Liz White
Number of articles: 3First article: October 22, 2004
Latest article: November 5, 2004
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Hitching a ride with the police
You don?t have to break the law to take a ride with Brunswick Police, just dress nicely
I spent two hours on patrol with Officer Roma of the Brunswick Police Department last Sunday afternoon?so I guess you could say I was a police officer for Halloween. As long as you are willing to sign a waiver, saying, among other things, that you will "dress appropriately," anyone, any day, can go on patrol with a Brunswick police officer as part of their "Ride-a-Long" public relations program.
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A Day in Maine: Political ideology from the mainland reaches Vinalhaven Island
One of two views of Vinalhaven
Two weekends ago I took the ferry to Vinalhaven, an island off the coast of Rockland. Posted next to the ticket window was an FBI watch list reading, "On May 26, Director Mueller and Attorney General Ashcroft held a press conference to call renewed attention to seven individuals believed to pose a real and present danger to US interests around the world?perhaps especially this summer and fall, a time of high profile public events that may well serve as a lightening rod to terrorist attacks."
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Berlin to Brunswick
Political videoconference connects students across the Atlantic
A small group of Bowdoin students participated in a video conference on US foreign policy with students from the Free University in Berlin last Thursday.