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5 Lighthouses in Mid-Coast Maine
This article profiles five of the ten most popular Mid-Coast Maine lighthouses: Owls Head Light, Rockland Breakwater Light, Grindle Point Light, Browns Head Light, Fort Point Light.
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Teacher of the Year semifinalists named
Semifinalist Shelly Moody teaches at Williams Elementary School in Oakland. The Maine Department of Education named five semi-finalists Monday, March 15, for the 2011 Maine Teacher of the Year.
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Governor Taps Maple Tree At Blaine House
Gov. John Baldacci took part in the annual maple tree tapping at the Blaine House Monday morning.
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State seeks input for education 'race'
Maine's Department of Education is asking teachers, school administrators, business people and others for advice as it prepares to apply for up to $75 million in federal funds aimed at education reform.
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Latest budget updates would aid elderly program
Gov. John Baldacci wants to use additional federal money to help the state's Drugs for the Elderly program, nursing homes, schools and municipalities.
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Much work remains for medical marijuana system
Despite months of work by a state task force on medical marijuana, significant concerns remain about the details of developing Maine's new voter-approved system of pot dispensaries.
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After dinner, things change
As the last families at the Carrabassett Inn & Grill finish their fried haddock and prime rib, two men in leather jackets haul away the empty tables.
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Husband, wife both sign up to run for same House seat
Candidates are lining up to run for the Maine House as incumbents hit their term limits and challengers sign up to take their seats.
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Dinner to benefit goat breed group
Want to eat spaghetti for a goat cause? Some 16 members of the Junior Boer Goat Breeders of Maine are hosting a spaghetti supper from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the Manchester Lions Club to raise money for a trip to Kentucky.
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Abandoned viper in Saco puzzles aficionados
A yellow eyelash viper, a Central American snake, photographed at the Cape Fear Serpentarium.
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Fire danger high in southern and coastal regions of Maine
State fire officials have responded to numerous wild fires over the past week and are urging people to use caution.
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Five Maine men face heroin-trafficking charges
Four men from southern Maine and one from central Maine were indicted by a federal grand jury this week on heroin-trafficking charges.
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Hypnosis and Health
A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
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Battle about Maine's North Woods likely to heat up
The long-simmering debate over the future of Maine's northern woodlands is about to move back to the front burner.
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Maine seek person who released poisonous snake
SACO, Maine a ' The Maine Warden Service is trying to determine who released a poisonous Gaboon viper snake behind a movie theater in Saco.
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Sea Hunter captain returns home from Haiti
Greg Brooks, the owner of the Sea Hunter has returned home after delivering supplies to Haiti.
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Lawmaker renews call for dividing Maine
A lawmaker from northern Maine has launched another attempt to divide Maine into two states.
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Phone hazard bill in peril
The Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee split on a bill to require cell phones to carry warnings they may cause brain cancer.
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Big Miami-Dade hospital system nears insolvency
As a proposal to require health warnings on cellular phones got a fresh legislative review Tuesday, Gov.
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Maine couple's deaths linked to pot growing operation
CLEARLAKE, Calif. a ' Authorities have identified two bodies found in an embankment as a Maine couple who worked at a Northern California marijuana growing operation.
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