Candidate Spotlight: Ronald B. Russell — Maine House District 17
Democrat Ronald B. Russell is seeking election to Maine House District 17. The Maine Mirror has invited Russell to answer five standardized questions as part of its 2026 Candidate Spotlight Series.
Candidate Spotlight: Eric M. White — Maine House District 16
Republican Eric M. White is seeking election to Maine House District 16. The Maine Mirror has invited White to answer five standardized questions as part of its 2026 Candidate Spotlight Series.
Introducing CAP: The Maine Mirror Opens Its Correspondence to Accountability
The Maine Mirror is putting its new Correspondence Accountability Project into practice for the first time. CAP Audit 001 examines a completed exchange with the Gorham Democrats, documenting what was asked, what was answered, what remained unresolved and how the correspondence ultimately concluded.
Candidate Spotlight: Holly R. Eaton — Maine House District 15
Democrat Holly R. Eaton of Deer Isle is seeking reelection to Maine House District 15. The Maine Mirror has invited Eaton to answer five standardized questions as part of its 2026 Candidate Spotlight Series.
BTM-004: The Correspondence Accountability Project — A Standard for Measuring Responsiveness and Transparency
The Maine Mirror is introducing the Correspondence Accountability Project (CAP), a standardized and publicly documented system for evaluating responsiveness and transparency in completed press correspondence. BTM-004 publishes the methodology, safeguards and standards behind every CAP audit.
The Record: Gorham Democrats Direct Platner Questions to Maine Democratic Party After Two-Month Gap
More than two months after The Maine Mirror sought answers about the Gorham Democrats’ public communications surrounding Graham Platner, a renewed inquiry produced an immediate response—and a direct referral to the Maine Democratic Party.
Candidate Spotlight: Clifford J. Noyes — Maine House District 15
Unenrolled candidate Clifford J. Noyes is seeking election to Maine House District 15. The Maine Mirror has invited Noyes to answer five standardized questions as part of its 2026 Candidate Spotlight Series.
Candidate Spotlight: Gary R. Friedmann — Maine House District 14
Democrat Gary R. Friedmann of Bar Harbor is seeking election to Maine House District 14. The Maine Mirror has invited Friedmann to answer five standardized questions as part of its 2026 Candidate Spotlight Series.
From Candidate Inquiry to Town Attorney: The Documented Timeline of Timothy Towne’s Response
The Maine Mirror contacted Timothy Towne through his campaign account with a documented government-accountability issue. Towne responded. After subsequent scheduling requests received no response, Berwick’s Town Attorney entered the exchange, raising unanswered questions about where candidate correspondence ends and municipal representation begins.
What 9/11 Taught Me About Truth, Pain and Purpose — 25 Years Later
Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, I look back through the eyes of the eight-year-old boy I was then—and the ninth birthday that came the next morning. This is a personal story about truth, family, pain, purpose, and why those lessons remain at the heart of The Maine Mirror.