MONDAY Winter Skills / 6 p.m. in Falmouth The Maine Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club is hosting a winter skills workshop at Maine Audubon. AMC Maine Chapter leaders Peter Broderick and Laura Flight will discuss clothing, gear, snow travel and other essential knowledge to prepare yourself for outdoor outings in the winter. This event […]
2012
Posted inNews
Adam Lanza attempted, failed to purchase his own gun, sources say
NEWTOWN, Conn. – Adam Lanza, the suspect in the suburban Connecticut elementary school shooting rampage, tried to purchase a “long gun” rifle from a local shop but was turned away because he did not want to wait for the required 14-day background check, law enforcement sources said Saturday. As the western Connecticut town of Newtown […]
advertisement
Posted inNews
Gunman’s weapons all capable of massive punch
The Bushmaster rifle he carried fires high-velocity bullets that explode in tissue.
Posted inNews
Latest massacre expected to prompt gun-control action
President Obama has said he supports reinstating an assault weapons ban and more background checks.
Posted inNews
Bill Nemitz: Again, NRA has much to answer for
I have 20 questions for the National Rifle Association — one for each of the schoolchildren massacred Friday in Newtown, Conn.: 1. Why, more than 24 hours after the horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, had no NRA official uttered a single word of sympathy for the victims? 2. Why, over the same period, […]
Posted inNews
The toll of a tragedy
Grim details emerge as police release the names of those lost in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
Posted inNews
Maine hostage horror recalled as state grapples with response
The former principal of a Stockton Springs school urges parents to protect their kids.
Posted inNews
In high school, Adam Lanza often withdrew
A high school security chief said the shooter ‘could take flight’ at any moment.
Posted inNews
Sympathy for tragedy spans globe
Messages of condolence are accompanied by calls to honor the victims by passing stronger gun laws.
Posted inNews
Region reviews security after school massacre
Officials say public schools have policies in place in the event of a security breach.