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1. Stolen pickup may be connected to prison break

   Tuesday Nov 10 | Bangor Daily News

   A pickup truck stolen on Saturday may be connected to the escape last weekend of two convicts from the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren, Knox County Sheriff Donna Dennison said Tuesday.

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   Related Topix: Prison, Bolduc Correctional Facility, State Prisons, Warren, ME, Knox County, ME

2. Eastern Maine Medical Center to hold H1N1 vaccine clinics

   Tuesday Nov 10 | Bangor Daily News

   BANGOR, Maine a ' Eastern Maine Medical Center has received doses of H1N1 vaccine and will hold two vaccine clinics for pregnant women only on Tuesday, Nov.

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   Related Topix: Bangor, ME, Prison

3. Columbia Falls barn catches fire; no one hurt:

   Tuesday Nov 10 | Bangor Daily News

   Firefighters were called Monday morning to the scene of a barn fire on Centerville Road, but there were no injuries and no significant damage from the flames.

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   Related Topix: Fire, Prison

4. Anonymous Donor Helps Keep Cherryfield School Open

   Oct 16, 2009 | WLBZ

   When people in Cherryfield voted this year to keep their local elementary school open, it came at a cost of more than $400,000. The town was ordered to pay the school district that amount, and in turn, Cherryfield had to increase its property taxes.

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   Related Topix: Cherryfield, ME

5. Donor gives Cherryfield $200,000 to keep school

   Oct 13, 2009 | Bangor Daily News

   Local officials have found out that keeping their elementary school going for another year will be a little easier than they thought last spring.

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   Related Topix: Cherryfield, ME, Washington County, ME

6. Addison man killed in tractor a

   Sep 24, 2009 | Bangor Daily News

   Scene of a fatal tractor accident on a bridge over the Machias River near Holmes Falls in Northfield on Thursday, Sept.

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   Related Topix: Washington County, ME, Cherryfield, ME

7. Fatal Accident Downeast

   Sep 24, 2009 | WABI-TV Bangor

   There has been a fatal farming accident in Downeast Maine. Not many details are available at this time.

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8. 2 teens killed in Steuben crash

   Aug 27, 2009 | Sun Journal

   Two Maine teenagers haved died from injuries suffered when their car went through a stop sign and was hit broadside by another car in Steuben, Maine.

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   Related Topix: Steuben, ME, Family, Teenagers

9. Two teens killed, 12-year-old girl a w/Photo

   Aug 26, 2009 | Bangor Daily News

   Two Washington County teenagers have died from injuries suffered Tuesday night when their car sped through a stop sign and was hit broadside by another vehicle at the junction of Route 1 and East Side Road.

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   Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Washington County, ME, Steuben, ME

10. Two teens die after crash in Steuben Tuesday night

    Aug 26, 2009 | Bangor Daily News

    Two teenagers have died as a result of a crash Tuesday night at the junction of Route 1 and the East Side Road.

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    Related Topix: Steuben, ME, Family, Teenagers, Washington County, ME

11. Rides, food, fun at Union Fair w/Photo

    Aug 26, 2009 | Village Soup

    UNION : Blue skies and favorable temperatures greeted those visiting the Union Fair on Tuesday.

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    Related Topix: Union, ME

12. Steuben Crash Claims the Life of Two Teenagers

    Aug 26, 2009 | WABI-TV Bangor

    A fatal accident in Steuben has left 2 teenagers dead and a third hospitalized. The accident happened at the corner of Route 1 and Eastside road tuesday night.

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    Related Topix: Steuben, ME, Washington County, ME

13. Ex-sheriff arrested in threat case:

    Aug 19, 2009 | Bangor Daily News

    MACHIAS, Maine a ' Former Washington County Sheriff Joseph Tibbetts, 61, was arrested Monday night after allegedly holding an Addison family at gunpoint in the blueberry barrens in Township 19, near Columbia Falls last week.

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    Related Topix: Machias, ME, Washington County, ME, Prison, Perry, ME

14. Ex-sheriff accused of threatening Maine family

    Aug 19, 2009 | Sun Journal

    A former Maine sheriff has been arrested after allegedly holding a family at gunpoint in a blueberry barrens near Columbia Falls.

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    Related Topix: Washington County, ME

15. Ordeal at the border

    Aug 15, 2009 | Bangor Daily News

    Blueberry rakers - Micmacs from New Brunswick - complain about aggressive stops by U.S. Customs.

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    Related Topix: Washington County, ME, Calais, ME, St Stephen, NB, New Brunswick, Canada, Canada

16. Beverly Ann Cotton w/Photo

    Aug 13, 2009 | Village Soup

    COLUMBIA FALLS : Beverly Ann Cotton, 66, died Aug. 12, 2009, at her home in Columbia Falls.

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17. Invisible Mainers

    Jul 31, 2009 | Down East

    You guys want breakfast?" shouts a middle-aged man in a red pickup truck that has stopped at a corner in Portland's Bayside neighborhood.

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    Related Topix: Maine, Maine Government, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, US News

18. Two charged in separate Washington County drug busts

    Jul 17, 2009 | Bangor Daily News

    COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine a ' What began as a case involving a stolen outboard motor resulted Thursday in the arrest of a local man on drug charges.

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    Related Topix: Washington County, ME, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Perry, ME, Drug Enforcement Administration

19. Drug Bust Down East w/Photo

    Jul 17, 2009 | WABI-TV Bangor

    A man from Columbia Falls is in jail, charged with drug trafficking. Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith says his deputies initially went to 72-year-old Vance Merritt's residence to interview Merritt in regards to a stolen boat motor in Jonesport.

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