It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a nation/village to recover from the senseless violence toward innocent children. The seeming regularity of “Mass Casualty Events” (the official phrase for these events) shocks the collective system out of its concerns about petty patrician politics.
2012
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes
Several weeks ago, I sat quietly pondering plans for the Christmas holiday.
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Posted inPolitics
Milk prices could double due to Congress’ inaction
Congress’ failure to pass a farm bill has Maine farmers and producers worried about wild price fluctuations.
Posted inPolitics
Arming teachers is unsafe, Maine police say
Law enforcers say a proposal by a Maine lawmaker could actually increase the danger.
Posted inPolitics
Kerry ‘perfect’ choice to be next secretary of state
The longtime senator has strong foreign policy credentials and should win confirmation easily.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Logistics
George Sparacio, left, gives UPS driver helper Joseph Ouellette some directions Thursday in Gardiner. Ouellette said he covers several miles a day delivering packages with the push cart. “It’s good exercise,” he said of his part-time job. Sparacio was walking near his home.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Wind whipped
Dana Philippi walks into the rain Friday in Augusta. Philippi was returning to his office in a heavy rain.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Mom at the Maine State Museum
Jeanne Chamberland, left, 88, of St. Agatha and her sister, Lillian Bussier, 84, of Lewiston, laugh after viewing a photo Friday of their mother, Emma Gagnon, pouring buttermilk. The photo, captured by Farm Security Administration photographer John Collier Jr. while documenting the Gagnon family’s potato farm in Frenchville, is on display at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. Gagnon, a mother of 11 children, passed away from tetanus at the age of 42, two years after the photo was created. It was the first time Chamberland saw the photo.
Posted inNews
Kennebec Journal area police log, Dec. 21, 2012
AUGUSTA — A Vassalboro man was injured Friday when he crashed his van into a pickup truck parked outside a Riverside Drive store.
Posted inNews
Fairfield’s Hammond Tractor Co. offers free handgun destruction
FAIRFIELD — In the wake of last week’s mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., two local business owners have found a way to reduce the number of guns in the community.