PORTLAND For the second day in a row, defense attorney Dan Lilley aggressively challenged prosecution witnesses in an attempt to convince the jury in Merrill “Mike” Kimball’s murder trial that Kimball shot and killed Leon Kelley in self-defense in October 2013. The defense and prosecution agree Kimball, 70, shot and killed Kelley, 63, at the […]
2015
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Chiefs: Scrapping concealed weapon permit would make Maine more dangerous
PORTLAND Police chiefs from several of Maine’s largest cities joined activists Wednesday to denounce a proposal to scrap the state’s concealed-carry permitting process for a more relaxed law that would allow nearly anyone to carry a hidden handgun. “If this passes, I’m certain a tragedy will occur,” said Larry Gilbert, a former Lewiston mayor and […]
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Collaboration Essential to Budget Development
One of the most rewarding aspects of serving the Maine people in the legislature is when we get the opportunity to bring the concerns of our constituents to the front lines of the debates that take place at the State House every day. Last week, thanks to Woolwich Select Board member Allison Hepler, we had […]
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Communicating Change
I was recently introduced to the People’s World Peace Project. Anyone who isn’t aware of it should make their own introduction. The website is impressively presented and inviting with no strident “correctness.” It’s clearly a great resource for those wanting a peace oriented world community. I am one of those, and fully support its mission, […]
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Why Fund the Library?
An article in the Times Record on Tuesday, March 24, covers the Warrant for the May 13 Woolwich Town Meeting — in particular, the proposal to move the Patten Free Library’s annual funding request from a decision at Town Meeting to a later election ballot. Woolwich resident Don Adams is quoted as saying that this […]
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CALENDAR
THU/9 MISCELLANEOUS TECH HELP THURSDAY, 1-3p.m., Cundy’s Harbor Library. Drop-in tech help for eReaders, eBooks, tablets, smartphones, software/apps and other computer-related issues. JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE LECTURE, 7p.m., Morrell Reading Room, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. With speaker Kevin Levin, “Remembering the Battle of the Crater.” Free and open to […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I am heartbroken. I have an uncle “Tony” I’m close to, who is like my best friend. I was sending him pictures of a football game and he sent me back a very inappropriate picture of himself. He says it was a “mistake,” that it was supposed to go to his wife, but […]