HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A new study says Nova Scotia’s fishery is still reeling from past overfishing and has been left “vulnerable” to the global economic crisis as a result.
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CALAIS, Maine — The City Council at a special meeting Monday voted to urge taxpayers to reject the school administrative reorganization plan that it says is not in the best interest of the …
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The owners of a barge that sank on lobster grounds off southwestern Nova Scotia in November is presenting a report that probes what should be done about the 18,000 gallons of …
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DEER ISLE, Maine — An Ellsworth woman died in a single-car crash on Reach Road on Sunday afternoon.
According to Trooper Tom Pickering of the Maine State Police, Lisa Martin, 47, of Ellsworth …
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BANGOR, Maine — A federal jury Wednesday deliberated for three hours before finding a Whiting man guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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All five of Maine’s public television stations are set to make the transition from analog to digital signal on Sunday, Jan. 11, more than a month ahead of the nation’s Feb. 17 date.
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BOSTON — With warm temperatures forecast for the weekend, the Coast Guard is warning winter kayakers of the dangers of cold ocean waters.
Coast Guard officials issued a statement Friday …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Lobstermen and businesses hurt by the recent ice storm will be getting loan assistance from the Finance Authority of Maine.
FAME’s board has approved low-interest loans for …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Central Maine Power Co. was bracing for another round of winter storms even as line crews from Maine and as far away as Michigan on Thursday completed the job of reconnecting customers who lost electricity because of last week’s ice storm.
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LEWISTON — Maine Public Broadcasting Network announced Thursday that it will close two of its seven radio towers and one of its five television towers, citing decreasing federal and state subsidies …
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BANGOR, Maine — An Alexander man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 31 months in prison for buying guns for a Canadian man.
U.S. District Judge John Woodcock on Monday sentenced Kurt …
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PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled unanimously that a Passamaquoddy woman’s lawsuit against the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Housing Authority was properly heard in tribal court and should not have been in Superior Court as the plaintiff had argued.
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CALAIS, Maine — About 1,800 Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative members lost power during last week’s winter storm, as freezing rain coated trees and power lines across eastern Maine.
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MACHIAS, Maine — An 87-year-old Jonesboro man was in the right place at the right time, and now he will be able to celebrate the holidays with his family and friends.
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LUBEC, Maine — The cause of death of a 27-year-old local man who died earlier this month while harvesting periwinkles in Lubec Channel not far from his home is still unknown.
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MACHIAS, Maine — Two local men are expected to appear in Washington County Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 22, in connection with the alleged theft of more than $18,000 from a Jonesport lobster company.
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