All posts by Seth Koenig

Seth Koenig

About Seth Koenig

Seth has nearly a decade of professional journalism experience and writes about the greater Portland region.

Maine at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II, 89, made headlines Wednesday by becoming the longest reigning monarch in the history of Great Britain, as well as the longest reigning female monarch in recorded world history. By reaching 63 years, 7 months and change on the throne, she surpassed her great-great grandmother, the 19th century Queen Victoria, for the longevity […]

There are no national monuments in Maine. Would Obama defy LePage to create one?

Maine Gov. Paul LePage sent letters to President Barack Obama and members of the state’s congressional delegation to express his opposition to any efforts to designate certain Gulf of Maine and forest areas as national monuments. In question are an undersea mountain range named Cashes Ledge and its environs, which conservationists consider a crucial refuge for the […]