And here we thought we were getting to know Mitt Romney. His selection of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate, it seemed, would bring a much sharper definition to his presidential candidacy: The challenge to President Obama in an election dominated by uneasiness about the economy would come straight from the political […]

Last Sunday, some Americans were probably relieved to see that the United States had topped China, its closest rival, in Olympic medals. Some had worried that, having topped the U.S. in gold medals four year ago, China was about to overtake the United States as the world leader — at least in total Olympic medals. […]

Killed on Aug. 10 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, were Staff Sgt. Scott E. Dickinson, 29, of San Diego, Calif.; Cpl. Richard A. Rivera Jr., 20, of Ventura, Calif., and Lance Cpl. Gregory T. Buckley, 21, of Oceanside, N.Y. Killed on Aug. 10 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, were […]

To the editor: Isn’t it time that we explore the possibility of processing our Maine lobsters at the site of the Brunswick Landing instead of shipping them to Canada for processing? This would be an excellent location to build a state-ofthe art facility that would create hundreds of needed jobs in the area and open […]

To the editor: A recent Times Record article announcing Brunswick Landing’s plan to process sewer sludge as an energy source made me think of the mistake Biddeford made in 1987 when they authorized the Maine Energy Recovery Company to operate a waste incinerating plant in the downtown area. At the time, I’m sure MERC was […]

To the editor: Referring to Gov. LePage’s statement, I submit this. My father was as decent a man as there ever was. “Clean as the driven snow” would fit him well. In the ’50s, when I was still in high school, the IRS determined that my father, a family physician in Lebanon, Ky., had made […]