Email threats sent to dozens of schools around the state Thursday prompted some Maine schools to initiate lockdowns and notify parents before police determined them to be hoaxes. Schools in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel were locked down Thursday morning, but returned to normal operations by early afternoon, according to letters sent to parents. “The nature […]
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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King’s bill to regulate assault-style weapons supported by White House, criticized by NRA
Sen. Angus King, who coauthored the bill introduced Thursday, said, ‘Our goal is simple, to save lives in Maine, New Mexico and across the country.’
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Sen. King unveils legislation to restrict deadliness of assault weapons
The Maine independent says the bill, which has been in the works for years, would ban high-capacity magazines among other things.
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Maine Bureau of Insurance warns of ACA scams, substandard plans
To find an Affordable Care Act plan, visit www.CoverME.gov.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Most police departments in Maine have never invoked yellow flag law
Portland calls the measure ‘cumbersome,’ but gun reform advocates hope to streamline the safety net allowing police to take firearms from people considered to be a threat.
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Commission investigating Lewiston shootings moves meeting location
The public session of the meeting, which will be livestreamed, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Cross Building, Room 209, in Augusta.
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Maine’s yellow flag law used 14 times since Lewiston shootings
The law has come under scrutiny because it was not used to remove weapons from the man who killed 18 people in Lewiston on Oct. 25
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Lois Galgay Reckitt, women’s rights activist and South Portland lawmaker, dies at 78
Reckitt was the longtime director of Family Crisis Services in Portland and was the driving force behind Maine’s proposed Equal Rights Amendment.
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Golden adds his voice to call for assault weapons ban as shootings reignite national debate
‘I will work with any colleague to get this done in the time that I have left in Congress,’ said the 2nd-District Democrat, who previously opposed a ban.
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New law expanding abortion access in Maine goes into effect Wednesday
Dana Peirce, of Yarmouth, is glad that her story of having to travel to Colorado for an abortion helped inspire the new law that will keep other women from having to go through a similar ordeal.