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Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Trims Service, Personnel
Forest products downturn, floods prompt cutbacks BANGOR, Maine, July 3 BANGOR, Maine , /PRNewswire/ -- Montreal , Maine & Atlantic Railway said today that it has trimmed its train service and furloughed 33 ...
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Maine To Stake Out N.H. Fireworks Stores
Maine's fire marshal says investigators will be staking out fireworks stores in New Hampshire around the Fourth of July holiday and people who try to bring illegal fireworks into Maine may be arrested.
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Maine's peak tourism season begins with holiday
Fair weather is expected for much of the Independence Day weekend as the peak tourist season gets under way in Maine.
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Maine woman pleads not guilty to crash charges
A Wells woman accused of causing a wrong-way crash on the Maine Turnpike has pleaded not guilty to 15 charges, including two counts of manslaughter and aggravated operating under the influence.
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Inmate takes 2 hostage at Maine prison
Two people were taken hostage Monday afternoon by an inmate with a knife at the Maine State Prison in Warren, state officials said.
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Indian tribes call for sovereignty
Tribal leaders in New England adopted a resolution this week at a conference in Maine that maintains Indians have the right to govern themselves.
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Saturday June 28, 2008
We are looking at the art of making gravestones with Paul Dimatteo. We're making Lobster Gazpacho in the 207 Kitchen with Cal Hancock.
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Maine slots parlor moving to permanent home
The slots parlor that set up shop nearly three years ago in a converted restaurant begins its move up the street to grander quarters this weekend as one of the state's largest development projects in recent ...
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Girl's Body Found In St. John River Near Maine
Police have confirmed the identity of the teenage girl who was pulled from the St.
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Oil Speculators May Be Driving Oil Prices
With oil prices near record highs, Congress is grappling to find solutions to ease the pain at the pump.
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Bureau of Motor Vehicles Takes Stress Out of Visiting the BMV Unique...
Bureau of Motor Vehicles Takes Stress Out of Visiting the BMV Unique Effort to Raise Awareness of New Residency Law June 25, 2008 Secretary of State Contact: Don Cookson 626-8404 Bangor- Not knowing a law ...
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Beer, soda tax veto petition has a shot
AUGUSTA : The petition asking voters in November to overturn beer, wine, soda and insurance taxes passed by the Legislature in the last week of session appears to have a shot, with proponents spending more than ...
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Maine Group Questions Real ID Grant
Maine is receiving a $1 million federal grant to bring the state closer to compliance with the Real ID anti-terrorism law.
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Soccer: Youth tourney to pump $10 million into economy
PORTLAND, Maine - More than 5,000 people are expected to pump about $10 million into the economy when the US Youth Soccer Region 1 Championships are held in southern Maine beginning this week.
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St. John River Search Continues Downstream
The search for a young New Brunswick girl has moved more than 25 miles downstream of where she was carried away by the St.
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ISO grid bottleneck stalls biomass boiler
MILLINOCKET, Maine- A gridlocked New England power grid in Maine has stalled a Harpswell developer's plan for a $50 million biomass boiler in Millinocket.
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June 18, 2008
One of Ireland's leading singer/songwriters is coming to Maine. We'll hear from Michael Black.
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Maine jobless rate rises sharply
Maine's unemployment rate rose by 0.7 of a percentage point in May to 5.4 percent, Maine's highest rate in more than a decade, the state Labor Department said Friday.
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Traip Academy announces top students
The administration and staff at R. W. Traip Academy in Kittery, Maine, are proud to announce the top seniors in the Class of 2008.
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Status of Maine union contract lands in court
Blethen Maine Newspapers sued the Portland Newspaper Guild, saying its refusal to allow the issue to go to arbitration has had a chilling effect on the company's efforts to sell its newspapers.
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