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Maine is known for its scenery — its jagged, mostly rocky coastline, its low, rolling mountains, and its heavily forested interior — as well as for its seafood cuisine, especially lobsters and clams.

Because it was an exclave of Massachusetts and was growing in population at a rapid rate, Maine became the 23rd state on March 15, 1820 as a component of the Missouri Compromise.

 

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Local News from The Lewiston Sun Journal via Yahoo! News

Strong pellet plant faces $27,000 in OSHA penalties

Mar 9, 2010 4:41 pm

AUGUSTA A Strong wood pellet factory has been fined $27,000 by the U.S. Department of Labors Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a release issued by the agency Tuesday stated.

 

Man accused of setting a fire at former girlfriend's residence

Mar 9, 2010 1:11 pm

LIVERMORE A Jay man was arrested this weekend in connection with a fire set late Saturday night in the yard of a former girlfriend's house on Hathaway Hill Road, state fire investigator Edward Hastin...

 

No curbside spring cleanups for Lewiston

Mar 9, 2010 9:41 am

LEWISTON The city will do away with most of the spring cleanup collections this year but will open the Solid Waste Facility to residents willing to truck in their bulky waste.

 

High school principals make budget requests

Mar 9, 2010 8:41 am

DIXFIELD Principals of the three high schools of Western Foothills Regional School Unit 10 took their turns Monday night presenting proposed budgets for 2010-11.

 

Ideal ski day

Mar 9, 2010 7:41 am

Blake Williams of Newry catches some air off a jump at Sunday River Ski Resort on Monday afternoon. Although lawns are bare in many towns in Maine, the ski areas have ideal conditions thanks to last w...

 

Fire damages house, destroys barn, plumbing supplies

Mar 9, 2010 5:41 am

RANGELEY The cause of a fire that ripped through a barn and shed and heavily damaged an attached house on Allen Street late Sunday afternoon is still under investigation, Fire/Rescue Chief Rudy Davis...

 

Gas stolen from school district truck

Mar 9, 2010 5:41 am

WILTON Police are investigating the theft of gas from a Mt. Blue Regional School District truck on March 4 or 5, Wilton police Chief Dennis Brown said Monday.

 

Jay expects higher education subsidy

Mar 9, 2010 5:41 am

JAY School Committee members learned Thursday night that the school system may receive $187,601 more in state education subsidy for the 2010-11 budget.

 

Canton electing officers Friday

Mar 9, 2010 5:29 am

CANTON Five people are running for two seats on the Board of Selectmen during elections Friday. Polls will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 12 at the Town Office.

 

Debi Irons Dancing: Free to Feel the Music

Mar 9, 2010 5:28 am

In the Art Moves dance studio in an old Masonic hall in Norway, Debi Irons is seated on the floor with her students discussing the upcoming presentation, "Back to Brazil."

 
 

Local News from WCSH 6 Portland via Yahoo! News

Pres. Clinton endorses Libby Mitchell for Governor

Mar 9, 2010 6:51 pm

AUGUSTA , Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Former President Bill Clinton has endorsed Elizabeth Mitchell in the race for the Blaine House.

 

OSHA issues citations and fines to pellet mill plant

Mar 9, 2010 6:36 pm

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issed six citations for serious violations of workplace safety standards against a pellet mi...

 

Body found near turnpike in Kennebunk

Mar 9, 2010 5:51 pm

KENNEBUNK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- State and Kennebunk Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found Tuesday morning over an embankment at the end of a cul-de-sac.

 

More Maine National Guard soldiers heading to Afghanistan

Mar 9, 2010 4:36 pm

ORONO, Maine (AP) -- The Maine National Guard says there will be a deployment ceremony Saturday for about 175 members of the 1136th Transportation Company.

 

Maine panel mulls cell phone warnings

Mar 9, 2010 11:51 am

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Whether to require health warnings on cellular phones in Maine is on the agenda of a legislative committee.

 

HOT TOPIC: Four Day School Week?

Mar 9, 2010 10:06 am

(NEWS CENTER) Our Hot Topic is one that some schools are considering across the nation and here in Maine, four day school weeks.

 

UMaine goalie suspended from team

Mar 9, 2010 2:21 am

ORONO, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- The U-Maine hockey team will hit the ice for the Hockey East playoffs this weekend without one of its best players.

 

Town manager title will eventually be no more in Etna

Mar 9, 2010 12:36 am

ETNA, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--- People in Etna voted this weekend to eliminate the position of town manager.

 

Venomous snake found in Saco

Mar 9, 2010 12:21 am

SACO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A man walking his dog behind the Cinemagic on Route 1 in Saco found a 5-foot long Gaboon viper .

 

Cities, towns using less road salt

Mar 8, 2010 11:51 pm

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Public Works departments around the state say they haven't used as much salt this winter as they normally do.

 
 

Local and Community News for Maine from Magic-City-News.com

A Lesson in Courage

Mar 9, 2010 8:15 am

The need for civil courage - the courage to speak out when all are against you - is as great as the need for physical courage.

 

Poem: For My Family - Sept 11, 2001

Mar 9, 2010 8:10 am

The day was filled with dust and fear As I stumbled down the stairs. I heard prayers all around me And I joined my voice to theirs...

 

Babies To Block Obamangst-Care?

Mar 9, 2010 8:05 am

It could be that the unborn child could slice and dice the Dems' so-called "health" care bill.

 

Photo of the Day - Turning Garbage into a Living

Mar 9, 2010 8:02 am

 

March 9 - Today in History

Mar 9, 2010 8:00 am

Today is March 9. Here's what happened on this day in history.

 

Today's Revolutionary Aristocracy

Mar 8, 2010 8:37 am

Since the last decades of the 19th century, the United States has suffered slowly escalating conflict between its founding ethos and the ideology of secular socialism, the latter represented by the li...

 

How to walk -- or how not to

Mar 8, 2010 8:22 am

I am reading The Lost Art of Walking by Geoff Nicholson, a fascinating book about not only how to walk -- well, actually, not so much that -- as about a lot of tales of walkers -- some the writer says...

 

U.S., Learn from Jakarta how to spike Muslim Obama

Mar 8, 2010 8:05 am

America should learn from Jakarta's protesters how to clog the streets with cries of imploding the Oval Office imposter.

 

Photo of the Day - What to do with Money

Mar 8, 2010 8:02 am

 

March 8 - Today in History

Mar 8, 2010 8:00 am

Today is March 8. Here's what happened on this day in history.

 
 

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