The frenzy created by Democratic and Republican national party leaders falling all over themselves to take advantage of Sen. Olympia Snowe’s sudden announcement that she won’t seek a fourth term offers the best explanation for why she’s leaving office and reinforces the notion that those who seek our votes do so more out of hunger […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When she was in high school, Lady Gaga says, she was thrown into a trash can. The culprits were boys down the block, she told me in an interview on Wednesday in which she spoke — a bit reluctantly — about the repeated cruelty of peers during her teenage years. “I was […]

To the editor: As I was checking the news last week, it was exciting to see the Dow Jones industrial average cross the 13,000 threshold. This is the first time that has happened since the more than 2,000-point drop to 10,655 in the fall. This is an impressive increase of 22 percent. Clearly, we have […]

To the editor: The Times Record reported on Tuesday, Feb. 28, “Clarke out of House.” I am writing to make clear that I’m not gone yet. I am still the state representative for District 62, most of the city of Bath, until a newly elected state representative takes the oath of office in December. As […]

To the editor: The Naval Retired Activities Office reopened its Brunswick area chapter on Feb. 28 in temporary space in the Border Trust Business Center, 2 Main St., Topsham. We are partnering with the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber to provide this service. Our hours of operations are 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. Monday […]

To the editor: On Sunday, Feb. 26, I attended a memorial service put on by the American Legion posts in the area. The four chaplains who were on board the USAT Dorchester when it was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1943 were recognized. They gave their lives so that other GIs could live. The […]

It is unfortunate that the most recent publicity concerning Maine manufacturing has been about the trials and tribulations of the Kestrel Aircraft Company at Brunswick Landing, the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. First, Kestrel is a start-up company that has not yet benefited from actually manufacturing in Maine. Second, Kestrel was focused primarily on securing […]

Two Army soldiers died Feb. 23, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their unit came under small arms fire. Killed were Sgt. Joshua A. Born, 25, of Niceville, Fla., and Cpl. Timothy J. Conrad Jr., 22, of Roanoke, Va. Air Force Lt. Col. John D. Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Ky., died Feb. 25 […]