Recently, I attended the Impeach LePage rally in Augusta. The Impeach group, of which I was a part, was exercising its civil right to peaceful assembly when a group of LePage supporters moved close to us and began shouting “Paul LePage, Paul LePage, Paul LePage” over and over again in an effort to disrupt our […]
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M. Bernier: How about hypocrisy?
Does anyone else find something almost sadly comical in the Sun Journal story (June 5), “LePage talks bullying” to Brunswick Junior High School students? Gov. LePage? Bullying? Really? How about hypocrisy? Come on now … just look at his history of tirades. Bullying is not a laughing matter; however, actions speak louder than words. Now […]
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R. Melendy: LePage saga continues
Gov. Paul LePage rules the state like an authoritarian dictator who does not adhere to democratic principles of government. He has emasculated the state Attorney General’s Office by refusing to cooperate with Attorney General Janet Mills. He doesn’t accept her judicial decisions and refuses to fill vacancies in her office. He also wants to hire […]
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E. Leight: Why does the public support LePage?
I understand that Gov. LePage was re-elected by a wide margin, but I don’t understand the voters of Maine. I thought I did, by reputation and personal experience, but it turns out I don’t. The results of the last election were stunning to me. LePage has been a laughingstock in the national press for years. […]
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D. LaBranche: A form of bullying
Isn’t it a form of bullying when a governor refuses to sign some financial orders at the Attorney General’s Office in order to try to force the attorney general to act and think as he does (“LePage refuses to fund prosecutors …” Sun Journal, Jan. 15)? Or to force a community college president to resign […]
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Sabrina Lyon: Parents can help put an end to bullying
Cyber-bullying can be described as being tormented, threatened, harassed or embarrassed, using the Internet to do so in a public forum with the ability of reaching a large audience. Bullying can be described as mentally tormenting, causing embarrassment or threatening physical harm in a public area using a smaller audience but with the same damaging […]
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EL students: Suicide connected to bullying
Students should not have to worry about going to school or going on the Internet and wonder what bad thing is going to happen. Bullying was once limited to name calling and school-yard fights. Bullying has taken a more serious turn, turning to violence and suicide. Bullying victims are 2 to 9 times more likely […]
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Texas dad alleges bullying in 91-0 football game
Now the coach is facing formal accusations of bullying. The impressive victory for undefeated Aledo High School, a football powerhouse in suburban Fort Worth that has put up similar numbers against other schools, has forced an investigation after a parent from the opposing team filed a bullying complaint. The complaint, which must be investigated under […]
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A. Labbe: One against a few
As I walked along a downtown Lewiston street recently, I witnessed a young woman getting bullied by a couple boys. I watched a young man step out of the group of boys and stand in front of the young woman in an attempt to shield her from the bullying from his friends. As I got […]
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Bullying program in place at Rangeley school
RANGELEY — The School Board heard a detailed program on bullying and approved a music instructor at Tuesday’s meeting. First-grade teacher Donna Brown presented an overview of the problem of bullying and detailed strategies for dealing with it. Brown recently graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington with a master’s degree in early childhood […]