The bloom formed that July around the mouth of the Maumee River, on the lake's western end near Toledo, Ohio.

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In this case, it's Maumee, Ohio, and the band is wearing the purple and gold of the Panthers of Maumee High.

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Lois Rosenberry, owner Children's Discovery Center Inc. in Maumee, Ohio, says she will opt for the penalty if it is cheaper than offering health insurance.

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Authorities have built a fence in the Fort Wayne area to prevent the carp from migrating from the Wabash to the headwaters of the Maumee River, a Lake Erie tributary regarded as ideal spawning habitat.

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Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Maumee, Ohio.

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In the past decade the storied Maumee, Ohio auto parts maker had survived a misguided acquisition binge, a hostile takeover attempt, an accounting scandal, a bankruptcy filing, a taxpayer bailout of two of its largest customers and the Great Recession.

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