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Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer, is just a few weeks away and Mainers and Americans will be taking to the roads for vacation. WalletHub.com did a study with 20 key metrics that ranked the fifty states in order of being the best for summer road trips.

Areavibes.com has released their list of the Best Places To Live for 2016. They used these metrics to achieve their rankings: Amenities, Cost of Living, Crime, Education, Employment, Housing and Weather. Here is their Top Ten Best Places To Live in Maine for 2016.

Insure.com surveyed 2,000 drivers nationwide to find out who are rudeness drivers in the country. Many Mainers are cringing at the thought of those out-of-state drivers this summer. So which out-of-state drivers should we be most on the lookout for?

Estately ranked each of the U.S. states in order of how American it is. They used a unscientific mathematical and data analysis to make their rankings. They used these eight indicators to make their rankings.

Source: WalletHub Maine has two casinos, the Maine State Lottery has been around since 1974. The first weekly draw game in Maine was called 'Play Me' in June 1974 and Joseph Comeau of Bangor was the first jackpot winner of 'Play Me' winning $150,000.

Wallethub.com has complied their list of '2016's Greenest States'. They used 17 key metrics designed to illustrate each state’s environmental quality and the eco-friendliness of its policies.

I saw an article on Thrillist.com about 'The Best Burgers in Every State in America' and I first thought how do I get an assignment like that and then I thought what did they pick for Maine?

The website Thrillist.com has complied a list of what each of the fifty U.S.states are worst at. They picked out one key area where each is most deficient. I'll let you know what Maine was worst at in a moment. It wasn't really bad when compared to some of what the other states were worst at. Here are some of the worst or the worst!

Nothing like a great breakfast, in fact McDonald's has seen a spike in sales since introducing their 'all day breakfast' menu. Americans love our breakfast and much like truck people are loyal to their favorite brand, we are also very loyal to where we enjoy our breakfast.

I found an article that caught my eye on the website onlyinyourstate.com. It ranked the top ten drunkest counties in Maine. In recent data, Maine sits near the top in alcohol consumption nationwide. These rankings are based from data from County Health Rankings and Roadmaps and their look at those saying they engage in excessive drinking. They also used data of the highest number of bars per capit

The website Thrillist.com listed the 'Most Underrated Places in Every U.S. State'. The point of their post was to feature a location that might not be as popular as it should be. For example when you think of Maine, the obvious choices are L.L. Bean and Old Orchard Beach. So what did they select as Maine's most underrated place?

Many traffic lights have modernized to have those sensors where the lights change sooner depending on the traffic. However, there sure does seem to be those traffic lights that just seem to stay red forever!

What makes you happy? Your spouse and children? Maybe, giving back to your community or those less fortunate? The career advice blog Zippia has recently done a post about the happiest places in Maine. They looked at 28 cities and towns in Maine and they based their rankings on the criteria of employment rates, percentage of married adults,home ownership, education, short work commute, low cost of

When you think of Maine, you think of small towns and not much in the way of crime. Surprisingly, that isn't the case when it comes to Augusta. According the the website Neighborhood Scout dot com, Augusta is above the national average when it comes to both violent and property crime. Augusta's violent crime rate of 4.76 per 1,000 people is above the national average of 3.8 per 1,000. Augusta was

The website onlyinyourstate.com has complied a list of '12 Terrifying Places in Maine'. We aren't talking about places like the DMV or the in-laws house, but places that you would swear are haunted. Let's take a look at their list.

The website Estately.com has come up with the U.S. Marijuana Enthusiasm Index. They based their index on five factors: Marijuana Users, Marijuana Affordability, Interest in Marijuana, Legal Status of Marijuana, and Publicly Expressed Interest in Marijuana. So, where did Maine rank on their index?