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Source: Boston.com

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 06:54:18 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) Dozens of greenhouses, nurseries and garden centers are holding special events for the fourth annual Maine Greenhouse and Nursery Day. Activities for Saturday's event include giveaways, door prizes, demonstrations, tours, speakers and workshops to highlight the fun of...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 10:55:02 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) Small Maine businesses that are worried a proposed east-west highway would siphon away cross-state traffic are taking a stand in support of six bills aimed at slowing down or killing the project. The Transportation Committee on Tuesday took...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 01:43:17 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) A legislative committee is holding a public hearing on a bill that would make it illegal to ship horses from or through Maine destined for slaughterhouses in Canada. The Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is holding a...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-26 02:08:54 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) A new law will expand wild turkey hunting opportunities this spring in Down East coastal areas of Maine...Game department wildlife biologists have determined that the turkey population in that area is at a level that can withstand a...
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Source: Boston.com

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-25 02:09:09 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) A state Energy Office report says Maine residents have decreased their oil use by 26 percent since 2007. The report, required by state law, also finds oil consumption is down in the commercial sector by 20 percent, and...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 02:32:38 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) Maine wildlife officials are asking hunters to be on the lookout for unsightly lesions on turkeys when turkey hunting season begins next week...The virus causes minor to extreme lesions on a turkey's head and legs and is thought...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 02:45:04 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) Central Maine Power Company says it's completed work on a $1.74 million power grid project that will improve service to homes and businesses in the northern Androscoggin County town of Leeds. It's the second major project to be...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-18 02:45:11 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) Maine wildlife officials are warning homeowners to remove bird feeders and other easy food targets for bears as the hungry bruins emerge from their winter dens this month. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says bears...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-17 15:29:39 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) Plans are taking shape to build a natural gas plant in the Augusta area. Maine Natural Gas says it's signed a letter of intent with Xpress Natural Gas LLC, which has operations throughout New England. Under the agreement,...
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Source: Boston.com

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-07 12:24:18 -0700 | green-news

Maine (AP) A large turnout is likely Monday when a legislative committee holds a public hearing on a proposed law to allow fishermen to keep lobsters they inadvertently snag in their nets in offshore waters and bring them to Portland....
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-01 16:11:46 -0700 | green-news

Meanwhile, the Maine Marine Patrol has stepped up enforcement. Elvers are baby eels that swim upriver each spring in Maine, and they represent a lucrative fishery. The value last year was $38 million, with fishermen averaging $2,000 a pound. The...
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Source: Belleville News-Democrat

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2012-05-06 13:44:00 -0700 | business-news

Maine energy officials say the statewide average cash price for No...The Governor's Office of Energy Independence and Security's weekly price survey on Monday finds no change since the previous Monday. Office Director Ken Fletcher says heating oil prices have been...
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Source: Merced Sun-Star

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2012-02-13 14:49:08 -0800 | business-news

Maine residents who use oil to heat their homes are getting a little relief. The governor's Office of Energy Independence and Security reports that the statewide average cash price for No...The lowest prices were in western portions of the state...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2011-10-31 15:06:36 -0700 | political-news

Maine Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is opening the Marsh Island area in Old Town and Orono to archery hunting for whitetail deer during this year's season. The plan approved by the department's Advisory Council opens the area...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2011-10-24 02:45:28 -0700 | political-news

Maine A new study says harvest levels of Maine's spruce and fir trees can be increased significantly over the next 20 years while inventory levels remain steady. The report by Old Town natural-resource consulting firm James W. Sewall Co. examines...
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