Tom Bell

Portland Press Herald

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Published
October 8, 2012

Island’s energy supplier faces shutdown

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.
Published
July 31, 2012

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.
Published
July 18, 2012

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.
Published
July 17, 2012

Cornville charter school gets approval for 2012

Proponents say they expect the school will open prior to Oct. 1.
Published
July 17, 2012

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.
Published
July 14, 2012

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.”
Published
July 14, 2012

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.”
Published
July 13, 2012

Governor apologizes for use of ‘Gestapo’

Gov. Paul LePage makes his public apology during his weekly radio address.
Published
July 5, 2012

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.
Published
July 5, 2012

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.