AUGUSTA — Kennebec Valley Chamber of commerce will host a highly informative and timely discussion at its Business Insider Breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday at Senator Inn & Spa.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Banning cars makes more sense than banning guns
I have a response for Marion Schmidt (letter, “2 suggestions to add to list of questions for NRA,” Dec. 27).
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Not paranoia to prepare for outbreak of violence
In response to Bill Nemitz’s column (“A closer look into Justin’s world,” Dec. 28), I’d like to take a closer look into Nemitz’s world.
Posted inSports
BASEBALL: Reddick happy to come back to Maine
PORTLAND — In the middle of January. Georgia native Josh Reddick will leave his southern comfort and take a plane to Portland, Maine.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: Senate should base Hagel vote only on ability
In choosing former Sen. Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, has President Barack Obama made an “in your face” appointment, as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., complains?
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Ours is a culture of violence
So much has been written about guns and the recent event in Newtown, Conn., that I am reluctant to add more.
Posted inOpinion
JOSEPH REISERT: Not everything US committed to spend money on really is a ‘debt’
The federal government already has borrowed all the money it’s allowed to borrow under current law, a total of $16.4 trillion. That limit is the so-called “debt ceiling,” and our country reached it on Dec. 31.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
It’d be nice to have no worries in life
It sure seems like the chance of a Congress and a president that cooperate and compromise to work toward some progress is long gone with the fiscal cliff challenge they faced and fumbled.
Posted inPolitics
MaineCare budget cuts loom over thousands
An estimated 20,000 will be affected by federally approved eligibility changes. Many expect to struggle to get health care and make ends meet.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Bulldogs hold off Saints comeback attempt
FARMINGDALE — The outcome looked bleak for the Hall-Dale boys basketball team after 6-foot-6 center Sam Shepherd went down with a sprained ankle in the first quarter and didn’t return.