US president Donald Trump points to supporters during rally December 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
January 6, 2024, 1:19 am
US Supreme Court to decide if states can keep Trump off 2024 presidential ballots
Justices agree to hear former president’s appeal against Colorado court ruling that he should be removed from the GOP primary ballot over 2021 storming of US Capitol
By Mark Sherman and Nicholas Riccardi
Sen. Shenna Bellows, D-Manchester speaks at a hearing in Augusta to reverse changes to section 17 that resulted in many clients losing mental health services May 2, 2017. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images/via JTA)
December 30, 2023, 3:22 pm
Maine secretary of state who blocked Trump from ballot is ex-head of Holocaust center
Shenna Bellows has taken Trump off primary ballot – the second state, after Colorado, to rule the former president ineligible – based on 14th Amendment’s Insurrection Clause
By Andrew Lapin
Former US president Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
December 29, 2023, 3:52 pm
Maine bars Trump from state’s presidential primary ballot over Jan 6 ‘insurrection’
Ex-US president’s campaign team says will appeal decision; US Supreme Court set to decide if he can be barred by states under Civil War-era provision
By Nicholas Riccardi and David Sharp
City Hall, Westbrook, Maine, May 28, 2017. (Kenneth C. Zirkel/Creative Commons via JTA)
December 1, 2023, 9:10 am
Town in Maine swaps out Star of David from holiday display
Local Arab organization called for Jewish symbol’s removal, though mayor says move made to not show preference for particular religion
By Andrew Lapin
In this image taken from video released by the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office, an unidentified gunman points a gun while entering Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston, Maine, on Octber 25, 2023. (Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office via AP)
October 26, 2023, 6:16 am
At least 16 killed, dozens hurt in Maine shootings; police hunt ‘person of interest’
Lewiston residents told to shelter in place after mass shootings at bar, bowling alley; law enforcement hunt trained firearms instructor Robert Card
By David Sharp
Illustrative: In this photo taken August 8, 2017, Megan Mitchum decorates the outside of a classroom in preparation for the start of the school year at the Mountain View Christian Schools in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)
June 21, 2022, 9:44 pm
US Supreme Court says religious schools can’t be barred from state tuition aid
Justices say Maine’s denial of funds to religious schools is unconstitutional; Orthodox Union hails decision as a win ‘for religious liberty and parental choice in education’
By AP and ToI Staff
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2021. (Daniel Slim/AFP)
December 8, 2021, 9:51 pm
US Supreme Court appears to back state funds for religious schools
Conservative justices indicate not offering funds to religious schools could discriminate, in case supporting tuition aid for private schools, closely followed by Jewish groups
By AP and ToI Staff
Raphael Gribetz at his home in Presque Isle, Maine. (Janine Strong/ via JTA)
January 25, 2021, 3:42 am
A suffering formerly Orthodox artist spreads a Jewish spark in northern Maine
Since 1985, New York native Raphael Gribetz has brought art, music, and religion to Presque Isle, a small town bordering Canada. But, he says, his troubles continue to follow him
By Ben Harris
Sara Gideon speaks to the media in her office at the Maine State House, July 3, 2017. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images/ via JTA)
July 11, 2020, 5:39 am
More Jews are backing a Democrat’s Maine Senate bid against pro-Israel incumbent
Sara Gideon’s bipartisanship, centrism and record of Israel support boost her popularity in battle with Susan Collins, as Dems set sights on swing state to get Senate majority
By Ron Kampeas
Congregation Beth Israel in Bangor, Maine. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 30, 2020, 10:29 pm
Swastika spray-painted outside synagogue in Maine
Bangor police investigate incident at Congregation Beth Israel; security footage captures teenage offenders
By Marcy Oster
llustrative: A security officer at the State House in Augusta, Maine, July 13, 2011. (AP/Pat Wellenbach)
May 16, 2020, 6:38 am
Maine trooper claims police illegally surveilled US camp for Israeli, Arab teens
Whistleblower in federal suit alleges law enforcement overstepped by monitoring, storing information on gun buyers and protesters, as well as staffers at Seeds of Peace summer camp
By David Sharp
Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks to reporters before signing papers to posthumously pardon Don Gellers, a Passamaquoddy tribal lawyer convicted of marijuana possession, at the Statehouse in Augusta, Maine, January 7, 2020. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
January 16, 2020, 9:05 am
Maine posthumously pardons Jewish attorney for Native Americans framed for drugs
Donald Gellers represented Passamaquoddy tribe, exposing police abuses and looting of trust fund; was convicted on trumped up marijuana charge
By Ron Kampeas
Matthew Whitaker at the Department of Justice’s Kennedy building, August 29, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 10, 2018, 3:26 am
Thin ice for new acting AG? Trump says ‘I don’t know’ him
President’s comments come as Matthew Whitaker’s past business ties and remarks on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation draw scrutiny
By Eric Tucker and Jonathan Lemire
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