The COVID-19 virus did not deter the student-driven Common Good Grant Committee at Bowdoin College from fulfilling its appointed mission: Providing valuable financial support to a wide range of nonprofit organizations in MidCoast Maine. Since its founding in 2002, the committee has awarded over $300,000 to 155 organizations. The process consists of raising funds from […]
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Gordon Weil: ‘Stay-at-home’ works, faces right-wing protest
Let’s abolish the police. That’s just a modest proposal made possible by the low crime rate. The police are a drain on taxpayers when there’s little for them to do. Similarly, we should end social distancing, masks and stay-at-home orders, because the number of COVID-19 cases has peaked. It’s time to get on with our […]
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Ron Chase: Social distancing on Mount Megunticook
For the present, the pandemic has changed our world. I feel a sense of helplessness about the predicament. I’m old and supposedly more vulnerable. Totally lacking in healthcare-giving skills, it seems I’m a spectator in the unfolding emergency. I want to be part of the solution not part of the problem. I don’t want to […]
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Jonathan Crimmins: Pay Day
For most Americans, the last several weeks have been difficult. From making sure your children are doing their homework in their new classrooms to trying to find those essential items at the grocery store, flour and toilet paper. Many have wondered if they will have a job to go back to on a day to […]
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Guest column: Using mathematics to rule out COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Let’s consider someone named Theo. He studied physics in college, is particularly outspoken against unregulated capitalism, and is critical of the U.S’ lack of universal healthcare. Which of the following is more probable: 1) Theo runs his own business, or 2) Theo runs his own business and he is a socialist? Given Theo’s opinions, we […]
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Giving Voice: Community support gives hope to hunger prevention program
We at Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program often say that we are incredibly fortunate to live and work in such a supportive, giving community. Year after year, the people of Midcoast Maine provide MCHPP with the support needed to keep our doors open. Over 60% of our annual budget is made up of individual gifts […]
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Letters: Opposing Susan Collins
Collins made a potentially deadly mistake In response to Linda Baker’s op-ed (“Unlike Gideon, Collins is born to lead in time of crisis,” The Times Record, April 21) calling Sen. Susan Collins a leader, I’m waiting for Collins to show real leadership by apologizing for her vote to keep Donald Trump in office following his impeachment. […]
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Surprise turns Topsham couple’s missed wedding date into memorable one
Chris Dube and Laurie Servidio were supposed to be in the Dominican Republic on Monday.
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Letter: Educate yourself on candidates’ climate stance
We are facing the worst political-social-medical event in our lives. In the beginning of January, if you had told me this pandemic would happen, I would have received the news doubtfully. Just as it was hard to imagine the pandemic, it is also hard to imagine the difficulties of climate change. We are at the cusp […]
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Peter Roff: Cashing in on the coronavirus crisis
In times of great peril, the American people usually put their differences aside, pull together, and find ways to keep moving forward. Unfortunately, the latest crisis is an exception. We remain divined and frightened because no one seems to know what’s going on. The data here in the U.S. is generally as suspect as the […]