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Maine Senate Race is On
RealClearPolitics.com via Yahoo! News Fri, 11 May 2007 8:34
his week, six-term Rep. Tom Allen jumped into the Maine Senate race against two-term Republican Susan Collins, further boosting Democrats' hopes of capturing a blue-state seat.

Refugees cause tension to rise in Maine city
The Nashua Telegraph Sat, 12 May 2007 4:12
LEWISTON, Maine ? A prank in which a middle-schooler tossed a slab of leftover Easter ham onto a table surrounded by Somali Muslim youngsters has exposed ? yet again ? the gaping cultural divide in this struggling former mill town. ... - By JERRY HARKAVY The Associated Press

Maine & Maritimes Shuffles Leadership
AP via Yahoo! Finance Fri, 11 May 2007 1:06
Maine & Maritimes Corp., the parent of electric utility Maine Public Service Co., reported Friday that Interim Chief Operating Officer Michael I. Williams stepped down on Tuesday, as Brent M.

Daryl Hall Of Hall And Oates Buys 345-Year-Old House In Maine
WCSH 6 Portland Sat, 12 May 2007 4:31
Daryl Hall of the music duo Hall and Oates has emerged as the buyer of historic house in Kittery that's said to be Maine's oldest home.

Somalian refugee presence raises tensions in Maine
The Courier News Sat, 12 May 2007 2:07
LEWISTON, Maine -- A prank in which a middle-schooler tossed a slab of leftover Easter ham onto a table surrounded by Somalian Muslim youngsters has exposed -- yet again -- the gaping cultural divide in this struggling former mill town.

McEachen decides to be Maine main in '09
Bangor Daily News Sat, 12 May 2007 4:21
Patrick McEachen, a hard-nosed defenseman from Stouffville, Ontario, has verbally committed to attend the University of Maine beginning in 2009. The 16-year-old McEachen had 15 goals and 49 assists in 72 games for the North York Rangers in the Greater Toronto Hockey League this season.

Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates buys 345-year-old house in Maine
Boston Globe Fri, 11 May 2007 1:28
Daryl Hall of the music duo Hall and Oates has emerged as the buyer of historic mansion that's said to be Maine's oldest home.

Camden International Film Festival receives grant from Maine Community Foundation
Camden Herald Fri, 11 May 2007 10:47
CAMDEN ??? The Camden International Film Festival (Sept. 27-30, 2007,) a non-profit organization that brings documentaries and filmmakers to Coastal Maine, has received a grant of $2500 from the Maine Community Foundation.

State expected to transfer name and degree rights to successor of defunct Rockport College & Maine Photographic ...
Camden Herald Fri, 11 May 2007 10:49
AUGUSTA ??? The recent closure of the commercial Maine Photographic Workshops/Rockport College is expected to be discussed by the Maine State Board of Education this week.

Rockport photo archive reveals images of early 20th century Maine ??? 30,000 images now in Searsport museum hands
Camden Herald Fri, 11 May 2007 10:45
SEARSPORT ??? The Penobscot Marine Museum in has been given a collection of more than 30,000 glass plate images from the Rockport Institute of Photographic Education, a non-profit companion of the Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport.

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12 May, 2007