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01/06/2009Budget top issue for Maine lawmakers in 2009 - MSNBC

By GLENN ADAMS AUGUSTA, Maine - With Maine running hundreds of millions of dollars short of what it needs to keep government going at its present clip, ...

01/06/2009Topless coffee shop proposed for small Maine town - The Associated Press

VASSALBORO, Maine (AP) â?" A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day â?" topless coffee shop ...

01/06/2009Maine lawmakers question labor agency staffing - Forbes

By GLENN ADAMS , 01.06.09, 03:40 PM EST Maine state Rep. John Tuttle Jr. said Tuesday he has gotten 50 phone calls from constituents who have lost their ...

01/06/2009Storm Watch Posted In Maine - WMTW

PORTLAND, Maine -- Time to gas up the snowblower and get the plow on the truck. The National Weather Service is posting a winter storm watch for Wednesday. ...

01/06/2009Visiting Wildcats rally past Maine - Portsmouth Herald News

By Mike Zhe ORONO, Maine â?" They absorbed the penalties, the taunts from the stands and their own hellish second period. And then they celebrated a win that ...

01/06/2009Maine International Film Festival launches winter film series - Central Maine Morning Sentinel

By Amy Calder Morning Sentinel Staff Writer January 06, 2009 08:30 PM WATERVILLE $ Lovers of the Maine International Film Festival need not go through ...

01/06/2009Maine treasurer, secretary, AG to take oaths - Foster's Daily Democrat

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) â?" Gov. John Baldacci is swearing in Maine's constitutional officers, who were elected by the Legislature last month. ...

01/06/2009Maine banking company posts discouraging word - TMCnet

6--A Maine-based banking company has released a report that paints a dismal picture for the year ahead, and argued that the federal government should ...

01/06/2009Maine lottery revenues down - WBZ

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The recession appears to be taking a bite out of Maine lottery revenues. As in some other states, including New Hampshire and ...

01/06/2009Maine town eyes wind farm - Portsmouth Herald News

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) â?" The western Maine ski town of Carrabassett Valley is endorsing a move to annex part of Redington Township in a move to set ...