Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.libertyreporter.org/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.libertyreporter.org/files.php?file= http://www.libertyreporter.org/ http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/megabucks_jackpot_ticket_sold_in_northern_maine_the_lewiston_sun.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:01:01 -0600 SPRINGFIELD (AP) - A winner has come forward with a winning lottery jackpot ticket that was sold at a northern Maine store. The winning Tri-State http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/officials_say_fire_in_york_maine_was_arson_the_lewiston_sun_jour.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:01:10 -0600 YORK (AP) - The Maine fire marshal's office says a fire that heavily damaged an office complex in the town of York was the result http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/topless_coffee_shop_proposed_for_grand_view_in_maine_the_lewisto.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:01:31 -0600 VASSALBORO, Maine (AP) - A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day - http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_man_charged_with_biting_n_h_officer_the_lewiston_sun_journ.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:08:26 -0600 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A Maine man faces assault and threatening charges after allegedly biting one Portsmouth, N.H., police officer and grabbing another by the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/determined_wildcats_found_a_way_to_win_at_maine_portsmouth_heral.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:15:57 -0600 ORONO, Maine and#8212; When the final horn sounded on the University of New Hampshire hockey team's 5-4 win over Maine on Sunday, defenseman Kevin Kapstad http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/1st_democratic_maine_congresswoman_sworn_in_boston_globe.html Maine Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:31:14 -0600 Chellie Pingree will be sworn in as the first Democratic woman elected to represent Maine on Capitol Hill. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_treasurer_secretary_ag_to_take_oaths_boston_globe.html Maine Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:31:24 -0600 Gov. John Baldacci is to swear in Maine's constitutional officers, who were elected by the Legislature last month. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_approves_new_fuel_standard_wmtw_auburn.html Maine Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:46:59 -0600 Maine is one of 11 northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states that have agreed to create a low carbon fuel standard to reduce greenhouse gases. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_heating_oil_prices_end_downward_spiral_boston_globe.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:57:34 -0600 For the first time since early July, the average heating oil price has gone up -- if only slightly -- in Maine. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/officials_say_fire_in_york_maine_was_arson_boston_globe.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:57:55 -0600 The Maine fire marshal's office says a fire that heavily damaged an office complex in the town of York was the result of arson. An http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/committee_hearings_focus_on_maine_budget_cuts_ap_via_yahoo_finan.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:29:36 -0600 As hearings got under way Monday, veteran lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee said they see the panel's challenge to balance a Maine budget that reflects http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/endangered_whales_wintering_grounds_discovered_off_maine_coast_b.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:39:21 -0600 Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- One of the world’s most endangered whale species may spend winters off the coast of Maine , a discovery that can http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/topless_coffee_shop_proposed_for_small_maine_town_ap_via_yahoo_n.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:52:06 -0600 A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day — topless coffee shop waitresses. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_games_accepting_registrations_for_2009_powerlifting_champi.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:04:09 -0600 MAINE (Jan 5, 2009): Registrations are now being accepted for the Maine Games’ fifth annual state powerlifting championships, to be held March 27 and 28, http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/new_law_gives_maine_adoptees_right_to_birth_certificates_the_33_.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:35:49 -0600 People in Augusta, Maine had no problem braving the cold weather early Friday morning to wait in line outside an office building; for many, this http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/applications_up_at_maine_community_colleges_wmtw_auburn.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:42:27 -0600 Maine's community college system is reporting a sharp rise in enrollment applications for the upcoming term. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/hearings_focus_on_maine_budget_cuts_bangor_daily_news.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:56:25 -0600 AUGUSTA, Maine — Veteran lawmakers on the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations Committee say they see their challenge to balance a state budget facing a $140 million http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_man_charged_with_biting_nh_officer_boston_globe.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:17:28 -0600 A Maine man faces assault and threatening charges after allegedly biting one Portsmouth, N.H., police officer and grabbing another by the throat. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_nh_real_estate_taxes_down_wcax-tv_vermont.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:09:07 -0600 Associated Press - January 5, 2009 1:05 PM ET PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The real estate slump in Maine is resulting in declining http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/topless_coffee_shop_proposed_for_small_maine_town_boston_globe.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:31:18 -0600 A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day -- topless coffee shop waitresses. