One of the greatest gifts of being a volunteer at The Gathering Place in Brunswick is to hear the stories shared by our guests and then being able to offer assistance in whatever way they need at the time. So many of our community has struggled with the COVID pandemic and being able to come […]

Republicans and corporate America have been conjoined for so long that any breach in the bond is almost impossible to imagine. Yet we’re seeing one now, thanks to the GOP’s decision to give free rein to its authoritarian impulses. The way it has long worked is easy to explain. Corporate America shovels big bucks to […]

Picture this scenario: You are standing in front of a room, and people you knew when you were still working take turns praising you, thanking you for something meaningful you did for them back in the day — 30, 40, 50, even 60 years ago. They’re sharing their stories with love and humor, much to […]

It’s not a new “New Deal.” It’s not even “big government.” But President Biden is trying to do something big with his infrastructure plan. Congressional Republicans oppose many of his ideas. What does “infrastructure” mean? Originally a French word, it translates as “substructure.” Does that mean only the most basic supports of the national economy, […]

In a recent Times Record articles (March 23 and April 7) and a letter to the editor about Brunswick’s Graham Road landfill closure it has been stated that “choosing ecomaine could effectively lower the town’s municipal net greenhouse gas emissions by around 80%.” The article seemed to imply that incineration is always preferable to landfilling […]

You can’t escape politics anywhere now – not even in America’s once great pastime, baseball. A “pastime,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “something that amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably.” Boy, did the Pittsburgh Pirates accomplish that for me most of my early life. Pirates radio broadcasts on KDKA were background music […]

As the owner of The Brunswick Inn, I want to thank the Brunswick Fire Department for their swift and expert response to the fire at the Inn last Monday. Brunswick Fire has been a friend to the Inn for my entire 12-year tenure, and this incident brings into sharper focus just how fortunate our community […]

Maine lawmakers need to protect public lands from CMP corridor Legislation like LD 1075, being reviewed by our Legislature, is sorely needed to protect Maine’s public lands. The history of illegal and backdoor leases for use on public lands includes those obtained by international corporation Central Maine Power (owned by Spanish company Avangrid) for the […]

Washington is changing with almost bewildering speed. Is Augusta changing? Perhaps, but it’s a lot less obvious. President Biden has exploded long-held assumptions about the federal government during his first few weeks in office. Not only did he hold firm in passing a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill over numerous objections, but he’s presented an […]