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Memorial Weekend starts the tourist season
Date: 5/25/2012 Album ID: 1475807
Photos by Gordon Chibroski
Business owners get their places ready for the summer vacationers
Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. Business owners in Old Orchard Beach getting ready for Memorial weekend season start of summer tourism. Here, Josh Daye from Lyman repairs and paints one of many motel buildings for Ocean House.
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Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. Joey Mokarzel, left, and Shawn Berube help get the Atlantis Motel, part of Atlantis on the Beach in Old Orchard Beach, ready for the summer tourist season
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Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. Robert and Francine Rose, co-managers of the Atlantis Motel, part of Atlantis on the Beach in Old Orchard Beach get a little help from Shawn Berube as they prepare for the weekend flood of people into this popular vacation town as they and other business owners get ready for Memorial weekend, the seasonal start of summer tourism.
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Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. Karl Finley sweeps the area around the pool at the Executive Motel on East Grande where he does most of the maintenance for the season as they and other business owners get ready for Memorial weekend.
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Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. Jason Moore, left, and his father, Greg Moore, owners of Flagship Motel, refurbish their sign on West Grand Avenue in Old Orchard Beach as they and other business owners get ready for Memorial weekend.
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Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. A paving crew from Dayton Sand and Gravel add a layer of asphalt on Beechridge Road near the bridge over the Maine Turnpike.
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Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. Traffic on the Maine Turnpike is starting to pick up as the Memorial Weekend gets closer, beginning the summer tourism season in Maine.
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Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. Traffic on the Maine Turnpike is starting to pick up as the Memorial Weekend gets closer, beginning the summer tourism season in Maine.
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Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. The Pier at Old Orchard Beach reaches out across an unpopulated beach a few days before Memorial Weekend, when all will change with an influx of tourists to start the summer season.
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Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer.  WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012. Chris Hodges and Tricia Amos from Baltimore enjoy the empty Old Orchard Beach before the rush of tourists arrive this Memorial Weekend. They are framed by a trellis on the Atlantis on the Beach property that is preparing for the season beginning weekend.
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