During the next few weeks, residents across the state will vote to approve or deny local school budgets. This year, they also will decide whether to continue having these so-called school budget validation votes. Created as part of the 2007 school consolidation law, the budget validation votes were billed as a way to allow more […]
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Martinez spurs Sox to sweep
Victor Martinez drives in four runs and homers, and the Red Sox polish off the Angels in a four-game sweep.
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Washington Dispatches
WASHINGTON Obama proposes new boiler emissions standard The Obama administration proposed Friday cutting hundreds of tons of cancer-causing toxic metals emitted by industrial boilers, process heaters and solid waste incinerators by December. The proposal would require large boilers and all incinerators to meet emission limits for mercury and other pollutants. The EPA estimates it would […]
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Shaw Brothers to unveil plans for new headquarters
GORHAM – A Gorham construction company will unveil details next week for new headquarters and a warehouse it is proposing on Mosher Road. “I think it will be a big asset to the town,” Danny Shaw, co-owner of Shaw Brothers Construction Inc., said this week, without giving a specific cost of construction. Plans call for […]
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Democratic candidate Rose Scarcelli: more than a political 'newcomer'
Editor’s note: The following examination of gubernatorial candidate Rosa Scarcelli by the non-profit Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting is part of a series examining the claims and records of some of the leading candidates for governor. In an interview on public TV, Rosa Scarcelli, a Democratic candidate for governor, described herself as one of […]
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Day laborers in Arizona say work is harder to find over last two years
The new law isn’t in effect yet, but crackdowns and the economy have already curtailed job opportunities.
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‘Real World’ live-ins wanted for show’s winter 2011 series
Can you make it in “The Real World?” Well, you will have a chance to find out Saturday. Casting directors from MTV’s hit reality show “The Real Word” will hold an open casting call from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Binga’s Stadium Smokehouse & Sports Bar, 77 Free St., Portland. Applicants are asked […]
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Committee recommends eight blasts a year for Pike
WESTBROOK – Eight blasts per year at Pike Industries’ Spring Street quarry is the recommendation a committee formed to find a compromise between Pike and its neighbors will give to the City Council. The number of blasts allowed was the most controversial aspect of a consent agreement that was finalized by the Spring Street Quarry/Industrial […]
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Two law volunteers to receive award
Margaret Minott and Tim Crowley will be honored for helping low-income Mainers.
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Pope calls on priests to safeguard children from evil
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI told priests Sunday to safeguard children in their charge from evil and win the “absolute” trust of their flock, even as his own papacy is clouded by accusations he and other top churchmen failed to protect minors adequately from pedophile clergy. Since a trip to Malta a week earlier […]