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March 2013
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Who’s to blame? Doesn’t matter; we’ll all feel pain
The budget cuts designed to be too awful for either party to stomach go into effect today, telling us all we need to know about our politics.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Closing Pre-release Center a short-sighted solution
I am concerned about the relative silence around the proposed closing of the Hallowell Pre-release Center. This facility has provided unquestionable service to the community through the years, and its closing would be a tremendous blow to the area.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Comic strip shouldn’t have implied smoking was ‘cool’
The comics are read by young and old. It is actually the high point of my newspaper.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Gun carriers operate under the influence
I think the names of concealed weapons carriers should be posted in every town office and city hall in the state of Maine. That information should be available to citizens so we can know whom to avoid.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Citizens’ guns outnumber all in government, 8-1
It seems that every day there are more senseless shootings. More shootings are mentioned on the news than there are drug and cellphone commercials. There are also almost as many stories about solutions to stop the gun violence.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: We all have roles to play in our nation’s national defense
I recently had occasion to give some serious thought to the many different elements included in the description of national defense.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Public knowledge of who has guns is unnecessary
I just read the newspaper’s opinion about gun permits and the need to keep them secret (editorial, “Concealed-gun permits should not be secret,” Feb. 20).
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Mental health services should be available to all
Why do so many individuals with mental illness fill our emergency rooms, jails and hospital beds?
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Closing Pre-release Center short-sighted
I am concerned about the relative silence around the proposed closing of the Hallowell Pre-release Center. This facility has provided unquestionable service to the community through the years, and its closing would be a tremendous blow to the area.