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Fisherman David Goethel sorts cod and haddock while fishing off the coast of New Hampshire, April 23, 2016. Haddock, a staple seafood species targeted by East Coast fishermen for centuries, is experiencing overfishing, and changes are underway to prevent the fish's population from collapse, federal fishing managers said. Haddock are one of the most popular East Coast food fish, and they are commonly used in fish and chips and other popular New England seafood dishes. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Goodbye, fish and chips? New England haddock imperiled by overfishing
By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
Mon,05/15/23-11:10PM , 315 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A staple seafood species caught by East Coast fishers for centuries is experiencing overfishing, and regulators have cut catch quotas by more than 80% to prevent the fish's population from collapse.
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Sean Halsey, right, who was injured along with his children in a shooting in Maine last week, speaks at a news conference outside Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, Friday, April 28, 2023. Halsey said he and his children are recovering from their injuries and grateful for the support they've received from the community. A 34-year-old man confessed last week to four killings at a home in Bowdoin and injuring the three people while shooting at vehicles on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, police have said. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)

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Maine highway shooting victims healing, grateful, confused
By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
Fri,04/28/23-12:42PM , 386 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The father of two of the victims of a deadly shooting rampage in Maine said Friday he and his children are recovering from their injuries and grateful for the support they’ve received from the community. The family is also still baffled why such violence befell them while they were driving down the highway.
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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, which is also known as a deer tick. Ticks will be more active than usual early in spring 2023, and that means Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections could spread earlier and in greater numbers than in a typical year. Ticks can transmit multiple diseases that sicken humans, and deer ticks, which spread Lyme, are a day-to-day fact of life in the warm months in New England and the Midwest. (CDC via AP, File)

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What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter
By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
Thu,04/27/23-11:05PM , 325 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year?
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AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on several shootings in Maine.

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Rural Maine town shaken by violence remembers slain friends
By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
Fri,04/21/23-5:39PM , 484 Reads
BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — Tireless. Helpful. Deeply religious.

Those were some of the ways Patti Eger’s friends remembered her Thursday in the small Maine town of Lisbon Falls, joining hands in prayer on a lawn outside a white church to say goodbye to a woman who stood alongside them to do charity work and attend services.
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