There are several masonic newsgroups available; two that I have enjoyed are soc.org.freemasonry, a moderated group that keeps a generally high standard of posting, and uky.org.freemasonry which isn't moderated but because it is primarily british has a different slant on some things than we are accustomed to here. There also is a Maine Masonic Discussion Group.
Maine Group
If you're new to newsgroups, I would recommend watching what happens in the group for at least a week and then before contributing, get a usenet faq and understand the netiquette involved.