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• Yellow Barn hauls its music to the Midcoast

  08-09-2017 23:58
  This fall, Yellow Barn Music Haul is bringing chamber music to playgrounds, fields, and street corners from Damariscotta to Belfast. The first traveling concert venue of its kind, Yellow Barn Music Haul is the brainchild of Yellow Barn, a professional training and performance center based in Putney, Vt.
  
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• 15 Harbor DR 15

  08-09-2017 23:58
  Ducktrap Harbor is a peaceful oceanfront oasis midway between Camden & Belfast & just minutes to Lincolnville Beach. Enjoy easy living in this thoughtfully designed unit w/ two master suites, spacious living & dining rooms w/ cherry floors, wood burning fireplace, attached garage, finished basement bonus room, two decks overlooking meticulous grounds & plenty of storage.
  
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• Northern Ireland secretary puts pressure on assembly to reach power-sharing deal

  08-09-2017 23:41
  James Brokenshire suggests that salaries of more than £50,000 may be frozen unless Stormont gets up and runningThe British government will consider whether to stop paying members of the Northern Ireland assembly if Ulster politicians fail to reach a deal to restore power-sharing government in the region.The Northern Ireland secretary raised the possibility on Friday that individual salaries of more than £50,000 per annum being frozen in the absence of the Stormont assembly getting up
  
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• James Brokenshire says MLA pay must be examined

  08-09-2017 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The SoS said that in the absence of devolution, the pay of assembly members needs to be examined.
  
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• Armagh farm: Woman dies after being struck by cow

  08-09-2017 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  It is understood Thelma Gorman was leading a cow when the incident happened.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Glenavon 2-0 Carrick Rangers

  08-09-2017 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Glenavon are up to second in the Premiership thanks to a deserved 2-0 victory over Carrick Rangers at Mourneview Park.
  
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• UUP leader Swann says Republic example shows folly of Irish language act

  08-09-2017 22:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann has said that Sinn Fein need only look south of the border to see the impact of an Irish language act.
  
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• DUP will not let Labour 'gum up the works' of parliament, says Dodds

  08-09-2017 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds says his party will not let Labour "gum up the works" of parliament.
  
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• Peggy Yingst - Courier Publications, LLC & Village Soup

  08-09-2017 21:32
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• Renewable Heat Incentive: Firm launches legal bid

  08-09-2017 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  A firm is taking the Department for the Economy to court over subsidies for its biomass power plant.
  
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• Court date set for legal challenge to DUP-Tory deal

  08-09-2017 20:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The High Court has decided that the first stage of a legal challenge against the deal between the Conservative government and the DUP will initially be heard at the Divisional Court - a special sitting of the High Court - on October 26.
  
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• Man in serious condition after being found in grass area in Ballymena

  08-09-2017 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Ballymena have appealed for witnesses after a man was found with serious head injuries in the early hours of Friday morning.
  
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• Ballycastle death driver to face 'substantial sentence'

  08-09-2017 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Two men were killed in the crash near Ballycastle in 2015 and seven others were injured.
  
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• Appeal after 14-year-old suffers suspected broken jaw at football match

  08-09-2017 18:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has appealed for information following an assault on a 14-year-old boy at a football match in Dundonald last month.
  
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• Ian Paisley denies £100K Sri Lankan holiday claim

  08-09-2017 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The DUP MP refers himself to a parliamentary watchdog over claims he did not declare trips.
  
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• Carl Frampton: Belfast boxer says there will be no going back to Barry McGuigan

  08-09-2017 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Carl Frampton says he is now a "free agent" and that he will not work again with Barry McGuigan's Cyclone Promotions.
  
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• Strabane family's wait for home 'traumatic'

  08-09-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  A County Tyrone family call for more social housing after waiting almost a decade for a home.
  
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• Woman dies after being struck by cow in Co Armagh farm tragedy

  08-09-2017 16:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 67-year-old pensioner from Co Armagh has died tragically following a farm accident involving a cow.
  
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• Carl Frampton: 'Free agent' rules out reconciliation with Barry McGuigan

  08-09-2017 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Carl Frampton says he is a "free agent" and there is no prospect of him working again with Barry McGuigan and Cyclone Promotions.
  
