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Pine Tree State - a state in New England

Acadia National Park - a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut

Augusta, capital of Maine - the capital of the state of Maine

Bangor - a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River

Brunswick - a university town in southwestern Maine

Lewiston - a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland

Orono - a university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River to the north of Bangor

Portland - largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state

Penobscot River, Penobscot - a river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay

Saint John River, St. John River, Saint John, St. John - a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy

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Founded in 1864, the Bank serves the Pine Tree State with 16 offices in Lincoln, Knox, Hancock, Penobscot and Washington Counties.

First Bancorp declares USD 0.23 regular quarterly dividend

The Pine Tree State takes its name from its heavily forested interior, but it also boasts rugged Atlantic coastlines and quaint seaside villages among a range of photogenic offerings.

Incentives: Maine

It's many years later now, and I've come to the conclusion that what the Pine Tree State is best known for by fellow Americans has nothing to do with newsprint, crustaceans or starchy vegetables, nor even bears and moose.

Down-easters add spice to Maine menu

*Maine papers charge funds misuse: MaineToday Media, the company that publishes three leading papers in the Pine Tree State, said last week it had settled with an insurance company and recovered more than a half-million dollars in funds that it believes a former chief executive officer misused.

BRIEFS

Family owned and operated in the Pine Tree State, Dr.

Dr. Newton's Naturals Hires Inbound Sales Manager

Donald Pilon (D-Saco) correctly described one contender, the Whoopie Pie, as a "frosting delivery vehicle" that "lists lard as its primary ingredient." Pilon would rather see blueberry pie named the Pine Tree State's official dessert.

Making Whoopie: fat kids love pie

The solitary mention of the Pine Tree State refers in passing to the "expansionists holding Maine's statehood hostage" (167).

Slavery, Freedom, and Expansion in the Early American West

Out-of-state campaign dollars are vital, but Connolly, born and bred in the Pine Tree State, is intent on keeping his focus local.

Home state advantage: hometown hero Jesse Connolly is harnessing Maine's sense of fairness to preserve marriage equality

Which American state, known as the 'Pine Tree State', has Augusta as its capital city?

Quiz of the Day

She was born and still lives in the Pine Tree State of Maine in New England.

Reunited