She’s been the deputy director of Franklin County Emergency Management Agency since October 2012.
June 2020
Posted inbPlus
In a word: Of tongues, sardine-eating cats and tricky spellings
Think you’re a good speller? Could you write “On Wednesday February twelfth I’ll definitely learn the judgment of my foreign amateur status” without resorting to spellcheck, or to that little rhyme about vowels, or even (gasp) the dictionary? I don’t think I could. Even the good people at Merriam-Webster sometimes throw in the towel when […]
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What it’s like being a sign language interpreter on TV during a pandemic
You’ve seen them. You’ve admired them. You’ve wondered who the heck they are.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Expired stickers and dangling parts
You got nothing on me, copper Ranking Lewiston police officers are retiring left and right these days and it’s bumming me out. Most of these guys began their careers around the same time I started at the paper, which leads me to believe that those weasels did a better job planning their exit strategies than […]
Posted inPerspective
Police are waging a war on crime. Is that the problem?
Sometimes, civilian police forces look and act like military units. Some police officers say that’s the problem.
Posted inPerspective
Militarization has fostered a policing culture that sets up protesters as ‘the enemy’
The unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd after being pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis police officer has left parts of U.S. cities looking like a battle zone. Night after night, angry protesters have taken to the street. So too have police officers dressed in full riot gear and backed by an […]
Posted inPerspective
I’m a cop. I won’t fight a ‘war’ on crime the way I fought the war on terror.
The failed strategy I participated in for years as a CIA officer is not how to police people I consider my neighbors. It’s not how to police at all.
Posted inMaine
DA has no authority to prosecute ex-officer in fatal 2007 shooting, attorney general says
District Attorney Natasha Irving said she would move ahead with prosecuting former Waldoboro police Officer Zachary Curtis if Attorney General Aaron Frey failed to act.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Poland High’s Class of 2020 told they are ready for whatever the future holds
Poland Regional High School graduates 118 students.
Posted inMaine
Pandemic money delayed for some needy families
The P-EBT program was supposed to help Maine’s poorest families buy food during the pandemic, but delays with the EBT card manufacturer mean it’ll be weeks before some get the money.