A 6-year-old Georgia kindergartner became the latest of thousands of cases across the country fueling a long-simmering debate over when educators should bring in the police to deal with disruptive students.
April 2012
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Washington abuzz over Secret Service scandal
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he would “clean house” at the agency in the wake of the incident,
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SNAPSHOT: Just dandy
Muriel Plummer, 90, inspects a dandelion root Tuesday that she harvested in the garden at her farm in Weeks Mills. Since retiring from Hussey’s two years ago, Plummer is staying busy picking produce and cultivating flowers. She likes to steam the roots of dandelions and serve them with biscuits. “I have enough for myself,” she […]
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Dairy farmer leads protest
Dan Brown, owner of Gravelwood Farm in Blue Hill, right, leads about 25 supporters over the Memorial Bridge on a march from the state Department of Agriculture building on the east side of Augusta to the State House on the west side on Tuesday in Augusta. Brown, is being sued by the department, which is […]
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Romney remark raises eyebrows among Mainers
Mark Stitham was born and raised in Dover-Foxcroft, so Maine was the obvious choice when he reached the point in his life that he could consider buying a second home.
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Republicans won’t return to take up LePage vetoes
AUGUSTA — Faced for the first time with the various rules on the Maine governor’s line-item veto, legislative Republicans decided Tuesday not to break up their recess in order to decide whether to let the vetoes stand.
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Draft funding plan would hike taxes 4.75 percent
WHITEFIELD — A draft budget for Regional School Unit 12 would result in a 4.75 percent tax increase for most of the district’s towns.
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Office budget revote looks probable
FAYETTE — Voters in Fayette and Winthrop probably will be asked to vote again on the budget for the school superintendent’s office because of mistakes at the recent district budget meeting.
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Belgrade seeks volunteers to help with comprehensive plan revise
BELGRADE — Volunteers are needed to take the lead in revising the town’s 1998 Comprehensive Plan.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Surprising spring weather helps teams
So far the weather has cooperated for the high school preseason. Now, if can only stay that way for a few weeks. Today is opening day for many high school teams and most are prepared after a mild late March and early April.