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Check out the news headlines and listen to the latest update for Friday, March 8.

Firefighters are battling a huge fire today in the Southern Aroostook County town of Littleton. Crews from several towns are on the scene just off Route 1.

Maine State Police are investigating the deaths of an elderly couple found in a home in Chapman just outside Presque Isle.

A train carrying crude oil that derailed along the Penobscot River in Mattawamkeag yesterday caused little, if any, environmental damage.

Fredericton police have taken a man into custody after a violent home invasion and abduction Wednesday night.

Maine's state geologist reported no major concerns for spring flooding at this point, but winter’s not over yet.

It was a scary experience yesterday for a driver trying to remove an ice shack from Hermon Pond in the Bangor area.

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