PORTLAND — All of the rain this winter has not put a damper on plans for the first Great Maine Outdoor Weekend. The Maine Outdoor Coalition, a group of 26 organizations including the Maine Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Winter Kids, L.L. Bean and Maine Audubon, has planned a weekend filled with 90 events to […]
February 2012
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Art comes to life in Portland
Visitors sketch Maine State Ballet dancer Emma Rose Schwartz, 12, as she portrays Edgar Degas’ sculpture “The Dancer” at the Portland Museum of Art on Feb. 23. The vacation-week event was in conjunction with the museum new exhibition, “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist.”
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8 small fires in Old Orchard Beach investigated
One of the eight fires this morning damaged The Beach Street Cafe. But police stopped short of declaring them “arson.”
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QUINN'S CORNER – Beware monsters of moolah
A very, very tiny number of wealthy Americans are playing an ever-increasing role in financing our politics. It appears that 1/10th of 1 percent of Americans are spending more on political campaigns than 75 percent of the entire population. The Sunlight Foundation recently issued a report showing that 1 in 10,000 givers ponied up one […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – Beware monsters of moolah
A very, very tiny number of wealthy Americans are playing an ever-increasing role in financing our politics. It appears that 1/10th of 1 percent of Americans are spending more on political campaigns than 75 percent of the entire population. The Sunlight Foundation recently issued a report showing that 1 in 10,000 givers ponied up one […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Don't tell me what to do
Welcome to the 2012 Republican Party caucus for the town of East Abunni, Maine. As you know, we’re not convening our caucus within the restrictive time limits set by the state party, because the citizens of East Abunni have never liked being ordered around by one-world-government types. Besides, holding a caucus in early February conflicts […]
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Editorial: Public access to the governor's office is a basic right
The Judiciary Committee this week is working on LD 1805, a proposal to create a new exception in Maine’s Freedom of Access Act to permit the governor – the current and all future governors – to withhold “working papers, reports and memoranda” from public scrutiny. It’s an exception that, if enacted, will effectively slam the door on […]
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Prosecutor: School shooter chose random victims
At the today’s hearing for suspect T.J. Lane, the judge imposed a gag order on the attorneys and told the media not to photograph the boy’s face because he is a juvenile.
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Cruise line: Crippled ship to reach land Thursday
Two tug boats continued to steam toward the stranded cruise ship today but were not expected to reach it until the afternoon.
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Freeport teacher’s comment leads to terrorizing summons
A student tells his mother that David Mason joked he would shoot the students.