GREAT DIAMOND ISLAND — On Memorial Day weekend, when all the summer people were arriving on the island to open their cottages, Ted Weber propped up a sign on the 300-gallon gasoline tank that has been parked on a trailer in front of his house for a quarter-century.
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Portland artist’s ‘Hay Ball’ provides multiple talking points
It’s a performance piece, an abstract sculpture and a roadside attraction all rolled together into one perfectly round and wobbly ball of hay.
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Panel reverses, OKs Cornville charter school
AUGUSTA — A state commission voted Tuesday to approve the opening of two charter schools — an elementary school in Cornville in this coming school year and a science-oriented high school in Portland in 2013.
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Cornville charter school gets approval for 2012
Proponents say they expect the school will open prior to Oct. 1.
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Regulators OK Portland charter school for fall 2013
In a separate vote, the Maine Charter Commission approves the plan for a charter school in Cornville for 2012.
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LePage plans to apologize today
Seeking to end the week-long furor that he launched when he compared the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, Gov. Paul LePage plans to use his weekly radio address today to offer an apology for his “insensitivity to the word.”
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LePage apologizes for Gestapo remark
Seeking to end the week-long furor that he launched when he compared the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, Gov. Paul LePage plans to use his weekly radio address today to offer an apology for his “insensitivity to the word.”
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Governor apologizes for use of ‘Gestapo’
Gov. Paul LePage makes his public apology during his weekly radio address.
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Outreach program trying to help homeless Portland youths
PORTLAND — In response to a surge in the number of young homeless people in the city, the Preble Street Resource Center has an outreach team roaming city streets and parks, connecting homeless youths to social services.
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Chebeague celebrates holiday its own way
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — There are no marching bands in Chebeague Island’s Fourth of July parade. No Shriner go-carts, corporate mascots or beauty queens riding atop Cadillacs. The parade comes and goes in all of 10 minutes.