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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.
Articles
News for Maine from thePhoenix.com
Mar 17, 2010 10:59 pm
Letters to the Boston editor, March 19, 2010 I don't think food critic Robert Nadeau knows very much about fine dining and what it means to cook good seafood. FOOD FIGHTI don't think food critic...
The quest for the ultimate female orgasm
Mar 17, 2010 8:23 pm
How far will women go for an orgasm? Let's talk about the female orgasm, and how for some women, it can be difficult to come by. Let's talk about the female orgasm.Oh good, no one flipped the ...
Mar 17, 2010 6:24 pm
Tthe mere mention of the Central Artery Project can derail one's hopes for higher office. Charlie Baker is finding that out now. Call it the Curse of the Big Dig: virtually every politician with s...
Mar 17, 2010 6:19 pm
Plus, controlling local health costs Taxis are an under-appreciated and often little-considered component in urban mass-transit systems. They fill the gaps left by the MBTA and offer a sort of cur...
Patrick's power of positive thinking
Mar 12, 2010 8:40 pm
The governor wants to make a feel-good case for re-election. The question is, these days, is anybody feeling good? Sitting down at the conference table in his tidy Corner Office, jacket off, sleev...
Mar 12, 2010 8:39 pm
A curious conflict of interest is followed by a legal threat from a journalism center! After six years at the Phoenix , I recently got my first pre-emptive libel threat. It came, most unexpected...
Mar 10, 2010 9:23 pm
No shakes as a political operator, Deval has scored with many policies Governor Deval Patrick may be the incumbent, but he enters the race for the most thankless statewide job in Massachusetts as ...
Interview: Governor Deval Patrick
Mar 10, 2010 9:21 pm
The full transcript of David S. Bernstein and Peter Kadzis's interview with Gov. Patrick It has been you don't need me to tell you we're living through the worst economy in living memory. THE ...
Mar 4, 2010 2:48 pm
ACORN attack tape found to be fraudulent. Plus, applause for the merger of two AIDS agencies. Holy hell broke loose six months ago when a self-appointed truth squad sponsored by a right-wing propa...
Mar 3, 2010 10:52 pm
Letters to the Boston editor, March 5, 2010 Regarding "A Walk on the Wild Side" , about the "Boston Combat Zone: 19691978" exhibit at the Howard Yezerski Gallery: the complete...
Local and Community News for Maine from Magic-City-News.com
Mar 21, 2010 8:30 am
When you submit yourself to culture and social etiquette for which you have a personal distaste, you are a slave with a 'red' face. When you are piece of excrement telling people that they must bow do...
The Accuracy of Acts: Bible Bullets
Mar 21, 2010 8:25 am
Archaeology is one of many disciplines that can be used to prove the historical accuracy of Scripture. Time and again, it has helped confirm the Bible's references to people, places, and dates.
Raising our sights on the 2010 election
Mar 21, 2010 8:20 am
For decades, Socialist infiltrators have wormed their way into government, finding a receptive home in the Democrat Party, and chipping away our Constitution bit by bit. Now we see in the present Cong...
Mar 21, 2010 8:15 am
Grandmother Eunice Robinson Stevens was a woman of unimpeachable character. She had an inner strength and outer beauty that didn't come from any cosmetic bottle.
Not a good week for the President
Mar 21, 2010 8:10 am
Two news items this week do not exactly paint a rosy picture of President Obama and his Presidency. His government is accused both of lacking in real transparency and of betraying democracy and human ...
Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am
"Do ye now believe?" In other words, things are all set up properly now; but what will it be from here on out?
Photo of the Day - Washing the old fashioned way
Mar 21, 2010 8:02 am
Mar 21, 2010 8:00 am
Today is March 21. Here's what happened on this day in history.
Suggestions for Improving Morning Star News
Mar 20, 2010 8:40 am
There are two currently untapped local resources. One, is the young people, who can give us all insight into 'their' world, thoughts and opinions. The other is the Seniors. Retired people need to keep...
Milton Friedman's Smoot-Hawley Lie
Mar 20, 2010 8:35 am
Milton Friedman, Noble Prize winning economist, was for the duration of his life the main pitchman for Free Trade. Friedman won his academic reputation with his publication of A Monetary History of th...
Local News from Bangor Daily News via Yahoo! News
Community colleges get green energy grants
Mar 21, 2010 4:40 pm
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Four community colleges in Maine are receiving $1.3 million in federal stimulus grants in support of programs that focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency. The grants
Mainers lend hand to push health care bill over top
Mar 20, 2010 9:18 pm
BANGOR, Maine -- A group of volunteers spent part of their Saturday making a final pitch to Congressman Michael Michaud, D-Maine, to support a landmark health care bill that is scheduled for a vote .....
Afghan woman reflects on war's impact
Mar 20, 2010 9:18 pm
BANGOR, Maine -- Mariam Atifa Raqib remembers a beautiful green countryside and a public garden across the way from where she grew up in Afghanistan. That vivid image is just a memory now that ...
Black Bears advance to league final
Mar 20, 2010 4:04 am
BOSTON -- The University of Maine's freshmen and sophomores have been pivotal in Maine's turnaround this season but it was a pair of seniors who sent them into tonight's Hockey East championship game ...
Butt in mulch starts a fire at BIA hotel
Mar 20, 2010 4:03 am
BANGOR, Maine -- A carelessly discarded cigarette butt was cited as the cause of a small fire Friday afternoon at the Four Points by Sheraton Bangor Airport Hotel that prompted a brief evacuation of p...
Newburgh town clerk named interim manager
Mar 20, 2010 3:48 am
NEWBURGH, Maine -- Longtime Town Clerk Lois Libby was hired at a special meeting Friday to serve as interim town manager, while an investigation into the current manager and the deputy treasurer conti...
