League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org We are a nonpartisan, grassroots civic organization promoting informed and active participation in government. We are building a movement of messaging together. Follow us and we'll follow you. We must stay informed. We're all in this!
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
writerharrison @harrisonwriter.bsky.social 🍁 #Canadian - #Author - #Poet 🍁
amazon.com/author/phillipharrison
I try to write in ways that feed both the mind and soul. ♊ & #GenX #stationaryaddict
💫 Creator of imagined worlds 💫
Alex Seitz-Wald @aseitzwald.bsky.social Small town newspaper editor in Midcoast Maine, former national political reporter for NBC News. Dad, Bearded-American, collector of hobbies.
Margot Carpenter @margot-carto.bsky.social Cartographer, spatial designer, coastal GIS nerd.
Murray Carpenter @murray-journo.bsky.social Author of Sweet and Deadly, How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick (MIT Press, March 2025), and Caffeinated (Penguin, 2014). Bylines at New York Times, NPR, Maine Public Radio, Washington Post, etc. Belfast, Maine.
Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social Politics Correspondent, The New York Times.
News Guild of Maine @newsguildofmaine.bsky.social Working together to represent all workers at the Maine Trust for Local News.
Mattie Daughtry @mattieformaine.bsky.social Maine Senate President + brewer. Brunswick born and raised. Fighting so ALL Mainers—young and old—can live and thrive in our great state. 🌲
Hancock County Democrats @hancockcountydems.bsky.social Working for democratic values in Hancock County, Maine
Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition (MIRC) @maineimmigrants.bsky.social We're striving to improve the legal, social and economic conditions experienced by Maine’s immigrants.
Nathaniel Pendleton @npendleton.bsky.social Co-editor North East Rail Map, Designer, Cartographer, Blogger, Researcher, Inventor, 🍌🐌 alum, and #DCstatehood Voting Rights & Equality Trouble Maker @V4DC2.
US DoS Havana Syndrome symptoms fully disabled since age ~4yo so ~1977 US NATO Mission Brussels.
Alicia Barnes @aliciabarnes.bsky.social US Navy Veteran OEF/OIF.
Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social Dad, husband🏳️🌈, anti-corruption reformer. Former Chief of Staff & candidate for Congress in Maine🌲🦞 Born & raised in Lewiston. Fighting for people, NOT corporations.
Join us: linktr.ee/JordanWoodME
Reuben Schafir @reubenschafir.bsky.social Based in Portland, ME, I cover Indigenous communities for @pressherald.com through Report For America. Always open to tips at rschafir@pressherald.com
Maine Matters @mainematters.bsky.social A round-up of Resistance events and political updates for the week in Maine.
#Maine
#MEPolitics
#politics
#Resistance
Cara Pelletier @scaradactyl.bsky.social You can sit with me.
Becky D @bexrousse.bsky.social Birds & cats & life in Maine. Public health nerd, they/them. Down by the water.
Banner: Closeup of ruddy red galaxies drifting in a cat's olive green eye w/narrowed pupil. PFP: Blond me w/undercut, big glasses, floppy bangs & a certain kind of smile.
Carol McCormick Semple @carolmsemple.bsky.social Writer, journalist, mom
Bicycle Coalition of Maine @bikemaine-org.bsky.social We're a 501c3 working to make Maine a better and safer place to cycle, walk, and roll since 1992. We're focused on active transportation, bike/pedestrian safety education, Vision Zero, and the pure joy of riding and walking in Maine. 
Ray Routhier @rayrouthier.bsky.social Reporter at the Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME
Focused on finding stories about the people and culture of Maine
Beats include pop culture, movies, music, TV, books, authors and quirky stuff
League of Women Voters of Maine @lwvme.bsky.social Nonpartisan political organization // Encouraging informed and active participation in government // Public policy through education
@ddavispph.bsky.social @ddavispph.bsky.social 
Maine Needs @maineneeds.bsky.social Striving to build a community where everyone helps and no one goes without. Solidarity, not charity.
maineneeds.org- J Josh Keefe @joshkeefe.bsky.social Maine journalist. Send tips, complaints and diatribes to josh.Keefe.85 at gmail. Dm for Signal.
