The groups tailor their message to what they see as the most glaring legal loophole: the largely unregulated private firearms market on the Internet and at gun shows.
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Jesse Jackson Jr., wife, both sentenced to prison
The former congressman gets 30 months for scheming to spend campaign funds on personal items, and his wife gets one year for filing false income tax returns.
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Young activists pedal through Freeport
Most college students spend their summers working, and the five students who comprise the Climate Riders are no different – except these kids are working to change the world, one town at a time, on bicycle across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. “Our mission this summer is to grow the social movement away from coal, […]
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Freeport News – 8/14
Sailing away at the library Libraries are wonderful places to lose yourself. In Freeport, besides the books and the movies and the lectures by visiting authors, an art show is mounted each month that showcases the local talent. This month a collection of small, framed watercolors by Sharon Renk-Greenlaw are on display, perched atop the […]
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Discontented investor quits J.C. Penney board
William Ackman’s exit should quiet the recent drama as the company works to right the ship.
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Down to the last puffs
I was looking through the real estate section of the paper the other day and had the feeling I was on another planet, or in Massachusetts, which is about the same thing. I was struck by the astronomical numbers pasted underneath pictures of very modest looking Maine houses. It’s not that I’m unaware of what’s […]
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Our View: Bad farm policy gets worse with stalemate
Cutting food aid and increasing subsidies is no way to promote access to healthy foods.
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Maine furniture conservers doing a Capitol job
The Brunswick couple will work on-site in the Senate wing, then move some pieces to their studio.
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Lakes Region Calendar – 8/9
Until Aug. 16: The Summer Food Service Program in Gray-New Gloucester, sponsored by the MSAD 15 Food Services Department and supported by the Preble Street Maine Hunger Initiative in partnership with the Liberty Family Foundation, will be offering a free lunch to all kids and teens under the age of 18. There is no application […]
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Deertrees Theatre closes 2013 summer season next week
The 2013 season at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison draws to a close this next week, but not before another five performances, that should have wide audience appeal, grace the stage. On Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 7:30 p.m., the theatre hosts the fifth and final concert of the Sebago Long Lake Music Festival. On Thursday Aug. […]