Washington Post, Tue, 25 Dec 2007 3:11 AM PST
Judge Overturns Maine Law on Rx Data http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/22/AR2007122200850.html
BANGOR, Maine -- A federal judge has ruled that a new Maine law making doctors' prescription-writing habits confidential violates the Constitution.

The Clarion-Ledger, Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:29 PM PST
Maine seeking a cut of retailers' profits from unused gift cards http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071225/BIZ/712250325
PORTLAND, Maine â€" Remember those $50 gift cards from Target and J.C. Penney that Aunt Irene and Uncle Harry gave you two Christmases ago? The ones you slipped into your sock drawer and forgot? If the cards were purchased in Maine, the state is claiming $60 of their $100 combined value under Maine's unclaimed property law.

The Burlington Free Press, Tue, 25 Dec 2007 1:38 AM PST
Maine postpones FairPoint hearing http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071225/BUSINESS/712250301
The case is back in play in Maine days after Vermont regulators last Friday rejected FairPoint's $2.7 billion buyout bid.

Capital Weekly, Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:45 PM PST
Maine Arts Commission is holding Percent for Art competition http://www.mainecoastnow.com/articles/2007/12/25/capital_weekly/local_news/doc47680bc26b81b709895261.txt
AUGUSTA â€Â" The Maine Arts Commission is calling artists statewide to submit proposals for the design, execution and installation of artwork at the New Peninsula CSD School in Hancock County. Deadline for submission of preliminary materials is a postmarked date of Feb. 28, 2008.

Camden Herald, Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:44 PM PST
Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport fined $4.5K http://www.mainecoastnow.com/articles/2007/12/25/camden_herald/local_news/doc476927dac81f6111504523.txt
ROCKPORT â€Â" The state is imposing a $4,500 fine on the Maine Media Workshops organization for violations of chemical use and storage rules, infractions that were discovered during an inspection carried out in November 2006.

Capital Weekly, Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:45 PM PST
2008 Maine hunting and fishing licenses available http://www.mainecoastnow.com/articles/2007/12/25/capital_weekly/local_news/doc4766b71773713358067104.txt
AUGUSTA â€Â" The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is selling 2008 Hunting and Fishing licenses online, through its 200 statewide agents and at its Augusta office.

Boston Globe, Mon, 24 Dec 2007 9:03 AM PST
Maine PUC postpones FairPoint-Verison session http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2007/12/24/maine_puc_postpones_fairpoint_verison_session
Maine utility regulators are postponing a hearing on the proposed FairPoint- Verizon sale, which had been scheduled for the day after Christmas, until early next year.

Camden Herald, Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:43 PM PST
State cites Rockport-based Down East magazine about low Maine crime rate http://www.mainecoastnow.com/articles/2007/12/25/camden_herald/local_news/doc47668b55caa11053088619.txt
ROCKPORT â€Â" The Maine Department of Public safety is quoting an article in the current edition of Down East magazine, which claims that Maine had the lowest crime rate in the country in 2006.

The Republican Journal/The Waldo Independent, Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:49 PM PST
Coral crisis worries Maine scientist http://www.mainecoastnow.com/articles/2007/12/25/the_republican_journal_and_the_waldo_independent/local_news//doc476d364577d2b757567651.txt
BELFAST â€Â" A threat to coral reefs elsewhere may provide a distant early warning sign to Maine fisheries, according to a researcher at University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole.

Boston Globe, Mon, 24 Dec 2007 5:39 AM PST
Maine potato harvest down from 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2007/12/24/maine_potato_harvest_down_from_2006
Maine's potato production this year is coming in below last year's harvest. According to the Department of Agriculture, farmers this fall harvested an estimated 1.65 billion pounds of potatoes.

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