Here are the news headlines for Maine and New Brunswick for Thursday, September 5.

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Police say speed and alcohol played a role in a motorcycle accident that killed a 25-year-old Milbridge man last night. Read more...

A 92-year-old woman was seriously burned when her clothes caught fire last evening while she was cooking at her home in Brunswick, Maine. Read more...

A New Brunswick man who threw coins at a Tim Hortons’ employee after she told him he was short 11 cents to pay for his coffee has been found guilty of assault.  Read more...

Maine’s Independent Sen. Angus King says senators are ‘‘struggling’’ over whether to authorize military strikes in Syria.

Gov. Paul LePage has signed an executive order designed to ensure that Maine schools maintain local control in light of concerns about new educational benchmarks in reading, writing and math.

An actress from Western New Brunswick has been cast in a hit TV series on the Fox Network. Read more...

 

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