Earl Makes Landfall In Nova Scotia
MIAMI - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Earl has made landfall near Western Head, Nova Scotia.
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Rain, Waves, But No Big Problems From Earl In Maine
LUBEC, Maine - Maine has avoided the worst of the remnants of Hurricane Earl, which raked parts of the state with heavy rain and churned up the surf.
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Search Continues For Missing Boater
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Coast Guard crews are focusing their search along the coastline for a missing boater in the Portsmouth Harbor in the wake of Hurricane Earl.
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Earl Hinders Labor Day Business Along Coast
SEABROOK, N.H. - New Hampshire Seacoat businesses have done well this summer because of the great weather, but threat of Hurricane Earl has cut short an expected strong finish for some.
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Crack Down On Impaired Driving In Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine - Police throughout Maine are continuing their stepped-up drunken driving enforcement efforts over the Labor Day weekend.
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Troopers Seize Cache of Cash
YORK, Maine - State police say a routine roadside safety check on the Maine Turnpike led to the discovery of more than $1 million in greenbacks.
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Governor Talks Education In Weekly Address
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine Gov. John Baldacci is using his weekly radio address to focus on education as schoolchildren return to school.
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Holland Murder Trial Moved
BIDDEFORD, Maine - A judge has ruled that a Maine man charged with killing two men outside his Biddeford home will be tried this fall in Penobscot County.
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Teen Charged With Facebook Threat
SANFORD, Maine - Police in Sanford have arrested a high school student accused of threatening students and staff on Facebook.
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Windjammer Festival Brings Historic Fleet To Camden
CAMDEN, Maine - Maine's historic fleet of windjammers is on display at the 16th annual Camden Windjammer Festival.
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Worst Road in Maine Picked
AUGUSTA, Maine - There were a lot of entries, but Maria Fuentes of the Maine Better Transportation Association says Route 219 from Turner to Leeds won the groups worst road in Maine contest.
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Saufley: Courts Already Bare-Bones
AUGUSTA, Maine - Saying state courts are already understaffed and underfunded; Chief Justice Leigh Saufley says the courts can only identify $85,000 in savings out of a target of nearly $494,000 for the remainder of this budget year.
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Organic Milk Company To Stay Open
MACHIAS, Maine - A Maine farmer-owned organic milk company is going to keep producing milk after all.
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Groups Want to Attract Entrepreneurs
LEWISTON, Maine - Two business organizations in Maine are launching a contest in hopes of luring young entrepreneurs back to the twin cities of Lewiston and Auburn.
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Bangor Hospital To Stop Providing Free Methadone
BANGOR, Maine - A Bangor, Maine, psychiatric hospital will no longer provide free methadone treatment to uninsured people addicted to opiate drugs such as heroin.
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