While protecting our children/students should be our first priority, President Trump needs to remember it’s not just the schools that need protecting. It’s also churches, movie theaters, concert halls, office buildings, shopping centers – and anywhere else a gunman could find a crowd. Do we put armed guards everywhere? All so the NRA can take […]

What may bring closure and relief to the non-stop hysteria, familiar to all of us as the investigation into President Trump’s alleged collusion with the Russians to influence the 2016 election, is a little known legal term known as “fruit of the poisonous tree.” This metaphor is used to describe evidence that is illegally obtained […]

Dave Ricker’s letter to “stop going after our guns: teach kids respect” raises the point that “evil does not abide in a firearm but in the heart of man.” Of course I agree with this but it raises the question, why does the U.S. have a 25.2 higher rate of gun homicide than all the […]

Re: “Slain child endured months of abuse”(Feb. 28, Page A1): The entire state of Maine failed little Marissa Kennedy. Where were the neighbors who said they heard fighting but never called police? How could they not have heard the poor child screaming for her life? When the Stockton Springs police responded to domestic abuse calls, […]

The six biggest banks in the U.S. have over $10 trillion in assets.The largest credit union in Maine has under $500 million in assets. Big banks operate to serve their shareholders while credit unions are not-for-profit and exist to serve our members. Any excess profit from a credit union is returned to our members in […]