AUGUSTA — A resident wants Maine’s capital city to hold a Memorial Day parade for the first time in decades.
March 2012
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SNAPSHOT: Chair with a view
Azalea Voorhees looks through the window at people inside The Downtown Diner on a warm Tuesday afternoon. She and her mother, Annie Voorhees, had their lunch outside on the first day of spring. The diner had just set up sidewalk seating Monday for the season. It should be warm today and Thursday before a cold […]
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SNAPSHOT: It’s a flat, flat world
Maranacook Community High School freshmen Taylor Kubicki, left, and Austin Harris race Tuesday to place a cone atop Syria within a map loaned to the school by the National Geographic Society. The room-sized map, with meticulous geographic and political detail, was borrowed by teacher Carrie Emmerson for a week to teach elementary school students geography […]
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AUTO RACING: NASCAR overturns suspension for Knaus
CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR’s chief appellate officer overturned on Tuesday the bulk of the penalties levied against five-time championship winning crew chief Chad Knaus, who still must pay a $100,000 fine because Jimmie Johnson’s car failed the opening day inspection of the Daytona 500.
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Sentinel building sale plan proceeds
WATERVILLE — City councilors voted 6-1 Tuesday to buy the Morning Sentinel building for $550,000 and turn it into a police station.
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Teacher evaluation bill may see committee vote today
AUGUSTA — A bill mandating performance evaluations for educators could go to a vote in the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee today.
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Pair expands perception of graffiti
FARMINGTON — Most people hear the term graffiti and immediately think vandalism.
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PREP SCHOOL SKIING: Kents Hill skier wins MAISAD title
KENTS HILL — Kents Hill senior Ben Spencer won the Maine Association of Independent School Athletic Directors individual Alpine title for the third time in four years and finished 10-0 this season.
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Big proposals await votes as session wanes
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Legislature may adjourn in less than three weeks, allowing lawmakers to get to work on re-election campaigns. That hasn’t stopped Gov. Paul LePage from introducing major proposals this month regarding education, energy, welfare fraud and tax and spending reforms.
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China budget proposals differ on charitable donations
CHINA — More than $2 million is requested from voters for the 2012-13 municipal budget and the only item on which the selectmen and the Budget Committee disagree is over $1,504 for charitable organizations and social service agencies.