Tennessee and other so-called “right-towork” states haven’t seen much union-oriented labor unrest in decades, largely because it’s been so long since unions in right-to-work states were emasculated. So the latest unionbusting tactics in Michigan, like those recently in Indiana and Wisconsin, recall distant memories, if any, for most workers. Still, the Michigan fray — pitting […]

Eight months ago, North Korea conducted another in a series of failed missile launches. That familiar flop provided welcome comic relief from the ominous endurance of a Stalinist dynasty that’s been threatening its neighbors and starving its own people for more than half a century. But last week, North Korea’s successful launch of a long-range […]

Crime may not pay. But like it or not, we do pay for crime. Maine spends about $163 million a year to house, feed and supervise our incarcerated criminals. When we view national corrections costs the numbers are staggering — more than $57 billion in 2010. Sadly, a lot of people don’t become better citizens […]

To the Editor: The Water Street neighborhood is seriously concerned about the town’s strong interest in putting the school bus garage where the Times Record building was recently razed. This would create a school bus hub of 26-plus large vehicles making two round trips per day — more than 100 passes up and down dead-end […]

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Bob Mentzinger at 504-8209. The Spacious Vision Song Project concert scheduled for tonight, as reported in the Dec. 14 edition of The Times Record’s Ticket section, has been […]