Maine hopes it can bear up
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College football schedules are not designed to provide a sense of humility, but if ever one did it's Maine's.
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By GLENN ADAMS  AUGUSTA, Maine - Wary of lobbyists calling signals from the sidelines, Maine is taking steps to ban text messages and e-mails to lawmakers in session as it becomes the latest state to address the ever-expanding use of electronic communications in statehouses.
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Last year, Maine's lobstermen reported a 14 percent decline in catches. This year, the outlook could be worse.
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Kevin Regan said he wasn't overly tired Saturday night after making a career-high 46 saves in New Hampshire's 2-1 victory over visiting Maine. Instead, he was energized by his team's strong play.
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By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 16--Kirk Winters wants to plant a rock in every county in Maine. The evangelical minister doesn't mean the kind of stones that dot the landscape.
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ORONO, Maine -- It was Northeastern's for the keeping, a one-game lead atop the Atlantic 10 North Division heap.
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By Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Mar. 5--SEDGWICK -- A proposed contract for three peninsula towns to continue to haul trash to the Blue Hill-Surry transfer station could face tough sledding if the discussion at the annual town meeting in Sedgwick is any indication.
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Management is optimistic, but this is a tough environment in which to gain a good foothold.
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ORONO, Maine - You could call it focused, efficient, dominant. All of those adjectives aptly describe the effort put forth by third-ranked Massachusetts in yesterday's 38-7 trouncing of Maine before 6,617 at Alfond Stadium.
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By Craig Crosby, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine  Sep. 21--UNITY -- Tom Roberts still recalls the early years. The lean  years.
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By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 9--A couple times a year, thanks to the state's wildlife officials, we outdoors enthusiasts are able to roll out of bed with the kind of high hopes and grand dreams that young children associate with Christmas morning.
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The tide is dead low as Diane Cowan lifts seaweed-covered rocks at dawn's first light, something she's done for more than a decade as a way to monitor Maine's most valuable fishery.
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There's a good reason Maine is called the Pine Tree State - we've got lots of pine trees. Those conifers have served the state's economy well, providing the foundation for industries such as shipbuilding and paper mills.
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By Rachel Rice, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Jun. 19--When the governor signed the state's biennial budget this month, there were many appropriations in it for northern Maine.   In fact, Rep.
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AMHERST -- University of Massachusetts coach Don Cahoon is being cautiously optimistic after guiding the Minutemen to their first 20-win season. UMass took a 5-2 victory over Maine last night, sweeping the best-of-three Hockey East playoff series, but a semifinal berth in the tournament does not satisfy Cahoon.
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By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 24--A top Plum Creek official in Maine is moving back to Montana to spearhead the company's efforts to improve relations with communities affected by the timber giant's increasing focus on real estate development.
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Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has a couple of things going for him at this weekend's Republican caucuses: a band of highly motivated supporters and a natural appeal to Maine's like-minded independents.