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News from March 8, 2010
Police activity, Somerset County
Monday's blotterMoon snails are destroying clam
LUBEC -- Clam diggers in the Lubec area are fighting a devastating predator, moon snails, and are desperate for help.Oldest American, former Mainer dies at 114
She lived for 60 years in Anson and a funeral is set for Thursday in Madison.Maine lobsterman on trial for shooting
The shooting took place on a wharf on Matinicus Island, the most remote of Maine's 15 year-round island communities.Fishermen gather for summit
Today's summit comes as regional fishermen address new rules taking effect May 1.UMaine runner cracks 4-minute mile
Riley Masters of Bangor turned in a time of 3 minutes, 59.97 seconds, on Feb. 13.Maine adopts roller ski-safety law
The new law says roller-skiers must travel with the flow of traffic and bars roller skis from divided highways.Bill clarifies Maine wine-tasting law
Rep. Stacey Fitts says the law passed last year backfired and essentially shut down taste-testings.February marked by warmth, lack of snow
In Portland, the 3.2 inches of snow was the seventh-lowest snowfall total since records began in 1871.Snowmobile accidents injure 4
Accidents take place in Rangeley, Greenville and Bradstreet Township over the weekend.Musher wins Can-Am crown for 3rd time
The dogsled teams kept a swift pace despite less-than-ideal weather in northern Maine, with temperatures reaching the mid-40s.Area officials fear growth of 'sexting' among youth
Races get crowded
AUGUSTA -- Candidates are lining up to run for the Maine House as incumbents hit their term limits and challengers sign up to take their seats.Energy independence is agency's goal
In 2001, the six New England governors, plus the premiers of Canada's Maritime provinces, pledged to lower the region's carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by 2010.Fire departments begin training class
All of Somerset County will benefit from a free firefighter training program that is reversing a shortage in qualified firefighters.Officials to discuss Cascade site cleanup
OAKLAND -- Town, state and federal officials are scheduled to meet today to discuss whether federal grant money can be redirected toward cleaning up the site of the fire-ravaged former Cascade Woolen Mill.Skowhegan, MCI take top honors
Skowhegan Area High School and Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield are among more than two dozen schools to compete later this month in the Maine Drama Festival.Artful Harvest
CANAAN -- One local artist is doing with color what the Maine Farmland Trust is doing in practice: preserving Maine's vanishing landscapes.Work to begin later this year on Winslow's Mile Brook Bridge
WINSLOW -- Seven years of waiting is expected to end later this year when work starts on replacing the Mile Brook Bridge on Garland Road.Most...
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