The Maine Community Action Association (MCAA) is comprised of Maine’s 10 community action programs (CAPs), with the mission to eliminate and alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty by assisting low-income individuals to move toward self-sufficiency. Each year we serve 150,000 Maine residents providing a variety of services, including Head Start and child care, housing […]

After lying low with some dignity intact, Hillary Clinton finally stepped out from the shadows to proclaim: “Nobody likes Bernie.” Following the Bernie blamed implosion of her own presidential bid, Clinton became such a complete political nobody that her assertion is certainly true regarding those sharing that embittered perspective. Three years after her contentious convention […]

Hunter safety education classes are worth it My daughter wants to hunt with her grandfather, so we took a hunter safety education class. We received ‘the basics’ around firearm safety and hunting skills, acting as a responsible and ethical hunter, knowledge of the hunting laws, and preparation and survival skills as well as information about […]

As a citizen of Bath I want to thank our City Council for reconsidering their previous decision and having a public hearing to listen to their constituents who oppose the implementation of a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife/USDA plan to trap, kill, and test gray and red foxes, skunks, and racoons in the […]

With the Michigan primary, all suspense about the presidential race disappeared; the Republican ticket will consist of Donald Trump and Mike Pence; the Democratic ticket, Joe Biden and a player to be named later. Maine progressives are especially disappointed. Though the combined vote totals on March 3 for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren exceeded that […]

Maine citizens have historically enjoyed transparency especially when it comes to politics.  What has always been rule-of–thumb here is our famous Town Hall meetings, and deep interest in face-to-face contact with our politicians and town officials. Now with the onslaught of Corona Virus it is becoming increasingly difficult, maybe impossible, for many of us to […]

A friend once said, “If you live in Maine, you need to embrace winter.” She was right. After too many years of misspent youthful winters, I found the antidote for cabin fever. Identify the things you love to do and discipline yourself to get out and do them. Eventually, you’ll be a winter devotee addicted […]

Recently, The Times Record has had announcements of two Republicans running for local state legislative positions. Many years ago, I worked with one of these candidates and found that person competent, hard working and collegial and really the other candidate sounds to be similar. However, it is not enough to have these characteristics when the […]

This time of year, you see maple trees being tapped. You see the first signs of flowers coming to life. You see snowbanks quickly disappear. You see the beginnings of the budget process. That process tends to get started with the announcement of a really high number. Something that will shock the masses in preparation […]