As the 125th Legislature’s final session winds down, votes flow out of the State House like Maine rivers during the spring thaw. Here are quick takes on three recent “no” votes in the Legislature: LD 1882 A decision on whether Maine will hold presidential primaries in 2016 will have to wait at least another year. […]

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — I’ve learned three things visiting New Zealand and Australia: There is a place in the world where rugby is front-page news. There is a place in the world — the Auckland airport — where the restrooms have digital clocks in the entryway telling you hourly when they were last cleaned and […]

To the editor: As you reported on March 16 (“Legislative contests take shape”), voters in Brunswick’s District 66 will again have the choice among three candidates for representative to the Maine Legislature. I would like to let those voters know that, while I am currently with my family on sabbatical in Japan, I do plan […]

To the editor: Thank you for putting the picture and caption of fourth grade students working with Chewonki in The Times Record (March 8). We want to thank the Phippsburg Land Trust for giving several classes the opportunity to participate in Chewonki presentations. Our fourth grade class had fun working as a team to build […]

According to a report described at this year’s Camden Conference, covering 34 developed countries (most in Europe, some in Asia), the United States is lagging in educational achievement. The report notes that U.S. 15 year-olds in 2009 ranked 12th in reading literacy, 17th in science proficiency and 25th in mathematics ability. In the 1960s, the […]