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Council discusses abolishing a committee
Discussion draws ire

Gray--The Community Economic Development Committee supporters said that the CEDC has been mugged, vilified, and shamed. The Town Council says that the CEDC is negative, unprofessional, and unproductive. And that was the best part of the discussion. ... more

MCLU Hails Victory in Augusta Free-Speech Case
Gray moves to repeal its own Mass Gathering Ordinance

Gray--On Thursday, December 22, 2005, Bangor U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., issued an order striking down Augusta's restrictions on the rights of peaceful protesters to march and gather in the state capital, holding that protesting "commands this Court's protection." ... more

News Briefs:

--Log Cabin Republicans Launch New Chapter in Maine
--Homeland Security Task Force to Hold Public Meetings in Presque Isle, Saco, and Bangor
--2006 Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Week
--Music and Gospel Concert
--Maine Project Learning Tree Introduces New Curriculum
--The Public Theatre Receives $5000 Grant from Maine Community Foundation ... more

My New Year's Resolution
U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)

It's a New Year and people are making resolutions to turn over a new leaf and reexamine their lives. Some people will strive to lose weight, others to spend more time with friends and loved ones, and others to just get by. I also have plans for 2006 - and that is to continue to work for the people of Maine. ... more

School News :
--District
--Dunn School
--Memorial School
--Lunch Menus ... more

Preparing for Winter Emergencies
Citizen Corps Hosts Safety Seminar
(Postponed from December)

We all know how challenging Maine winters can be. But we get used to them. Perhaps sometimes we take our winter safety a little too much for granted. Do you have enough ... more

Commentary:
Dear Sound Off Writer,

I can address your recent anonymous comment regarding MSAD #15 administrators not supporting food donations to benefit the Gray Food Pantry. more

Prying by the press exposes spying on Americans
Inside the First Amendment
By Paul K. McMasters, First Amendment Center

Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that since shortly after the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001 the National Security Agency, whose mission is to monitor the communications of foreigners outside our borders, has been focusing its futuristic spy technology on Americans. ... more