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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

Androscoggin River Salmon habitat proposal gets mixed reviews

Sep 7, 2008 9:10 am

LEWISTON - There's a simple reason the stream near the Lewiston-Lisbon town line is named Salmon Brook. "They were here," John Ponte said. "They didn't name these places without reason....

 

Rains cause minor flooding

Sep 7, 2008 9:10 am

AUBURN - Heavy rains caused traffic to slow in some parts of the city as over-taxed storm drains struggled to handle the downpour. Auburn police narrowed Center Street to one lane of traffic in each d...

 

Lewiston man nominated for advocacy work

Sep 7, 2008 9:10 am

LEWISTON - A local disability rights advocate has been nominated to the National Spinal Cord Injury Association's hall of fame. Mike Reynolds, 34, of Lewiston is one of eight media-based activists nom...

 

Fundraising slow for Peace Bridge monuments

Sep 7, 2008 9:10 am

The date is picked, the granite is ordered and the event program is shaping up, but the fundraising to pay for the tribute to Bernard Lown still has a way to go.

 

Litchfield Fair

Sep 7, 2008 9:10 am

LEFT: Sera Charette of Monmouth cuts the corner on her horse, Flash, during the Pole Bending competition at the Litchfield Fair Saturday afternoon. ABOVE: Alice McDonald, 12, of Dresden holds her bunn...

 

Androscoggin County

Sep 7, 2008 9:09 am

" Troy Bradley, 18, 87 St. Croix St., Lewiston, by Lewiston police, on charges of burglary and theft by receiving stolen property, 11:31 p.m. Friday in Lewiston.

 

Stubborn fire ousts family of 10

Sep 7, 2008 9:09 am

MEXICO - A house fire on Backkingdom Road Saturday evening destroyed the home of a family with eight children. "We'll be calling the American Red Cross for assistance tomorrow morning," said...

 

Monumental task

Sep 7, 2008 9:09 am

AUBURN - When Robert Murphy spoke with Ray Lemieux last winter about sprucing up Briggs Cemetery, neither knew it would be the last conversation between them.

 

Minister pays fine for book censor

Sep 6, 2008 9:11 am

LEWISTON - In 2003, the Rev. Doug Taylor was arrested while trying to secure a permit to protest a white supremacist rally in Lewiston. In the days following, a stranger came forward and paid the fine...

 

Renowned journalist to speak at Colby College

Sep 6, 2008 9:10 am

WATERVILLE - Philip Taubman, former New York Times Washington bureau chief, will lecture Sunday at Colby College in Waterville on the topic: Treason or Patriotism? When the Press Publishes National Se...

 
 

Local News from WCSH 6 Portland via Yahoo! News

Bangor Hosts Car Show

Sep 7, 2008 11:40 pm

BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- People from the Bangor area got a chance to show off their wheels on the Bangor waterfront Sunday. The Bangor Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted "Wheels On The Waterfro...

 

Results Of State's Writing Test Scrapped

Sep 7, 2008 11:39 pm

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- State education officials have scrapped the results of Maine's 8th grade writing test after 78 percent of students failed to meet state standards.

 

Owners Strut Their Mutts

Sep 7, 2008 11:39 pm

KENNEBUNK (NEWS CENTER) -- More than 200 dogs and their owners were on Mother's Beach Sunday. It's the 14th Annual 'Strut Your Mutt' fundraiser to benefit the Animal Welfare Society.

 

Blue Angels Get Off The Ground

Sep 7, 2008 11:38 pm

BRUNSWICK (NEWS CENTER) -- The Blue Angels were airborne this afternoon at The Great State Of Maine Air Show in Brunswick. The Navy flight demonstration team was grounded Saturday by low clouds and fo...

 

Hanna Causes Damage Downeast

Sep 7, 2008 10:53 pm

(NEWS CENTER) -- Crews in Downeast Maine are cleaning up after tropical storm Hanna. Several sections of Route 186 between Winter Harbor and Gouldsboro are washed out. One section had to be blocked of...

 

East Tower To Give Families Comfort

Sep 7, 2008 10:23 pm

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Maine Medical Center welcomed the public into its new East Tower Saturday. The building houses the Women and Infants' Services Center.

 

Banana Oatmeal Bars

Sep 7, 2008 1:09 pm

A sweet treat both kids and adults will love to find in their lunchbox. Preheat the oven to 300 F. Cream the butter and the sugar.

 

Flash Flood Warnings Throughout Maine

Sep 7, 2008 12:53 pm

Calais (NEWS CENTER) -- There are a number of roads that are flooded across the regions of Jonesboro, Machias, Cutler, Eastport, Calais, and Bar Harbor.

 

Security Guard Shot At Mercy Hospital

Sep 7, 2008 12:23 pm

Portland (NEWS CENTER) -- Portland police have confirmed that a security guard at Mercy hospital has been shot. It happened fairly early this morning, no word yet on his condition.

 

Fire Destroys Denmark Home

Sep 7, 2008 2:08 am

DENMARK (NEWS CENTER) -- A family of 5 in Denmark has lost its home to fire. Firefighters said 8 departments responded to the home at 186 Berry Road early Saturday afternoon. The family was inside the...

 
 

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

The Shortest List in the World.

Sep 7, 2008 9:25 am

Well, maybe the reason this 'tiny community' has been so successful is not its political cunning, but its proud cultural and intellectual traditions.

 

Snakes Alive!

Sep 7, 2008 9:20 am

They definitely are not my cup of tea!   And nor are sharks - with which I am well acquainted!

 

Intimate Male Abuse

Sep 7, 2008 9:15 am

That the issue of emotional abuse is something many people are interested in was obvious by how frequently the article was being accessed. Professor Lupri provided me with two links to articles on the...

 

Evangelical Sarah Palin. Hallelujah!

Sep 7, 2008 9:10 am

She was reared in the Assembly of God Church. But now she makes her worship home in any evangelical congregation she decides upon.

 

Is It Snakes in the Chicken House or Chickens in the Snake House?

Sep 7, 2008 8:12 am

We haul the blacksnakes a mile down the road and release them into the forest. Hopefully that is far enough away that they won't find their way back to our chicken house.

 

Getting More out of Foreign Aid

Sep 7, 2008 8:02 am

Everything seems so civil and cooperative -- on the surface. Every September President Bush gives a friendly welcoming speech to launch the United Nations General Assembly. Every year he's greeted by ...

 

September 7 - Today in History

Sep 7, 2008 8:00 am

Today is September 7.  Here's what happened on this day in history.

 

More Than 900 Criminal Aliens, Immigration Fugitives Removed from the US

Sep 7, 2008 6:18 am

More than 900 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation today following a three-week enforcement surge by US ...

 

My Novel Escape

Sep 7, 2008 6:00 am

It's my one vice; the one thing that my husband would change about me, if he could. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I've never tried an illegal narcotic, and except for an epidural during my third child...

 

Agenda: Town Council Meeting, September 11, 2008

Sep 7, 2008 5:55 am

A tentative agenda has been set for the September 11, 2008 meeting of the Millinocket town council.

 
 

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