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Maine
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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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News for Maine from thePhoenix.com
Sep 2, 2010 1:12 am
Letters to the Boston editor, September 3, 2010 I usually enjoy Carolyn Clays theater reviews, but her recent piece on Company Ones inventive and imaginative Grimm contains an error. I usually e...
Just a reprieve? Unless Republican leaders learn from the past, another Iraq is in our future
Sep 1, 2010 11:46 pm
In terms of foreign policy, the Republican Party remains unapologetically committed to Bush/Cheneyism In his address to the nation Tuesday evening, discussing the end of American combat operations...
Sep 1, 2010 11:41 pm
Follow the leader The most powerful man in the world touched down last week on Martha's Vineyard's grass-stamped airport, and quietly set to work enjoying the pursuits late-summer vacations requir...
Sep 1, 2010 6:28 pm
Lt. Governor Tim Murray, Congressman Jim McGovern, and sheriff Guy Glodis have pushed the Bay State's political frontier westward Massachusetts's second-largest city has always been Boston's ugly ...
Aug 31, 2010 8:18 pm
Glenn Becks rally on the Washington mall was scarier than youd like to think Washington, DC Glenn Beck maintains that he didn't purposely schedule this "Restoring Honor" rally on the a...
GOP Know-Nothings: Hard-right Congressional candidates complicate Charlie Baker's run for governor
Aug 29, 2010 8:11 pm
Plus, replacing John Tobin on the Boston City Council. With a strong anti-incumbent mood at their backs, Massachusetts Republicans should be able to make significant gains this year, simply by kee...
Bill O'Reilly. In the Phoenix. On porn.
Aug 29, 2010 8:06 pm
The grand poobah of Fox News on the legendary skin flick "The Devil in Miss Jones" Okay, it's from 1974, but still!
The Devil Behind ''The Devil in Miss Jones''
Aug 26, 2010 2:17 pm
Unearthed: Bill O'Reilly's first article for the Boston Phoenix This article originally ran in the April 30, 1974 issue of the Boston Phoenix . Gerard Damiano This article originally ran ...
Aug 26, 2010 1:32 pm
Beacon Hill and the education establishment overcame narrow self-interest by putting students and schools first Five months ago, when Massachusetts failed to win a Race to the Top education grant ...
Aug 25, 2010 11:37 pm
Letters to the Boston editor, August 27, 2010 Peter Kadzis, you should know better!
Local and Community News for Maine from Magic-City-News.com
Sep 2, 2010 5:46 am
His deep voice and quick-firing speech left me uncertain and wondering if I'd understood his directions. It was clear he wasn't going to repeat them. It was also clear he expected his new eighth gra...
Michaud Slams Administration's Decision not to Investigate China's Currency Manipulation
Sep 2, 2010 4:40 am
I am deeply disappointed in the Administration's inaction on the China currency issue. - Rep Michaud.
USDA Announces Funding for Dexter, Norway & Indian Township
Sep 2, 2010 4:35 am
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that Maine will receive Recovery Act funding for projects in Dexter, Norway and Indian Township.
Sep 1, 2010 8:25 am
Guillaume duc du Normandie passed a law banning the use of ENGLISH soon after his conquest of England in 1066
Sep 1, 2010 8:23 am
The definition of the word "clean?" It's all relative. It depends on which relative is doing the cleaning.
Sep 1, 2010 8:20 am
Those of us who are fortunate to spend a lot of time on the beach call these people, "August Whites". Of course, this is not fair because it is obvious that these people have worked hard dur...
Sep 1, 2010 8:18 am
And canoeing for us is especially fun these days, since we bought a new-for-us Old Town Pathfinder 14-foot fiberglass that we can carry easily on either of our 13-foot-long Toyotas.
Website Helps Mainers Prepare for an Emergency
Sep 1, 2010 8:15 am
Michaud encourages Mainers to visit website to learn how to prepare for a hurricane emergency.
Cordoba Mosque: A Strictly American Issue
Sep 1, 2010 8:13 am
John Moore of NewsTalk 1010 Radio's Moore in the Morning (Toronto) recently described in Canada's National Post the widespread American opposition to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's planned Cordoba Institute...
Auditions for the Robinson Ballet 2010 Nutcracker
Sep 1, 2010 8:10 am
Auditions for the Robinson Ballet 2010 Nutcracker: Saturday, September 11th, 107 Union St. (Above the Greyhound Bus Terminal) Bangor, ME
Local News from The Lewiston Sun Journal via Yahoo! News
Fourth man charged in cemetery vandalism
Sep 2, 2010 7:57 pm
LEWISTON Lewiston police have charged a fourth person in connection with the vandalism of gravestones at Riverside Cemetery. Phillip McDaniel, 21, of 236 Main St., Auburn has been charged with furnis...
Sep 2, 2010 7:12 pm
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Sep 2, 2010 4:12 pm
GRAND ISLE, La. An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.
TRAFFIC ALERT: Riverside Drive in Auburn closed after road collapse
Sep 2, 2010 4:12 pm
AUBURN A crane operator escaped major injuries Thursday morning when the road gave way beneath his rig and sent it crashing down an embankment toward the Androscoggin River.
TRAFFIC ALERT: Riverside Drive in Auburn closed after road collapse
Sep 2, 2010 3:57 pm
Route 136, also known as Riverside Drive in Auburn, has been closed to traffic indefinitely and emergency crews are on the scene at an area of the road on the outskirts of the city after a crane, work...
UMO report: Oxford casino would create 2,784 jobs
Sep 2, 2010 3:27 pm
ORONO A new study released by the University of Maine at Orono shows a resort-styled casino built in Oxford would generate $127 million in revenue and visitors would spend an additional $51 million f...
Animals perish in early morning fire on Old Jay Hill Road
Sep 2, 2010 1:42 pm
JAY A quick-moving fire at 347 Old Jay Hill Road destroyed a barn believed to be well over 100 years old early Thursday. Owner Raymond Fleury went into the barn about 6 a.m. to start chores and had j...
Single-sort recycling focus of discussion
Sep 2, 2010 10:12 am
JAY Selectmen opted to continue the discussion on whether to change to single-sort recycling and what type of truck to buy Monday after residents voiced several questions about recycling.
Sep 2, 2010 10:12 am
FARMINGTON The University of Maine at Farmington campus radio station, WUMF, is hoping for a larger audience with a new antenna, transmitter and equipment upgrade.
Oxford Hills curtailing activities in record-setting heat
Sep 2, 2010 8:42 am
OXFORD Oxford Hills School District Superintendent Rick Colpitts said he will decide Thursday whether to cancel after-school activities as the fourth day of a record-setting heat wave continues.
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