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We felt that it should be preserved as an example of the gracious living that some people enjoyed in the 1800s. Mr. Underwood played such an important part in the development of Fayette and the Maine state history that we feel it's right to preserve what he left us. We are privileged to be the caretakers of this beautiful place.

We want 200,000 of our friends and neighbors in Maine to have an exciting and fun weekend. We're happy to do this.

We like to think that was the Maine influence rubbing off. Or better yet, that of his wonderful, exceptional wife, because to know Cap was to know Jane. They were truly one soul.

Both CEI and the Genesis Fund have proven track records in providing financing services to support affordable housing and community development projects in target Maine communities, ... CEI will use its grant to supply equity capital for its affordable housing initiatives in Western Maine. The Genesis Fund grant will enable the organization to provide permanent financing for both affordable housing and community facility projects in underserved Maine communities. These CDFI grants are yet another example of how a modest investment of federal aid can go a long way in making it possible for Maine people to address important community needs.

Bowdoin College leads the pack for culinary cachet with its students: 'The food makes Bowdoin feel like home,' they say. Even though 'rumor is that the dining budget was cut this year,' for many prospectives considering this small Maine school, 'the campus's beauty and food sealed the deal.'

Eastern Maine Electric was the first utility in the state to use widespread automated meter reading. The Turtle meter reading system was funded by research dollars from co-ops like EMEC. Now it's also used by investor-owned utilities like Maine Public Service as well. By improving a utility's efficiency, this technology saves energy users money.

do something which has not happened for decades, since the Dust Bowl. You need to lead agricultural policy, not follow Congress. And we in Maine will stand behind you.

I spoke to the deputy commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation, Greg Nadeau. I feel this is significant enough to be put on emergency status.

These arrests are the result of the continued great cooperation we get working with the Maine Warden Service.

It was a huge factor. Maine is always in the NCAA Tournament. I remember going to Florida for Easter weekend when I was a kid and didn't know what college hockey was all about. I watched Maine play in a Frozen Four. Now I'm playing for Maine in that tournament and some kid will be watching me. That's pretty exciting.

Back then 75 percent of the team was Maine players.

As it stands in Maine now, a property owner can do whatever they want - the common enemy rule - and ruin their neighbors.

This is a tax that puts Maine businesses at a serious competitive disadvantage. We've simply got to get rid of this tax.

The way the governor has handled this has been to show that he is strongly committed to Maine hospitals.

This is a major milestone for us. There is still a lot of work ahead but with Edison Mission Group expertise and resources we are one step closer to providing Maine with clean, renewable wind energy.

Almost, Maine is the best single-ticket-selling show in the history of Portland Stage. It did indeed sell out during its four week run in our season. We, unfortunately, were unable to extend because of its position in the season, but would have loved to do so. Audiences were charmed by the intimate, funny scenes. Many remarked that it was great to see small town U.S.A. reflected so clearly on stage.

Although I'm pleased to learn that Maine is at the top of its class when it comes to our mental health system, I realize that we have a ways to go.

A lot of time to do nothing. Going from the high-speed life of L.A., with the traffic and everything, to the quietness of Maine and the slow pace that they live was just a big adjustment for me. It's something that, I look back now and I cherish because you see just two different sides of how people live and every day lives. It's something that will forever be on my mind.

They did the same thing in the (Eastern Maine tournament) when York was in foul trouble.

There's a history of people commuting for good jobs in Maine, ... We're a mobile state because of our rural nature. To make it work as a car pooler, you need to be able to link up with people in similar situations. And the higher the price of energy, the more incentive there is to car pool. An organization like Go Maine helps find that needle in the haystack.

There's a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think. It's absolutely a world onto itself.

As we face coming challenges like possible base closures and unfunded federal mandates that drain our budget and loss of vital services, we must assure our quality of life in Maine remains high, ... While many in Maine pay a high percentage of their income in taxes, others are not paying their fair share. That has to change.

It sends $3 of your tax money that you already pay into the fund. It sends a message that Maine people support campaign finance reform.

It's failed government policy. It's time to do something for Maine people and dump this ...

It seems that this is another example of heavy trucks that are forced off the interstate and onto local roads, where they put Maine citizens and motorists needlessly at risk.

It wasn't the best game of baseball that we have played, but we played with energy and were able to get the win. Maine deserves a lot of credit for the way they played. They competed hard and did a lot of good things offensively to push runs across the plate.

It was the most disturbing game of the season to me. Maine took advantage of us in that game.

It was really disappointing, after Mike scored that goal I really thought this is Maine hockey, we're coming back. It just broke our leg. Down by two it's a totally different game.

It's a little strange, because other schools and even our men's team already know who they're facing, and we're still playing games. But it's been so long since we've played Maine or Hartford that we're really looking forward to it. We're not looking past these games at all.

It's unbelievable. At the beginning of the season, obviously I didn't think we'd go undefeated, and I never even saw an Eastern Maine championship on the horizon, but I've got to tell you it's unbelievable.

It's the only time you got college hockey on TV. I remember watching Maine on it, and now I'm playing here. It's pretty crazy.

It's kind of neat to see. Maine in general has strong programs. To have five teams from Maine, there's gotta be a lot of pride. Every team is competitive.