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/megabucks_jackpot_ticket_sold_in_northern_maine_boston_globe.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:31:38 -0600 A winner has come forward with a winning lottery jackpot ticket that was sold at a northern Maine store. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/hearings_focus_on_maine_budget_cuts_boston_globe.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:32:54 -0600 Veteran lawmakers on the Maine Legislature's Appropriations Committee say they see their challenge to balance a state budget facing a $140 million shortfall as an http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/applications_up_at_maine_community_colleges_boston_globe.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:33:04 -0600 Maine's community college system is reporting a sharp rise in enrollment applications for the upcoming term. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_man_charged_with_biting_nh_officer_wcsh_6_portland.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:35:43 -0600 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Officers had to tase a man from Maine to get him into custody. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/harvard_toddler_dies_in_freak_accident_in_maine_harvard_hillside.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:00:07 -0600 VINALHAVEN, Maine -- Investigators say a 2-year-old Massachusetts boy died from strangulation when he became entangled in a portable crib's mesh netting in Maine. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/topless_coffee_shop_proposed_for_small_maine_town_boston_herald.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:30:26 -0600 VASSALBORO, Maine - A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day - topless http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/budget_top_issue_for_maine_lawmakers_in_2009_ap_via_yahoo_financ.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:13:45 -0600 With Maine running hundreds of millions of dollars short of what it needs to keep government going at its present clip, the budget is bound http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_man_charged_with_biting_nh_officer_boston_globe.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:14:51 -0600 A Maine man faces assault and threatening charges after allegedly biting one Portsmouth, N.H., police officer and grabbing another by the throat. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_lawmakers_back_to_work_wabi_bangor.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:08:17 -0600 Session resumes on Wednesday, but Appropriatons Committee returns early. THE NEW MAINE LEGISLATURE RETURNS TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY. THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WILL GET A JUMP http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_lawmakers_back_to_work_wabi_bangor.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:59:32 -0600 Session resumes on Wednesday, but Appropriatons Committee returns early. THE NEW MAINE LEGISLATURE RETURNS TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY. THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WILL GET A JUMP http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_lawmakers_back_to_work_wabi_bangor.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:59:32 -0600 Session resumes on Wednesday, but Appropriatons Committee returns early. THE NEW MAINE LEGISLATURE RETURNS TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY. THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WILL GET A JUMP http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/new_hampshire_rallies_past_maine_bangor_daily_news.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:09:20 -0600 ORONO — The University of Maine Black Bears hadn’t allowed a shorthanded goal all season and they picked an inopportune time to allow their first http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/new_hampshire_rallies_past_maine_bangor_daily_news.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:06:24 -0600 ORONO — The University of Maine Black Bears hadn’t allowed a shorthanded goal all season and they picked an inopportune time to allow their first http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/new_hampshire_rallies_past_maine_bangor_daily_news.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:06:24 -0600 ORONO — The University of Maine Black Bears hadn’t allowed a shorthanded goal all season and they picked an inopportune time to allow their first http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/endangered_whales_wintering_grounds_discovered_off_maine_coast_b.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:10:48 -0600 Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- One of the world’s most endangered whale species may spend winters off the coast of Maine , a discovery that can http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/endangered_whales_wintering_grounds_discovered_off_maine_coast_b.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:17:19 -0600 Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- One of the world’s most endangered whale species may spend winters off the coast of Maine , a discovery that can http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/endangered_whales_wintering_grounds_discovered_off_maine_coast_b.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:09:58 -0600 Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- One of the world’s most endangered whale species may spend winters off the coast of Maine , a discovery that can http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/second_maine_office_complex_catches_fire_the_york_weekly.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:22:20 -0600 YORK, Maine — For the second night in a row, firefighters were called to battle a fire in an office complex in southern Maine. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/second_maine_office_complex_catches_fire_the_york_weekly.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:18:00 -0600 YORK, Maine — For the second night in a row, firefighters were called to battle a fire in an office complex in southern Maine. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/second_maine_office_complex_catches_fire_the_york_weekly.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:22:20 -0600 YORK, Maine — For the second night in a row, firefighters were called to battle a fire in an office complex in southern Maine. