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Ellsworth debates traffic options Improvement, development issues intertwined
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Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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August 11, 2003
- Author:
- BILL TROTTER; OF THE NEWS STAFF
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ELLSWORTH - On a recent muggy Friday, cars and trucks crept along
High Street, blocking intersections and entrances to strip malls and
shopping centers, as traffic signals overhead ineffectively changed
from one color to the next and back again.
"Is there an accident on High Street?" one officer asked over his
police radio, trying to find out whether a collision was to blame for
the bumper-to-bumper traffic.
"No," was the reply. "It's just a typical summer day in
Ellsworth."
A lot of people think Ellsworth has a major traffic problem, and
they want the state to do something about it.
Others, including some local officials, think the state - or, more
specifically, the Maine Department of ...
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735 words
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292 words
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December 27, 2007 ;
Lawrence Budd Staff Writer;
370 words
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506 words
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
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77 words
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190 words
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Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL);
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454 words
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Melanie Creamer news assistant;
252 words
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Lange, Larry;
543 words
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Seigle, Max;
417 words
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419 words
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September 5, 2001 ;
111 words
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Road improvements spur much discussion
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June 17, 2007 ;
Melanie Creamer news assistant;
217 words
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Developers questioned on Exeter project: Township residents want to know...
Reading Eagle (Reading, PA);
August 14, 2007 ;
501 words
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