Kicking the Hornet's Nest

I asked a pal in the next town to explain her opposition to the proposed RSU withdrawal of our local schools. I agree with her POV.

Nov 3 • Crash Barry

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October 2026

Pot Calling Kettle Chinese

The Susan Collins crime family does more than take bribes from defense contractors. Her meth-dealing jail escapee big brother smuggled millions in…

Oct 29 • Crash Barry

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Parking Lot Confession in Augusta

Failed GOP Board of Ed candidate Nick Blanchard admits to sex with a high school student & infecting her with chlamydia. Also, the chud was part of a…

Oct 25 • Crash Barry

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Sex-and-Love Triangle Turns Tragic

A spurned, despondent woman kills herself in driveway of the girlfriend of MAGA chud Nick Blanchard.

Oct 19 • Crash Barry

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Local Non-Profit Seeks Undercover Chuds

Maine Policy Institute’s faux-news Maine Wire needs help infiltrating Troy Jackson’s Senate campaign. Also, Flashback #5: Undercover as a volunteer for…

Oct 5 • Crash Barry

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September 2026

My State Rep is a Dummy

Tammy Schmersal-Burgess is a trespasser and never mistaken for the smartest person in the room.

Sep 20 • Crash Barry

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EXCLUSIVE: The Blutkönig of Blutstamm is a Corner-Boi

Hammer — the steroid-addicted Nazi run out of Maine in 2023 — broadens his base by applying ice to a sweaty man’s back betwixt rounds of a MMA bout.

Sep 8 • Crash Barry

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July 2026

Who says you can’t go camping in Portland?

Flashback #4 -- from 2001 -- is about the OG staycation.

Jul 9 • Crash Barry

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Bobby Reynolds is alive and (relatively) well!

After the re-publication, three days ago, of Flashback Number Three, Hey Buddy, Can you Spare Some Change? from my archive of pre-Internet reporting…

Jul 2 • Crash Barry

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June 2026

Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Change?

The third piece in my flashback series -- from 31 years ago -- is a pretty glum panhandling portrait.

Jun 30 • Crash Barry

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Warning: Do Not Read This Story While Eating

Flashback #2: It was 25 years ago, when Maine rock legend (and now PhD) Darien Brahms and I cleaned Portland's nastiest apartments.

Jun 24 • Crash Barry

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FLASHBACK NUMBER ONE

From my archives, an undercover story published in the now-defunct Casco Bay Weekly way back in 2001.

Jun 15 • Crash Barry

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