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_man_charged_with_biting_nh_officer_wcax-tv_vermont.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:35:07 -0600 Associated Press - January 5, 2009 9:35 AM ET PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A Maine man faces assault and threatening charges after allegedly http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_man_charged_with_biting_nh_officer_wcax-tv_vermont.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:39:28 -0600 Associated Press - January 5, 2009 9:35 AM ET PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A Maine man faces assault and threatening charges after allegedly http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_man_charged_with_biting_nh_officer_wcax-tv_vermont.html Maine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:39:28 -0600 Associated Press - January 5, 2009 9:35 AM ET PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A Maine man faces assault and threatening charges after allegedly http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/comeback_cats_leave_maine_happy_new_hampshire_union_leader.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:08:19 -0600 Down by two goals with seven minutes left, 14th-ranked University of New Hampshire rallied for a 5-4 Hockey East triumph over the University of Maine http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/college_hokcey_wildcats_rally_to_beat_maine_5_4_the_citizen_of_l.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:26:46 -0600 New Hampshire's Danny Dries slides into Maine goalie Scott Darling in the first period of an NCAA college hockey game in Orono, Maine, Sunday. (AP http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/good_day_for_unh_men_s_hockey_team_ralies_to_beat_maine_foster_s.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:29:35 -0600 AP photo UNH defensman Kevin Kapstad, right, clears the puck from in front of Maine's Kyle Solomon, back, and Spencer Abbott, left, in the first http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/gulf_of_maine_identified_as_new_breeding_ground_for_endangered_w.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:03:51 -0600 Washington, Jan 5 : A team of scientists has claimed to have identified the Gulf of Maine in the US as a wintering ground and http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/unh_men_s_hockey_team_rallies_past_maine_portsmouth_herald.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:06:42 -0600 ORONO, Maine and#8212; They absorbed the penalties, the taunts from the stands and their own hellish second period. And then they celebrated a win that http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/unh_hockey_escapes_maine_with_win_wmur_new_hampshire.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:30:09 -0600 ORONO, Maine – Trailing 4-2 and short-handed with just over seven minutes remaining in the third, No. 14 University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/hot_spot_of_the_week_portland_maine_baltimore_sun.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:24:28 -0600 Experts predict 2009 will be the year of the travel deal. With fewer people able to afford a vacation, hotels, airlines, cruise lines and tour http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_towns_hoping_to_reap_benefits_of_obama_stimulus_plan_wabi_.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:52:40 -0600 Towns and cities across Maine are hoping President-elect Obama's proposed stimulus package will mean improvements for schools, airports and public buildings... http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_believes_role_in_iso_new_england_to_be_unfavorable_the_nas.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:26:34 -0600 PORTLAND, Maine -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission staff recommends that the state's largest electric utilities seek more favorable agreements with the New England power http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/sharp-shooting_bu_dumps_maine_press_amp_sun-bulletin.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:43:18 -0600 ORONO, Maine -- If the Binghamton University men's basketball team had one offensive weakness so far this season, it had been 3-point shooting. Entering Saturday, http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_family_s_ride_is_a_hearse_the_barre_montpelier_times_argus.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:10:58 -0600 SPRINGVALE, Maine -- Dan White is used to getting strange looks when he parks the family car: A hearse. But the Springvale man says the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_family_s_vehicle_is_a_hearse_the_barre_montpelier_times_ar.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:11:58 -0600 SPRINGVALE, Maine -- Dan White is used to getting strange looks when he parks the family car: A hearse. ... - The Associated Press http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/search_on_for_person_off_maine_coast_the_lewiston_sun_journal.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:05:54 -0600 BIDDEFORD (AP) - A report of an unmanned lobster boat with its engine running has prompted the Coast Guard to search off the southern Maine http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_site_salutes_twin_inventors_vehicles_boston_globe.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:37:19 -0600 KINGFIELD, Maine - Most folks en route to Sugarloaf on Route 27 north zip through Kingfield, the last town of blinkable size before arriving at http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/no_jackpot_winners_in_maine_lotteries_boston_globe.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:40:11 -0600 There were no jackpot winners in either of Maine's multistate lotteries Saturday night. In the national Powerball game, nobody matched all five numbers and the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_towns_eye_obama_stimulus_7_news_boston.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:21:15 -0600 PORTLAND, Maine -- Congressional hearings have yet to begin on the economic stimulus plan that's championed by President-elect Barack Obama. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/second_maine_office_complex_catch_fire_boston_globe.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:40:01 -0600 For the second night in a row, firefighters were called to battle a fire in an office complex in southern Maine. