Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2018
Gulf of Maine’s 3rd-warmest year on record harms puffins, turtles and kelp
The effects on species that thrive in cold waters provide glimpses of the damage that rising ocean temperatures can do, but the federal and state response remains weak.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2018
George H.W. Bush, president with deep Maine connections, dies at 94
The 41st president will be remembered as a conservative moderate who embarked on his time in office with a sense of steady stewardship.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2018
With boots firmly planted in Japan, L.L. Bean kicks up growth
Here’s the inside story of the Freeport company’s improbable and sustained success in one of the world’s toughest retail markets for outsiders.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2018
Maine’s pioneering ranked-choice election likely to catch on nationally
Voting experts say the fact that it went smoothly bodes well for broader adoption.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2018
Pro-offshore oil group chaired by LePage is run by energy lobbyists
The energy industry staffs a governors’ coalition that Maine’s governor rescued from dissolution.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2018
Terry Hayes: Count me out of ‘us versus them’ politics
Separated from her siblings as a child, she grew familiar with division. So when her political party embraced tribalism, the governor candidate chose a new course.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2018
Alan Caron: Longtime builder of coalitions first had to rebuild himself
‘I lifted myself out of a series of accidents,’ says the independent whose grit shaped him into a community organizer and revered political mind.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2018
Janet Mills’ mission: Break yet another glass ceiling
Informed by an influential family and an esteemed role model, a longtime Maine Democratic leader has come prepared with decades of public service as she seeks the governor’s job.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2018
Shawn Moody: Self-made millionaire runs on authenticity
The Republican who hopes to follow in the current governor’s footsteps banks on his proven entrepreneurial ability and a life story built on success.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2018
A Maine man appears on Putin’s list of Americans he’d like Trump to let Russia interrogate
Kyle Parker, who grew up in Old Town, was central to the drafting of the Magnitsky Act, which sanctions Russian human rights abusers.
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