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Judge considers case for religious privilege in Windham man’s upcoming murder trial

by Megan Gray January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

Noah Gaston is charged in the shooting death of his wife, and the defense wants to block testimony by two church leaders who spoke with him that day.

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A safety plan for school children

by Robert Hamm April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

If I were charged with developing the best safety plan for school children in Maine, I would ask the National Rifle Association and the National Association of Social Workers to work together to devise a plan. The NASW would be asked to prepare a plan for early identification and treatment of students who were showing […]

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Violence in the schools

by James Tierney April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Students should be thanked for insisting that the public hears them when they say they wish to feel safe, while they try to study. It is their job. and they need to come to adulthood well prepared for the challenges they will meet. In addition, adults should want those students to be safe and do […]

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Students restoring pride in America

by Jim Keough April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

I love guns. I look at them the same way that some people look at paintings. I admire their craftsmanship and design. Things like a schnabel forend, twin barrels, or just the simplicity of a break-down single barrel merits my wonder and appreciation. It distresses me to see the mess the National Rifle Association has […]

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Keep America strong and free

by Beverly Spofford April 1, 2018April 2, 2018

I thank MSNBC. On Saturday, March 24, it showed the young people’s March For Our Lives with no commercial interruption. Those young people have strong and powerful voices and are not afraid to speak out. I look forward to seeing them someday take over the U.S. Congress and the presidency. One spoke of “coming together, […]

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Don't forget the human element

by Janet Kinney April 1, 2018April 2, 2018

Don’t panic. Just remember, murder is against the law in America. Also, without the human element, lethal weapons never kill living creatures. Janet Kinney, Jay

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Student activists poisoning public gun debate

by Rich Lowry March 31, 2018March 31, 2018

All you needed to know about student activist David Hogg’s speech at the “March for Our Lives” in Washington, D.C., over the weekend was that he affixed a price tag on the microphone to symbolize how much National Rifle Association money Sen. Marco Rubio took for the lives of students in Florida. The stunt wasn’t […]

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Address students' concerns

by Anita Campbell March 31, 2018March 31, 2018

In a recent discussion with my 18-year-old granddaughter, she shared the experience of attending the March for Our Lives event in Portland and articulated her position on gun control in an informed and eloquent manner. She told me, “As I go to school every day, I think about what might happen if there was a […]

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Cars are not built for killing

by Dana Philippon March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

This is in response to Mary Jane Newell’s letter (March 25) titled, “No to gun control.” She states that drivers between the ages of 16 and 17 are nearly nine times more likely to have an accident than middle-aged drivers. There are more deaths from auto accidents than guns. Are those people being killed intentionally? […]

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Balancing gun rights with common-sense restrictions

by Leonard Pitts Jr. March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

So there you are, cowering under your desk. From the hallway, you hear the pop! pop! pop! of gunfire, along with the shrieks of the terrified and moans of the dying. The good guy with a gun? Maybe he’s crouched outside the building. Maybe he’s dead in the break room. Whichever, he’s not there. And […]