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Schools across Northern Maine and Western New Brunswick are closed today as snow has been piling up across the region.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early morning fire yesterday that destroyed the Sears outlet in Woodstock.  The New Brunswick Fire Marshall’s office is investigating.

A Democratic Maine state senator from Aroostook County wants to limit the pension due to Gov. Paul LePage to erase what he sees as the governor's double standard on retirement policy.

Next week, state lawmakers will take up a bill that would allow Maine farmers grow hemp for industrial use.

Maine has the least expensive car insurance rates in the country according to a new survey by Insure.com.

Twinkies will soon be back on the shelves after a judge approved the sale of the company Tuesday, but it's not clear what the sale means for the former hostess bakery in Biddeford, Maine.

 

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