Maine Lakes Experience Early Problems

Several Maine lakes, from York to Aroostook Counties, are turning green this year according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

Reports have come in to DEP about problems ranging from gooey thread-like masses of growth near the shore that typically last a few days, to lake-wide pea-green conditions that last weeks or months.

 Biologist Roy Bouchard says the early thaw and warm water temperatures accelerate lake biology that results in the build up in nutrients and sediment and bloom with the right weather conditions.

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Counterfit Money

Funny money is on the loose in the Port City of Saint John and the police Fraud section wants you to be aware of it. This time fake C-notes are being circulated.
The one-hundred dollar bills have the holographic strip from a ten dollar bill attached to them. The money is from the Canadian Journey Series from 2004. Police say built-in security features should help you indentify which bills are real.

They include the raised surfaces on the money, tilting the bill to look for the changing colours from the holographic strip.

You can also look for the fine-line printing in the portrait and background patterns.