The Bath Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee capped National Bike Month by leading an hour-long ride around the city with breaks to discuss past and future infrastructure projects.
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Dick Polman: Pennsylvania could elect America’s first fascist governor
The writer Alan Furst has shrewdly observed, “Fascism famously stomps around in jackboots, but it sometimes wears carpet slippers, padding about softly on the edges of one’s life, and in a way that is worse.” And so here we are, in my home state of Pennsylvania, face to face with the worst. No need for […]
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Jase Graves: No, it’s not COVID
For the past few weeks, I’ve been engaged in a WWE cage match against allergies. No, it’s not COVID. I promise, it’s not COVID. Really, even when I blow my nose so loudly that it triggers nearby home and car alarm systems, it’s still not COVID. It’s pretty sad that I feel obliged to defend […]
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Local roundup: Freeport baseball shut out by Cape Elizabeth
Colin Smith scores on a balk to nab lone run for Capers; Morse baseball, Brunswick lacrosse teams fall.
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David Treadwell: The 400th Birthday for ‘Just a Little Old’
This is the 400th piece I’ve written for my weekly “Just a Little Old” column. That’s nearly 3 million words, for better or worse, over nearly eight years. Thanks to the Times Record for giving me the chance to have my voice heard. Some reflections: It’s been a pleasure to celebrate people who are making […]
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Guest column: Harpswell island looking for docent
Two miles off the coast of Harpswell, in beautiful Casco Bay, lies Eagle Island, the summer home of Admiral Robert E. Peary, America’s foremost Arctic explorer recognized as the discoverer of the North Pole. This unique property is a Maine Historic Site administered by the Bureau of Parks and Lands, and is also designated as […]
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Guest column: Morality play – The cost of doing what is deemed right
As the United States and its allies ramp up their economic sanctions on Russia, Benjamin Folkman of New York City and frequent visitor to Brunswick for decades put his version of economic sanctions on Russia as President of the New York-based Tcherepnin Society, which promotes the music of “the Tcherepnin family’s three generations of distinguished composers: […]
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Letters: Vote Sartoris for Cumberland County DA; Republican control of Congress may threaten voting rights
Vote Sartoris for Cumberland County DA When my husband and I moved to Brunswick 20 years ago I very quickly became interested in becoming involved in local government. As a volunteer in local town committee work I met Jackie Sartoris when she was a Town Councilor. I was immediately impressed with her inclusive community approach […]
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Gordon Weil: Don’t ignore ‘unlikely voters’ and ‘quits’
“Yesterday, upon the stair I met a man who wasn’t there. He wasn’t there again today, Oh how I wish he’d go away!” Some readers may recall these lines from an old children’s poem. It comes to mind, because today the U.S. includes many people who are not there, either in the political process or […]
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Guest column: No bad time to tax fossil fuels
In a recent guest column, Phil Kerpen rejects taxes on greenhouse gas pollution (“Reject new energy taxes with prices already soaring,” The Times Record, May 16). He asserts that taxes on fossil fuels are “ridiculous” at a time of high energy prices. Mr. Kerpen fails to mention why most economists and energy experts recommend a tax […]