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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Plum Councilman Says Borough, School Officials Need to Talk About Safety

Plum Councilman Keith Nowalk addressed the Plum School Board about school safety on Tuesday.

A Plum councilman says borough officials are willing to meet with school district officials to discuss safety plans. At Tuesday's school board meeting, Councilman Keith Nowalk addressed the board, saying there needs to be an open dialogue about safety in school buildings following last week's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT—20 first grade students and six staff members were killed. The district currently has one school resource officer—Plum police officer Mark Kost—stationed at the high school. Nowalk said the borough administration already has been directed to open up a dialogue with district administration and the Plum Police Department to "address, improve and ensure every student and teacher's safety. "This …

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Should Lawmakers Re-examine Gun Laws in Wake of Connecticut Shooting?

All of the 20 children killed Friday were age 6 or 7.

Within hours of Friday’s mass shooting in Newton, Conn., that left 27 people, including 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary, dead, gun-control debates began raging across the country. The shooter, identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, was armed with an assault rifle and two semiautomatic pistols, according to Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance. All of the weapons were registered to and legally owned by his mother, Nancy Lanza, who was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds at her home. In the days since the shootings, some Democrats in Congress have been pushing for more gun restrictions in the United States, including a ban on military-style assault weapons. While President Barack Obama has not specifically mentioned gun control in …

John

11:37 am on Friday, December 21, 2012

Kim what do you think we should do about all rap videos that glorify violence degrade women or video games being played by elementary school children whose parents have to buy them for them and do so. And how does the NRA profit from gun sales? Shame on you for having your head up some where that keeps you from seeing the truth. It's the decline of morals in this country that makes it ok to kill …   more ›

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