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• Former UUP leader Elliott 'regrets any embarrassment' to Attorney General over radio comments

  08-09-2017 16:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Ulster Unionist leader "regrets any embarrassment" caused to Attorney General John Larkin by radio comments about his impartiality in dealing with Northern Ireland's troubled past, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce names new Executive Director

  08-09-2017 16:38
  The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that they have selected Steve Ryan of Belfast as their next executive director. Steve has been active in the midcoast region of Maine in a variety of roles.
  
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• Aliens on at least nine planets 'would be ideally placed to see Earth'

  08-09-2017 16:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aliens on at least nine planets beyond the solar system would be ideally placed to detect and observe the Earth, scientists have shown.
  
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• Tom Elliott and John Larkin settle defamation case

  08-09-2017 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Ulster Unionist leader issues High Court statement expressing regret to attorney general.
  
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• Graham Ford: South African named as new Ireland coach

  08-09-2017 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland announce former South Africa and Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford as the replacement for John Bracewell.
  
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• Live scores: Man City v Liverpool, Arsenal v Bournemouth, Leicester v Chelsea, Stoke v Man United - fixtures, results, table

  08-09-2017 15:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Premier League is back! Follow all the action and all the twists and turns of the season ahead right here.
  
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• Arlene Arkinson inquest given 'substantive' information

  08-09-2017 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Fifteen-year-old Arlene Arkinson vanished after a school disco in 1994.
  
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• Ryan Adams plays surprise Belfast gig 'for the cats'

  08-09-2017 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  US singer-songwriter Ryan Adams is filmed on a mobile phone playing a surprise gig in Belfast bar.
  
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• Pro14: Benetton Treviso v Ulster (Sat)

  08-09-2017 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Ulster make five changes for Saturday's Pro14 game in Treviso with Charles Piutau and Marcell Coetzee among those making way.
  
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• Serial sex assault offender to serve more than six years

  08-09-2017 14:17
  A 69-year-old Searsmont man with a lengthy record of sexual assaults in Knox and Waldo counties will be serving more than six years in prison. Glenn Reed was sentenced Aug. 30 in Waldo County Court in Belfast for unlawful sexual contact and violating probation.
  
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• Stained glass ceiling

  08-09-2017 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The third most important person in the Church of Ireland takes the gender gaffes in her stride.
  
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• Tories suffer a beating in council by-elections

  08-09-2017 13:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Conservatives suffered a beating in the largest round of council by-elections since the general election in June, losing seven of the nine seats they were defending and picking up just one.
  
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• All-Ireland GAA final: Police warning over ticket fraud

  08-09-2017 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say a man claiming to be from Antrim GAA is asking people to send cash for Croke Park tickets.
  
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• Ryan Adams plays surprise Belfast gig

  08-09-2017 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  US songwriter treats fans to a last-minute acoustic set - and sings that it was "all for the cats".
  
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• Information unearthed in Irish Republic over Arlene Arkinson disappearance

  08-09-2017 13:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Substantive information has been unearthed in the Irish Republic over the disappearance of schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson, a lawyer said.
  
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• Northern Ireland sex offender cannot sue Google, court rules

  08-09-2017 13:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A sex offender who changed his name by deed poll has lost a legal battle to have links to press coverage of his previous convictions removed from a major internet search engine.
  
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• It's TIME: New Belfast bar and nightclub to open

  08-09-2017 13:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast's newest bar and nightclub is to open its doors - next week.
  
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• Nadine Coyle opens up about Girls Aloud - 'People were very bitter'

  08-09-2017 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nadine Coyle has opened up about Girls Aloud's split in 2013 - admitting some of her former bandmates were "very bitter" about her role in the group.
  
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• Father jailed after newborn baby boy mauled to death by pet dog

  08-09-2017 12:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who drunkenly slept through a sustained, fatal attack by the family’s terrier on his three-week-old son has been jailed for 21 months.
  
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• Police officer held in social media probe

  08-09-2017 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The serving officer was arrested over the alleged misuse of social media such as twitter.
  
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