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Efforts to legalize and tax marijuana in Maine have suffered a setback after a legislative committee voted against the proposal.

Protests in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia over low lobster prices are stirring up memories of last summer when Canadian fishermen blocked truckloads of Maine-caught lobsters from being delivered to processing plants.

Federal regulators are recommending that all states lower the blood-alcohol threshold for drunken driving from 0.08 to 0.05 percent, a proposal that was met with some skepticism in the hospitality industry in Maine.

Another bad winter for honey bees in New Brunswick has more beekeepers turning to importing bees from countries overseas.

A new analysis of U.S. Census data shows deaths outnumbered births in Maine last year.

 

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