Sara in Maine @sara207.bsky.social Retired lawyer and health policy analyst. Midcoast Maine for now.
Kay Neufeld @kayneufeld.bsky.social Reporter at the Portland Press Herald covering Maine’s heritage industries - fisheries and forestry. Also the owner of two miniature dachshunds and all of Beyoncé’s albums on vinyl.
Becky Birrell Smith @bbirrellsmith.bsky.social Mainer; Colby grad; professionally interested in education policy and politics; personally interested in history podcasts, beach walks and watching my kid and her friends play and perform.
Shawn Patrick Ouellette @shawnpouellette.bsky.social Mainer, Photojournalist at the Portland Press Herald
The Maine Millennial @mainemillennial.bsky.social She/her. Weekly columnist for @PressHerald.com "leftist worm who writes worthless drivel." Bi. Recovering alcoholic. Virgo. Autistic. Local mom. Local homeowner. Local kidney donor.
Scott Dolan @scottddolan.bsky.social Peaks Island, Maine. Lawyer at Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow in Portland: https://bit.ly/4fMcNA4. Board president of Peaks Island News: https://bit.ly/3Wdh3l9. Ex-Portland Press Herald courts beat reporter. Father, husband, & fan of dogs.
marie connelly @eyemadequiet.bsky.social enjoying the woods in Maine. fond of handclaps, dahlias, whales, making ice cream, and oxford commas. product manager. regrettably full of opinions about content management systems.
Lee Horton @leehorton-vm.bsky.social Varsity Maine Editor for the Maine Trust for Local News (Sun Journal, Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, etc). Not a Democrat, not a Republican. A loner, Dottie, a rebel.
Rob Wolfe @rmpwolfe.bsky.social Writer/editor at Washington Monthly
Brian Hubbell @hubbell.bsky.social Ex-legislature, current Maine state policy advisor: appropriations, energy, climate, science, R&D, and the built environment. Born at 314 ppm.
ACLU of Maine @aclumaine.bsky.social Working in the State House, courts, and communities since 1968 to protect and expand the civil rights and liberties of all in the Pine Tree State.
Support our work or become a member: ACLUMaine.org/Give
@charlespattonbooks.com @generalpatton22.bsky.social Writer, Blue Check X-pat, moderate Ex-Republican, ex-corporate leader, defender of Democracy. See charlespattonbooks.com for thoughtful books.
Steve Mistler @stevemistler.bsky.social Politics & government reporter for Maine Public Broadcasting. Contribs to NPR. Former 📰 guy. Signal: @stevemistler.83
Speaker Ryan Fecteau @speakerfecteau.bsky.social Maine Speaker of the House | Proud Franco-American | Catholic | 🇺🇸🏳️🌈⚜️ linktr.ee/speakerfecteau
Graffam Bros. Seafood @graffambros.bsky.social Seafood Market in Rockport, Maine. Family owned since 1946. Open year round, and we ship directly to your front door. www.graffambroslobster.com
Jack D.Lail @jacklail.com Retired journalist drinking ☕ and petting the🐕🐕in Tennessee. https://jacklail.com 
Lee Sanderlin @leeosanderlin.bsky.social I write about people and power @BaltimoreBanner | email: Lee.Sanderlin@thebaltimorebanner.com | Signal: LOSanderlin.17
Congressman Jared Golden @golden.house.gov Proud dad, resident of Lewiston, and Blue Dog. Raised in Leeds and trained in the Marines. U.S. Congressman putting Mainers first.
Dinsmore @dinsmore.bsky.social Current: Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation and Rufus Porter Museum. In love with #Maine. Husband and 'pops' to my four kids. #whodey
Maine Morning Star @mainemorningstar.com Maine Morning Star is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan news site covering state policy and politics. It is an affiliate of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
Emily Duggan @emduggan.bsky.social education reporter at the Kennebec Journal.