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/vt_hearse_becomes_maine_soccer_mom_s_van_the_burlington_free_pre.html Maine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:55:39 -0600 Maine couple bought vehicle on eBay from Vermont funeral home http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_youth_leadership_helps_with_blood_drive_wcsh_6_portland.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:05:41 -0600 PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Alumni from Maine Youth Leadership were on hand in Portland and Bangor Saturday to help with blood donation. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_s_mail_marathon_bangor_daily_news.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:06:23 -0600 The front page story in Wednesday’s newspaper described the state’s plan to ensure that the many thousands of snowmobilers operate safely on Maine trails this http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/search_on_for_person_off_maine_coast_boston_globe.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:01:15 -0600 A report of an unmanned lobster boat with its engine running has prompted the Coast Guard to search off the southern Maine coast for a http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/governor_likes_maine_survivor_s_attitude_bangor_daily_news.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:52:59 -0600 AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci says he likes Bob Crowley’s attitude. Crowley, of South Portland, emerged as the winner of the “Survivor” reality TV http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_foreclosures_edge_up_in_3q_the_barre_montpelier_times_argu.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:11:33 -0600 AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine banking regulators say there was a continuing, modest increase in home foreclosures in the state during the third quarter of 2008. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_may_seek_more_favorable_power_deal_the_barre_montpelier_ti.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:13:06 -0600 PORTLAND, Maine -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission staff recommends that the state's largest electric utilities seek more favorable agreements with the New England power http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_adoptees_get_access_to_original_birth_records_the_barre_mo.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:24:24 -0600 AUGUSTA, Maine -- Amid tears of joy at the state's Vital Records office, scores of people who had been adopted as children got their long-awaited http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_fire_victim_id_d_the_lewiston_sun_journal.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:06:06 -0600 AUGUSTA (AP) - Maine fire officials are still working to pinpoint the cause of a fire that killed an Augusta woman on New Year's Day. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_foreclosures_edge_up_in_3q_the_lewiston_sun_journal.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:06:16 -0600 AUGUSTA (AP) - Maine banking regulators say there was a continuing, modest increase in home foreclosures in the state during the third quarter of 2008. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_ice_fishing_season_in_2nd_day_the_lewiston_sun_journal.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:06:26 -0600 AUGUSTA (AP) - It's plenty cold as Maine's ice fishing season begins its second day, but wardens say the ice is thin in many places. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/1st_maine_woman_ag_to_take_oath_wcsh_6_portland.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:31:54 -0600 AUGUSTA (AP) -- Some history will be made on Monday in the Maine State House. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_senator_meeting_with_napolitano_wcsh_6_portland.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:32:07 -0600 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she's scheduled to meet President-elect Obama's nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security on http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_s_first_female_ag_to_be_sworn_in_next_week_wbz_news_radio_.html Maine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:22:34 -0600 Some history will be made on Tuesday in the Maine State House.  Janet Mills of Farmington will become the first woman to serve as Attorney http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_no_immediate_move_to_punt_power_grid_wmtw_auburn.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:27:27 -0600 A staff recommendation to the Maine Public Utilities Commission recommends that the state's largest electric utilities seek more favorable agreements in return for continued participation http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_adoptees_get_birth_records_wmtw_auburn.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:01:59 -0600 It was an emotional scene at the Maine Vital Records office as scores of people who had been adopted as children got copies of their http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/report_maine_utilities_need_better_grid_deals_ap_via_yahoo_finan.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:08:46 -0600 The Maine Public Utilities Commission staff recommends that the state's largest electric utilities seek more favorable agreements with the New England power grid. But the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_report_recommends_utilities_seek_better_deals_instead_of_w.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:48:31 -0600 The Maine Public Utilities Commission staff recommends that the state's largest electric utilities seek more favorable agreements with the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_foreclosures_edge_up_in_3q_boston_globe.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:45:11 -0600 Maine banking regulators say there was a continuing, modest increase in home foreclosures in the state during the third quarter of 2008. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_fire_victim_id_d_boston_globe.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:01:44 -0600 Maine fire officials are still working to pinpoint the cause of a fire that killed an Augusta woman on New Year's Day. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/puc_staff_recommendation_would_keep_maine_on_power_grid_bangor_d.