It should be exciting and we should get good crowds with three Maine teams.

Don's business was struggling, and he was looking to diversify. It came out of a Maine farmer's desire to add value to his crop.

The Nov. 8 election is about defeating extremists' efforts to write discrimination into Maine law,

E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.

The bank's generosity will allow CEEF to continue to make a difference in the lives of our young people and allow us to help other towns in Maine establish their own education foundations.

I've had the most fun with basketball tournaments, auto racing and the football season, but you can't forget Maine hockey.

They came forward, and I'm making the decision. It's obviously one I don't want to make, but it makes no difference whether we're going to play Maine or we're playing a non-league game, we'll be disciplined accordingly. That's how we've done it, regardless of who we're playing, or what it means, or whether it's on TV or not.

There's this terrific kid in Maine who saw all the waste generated by straws handed out in restaurants. So he made up these little pop-up cards and asked restaurant owners put them on the tables to explain why straws wouldn't be handed out unless requested. Of course, the restaurant owners couldn't resist a 9-year-old kid, and so it worked.

As you look around the United States and see activity on the electronic waste issue, many of the best measures are inspired by the Maine approach.

The cost of heating oil has risen dramatically and the federal government has failed to provide the resources needed to help Maine citizens.

The candidate pool was exceptionally strong, which says good things about the way people around the country perceive the University of Maine and its athletic department.

In contrast to the prescribed right to statewide referendum process, there is no affirmative right under the Maine Constitution which enables citizens to enact local ordinances by petition. This conclusion is in accordance with Maine law.... In conclusion, the city drafted the charter to provide for a citizen's initiative process and the city can amend the charter to limit that process. The proposed amendment is in accordance with state and federal constitutions, as well as state statute.

I mean his heart and soul is Maine hockey. He was disappointed in himself and we feel for him. He loves everyone on the team. We've got such a tight knit team, he didn't want to let us down. But we'll look to try and get him back in the lineup for Sunday.

I'm proud every time I step on the court. First, it's Maine right across my jersey, but then it comes down to where I'm from. You can't forget where you come from. I've always dreamed of playing for the Lithuanian national team, and every time I'm out there there's a chance they could notice me.

I?m very proud of how they played. They played their hearts out for 45 minutes. Coming off the other night against Maine at home I was concerned with how we?d respond. It?s just a great win for us.

In the 1990s Maine had one of the highest youth smoking rates in the country among teenagers - and between 1997 and 2005 it declined almost 60 percent.

In order to make a positive impact in our communities, we need to be sure that the individuals and families who need treatment services are able to access them. Maine is currently training people to treat problem gambling, and will have a network of treatment available by this summer.

Clearly, the extreme events that we're now experiencing in California and Florida, and in Georgia and Alabama, and the ice storms in Maine and New Hampshire, are going to have an impact on our understanding that our climate system is becoming unstable.

Because Maine is such a rural state, residents often do not have the same access to the arts that people in more urban areas might. Grants awarded by the NEA allow entities throughout Maine to showcase various artistic endeavors to communities throughout the state.

He's still got a lot of Maine characteristics,

He's engaged in a business of charging people for the movement of rubbish. To the best of our knowledge, he's not removing it to Eastern Maine Recycling in Southwest Harbor, and has not done so for three years.

I certainly hope we're not going to put up electrical outlets up and down Maine Street.

I don't have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.

E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.

Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine.

You can't shoot someone under Maine law just because that person won't get out of your house, ... It's not open season on criminal trespassers in the state of Maine just because they won't get out of your house.

Their kids did a better job of making adjustments than ours did. It's baseball in Maine this time of the year and you have to deal with it.

A good team like Maine doesn't get down. They chipped away one at a time.

The final cover for 'Heroes Are My Weakness' feels exactly right. It reflects the cold, wintry setting of an isolated island off the coast of Maine and the feisty spirit of a heroine who refuses to give up, even when the odds are stacked against her.

The discussion about the shipyard's really critical role in that area will highlight a lot of other issues of the southern Maine economy and make people much more aware of what they need to do to build a future.

And he had a terrific year. Maine has one of the top programs in the country and they had another tremendous year.

The Maine hospitality and this regatta couldn't be better,

The list in Maine is pretty close. It's a tight race.

The jobless recovery in Maine is much more of a reality than we thought it was.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

Maine's motto is "Vacationland," but as far as I'm concerned, it should be, "Maine: Putting the 'spite' in hospitality since 1820."

Lette me stande to the maine chance.

When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the star. I just wanted to do the work and get on with it.

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.

Reading newspapers in the state of Maine is like paying somebody to tell you lies,

About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work.

I'm working for the people of Maine, not the whales of Maine.

Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it stayed where it is...

In my opinion, we need to again consider the possibility of public funding of congressional elections, following the very successful experience with clean money systems in Maine and Arizona.

In the fall term of 1933-34 I was on my family farm in Maine.

Mr Michener, as timeless as a stack of National Geographics, is the ultimate Summer Writer. Just as one goes back to the cottage in Maine, so one goes back to one's Michener.

We love and lose in China, we weep on England's moors, and laugh and moan in Guinea, and thrive on Spanish shores. We seek success in Finland, are born and die in Maine. In minor ways we differ, in major we're the same.