Maine People's Alliance @mainepeople.bsky.social Maine’s largest progressive community action organization. Fighting for a world where everyone has what they need, contributes what they can, and no one is left behind. mainepeoplesalliance.org
Chrys Moore @cmoorep.bsky.social Artist, Mainer, Full of “Sarcastic Hooha”
Jeff Pinkham @jppinkham.bsky.social Former print journalist turned communications specialist for Idaho National Laboratory. Maine native, proud UMaine Black Bear and Boston sports enthusiast. Up the Reds.
Stuart Ryan @skeeberr.bsky.social Sea farmer & Marine scientist
Tiffany Bond @tiffanybond.bsky.social Grabbed to save from imposters.
Please follow me at https://bsky.app/profile/tiffanybond.com
Ted McInerney @ted-mcinerney.bsky.social Meteorologist in Portland, Maine-
WMTW-TV -Buffalo State Alum
Formerly in 518 NY, Quads IA/IL, Bham AL. Go Bills!
Terry Stackhouse Maine News WMTW @terrystackhouse.bsky.social WMTW Morning Anchor. Host of Total Maine Sundays at 10:30 am. Maine-based. Resident of Topsham. 3x Dad. Fan of baseball and wrestling. 
Donna Bailey @deebers.bsky.social Don't call me a Boomer and we'll get along just fine #genjones
lawyer, genealogist, historian
Brian Pierce MD @mainedpcdoc.medsky.social he/him, independent family physician in Midcoast Maine, lucky husband, empty nest dad, Direct Primary Care (DPC) small business owner, teaches medical students, learning POCUS and Motivational Interviewing (MI), USCG and USAF veteran, former Republican
Carol Walker Aten @cw810.bsky.social family, travel, food, art, community. & seals. & my dog 🦭
(views are my own)
Occupied Wabanaki Land :: Portland Maine🦞
http://www.walkeraten.com
Daigo Fujiwara-Smith @daigofuji.bsky.social Portland, ME. Baseball Javascript Data Vis geek⚾📊🤓💻 from Japan🇯🇵. ❤️ #RedSox and Portland Sea Dogs. Newsroom Developer @bostonglobe.com Gay husband/dad 🌈
Natalie LaPlant 🎥 @nannipops.bsky.social Digital political communications in Maine 🏳️🌈 #mepolitics
Tiffany Bond @tiffanybond.com Relationship mortician, ski mom, lover of machine-washable throw blankets.
No one of consequence.
Somewhere in the Maine mountains.
Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting @pcgvr.org Collaborating with journalists, researchers and the survivor community to advance more empathetic, ethical and impactful reporting. PCGVR.org
Carolyn P Fox @carolynpfox.bsky.social Executive Editor, Maine Trust for Local News
margauxaf @margauxaf.bsky.social Artist, Critical Thinker, Good Troublemaker, Black Lives Matter, 🌈Ally, Former NICU RN. Healthcare is a human right. Medicare for All.✨🦋✨
Kate Pennington @mizkate.bsky.social Retired editor (Maine Antique Digest), former high school teacher, former theater manager (Theater at Monmouth), feminist, U.U., breastfeeding advocate, LGBTQ ally, baker, reader, dog owner, wife, and proud mother and mother-in-law of three teachers
@mainelisad.bsky.social @mainelisad.bsky.social 
Riley Board @rileygboard.bsky.social Portland Press Herald education reporter
Allison McCann @allimae.bsky.social 
Sam Pfeifle @sampfeifle.bsky.social Candidate for Maine House of Representatives, District 104: https://samhouse104.com/
Plus: World Famous Grassholes and the Book Shop of Beverly Farms (@bfbookshop.bsky.social) and co-host of the "Four Books a Fortnight" podcast: pod.link/1594686894
OkKaren @okkaren.bsky.social Nothing new, same old me. I love books, dogs and the occasional cat. I workout and try to earn respect as a numbers cruncher. From Medford, living in Maine.