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:25:56 -0600 PORTLAND, Maine — A staff recommendation to the Maine Public Utilities Commission recommends that the state's largest electric utilities seek more favorable agreements in return http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_has_fire-safe_cigarette_law_wcsh_6_portland.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:06:16 -0600 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Five states have joined Maine in enacting laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_no_immediate_move_to_punt_power_grid_boston_globe.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:14:11 -0600 A staff recommendation to the Maine Public Utilities Commission recommends that the state's largest electric utilities seek more favorable agreements in return for continued participation http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_death_prompts_probe_worcester_telegram_amp_gazette.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:18:16 -0600 VINALHAVEN, Maine - The federal government's product safety agency says it's launching an investigation following the death of a 2-year-old boy in a portable crib http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_ice_fishing_season_in_2nd_day_boston_globe.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:46:31 -0600 It's plenty cold as Maine's ice fishing season begins its second day, but wardens say the ice is thin in many places. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_wardens_crack_down_on_noisy_snowmobiles_wmtw_auburn.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:01:59 -0600 Maine game wardens warned earlier this week that they're going to be on the lookout for snowmobile operators who drink, ride recklessly or use excessive http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/high_numbers_of_right_whales_seen_in_gulf_of_maine_eurekalert.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:03:54 -0600 ( NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service ) A large number of North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the Gulf of Maine in recent http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_offers_wind-power_rebates_portsmouth_herald.html Maine Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:09:18 -0600 AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) and#8212; The Maine Public Utilities Commission is offering a new incentive for residents and business owners to turn to wind for energy http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/us_cal-maine_posts_drop_in_h1_profits_just_food.html Maine Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:12:37 -0600 US egg producer Cal-Maine Foods has seen half-year profits slump thanks to weaker demand from the egg products sector and the foodservice channel. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/highway_deaths_down_in_maine_portsmouth_herald.html Maine Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:12:58 -0600 PORTLAND, Maine and#8212; Maine recorded the fewest highway deaths in 50 years in 2008, while the number of homicides grew to the highest level in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_highway_deaths_lowest_since_1959_wcsh_6_portland.html Maine Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:16:55 -0600    PORTLAND (AP) -- The year 2008 was a safe one on Maine's roads, as the state recorded the fewest highway deaths in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/economic_problems_blamed_for_central_maine_rape_crisis_center_cl.html Maine Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:31:55 -0600   WATERVILLE (AP) -- Effects of the weak economy are being blamed for the closing of a rape crisis center in central Maine. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/fire_deaths_in_2008_lower_than_usual_in_maine_wcsh_6_portland.html Maine Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:32:15 -0600   AUGUSTA (AP) -- Just a few hours into 2009, Maine had its first fire fatality Thursday. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/homicides_on_the_upswing_in_maine_last_year_wcsh_6_portland.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:16:54 -0600  PORTLAND (AP) -- Some grim statistics from Maine State Police: The number of homicides in 2008 grew to 31 in the state. That's the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_death_prompts_probe_worcester_telegram_amp_gazette.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:26:38 -0600 VINALHAVEN, Maine - The federal government's product safety agency says it's launching an investigation following the death of a 2-year-old boy in a portable crib http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_money_committee_to_be_busy_from_day_1_boston_globe.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:56:54 -0600 The new Maine Legislature is scheduled to return to work next Wednesday. But days before the House and Senate resume their session, the Appropriations Committee http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_wardens_crack_down_on_noisy_snowmobiles_boston_globe.html Maine Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:57:14 -0600 Maine game wardens warned earlier this week that they're going to be on the lookout for snowmobile operators who drink, ride recklessly or use excessive http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_med_welcome_first_baby_of_new_year_wmtw_auburn.html Maine Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:46:59 -0600 Maine Medical Center in Portland had a baby born at 12:36 a.m. on Jan. 1. Collin Alexander Duplissis weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces. He is http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/maine_beaches_draw_crowds_despite_frigid_weather_new_england_cab.html Maine Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:09:16 -0600 (Marnie MacLean, NECN: Kennebunkport, Maine) - There are chunks of ice along the shore of Gooch's beach in Kennebunkport, Maine bitter winds whip along the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/mainenews/surveys_right_whales_wintering_in_gulf_of_maine_cape_cod_times.html Maine Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:03:34 -0600 Federal surveyors may have uncovered where many of the endangered North Atlantic right whales congregate in the winter, given an uncommon flurry of activity in The Liberty Reporter