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No More Indian Mascots If Maine Democrats Get Their Way

Matthew McDonald

A legislative committee in Maine has voted 7-5 to recommend banning American Indian mascots in Maine public schools, on party lines.

A Democratic supporter of the ban called it "a civil rights issue" while Republican opponents said they support local control, according to the Bangor Daily News.

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There Goes the Neighborhood – Little Town in Maine Gives Up the Ghost on Being Dry

Matthew McDonald

A tiny town in northern Maine that has been mostly dry for generations has voted to let restaurants serve alcohol on the premises.

Or make that "restaurant," since it has only one.

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