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Here are the news headlines for Maine and New Brunswick for Monday, July 1.

Two people have died in a motorcycle accident near Bangor.   According to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department, a man and a woman were killed when their motorcycle struck a guard rail in Clifton Sunday evening.

The New Brunswick government is pitching the development of a shale gas industry as a potential economic boom, but opponents are digging in their heels to block the idea.

June has gone down as one of the wettest months ever in Maine & New Brunswick.  Normal rainfall for June is about 3 ½ inches.  Many areas saw more than twice that amount.

Sales at Maine’s fireworks stores have far surpassed initial projections when fireworks became legal last year.

The Maine Republican Party is raising money in an unconventional way-by holding a firearms training class for people who want to get concealed weapons permits.

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