SOUTH PORTLAND – Before a small shopping center near the Maine Mall can be built, the South Portland City Council must first agree to close a short section of a road that divides the two parcels of land on which the retail development would be constructed. The project, at 85 Western Ave., won city Planning […]
March 2010
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Bucksport quake had 3.0 magnitude
No injuries or damage occurred in the Tuesday afternoon quake.
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A moveable feast – Easter and the moon
You can always be sure that Christmas will fall on Dec. 25. But when it comes to Easter, the date varies each year, sometimes by more than a month. For example, Easter Sunday this year is right around the corner ¬- on April 4. But it was on April 12 last year, and will be […]
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Scarborough Walgreens seen as Rx for Oak Hill
SCARBOROUGH – Bette Brunswick is excited that a new Walgreens drugstore is about to open at the Oak Hill Plaza in Scarborough. It’s not just that she’s looking forward to shopping there – she’s also hoping that it draws more customers to her own store, located nearby. “Really, I feel that this is going to […]
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Snowe: Health care law could hurt small businesses
BIDDEFORD — As President Barack Obama prepares to celebrate passing health care reform at a rally Thursday in Portland, Sen. Olympia Snowe is spreading a different message this week in her home state. “It’s disappointing the way in which it unfolded,” Snowe said Tuesday of the recent votes to approve health care legislation. “Process does […]
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Journal Tribune Wrestler of the Year: Tomaszewski won 3rd state title
WELLS — The Vanya Tomaszewski story would be a remarkable one, even if he were not a three-time state wrestling champion. Orphaned in Russia as a little boy, Tomaszewski and his younger brother made their way to southern Maine, was adopted into a remarkable (dozen-sibling) family, and has become an exemplary member of the Wells […]
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Snowe: Health care law could hurt small businesses
U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, discusses health care reform at the Journal Tribune office in Biddeford, Tuesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)
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Journal Tribune Wrestler of the Year: Tomaszewski won 3rd state title
Wells’ 112-pound wrestler Vanya Tomaszewski won his third straight state championship this season, once again dominating the Class B landscape. (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune File Photo)
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Reluctance to share the high cost of education
It should come as no surprise to Ogunquit residents that the Legislature has been unmoved by complaints of unfairness in educational funding. The Town of Ogunquit made a strong case that it pays a heavy share of the costs of the Wells-Ogunquit School District. Yet it failed to persuade legislators that it should have the […]
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R.I. regulators reject plan to sell wind power
Both the state’s governor and environmentalists express disappointment.