SKOWHEGAN — Bing and Lisa Marshall of Skowhegan announce the engagement of their daughter Sierra Marshall, to Michael Dodge, son of Tom Dodge of Canaan and Lisa and Kevin Foster of Skowhegan.
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Offer supervised visitation to dad’s family
Dear Annie: My ex-husband and I have been divorced for three years. It was his idea. He cheated on me with several women.
DANA MILBANK: Gerrymandering proves to be Republicans’ biggest friend
As a new Congress convenes, it has become an unquestioned truth among Republicans that their party has as much of a mandate as President Barack Obama because voters returned them to power in the House.
COMMENTARY: Debunking nine myths of gun-control debate
So many myths and misunderstandings about gun control, from all sides of the debate, and so little time! Here goes:
OUR OPINION: Let’s hope Snowe’s spirit of compromise will live on in Congress
An era ended on Tuesday when the U.S. Senate passed a hastily negotiated deal to take the nation off the brink of automatic spending cuts and tax increases that could have sent the economy back into recession.
Assault rifles are weapons of mass destruction
It’s time for a new phrase to enter the conversation on gun control: personal weapons of mass destruction.
Gun culture promotes using them against other humans
The shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut was a terrible tragedy. But the National Rifle Association’s proposal of having armed guards in every school in the country makes such horrible events even more likely, not less.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: The real Obama is back
The rout was complete, the retreat disorderly. President Barack Obama got his tax increases — naked of spending cuts — passed by the ostensibly Republican House of Representatives.
OUR OPINION: Find out why people move here; build on it
To the people who moved to Maine in 2012: Welcome, we’re glad you are here.
COMMENTARY: Insult added to Penn State victims’ injuries
Just three days into 2013, we have a strong contender for Dunce of the Year.