Here are the news headlines for Maine and New Brunswick for Tuesday, September 17.

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The RCMP has released the identity of a 22-year-old man who died in a highway crash in northern New Brunswick. Read more...

Maine officials have confirmed Eastern Equine Encephalitis in more than a dozen more mosquito pools, after the mosquito-borne virus claimed two horses. Read more...

New Brunswick is renewing its anti-poverty plan. The province's Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation has been mandated to come up with a new five-year plan by next year. Read more...

Maine will begin offering a new high school equivalency exam next year in the place of the GED. Read more...

L.L. Bean says it just finished its best spring and summer season in five years. Read more...

Gasoline prices in Maine have fallen for the second straight week now averaging $3.69 a gallon.

Maine marks Constitution Day and Citizenship Day today by welcoming 75 new citizens. Read more...

 

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