Americans are still in the grip of a scary flu season. Who can forget the alarming headlines about the swift spread and virulence of this year’s bug? Everyone’s still on high alert should someone sneeze or cough on the bus or train, or in the restaurant or office. Violators are dealt with harshly.
February 2013
Posted inOpinion
GEORGE SMITH: Encourage legislators to attend SAM workshop about guns
Here’s your chance to make an important contribution to the free-ranging debate about guns. Contact your state representative and senator today and urge them to attend the Legislative Gun Education Workshop scheduled for 1-5 p.m. Thursday at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine’s Augusta headquarters.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Methadone users should not be able to buy guns
I’m a father of three boys who hunt, and all of us have been through hunter safety courses.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Property taxpayers have power to stop tax shifts
Your ongoing series of articles about massive tax shifts (tax increases) at municipal levels omits the role of property taxpayers.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Some Republicans decide to think for themselves
The release of a poll this month by the Public Policy Polling, a national firm, showed that Gov. Paul LePage is among the least popular governors in the country, yet he likely would finish first in a three-way campaign.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
LePage should act in way that won’t embarrass us
Gov. Paul LePage’s recent outburst while meeting with members of the Legislature is just another example of the governor’s lack of leadership skills.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Congress considers putting limits on drone strikes
The Democratic-led outcry was emboldened by the revelation in a newly surfaced Justice Department memo that shows drones can strike against a wider range of threats, with less evidence, than previously believed.
Posted inNation & World, News
FBI: Ala. hostage-taker was in ‘firefight’ with SWAT agents
Also, bomb technicians scouring his rural property found two explosive devices, one in the bunker, one in a plastic pipe that negotiators used to communicate with the man.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Gulls stop Bobcats
RICHMOND — Win or lose, the Richmond girls basketball team needed a test Tuesday night.