Ask police chiefs — we asked ours — about the need for background checks on gun buyers. They will tell you universal background checks would reduce the number of guns ending up in the wrong hands.
March 2013
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Business After Hours set for March 20
WATERVILLE — The Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours, sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank, is set for 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday at The Brown House Company, 71 Francis St.
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Sebasticook Valley Health classes set
PITTSFIELD — In April, Sebasticook Valley Health Community Health and Education will offer two Heartsaver classes.
Posted inCommunity
Pond construction workshop April 2
FARMINGTON — A pond construction and maintenance workshop will be offered 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday, April 2, in room C23 at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Posted inCommunity
MAINE PRINCIPAL’S AWARD Erskine Academy
SOUTH CHINA — Erskine Academy recently announced that senior Robert Soohey, of Whitefield, was selected to receive the 2013 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Move Skowhegan Indian to restore its dignity
It’s commendable that attention is finally to be give to Bernard Langlais’ iconic wooden Indian statue.
Posted inOpinion
Conservatives can’t accept voters aren’t buying what they’re selling
If last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference were a papal conclave, black smoke would be billowing from the chimney at the Gaylord Convention Center.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Second Amendment meant to grow with weaponry
I absolutely disagree with the view expressed by Chance Bartlett in, “Everyone gets a musket or a flintlock pistol” (letter, March 9).
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
New chapter in renewal for downtown Augusta
I have been a strong supporter of downtown revitalization in Augusta since the 1980s. I have a public record for conservation, historic preservation and economic development, and my advocacy continues today.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
When I was a child, I spoke as a child
When my brother and I were little kids growing up, I remember one of us would say, “You can’t do anything until I say so!”