Border-county businesses would forfeit sales, and taxpayers in most of the state’s municipalities would see little benefit.
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Game wardens rescue Hancock County hikers
Two Ellsworth women got lost after dark Saturday on Great Pond Mountain in Orland.
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Lobstermen at Ellsworth whale meeting ask state to resist federal pressure
But Patrick Keliher, the commissioner of Maine’s Department of Marine Resources, says Maine’s proposal shows that the state is managing the fishery and protecting endangered right whales.
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Maine woman becomes first person to logroll across the Mississippi
It took Alissa Wetherbee of Ellsworth about 30 minutes to make the 500-yard crossing.
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Driver killed in 2-vehicle crash in Ellsworth
The crash injured 2 other people and closed a section of Route 1A for hours.
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Crash in Ellsworth kills a man, closes Route 1A for hours
Police say the driver of a pickup was killed Tuesday when his truck collided with a box truck.
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Woman charged with killing 2-year-old will ask to be released on bail
Savannah Smith, accused of murdering Kloe Hawksley in Bucksport, will seek bail at a hearing next week.
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Ellsworth boy, 14, charged with solicitation to commit murder
Two teens were arrested in connection with ‘threats of violence’ made on social media.
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Ellsworth boy charged with solicitation to commit murder is under house arrest
Police say the charge stems from threats of violence among juveniles in a social media chat group.
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Maine could be among first in U.S. to ban plastic bags statewide
With 20 communities already restricting them, and more on the way, the state may take California’s environmental cue.