CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A passenger aboard a US Airways flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Fort Myers, Fla., was arrested after attacking crew members before being wrestled to the floor. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon, just hours after passengers aboard a Jet- Blue flight from New York to Las Vegas wrestled down the plane’s agitated […]
March 2012
Sandra J. Reed
BATH — Sandra “Sandy” J. Reed died Sunday, March 25, 2012 will be forever etched in our hearts as we said goodbye to a beloved daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, friend and aunt, Sandra J. Reed of Bath. She died peacefully in her home surrounded with love. She was born in Bath on March 5, 1949. […]
Walter E. Cunningham Jr.
BATH — Walter E. Cunningham Jr., 81, of Congress Ave, Bath, passed away on Friday, March 24th, 2012. He was born in Bath on May 12, 1930 the son of Walter and Lela (Horford) Cunningham. He grew up in Georgetown and attended school there until the 5th grade when he was forced to leave the […]
Stanley John Brzoza
VERMONT — Stanley John Brzoza, 87, died Monday, March 26, 2012, in Brunswick, Maine. [email protected]
Cash takes fun out of pro sports
Recent controversies in American sports highlight why some fans may prefer college and youth athletics to professional competition — top-level money changes everything. One NFL story which garnered nationwide attention was quarterback Peyton Manning changing teams and signing with the Denver Broncos. To his credit, Manning, an elite superstar, handled his free agency without self-promotional […]
Lobbyists, guns and money
Florida’s now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening without facing arrest, let alone prosecution, sounds crazy — and it is. And it’s tempting to dismiss this law as the work of ignorant yahoos. But similar laws have been pushed across the nation, not by ignorant yahoos, but by big […]
Unholy alliance
To the editor: I see Michael Heath and Paul Madore are at it again, with arguments against same sex marriage as vacuous and inane as in 2009. What is so special about being allowed to marry the person you want to? It’s not as though the proposed law is in any way restrictive. Under the […]
Sitting ducks
To the editor: I was on the committee for designing and building the current Woolwich Town Office. There was only one person who did tax collection, town clerk business and registered motor vehicles. Don’t tell me there are more people now, because we old people are dying off. We had just as many positions to […]
Ireland sets date for EU fiscal treaty vote
DUBLIN (AP) — Bailed-out Ireland announced Tuesday it will stage a referendum on the European fiscal treaty on May 31, a vote whose outcome could help boost international confidence in the country — or block it from accessing further aid. The campaign will pit a government that describes the treaty as a path to renewed […]