As the Legislature labored on into the night Thursday, more than a few lawmakers must have wondered whether this was really “veto day,” usually a quick tidying up of loose ends, or another end-of-session marathon where debate continues as the sun comes up. It didn’t last quite that long, but lawmakers had never been asked […]
May 2014
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Gerry Adams and the IRA
Silence sometimes speaks eloquently. The haunting, whispery voice of Jean McConville —a widowed mother of ten assassinated by the Irish Republican Army— pleadingly asked only to be found and for justice to be done. After an IRA bullet in the back of her head brutally ended her life, Jean had been secretly buried below the […]
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Rules of the road
To the Editor: I would like to thank you for the Rules of the road editorial in May 1st Times Record. I am compelled to point out two errors and an omission. For pedestrians walking on a path that supports bikes, you said “keep to the right.” While that may make sense on some paths, […]
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Letter of Thanks
To the Editor: Wiscasset Feed our Scholars would like to extend a hearty thank you to all who took part in the spaghetti supper/silent auction event at St. Phillips Church on April 5. At the supper, $2,500, enough to feed 10 children during the 2014-15 school year, was raised. Without the donors, the workers, the […]
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Panel to re-examine Malaysia plane data
SYDNEY (AP) — An international panel of experts will re-examine all data gathered in the nearly two-month hunt for the missing Malaysia jet to ensure search crews who have been scouring a desolate patch of ocean for the plane have been looking in the right place, officials said today. Senior officials from Malaysia, Australia and […]
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S.Korean government to make ferry changes
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean government is scrambling to fix what the prime minister calls the “deep-rooted evils” that contributed to last month’s ferry sinking, which left more than 300 people dead or missing. As investigators probe cozy links between the shipping industry and its regulators, Seoul has promised new monitoring and […]
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Pistorius trial moves into 7th week
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumed today after a two-week recess, with the defense team calling its fourth witness in an attempt to bolster the doubleamputee athlete’s case that he killed his girlfriend by mistake last year. The trial moved into its seventh week with testimony from Johan Stander, the […]
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Vatican grilled on priest abuse scandal
GENEVA (AP) — In its second grilling at the United Nations this year, the Vatican today sought to limit its responsibility for the global priest sex abuse scandal by undercutting arguments it has violated an international treaty against torture and inhuman treatment. The Vatican delegation’s appearance in Geneva is the first time that the committee […]
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Syria clashes kill 21 rebels in Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) — Fierce fighting around Syria’s contested northern province of Aleppo killed at least 21 rebels today as rockets slammed into a governmentheld district in the provincial capital, killing nine people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that along with the 21 rebels, at least 30 soldiers were killed or wounded in […]
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Crossover overtime!
BATH For the past few years, Freeport’s Karin Kurry and Morse’s Linda Levesque have fought for crossover games in girls high school lacrosse. If Saturday’s 10-9 overtime win by Kurry’s Falcons at McMann Field is the way crossover contests are headed, the concept may stick around for a while. “The coaches have worked really hard […]