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What are Mainers so angry about? We went to the bar to find out.

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By Reuben Schafir Verified
| The Portland Press Herald Verified
Grab a barstool at the Narrows Tavern in Waldoboro and the bartender there has a rule: no politics. The same goes for the Fat Toad’s Pub in Farmingdale. Or the Third Alarm Diner in Sanford. But sometimes, rules have to be bent.
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Americana musician Pokey LaFarge found home for the first time in Maine

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By Reuben Schafir Verified
| The Portland Press Herald Verified
ROCKLAND — Pokey LaFarge is a midwestern bard from Normal, Illinois who belies his hometown’s name. “I’m a freak everywhere I go, man,” LaFarge said. “I stand out. I’m different.” That much he makes clear in “Stranger,” the seventh track off LaFarge’s forthcoming album: “I’m a stranger to everyone I meet,” he sings. “I’m a stranger in every town I see.” Now 43, married and with an infant daughter, LaFarge is at home for the first time, unexpectedly, in Maine.
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Wabanaki advocates are opposing repeal of ash quarantine Original

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By Reuben Schafir Verified
| The Portland Press Herald Verified
Maine is proposing new rules that would eliminate the quarantine on moving ash products from parts of the state where the emerald ash borer has been detected. (Carl D. Walsh/Staff Photographer) Officials have proposed ending a ban on the transport of firewood and ash products across much of Maine — a restriction meant to slow the spread of an invasive, tree-killing beetle — because they say people are not following the rules.
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