Reuters via Yahoo! News, Sat, 11 Aug 2007 8:14 AM PDT
Bush and Sarkozy set for "casual lunch" in Maine http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070811/us_nm/bush_sarkozy_dc_5
President George W. Bush will treat French President Nicolas Sarkozy to a casual lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs at his family home in Maine on Saturday, signaling warmer U.S. ties with France after strains over the Iraq war.

The Columbus Dispatch, Sun, 12 Aug 2007 4:39 AM PDT
Maine's quiet place http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/travel/stories/2007/08/12/monhegan.ART_ART_08-12-07_F1_Q97I0DN.html?type=rss&cat=70
MONHEGAN ISLAND, Maine -- With the rain blown off, the only sound is of footsteps mucking through fir needles until the churn and thrash of wave against rock intensifies. And then, the vista opens -- wide.

New London Day, Sun, 12 Aug 2007 3:41 AM PDT
Sarkozy Visits Bush In Maine http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=58627eee-45a4-4a40-a8af-274aa21001d3
Kennebunkport, Maine â€" During Nicolas Sarkozy's visit Saturday, there was no fishing trip like the one Russian President Vladimir Putin enjoyed last month. Not even a game of horseshoes, a Bush family tradition on Walker's Point.

WMTW Auburn, Sun, 12 Aug 2007 3:22 AM PDT
Maine Democratic Activists To Elect Leader http://www.wmtw.com/politics/13873964/detail.html?rss=port&psp=news
Maine Democratic activists on Sunday elect a leader to replace Ben Dudley, who is stepping down as state party chairman.

The Beacon News, Sun, 12 Aug 2007 2:19 AM PDT
Bush, France's president do casual lunch in Maine http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/506929,2_1_AU12_BUSH_S1.article
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine -- President Bush, using all the trappings of his family's oceanfront estate, worked on a cozier relationship with France and its new president Saturday.

UPI, Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:54 PM PDT
French president meets with Bush in Maine http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/11/french_president_meets_with_bush_in_maine/7238/
New French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited with U.S. President George Bush Saturday at the Bush family retreat in Maine.

Lawrence Journal-World, Sun, 12 Aug 2007 1:42 AM PDT
Maine rafting wild http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/aug/12/maine_rafting_wild/
Spring is considered the best time to go whitewater rafting, when rivers are high and wild. But all summer long and into fall, you can find exciting Class IV rapids up in Maine at The Forks. Many other rivers around the country are calm and low by August, but not here.

The Barre Montpelier Times Argus, Sun, 12 Aug 2007 1:03 AM PDT
Prison partnership discussed in eastern Maine http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070812/NEWS02/708120387
MACHIAS, Maine -- A state prison official set an October deadline for an initial plan for a joint county-state prison in eastern Maine as an exploratory committee of state and county officials met for the first time Friday. ... - The Associated Press

Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Sun, 12 Aug 2007 4:03 AM PDT
Maine billboard ban turns 30 http://www.telegram.com/article/20070812/NEWS/708120489/1052/RSS01&source=rss
PORTLAND, Maine - Thirty years after Gov. James B. Longley signed into law Maine's ban on billboards, those roadside signs advertising everything from motels to cigarettes have become a distant memory for many state residents.