2013
Agencies tilting at windmills
Now we know why it was important that a Republicancontrolled Legislature rejected Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to abolish the Board of Environmental Protection in 2011. Killing BEP wasn’t a point that attracted the most attention in the lobbyist-written “environmental rollback” agenda. Those items included gutting the kidsafe product act and zoning 3 million acres of […]
Guns kill people, and they do it well
To the Editor: Guns do kill people. Killing is what they are designed for. When you need one for protection, you rely on that reality. A gun’s proficiency exceeds the proficiency of most gun users. A gun rarely kills someone on its own. Regarding hunting, semiautomatics and shotguns have never been very sporting, and are […]
Bath Food Pantry thanks community
To the Editor: The Bath United Methodist Church wishes to thank the citizens of Bath for their generosity in gifts of food and funds for the Bath Food Pantry. As in previous years, we set up a table in front of Brackett’s Market on a Saturday and, while we have always been received with generous […]
Second prosecutor is shot to death in Texas
KAUFMAN, Texas After the daylight assassination of his deputy two months ago, Mike McLelland, the district attorney in largely rural Kaufman County, responded with a flash of angered bravado, denigrating the perpetrators as “scum” and vowing to hunt them down. “I hope that the people that did this are watching, because we’re very confident that […]
Witness: Man yelled about God after church killing
ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Witnesses say the 25-year-old man accused of walking into an Ohio church and fatally shooting his father after an Easter service was yelling about God and Allah after the killing. Police say Reshad Riddle walked into the Hiawatha Church of God in Christ in Ashtabula and killed his father, 52-year-old Richard […]
Holmes to hear if prosecutors will seek execution
CENTENNIAL, Colo. After a week of legal twists and turns, James Holmes will find out today if he could face execution if convicted in the Colorado theater attack that killed 12 people. Behind-the-scenes maneuvering erupted into a public quarrel between prosecutors and the defense over Holmes’ public offer to plead guilty, but the two sides […]
Robert “Bob” Zildjian
BRUNSWICK — Robert “Bob” Zildjian, 89, of Brunswick, Maine, passed away March 28th, 2013 at his home in Brunswick, Maine. Bob was born to the late Avedis Zildjian and Alice (Sally) Francis Zildjian (nee Goodale), July 14, 1923, in Boston, MA. He graduated from Dartmouth College class of 1945, and married Margaret Williamina (Willi) McTavish […]
Medical marijuana workers unionize
HALLOWELL (AP) — Employees at Maine’s largest medical marijuana dispensary group have unionized, but the head of the company that employs more than 40 people won’t say if they’ll recognize the union, officials say. The Friday announcement that many of the employees of Wellness Connection of Maine had unionized came days after the Maine Department […]
Gas company holding job fair in Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — A company involved in a natural gas distribution project in central Maine plans a job fair in Augusta to fill 45 positions. Summit Natural Gas of Maine will hold the job fair on Wednesday at the Senator Inn in Augusta. The company’s looking to fill positions for permanent non-construction jobs at the […]