Here are the news headlines for Maine and New Brunswick for Wednesday, Sept. 18.

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An 84-year-old man who was struck and killed by a dump truck as he walked along the side of a road in Starks, Maine had apparently stopped to pick up bottles. Read more...

The mother of a missing Maine toddler says she is going to release more information that she has been told by investigators in hopes of calling attention to the case and bringing it to a resolution. Read more...

Officials have confirmed that about 7,500 songbirds, possibly including some endangered species, were killed while flying over a gas plant in Saint John, New Brunswick last weekend.  Read more...

Facebook has apologized for posting an ad for a dating website which featured a photo of a 17-year-old girl Canadian who committed suicide earlier this year. Read more...

Maine Gov. Paul LePage has ordered that flags on all public buildings and grounds to be flown at half-staff this week in honor of the victims of the shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

 

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