Staff at The Times Record received several awards Saturday at the Maine Press Association annual conference in South Portland. Reporter Hannah LaClaire took home the Bob Drake Young Writer’s Award, which is given to a journalist with less than two years of experience. LaClaire, who joined The Times Record in 2018, covers the communities of Brunswick and Freeport, which includes Bowdoin College and the ongoing redevelopment of […]
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US Navy announces name of future Bath-built destroyer
BATH — On Wednesday, U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer named a future Bath Iron Works-built destroyer, DDG 134, after Navy Hospitalman John E. Kilmer, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service during the Korean War. The future USS John E. Kilmer, is named after a medical field technician with the Fleet […]
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Ankeles to host October public office hours
BRUNSWICK – Brunswick at-large town councilor Dan Ankeles will hold public office hours on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Room 117 of the Brunswick Town Office. “Right now Brunswick is as busy as it has ever been,” said Ankeles. “This is a good chance to check in and ask about or discuss any town-level issue or just to […]
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Despite quarantines, Midcoast Humane adoption kitten event to go on
BRUNSWICK — Midcoast Humane’s Kittenfest adoption event will continue this weekend while the shelter continues to treat several cats that recently fell ill with an upper respiratory infection in the shelter’s adoption areas. The event is slated for 1-4 p.m. Sunday at Moderation Brewing in Brunswick. Kittens available at the event have been quarantined since entering the shelter so they […]
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Forum on fake news in Bath
On Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m., Patten Free Library in Bath will host a talk by former journalist and retired executive Chet Lunner on the subject of fake news. “Lunner has a 360-degree perspective on fake news, the First Amendment, and an inside-the-Beltway view of the national government,” states a news release from Patten Free Library. “Lunner has been a Maine newspaper editor, Congressional […]
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‘We live show-to-show’: Bath theater, arts center look for ways to attract audiences, remain viable
BATH — As the Studio Theatre cast of “The Producers” prepares to sing “Springtime for Hitler” for the final time, their goal is twofold – break legs and break even. “Oftentimes you hear of people living paycheck-to-paycheck. Well we live show-to-show,” said Marc Rodriguez, producer of “The Producers” and president of the Studio Theatre board […]
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Firefighters injured when firetrucks collide in Knox County
ST. GEORGE — Two firetrucks collided, with one rolling on its side and injuring three firefighters, while crews were heading to a reported building on fire on Clark Island Road early Thursday afternoon. The crash occurred along the narrow road leading from Route 73 to Clark Island. An Owls Head pumper tank truck ended up […]
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Maine briefs: Man implicated in unsolved 1990s rapes to be arraigned; UMaine’s manufacturing center slated for upgrades; USDA investing in coastal Maine sewer improvements
Man implicated in unsolved 1990s rapes to be arraigned FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man who fled Massachusetts 16 years ago and was arrested in Maine this summer will be arraigned in connection with a pair of unsolved rapes from the 1990s. Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn says 61-year-old Ivan Keith […]
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Opponents of new vaccine law will get their shot at overturning it at the polls
Next March, voters will decide the fate of a new state law that eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccines in Maine. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap announced Thursday that a people’s veto drive to overturn the law had collected enough valid voter signatures over the summer to put the question on the presidential […]
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Homeless Veterans Stand Down ‘got the ball rolling’ for veteran to find housing, work
Last year, U.S. Army veteran Jason Baker found himself homeless, staying at Bread of Life Ministries Housing in Augusta. “I wasn’t sure what I was going to be doing with the rest of my life,” he said. A veteran in the U.S. Army, serving from 1996 to 1998 at Fort McClellan in Alabama, his change […]