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Canadians Refusing To Allow Owners of Historic Shed To Come Get It

Matthew McDonald

McCurdy's Smokehouse, the last traditional smoked-herring facility in the United States, was torn from its moorings in Lubec, Maine during a storm January 4 and washed onto Campobello Island in New Brunswick, which is a province in Canada. Canadian authorities are refusing to allow Lubec Landmarks, a nonprofit organization that has spent 25 years restoring the smokehouse, to come get it, because some would-be Canadian scavengers are claiming "salvage" rights.

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County Commissioner: Use Bounty Hunters To Nab Illegal Aliens

Matthew McDonald

Ron Beaty, a Barnstable County commissioner, proposes using bounty hunters to find and arrest illegal aliens who have committed crimes. Beaty argues the idea answers claims that using law enforcement officers would cost too much time and money to do the job.

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