Katherine Lee @katherinelee1.bsky.social Web editor, Portland Press Herald. 2012 Pulitzer, Breaking News Reporting. CA native w/ a Deep South detour. Ordinary superpower: Can nap anywhere
Chad Gilley @chadgilley.bsky.social Elder nerd. Sometimes writer for Comic Shop News. Work for a news nonprofit. Enjoy #comics, #F1, computer games, science fiction, fantasy, illustration and other pulpy stuff. Cat lover. BlueSkyer since August '23
Travis Lazarczyk @tlazarczyk.bsky.social Sports columnist at the Portland Press Herald. I read a lot.
Steve Collins @stevecollinsyji.bsky.social Maine politics columnist, a founder of Youth Journalism International, servant to 2 collies, with a beloved wife & 2 adult children. UVA grad. Red Sox fan. Sifter of quirky old tales & objects.
My work: https://www.sunjournal.com/author/steve-collins
Ben McCanna @benmccanna.bsky.social Editor at Peaks Island News
Daniel Kool @dekool.bsky.social Night reporter at the Portland Press Herald. @pressherald.bsky.social
I am 6'11".
Cooper Sullivan (the one on the left) @coops2.bsky.social Southern transplant, intramural coed inner tube water polo champion
Drew Bonifant @dbonifant.bsky.social Sports reporter for the Portland Press Herald (@pressherald.bsky.social). Instagram: drew.bonifant (I'll try to put something cool up there)
Dylan Tusinski @dylantus.bsky.social My job is to shed light. Investigative reporter with the @pressherald.com in Portland, Maine.
pressherald.com/author/dylan-tusinski/
Joe Lawlor @joelawlorph.bsky.social I am the health and human services reporter for the Press Herald in Maine.
Gillian Graham @gilliangraham.bsky.social Reporter at the Portland Press Herald.
@wheelockc.bsky.social @wheelockc.bsky.social 
Leo Goddard @legoddard.bsky.social Artist, Author, Activist
Penelope Overton @penelopeoverton.bsky.social Climate/environment reporter, investigations, Portland Press Herald, Maine.
@carolcme.bsky.social @carolcme.bsky.social 
@aimsel.bsky.social @aimsel.bsky.social Journalist/content producer at Portland Press Herald in Maine. HUGE music lover and I write about it. Check out aimselontherecord.com
Randy Billings @randybillings.bsky.social Political reporter at the Portland Press Herald/ Maine Sunday Telegram, musician
https://www.pressherald.com/author/randy-billings/
@joe-phelan.bsky.social @joe-phelan.bsky.social 
Drew Johnson @doobshmoob.bsky.social Friends call me Doob | Newspaper Reporter 📰 | 🎙️ @BrewsAndBruins.bsky.social Co-Host 🎙️
📍Land of Port, ME
@sallyericson.bsky.social @sallyericson.bsky.social 
Alex McCann @alexmccann.bsky.social @pressherald.com news editor, Pittsburgh boy, Ohio University alum, golf sicko. not here often.
Amber Carter @ambs1876.bsky.social Living the best life going on adventures with my best friend Jacob and our two boys. Audience Engagement Director at The Maine Monitor. Tweets and opinions are my own.
Kristian Moravec @krstnimg.bsky.social Education and Workforce reporter for The Maine Monitor. Former local news reporter for The Times Record.
📍based in Midcoast Maine
Joe Charpentier @charpentier.bsky.social Crime reporter for the Sun Journal. All views and nonsense are my own and whatnot.
Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com The daily newspaper from Maine's largest city. We tell the big stories about Maine. Bluesky User #1,000,055.
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Michael G. Seamans @michaelgseamans.bsky.social Photojournalist currently on staff at the Santa Fe New Mexican.
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