February 2020

The Feb. 19 Town Council meeting is an opportunity for residents to make their voices heard.

Superintendent’s Notebook: Building resilient minds

by Becky Foley February 13, 2020February 10, 2020

“You want children to be able to handle setbacks, and hardship, and failure. So that someday, when they move out of the house, they can handle a problem at work, issues with a roommate at college, failing a test,” says social worker Amy Morin, author of the book “13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do.” According […]

Times Record Opinion

Tom Purcell: How to renew the dying art of romance? Ask our elders

by Tom Purcell Guest column February 13, 2020February 12, 2020

The day my Mother and Father met, he was arguing with some high school friends about whether a slice of lemon would corrode the coating on a porcelain sink. “I never came across any man quite like your Father,” my Mother says, still happily befuddled by the stubborn old fellow. Their meeting in 1950 began […]

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Honor society aids students

February 13, 2020February 7, 2020

Funds donated to York County Community Action to assist YCCC pupils.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Vaccine mandate violates our liberties as citizens

February 13, 2020February 12, 2020

I don’t understand how one can deny my children access to schools you force me to pay for because I refuse to jab them in the arm with needles. As a property owner in the state of Maine and as someone who dutifully pays their income tax every year, I know we have borne a […]

Bicentennial, Local & State, News

On this date in Maine history: Feb. 13

by Joseph Owen February 13, 2020March 30, 2020

Feb. 13, 2019: The town of Skowhegan and the Main Street Skowhegan organization receive confirmation from Guinness World Records that their community set the world record for moose calling on June 9, 2018. On that date, registered Maine guide Robert Lambert led 1,054 people in a thunderous moose call that lasted 30 seconds during the Skowhegan […]

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: A week of lessons learned by Sen. Collins and the nation

by The Editorial Board February 13, 2020February 13, 2020

Following Republican senators’ capitulation in the impeachment trial, nothing is stopping President Trump from settling scores and seizing power.

Times Record Opinion

Gary Anderson: The sad solace of even worse bad actors

by Gary Anderson Guest column February 13, 2020February 11, 2020

From what I caught of the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearings it seemed pretty clear that the constitutional consensus presented by the Democrats was sufficient to warrant an indictment. The heart of the matter was whether or not the president had put his own ambition of reelection ahead of what was best for the country […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Romney’s, King’s conviction votes show self-reflection

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020

I am deeply grateful for Sen. Angus King’s integrity and for the action he took following his oath as U.S. senator-juror in the president’s impeachment trial. I honor what I consider the depth of his self-reflection – and Sen. Mitt Romney’s as well. Given the utter centrality of oath-taking in the trial, I offer these […]