To the editor: The Times Record has again failed to include all relevant facts in its Nov. 29 edition. “ Historic hotel changes hands” describes the details of the recent ownership change of the Captain Daniel Stone Inn, but does not mention how town politics likely played a major role in the demise. Even though […]
2011
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Unfair attack
To the editor: I find it offensive that Peter Anastos would use this holiday season to voice personal and petty attacks on our Town Council members in a letter to the editor, “Unfair advantage,” which was published Dec. 9. It speaks volumes that Mr. Anastos, as founder and principal of the Maine Course Hospitality Group, […]
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CLARIFICATION
A Dec. 12 Monday Meter titled “Hostility trumps hospitality” did not make clear the difference between tax increment financing arrangements for the developers of the Inn at Brunswick Station and the Hampton Inn in Bath. The Brunswick agreement allows the developers to retain a portion of the revenue increase generated by the project’s increased value. […]
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Tiniest babies are growing up healthy, despite odds
CHICAGO One is a healthy first-grader, the other an honors college student majoring in psychology. Once the tiniest babies ever born, both girls are thriving, despite long odds when they entered the world weighing less than a pound. A medical report from the doctor who resuscitated the infants at a suburban Chicago hospital is both […]
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Ronald S. Hodgdon
WISCASSET — Ronald S. Hodgdon, 83, of Birch Point Road died Monday, December 12, 2011 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. He was born in Bath on November 28, 1928, a son of Lewis P. and Anna (Swett) Hodgdon. He attended Wiscasset schools and graduated from Wiscasset Academy in 1946. On August 27, 1950 he […]
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John Silas Ackley
BOWDOINHAM — John Ackley, 73, passed away at home after a long illness on Dec. 12, 2011. He was born June 22, 1938, the son of George and M. Evelyn Ackley. A lifelong resident of Bowdoinham, he attended Bowdoinham schools and served with the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1962 which included a tour of […]
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Drug agents seize 2.5 pounds of bath salts
WATERVILLE (AP) — Maine drug agents say a 26-year-old man faces drug trafficking charges in connection with the seizure of 2.5 pounds of the synthetic mind-altering drug known as “bath salts.” Travis Griffin of Thomaston was charged Tuesday after agents found a pound of bath salts in a vehicle that had been impounded by Waterville […]
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Huskies host the Destroyers
THE BRUNSWICK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL boys basketball team hosted rival Bath Middle School on Monday. Clockwise from the top, Bath Middle School seventh-grader Damon Osmond goes up for a layup, while being chased down by Brunswick’s Aaron Carlton (20) and Jesse Devereaux (15); Bath eighth-grader Ayden Brillard (blue shirt) and Brunswick’s Will Bessey (44) give […]
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Sox make two moves
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox tweaked their bullpen and bench with a pair of moves Wednesday, acquiring reliever Mark Melancon and utility infielder Nick Punto in separate deals. After losing closer Jonathan Papelbon in free agency last month, the Red Sox obtained Melancon from the Houston Astros in a trade for infielder Jed […]
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Thomas makes 47 saves as Bruins down Senators, 5-2
OTTAWA ( AP) — Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins have put their lost October well behind them. Thomas made 47 saves, Daniel Paille scored twice and Boston extended its winning streak to three games with a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night. Rich Peverley and Patrice Bergeron each had a goal […]