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Study Claims Maine Doesn't Allow Overseas Soldiers Time to Vote 1/6/09 2:47 PM EST

Plan to Annex Township to Make Way for Wind Farm Moves Forward 1/6/09 2:17 PM EST

Hearings Continue on Proposed State Budget Cuts 1/6/09 11:44 AM EST

Lawmakers Debate Budget Shortfall Issues

Lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee began their first week of the new legislative session with dueling budget shortfalls - one that must be solved now and another that will require further study. A 140 million dollar supplemental budget is expected to go to the floor of the House later this month in an effort to keep the state in the black through June 30. And on Friday, the governor will unveil his new two-year budget that is expected to impose broad spending cuts to close a projected an 850 million dollar revenue gap.

Community Colleges Face Application Increase Along With Funding Cut

Maine Awaits Federal Stimulus

Discount Stores Do Well Despite The Economy

New Legislation Broadens The Definition Of A Disability

Budget Cutbacks Impact Employees And Inmates At Charleston Correctional Facility

Following The Journeys Of Samuel Champlain

The Voices of 2008

Blethen Newspaper Sale Delayed Beyond Year-End Deadline

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Prisoners of the Ice, Part 1 of 2

Tuesday, January 6 at 8:00 pm

NOVA: Arctic Passage focuses on the 1845 Royal Navy expedition led by Sir John Franklin. He set sail for the Arctic from London with two ships and was never heard from again. Now, 150 years later, a new team looks for the truth behind the Franklin mystery.

The Old Man and the Storm

Tuesday, December 30 at 9:00 pm
FRONTLINE tells the story of eighty-two-year-old Herbert Gettridge and his family. Their efforts to rebuild their homes and their lives after Hurricane Katrina were deeply affected by larger decisions about federal assistance in the aftermath of this disaster.