BRUNSWICK — With plans to move municipal offices to the first two floors of the downtown McLellan Building in 2014, the Brunswick Town Council during a special meeting Tuesday voted 6-3 to reject an offer of $2 million to put the building back in Bowdoin College’s hands. Last fall, the town reached an agreement with the […]

LEWISTON — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is once again sponsoring Maine Garden Day on April 14 at Lewiston High School. Registration is $50, which includes breakfast and lunch, a trade show and an opportunity to take up to four workshops. Limited scholarships are available. This year, in response to increased demand for information […]

In a perfect world, I would not be allowed to take my kids shopping for baseball gear. In a perfect world, their dad would do it. Dustin is much better suited for the task, because, first, he is less likely to be sucked into clever marketing ploys, such as “ baseball checklists” hanging from the […]

NEW YORK — Most cars are just that: Four tires and an engine. And then there’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the flying version born of Ian Fleming’s imagination and the namesake of the James Bond creator’s only book for children. That’s a big driver’s seat to slide into, especially when you add Dick Van Dyke in […]

Despite a spate of warm weather, it’s still early spring. In my world maple sap is running, a little snow is still in the woods and foolish ( early bird) robins are losing weight while waiting for the earthworms to surface. It’s still too early to rake my lawn as it’s pretty soggy. My flower […]

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Robert Long at 729-3311. A story about “The Light Is On For You” initiative of All Saints Parish — located on page A11 Friday — contained incorrect dates […]

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s military bombed an oil field in South Sudan today, a South Sudan official said, as a dangerous flare-up in border violence appeared to scuttle plans for a presidential summit between the two countries. Unity State Minister of Information Gideon Gatpan said Sudan dropped at least three bombs near oil […]

ATLANTIC, Va. ( AP) — After several delays, NASA has launched five rockets from Virginia that are part of a study of the upper level jet stream. The rockets began blasting off just before 5 a.m. Tuesday from NASA’s space center on Wallops Island. Bad weather had postponed other planned launches last week. The Anomalous […]

TOKYO ( AP) — A strong earthquake shook northern Japan today, but no damage was reported and there was no risk of a tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency recorded a 6.4 preliminary magnitude. The agency said there may be a small change in sea levels but did not issue tsunami warnings. The epicenter was off […]