Gun control. The mere mention of it creates in some the fear of brown-shirted, jack-booted government militia taking away some constitutionally protected privilege.
February 2013
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Second Amendment was written to reassure states
It is a shame that Kathleen Mahoney (letter, “Learn why amendments written as they were,” Jan. 21) didn’t follow her own advice and research the history of the Second Amendment.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Army troops should be stationed at schools
I was a U.S. Army military police officer for six years, 1969-75, then I was as a police officer in a large city in the Northeast and served on the SWAT team there.
Posted inBusiness, News
US sues S&P over pre-crisis mortgage ratings
The enforcement action against a major rating agency is the first since the financial crisis.
Posted inPolitics
Governor’s second State of the State comes under very different circumstances
With Democrats now in the majority, Gov. LePage needs to win their support to advance his agenda.
Posted inPolitics
LePage ally named director of Maine Republicans
Jason Savage, who ran the governor’s political organization in 2010, has a ‘keen political mind.’
Posted inNation & World, News
Veteran who killed ‘American Sniper’ had been in mental hospital
The suspect in the deaths of the ‘Sniper’ author and a friend is on suicide watch in a Texas jail.
Posted inSports
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Boothbay downs Hall-Dale
HALLOWELL — Anthony DiMauro scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Boothbay boys basketball team past Hall-Dale in a Mountain Valley Conference game on Monday night.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: A long time coming
Deborah Heath remembers her younger brother, former Gardiner hockey captain Ted Robbins, as a fun-loving person with a good sense of humor and a passion for hockey.