Bradley selectmen, board member elected
Mar 20, 2010 3:33 am
BRADLEY, Maine -- Residents filled three elective positions during annual elections Friday.
New owner holding Stable Inn yard sale
Mar 20, 2010 3:18 am
BREWER, Maine -- Twin City Rodeways Inc. took ownership of the New Stable Inn on Wilson Street in mid-February when the owner failed to pay his mortgage and is holding a yard sale Saturday to empty th...
Petitioners place HoltraChem cleanup on Orrington ballot
Mar 20, 2010 1:48 am
ORRINGTON, Maine -- After selectmen voted unanimously to support a quicker rather than an extensive cleanup of the former HoltraChem site -- leaving tons of contaminated sludge at the riverfront site ...
Police thwart raffle aimed at helping nonprofit
Mar 20, 2010 12:33 am
ISLESBORO, Maine -- Josh Conover thought he was being generous by auctioning off his old lobster boat and giving some of the proceeds to the Maine Lobster Institute for research, but Maine State Polic...
Local News from WCSH 6 Portland via Yahoo! News
Maine community colleges get energy grants
Mar 21, 2010 3:13 pm
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Four community colleges in Maine are receiving $1.3 million in federal stimulus grants in support of programs that focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency
Be prepared for cold water in Maine lakes
Mar 21, 2010 1:13 pm
(NEWS CENTER) - Several Maine safety groups urge caution when taking boats out onto Maine waters as the air temperature can be misleading.
BNAS participating in Security Exercise
Mar 21, 2010 12:44 pm
BRUNSWICK , Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Navail Air Station Brunswick will test and change the base's security measures over the course of the week (03/22 - 03/26)
Fill out your paper Moose Lottery Applications
Mar 21, 2010 12:43 pm
AUGUSTA , Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Paper applications for the 2010 Moose Permit Lottery are due Thursday, April 1 at the Maine Department of Inland Fish and Wildlife in Augusta. Online filers have until ...
Three towns receive water treatment grants
Mar 21, 2010 12:28 pm
NORWAY , Maine (AP) -- Three Maine communities will receive more than $1 million in grants and loans for water treatment improvement projects.
Women Unlimited linking Mainers to jobs
Mar 21, 2010 9:13 am
(NEWS CENTER) -- Every year women around Maine learn new skills for developing job opportunities.
25th Ski-a-thon to support Mainers
Mar 21, 2010 8:58 am
(NEWS CENTER) -- For 25 years skiers have hit the slopes to support Maine Handicapped Skiing.
Winterport teen saves brother from fire
Mar 21, 2010 12:28 am
WINTERPORT, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A Winterport teen's quick thinking helped her save her family from a near disaster Friday morning.
The calendar says "spring," but the weather feels like summer!
Mar 20, 2010 11:43 pm
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Mainers headed to the beach Saturday, as the state shattered its third high temperature record this month.
Cape Elizabeth student wins Maine spelling bee
Mar 20, 2010 11:29 pm
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A 7th grade student from Cape Elizabeth Middle School will be representing Maine at the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Local News from The Lewiston Sun Journal via Yahoo! News
Cabin fire reported in Livermore
Mar 21, 2010 4:19 am
LIVERMORE Firefighters from three towns reportedly were battling a cabin fire on Bartlett Pond Road late Saturday night. Crews from Livermore, Jay and Livermore Falls were called to the 10 p.m. blaze...
Mar 21, 2010 4:18 am
AUBURN Richard Moulton Jr. was 14 when he started dating Gayla Sheldon. She was turning 18. Moulton's father told his son to stop seeing her. So, the boy did.
Mar 21, 2010 4:18 am
Dale McCrae Conlin, 51, of 1260 Lisbon St., Lewiston, on a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence at 7 p.m. Friday at 1892 Lisbon St.
Andover voters OK $500,000 for road repairs
Mar 21, 2010 3:49 am
ANDOVER Voters at town meeting Saturday approved a municipal budget of $520,432 $52,568 less than last year's spending plan. The budget didn't include school and county taxes, which are determined l...
Hebron narrowly approves new plow
Mar 21, 2010 3:49 am
HEBRON After several votes, residents approved the purchase of a new plow truck by a margin of two votes at Saturday's annual town meeting. About 50 people attended the meeting, which ran for about t...
Town approves barking dog ordinance amendment and $4.4 million budget
Mar 21, 2010 3:49 am
FARMINGTON Voters on Saturday approved amending the town's animal control ordinance to include rules for barking dogs, adopted a revised shoreland zoning ordinance and approved a funding request for ...
Dust sparks Pioneer Plastics blaze
Mar 21, 2010 3:49 am
AUBURN Dust from Pioneer Plastics decorative surfaces manufacturing plant on Pionite Road caught fire at about 8 p.m. Saturday night. Auburn firefighters had the fire under control by 8:30 p.m., batt...
Urban, rural students gather in Lewiston to break stereotypes and brighten windows
Mar 21, 2010 3:48 am
LEWISTON When the late-morning hush in the Lewiston Public Library was interrupted Saturday, it was for good causes: broken stereotypes and brightened windows.
Mar 21, 2010 3:34 am
Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Michelle Leczynski of Scarborough is the first to pull out lip balm during "The Purse Game" at the Fireside Inn & Suites in Auburn on Saturday. Leczynski was one...
Mar 20, 2010 4:33 am
Renard Eugene Holcomb, 46, of 50 Fairmount St., on charges of disorderly conduct and refusing to submit to arrest, 12:19 a.m. Friday at that address.
