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    December 31, 2012

    Arming schools isn’t the answer, regulation is

    Responding to Maine Gun Owners Association's President Jeff Weinstein's (article, Dec. 21): "The best and only protection you have from the bad guy's gun is your own," is as tactical as suggesting the best way to protect yourself from drunken drivers is to drive drunk yourself. This thought won't resolve anything. Is Weinstein willing to pay all salaries, training, liabilities, consequences etc. that could go wrong?

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    December 31, 2012

    Needed: Way for citizens to change the Constitution

    There is wide spread dissatisfaction with our federal government. Congress and the president are unable to resolve the fiscal cliff stalemate. The Supreme Court in "Citizens United" allows unlimited funds to be spent by corporations and the super rich to control elections.

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    December 31, 2012

    LOCAL ROUNDUP: Lawrence boys hockey tops Winslow

    WINSLOW -- Josh Doolan had three goals and the Lawrence boys hockey team scored three times in the third period to beat Winsow 6-3 on Saturday night.

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    December 31, 2012

    New Year’s resolution for Legislature: Let’s get along and get some work done

    My wife, Birdie, gets appropriately irritated with me when I suggest New Year's resolutions she might want to consider for herself. "Stick to your own," she tells me. So it is with some trepidation that I suggest one resolution for a whole bunch of people ... the 186 incoming members of the 126th Legislature. Here it is: "Let's work together. Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Red Sox fans, Yankees fans -- all of us."

  • Published
    December 30, 2012

    House won’t vote today on ‘fiscal cliff’ deal

    The House will miss the midnight Monday deadline lawmakers set for voting to avoid the "fiscal cliff."

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    December 30, 2012
    Barack Obama, Joe Biden

    Senators clash over gun-control plan

    President Obama says the American people must be 'willing to make different choices for the country.'

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    December 30, 2012

    Project Login aims to double state’s computer science graduation rate

    AUGUSTA -- The mismatch between existing and future jobs in Maine, and the workers willing and able to do them, applies across many fields, from hospitality to advanced manufacturing.

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    December 30, 2012

    2012 a year of violence, justice and renewal

    In 2012, central Maine saw violent deaths, numerous pharmacy robberies, a natural gas war, progress on construction of a new $312 million regional hospital and $55 million courthouse, and the flight from Maine of a former prosecutor free on bail while his child pornography convictions were appealed.

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    December 30, 2012

    REPORTING ASIDE: Make 2013 the year we stop hurting children

    I have two hopes for the new year: That we recognize that we adults are responsible for what happens to children, and that we stop the violence we force on them.

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    December 30, 2012

    Kennebec Journal area police log, Dec. 30, 2012

    HALLOWELL -- Two people were taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center by Augusta Rescue Saturday evening, following a two-vehicle crash involving a city plow truck at Second and West streets.