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Augusta :: ME :: USA | 1 day ago

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AUGUSTA, Maine— More Mainers have been enrolling in the federal food stamp program as the recession has taken its toll on jobs and the economy. Citing the latest Agriculture Department figures, the Sun Journal of Lewiston says 222,261 Mainers are signed...

Tags: food stamps, Mainers, Augusta, Food Stamp Program, New England, Recession, States of the United States, Maine, Northeastern United States, Vermont

Augusta :: ME :: USA | 11 days ago

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Maine— Gov. John Baldacci says Mainers are keeping their spirits this Thanksgiving weekend despite the grip of the worst recession in a generation. In his weekly radio address Saturday, the governor says Mainers will be called upon to make tough choices...

Tags: Mainers, baby wipes, Augusta, Sanitation, Password, John Baldacci, Sewerage, Environmental engineering, Sewage treatment, Maine, Aquatic ecology, Water pollution, Wastewater

Kittery :: ME :: USA | 12 days ago

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Maine— Police in Kittery, Maine, are on the lookout for vehicles that are registered in New Hampshire and other states but are owned by people who live in Maine. Sgt. Charles Denault says with the tough economy, the problem of people illegally registering...

Tags: Mainers, New Hampshire, Charles Denault, Kittery, York County Maine, New England, States of the United States, Maine, Northeastern United States, Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area, Kittery Maine, Excise

Milbridge :: ME :: USA | 23 days ago

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Me. — Down a rural road where wood smoke spirals from chimneys in the settling twilight, a five-acre lot thick with spruce trees is the unlikely site of a dream deferred. Click to enlarge During the blueberry season, workers share small sleeping cabins...

Tags: Mano, mano en, en mano, Mainers, Maine Town, Down East Maine, Milbridge, Mr. Pinkham, Milbridge Maine, Washington County Maine, Maine, Social Issues

Portland :: OR :: USA | about 1 month ago

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A referendum to expand Maine's medical marijuana law won handily on Election Day. With 86 percent of the precincts reporting, the measure was ahead 58 percent to 41 percent, the Bangor Daily News reported Wednesday. The measure eases access to marijuana...

Tags: Mainers, medical marijuana, maine voters, excise tax, school district, marijuana law, government spending, Roland Villacci, Timothy Antone

Portland :: OR :: USA | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

With the repeal, Maine became the 31st state to reject same-sex marriage at the ballot box. Five other states — Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire and Vermont — have legalized same-sex marriage, but only through court rulings and legislative...

Tags: same-sex marriage, gay marriag, Mainers, Maine Equality, gay marriage, sex marriage, maine voters, marriage law, University of Southern California, Washington

Bangor :: ME :: USA | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Maine voters will make history next month when they cast their ballots on whether to legalize same-sex marriage in the state — one way or another. If they approve Question 1, the gay-marriage veto, it will mark the first time voters in a state have rejected...

Tags: gay marriage, Maine Maine, Mainers, marriage law, sex marriage, John Baldacci, civil union

Portland :: ME :: USA | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

In 1999, Mainers voted overwhelmingly to allow doctors to recommend marijuana to patients suffering from devastating diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cancer and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Medicinal marijuana offers patients hope of relief...

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