The school board adopted a budget that calls for a 6.6% property tax increase, down from 10% under the original proposal.
Times Record
Gordon L. Weil: Xi, Putin love fest challenges free democracies
The summit between China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin amounts to a love fest between a power thirsty Communist and failed empire builder. Xi has taken total control of his country, crushed self-rule in Hong Kong and resorts to obvious lies to justify his aggressive intent. Putin faces an arrest warrant for kidnapping children, […]
Tom Purcell: Let’s get our kids behind the wheel
The sun is shining today and Spring is upon us. Such days remind me still of the excitement I knew when I turned 16 in April and was finally able to get my driver’s license — a wondrous rite of passage fewer and fewer teens choose to experience today. According to a 2019 article in […]
The Maine Idea: Invitation to the tribal dance
Politics, when accomplished effectively, resembles a dance where disparate partners create harmony – or at least something more tuneful than what came before. By that standard, some of Gov. Janet Mills’s Democratic colleagues are more adept at the delicate steps required to match the rising aspirations of Maine’s Indian tribes. Admittedly, it’s not easy. Long […]
Brunswick police take icy plunge for good cause
Brunswick police raised $2,000 for the Special Olympics of Maine.
Bowdoinham looks for solution to ambulance service struggles
The town will hold a meeting Wednesday, March 29, to discuss the future of ambulatory services.
Brunswick seeks new tech to grow quahogs faster
Brunswick town officials applied for a $15,000 state grant to pay for an upweller that would grow quahog clams faster as the shellfish face threats from warming waters.
Brunswick awaits state OK on polling site switch as June elections loom
The Brunswick Town Council in September voted to move its polling location from the junior high school to the recreation center.
Resinosa Ensemble to perform at Meetinghouse Arts in Freeport
Chamber trio Resinosa Ensemble will perform at Meetinghouse Arts in Freeport at 3 p.m. March 26. The trio features Joëlle Morris, mezzo-soprano; Bridget Convey, piano; and Eliza Meyer, cello. This ensemble came together in 2016 out of a love for performing chamber music, working with living composers and offering music slightly off the beaten path. […]
Harpswell state rep. introduces bill to support weatherizing manufactured homes
Rep. Cheryl Golek, D-Harpswell, presented L.D. 815, “An Act to Provide Energy Efficiency Program Outreach and Assistance to Manufactured Housing Residents,” before the Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee on Tuesday. The bill would require Efficiency Maine and the Maine State Housing Authority to develop an education program and conduct outreach to residents of manufactured housing […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.