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Firefighters battled a blaze this morning on Main Street in Perth-Andover.  The fire at the old Stewart Furniture building led to the evacuation of several tenants who live in apartments in the building.

Sixteen people were forced from their homes after a fire gutted two buildings and damaged two homes in St. John, New Brunswick early Sunday morning.

The Maine Warden Service says a snowmobile went through the ice on the St. John River in St. Francis Saturday night, and the operator was seriously injured. 28-year-old Travis Albert of St. Francis had been riding up the river with his friend, 28-year-old Joshua Jandreau, when they drove onto unstable ice near an open channel.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is making privacy protection a priority. The group is supporting a package of bills set to go before lawmakers this year.

Maine health officials say the worst of the state's flu season might be over.  But the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control also says the one predictable thing about flu is that it's unpredictable.

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