To the editor: The Maine Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee is being asked to rush through a bill that would revamp Maine’s mining laws, chiefly to ease the way for an open pit mine on Bald Mountain, in Aroostook County, where deposits of gold, silver, copper and zinc have been discovered. Introduced at the […]
2012
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Not ‘Funnies’
To the editor: I am writing this letter to you as I am sitting here appalled and confused as to how the March 14 “ Doonesbury” comic made it to print. I must admit that it was the first time in a long time that I actually read “Doonesbury.” I understand that it is a […]
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Titanic a magnet for kids, fine line for educators
NEW YORK — Eleven-year-old John Payne has been a student of the Titanic since kindergarten. He has scrupulously researched the ship, built a model out of Lego freehand and successfully lobbied his fifth-grade teacher in suburban Chicago to let him mark the disaster’s centennial with a multimedia presentation for his class. What’s not to like? There’s […]
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Edna S. St. Pierre
BRUNSWICK — Edna S. St. Pierre, age 90, passed away Tuesday, March 20th at Mid Coast Senior Health Center. She was born in Topsham, ME on October 2, 1921, the daughter of Lionel and Satira Harvey Shaw. She attended Topsham schools and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1940. She worked at F. W. Woolworth […]
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Bertha Cyr
BRUNSWICK — Bertha "Betty" M. Lenfest Elliott Cyr, 91, passed into the light on March 7 at Midcoast Senior Heath Center. She was born in Liberty, on March 5, 1921, to Roy and Flora Bell (Bartlett) Lenfest. Her father relocated his family to Bath after the death of her mother. She graduated from Morse High […]
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FDA panel: Dissolvable tobacco could reduce risks
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel says dissolvable tobacco products could reduce health risks compared with smoking cigarettes but also have the potential to increase the number of tobacco users. Dissolvable tobacco is finely milled tobacco pressed into shapes like tablets that slowly dissolve in a user’s mouth. Despite its […]
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Correction: 03/22/2012
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 Robert Long at 729-3311. A brief on page A2 of Wednesday’s edition listed an incorrect date for a breakfast to benefit Morse High School’s Project Graduation senior class […]
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Saints’ Payton suspended
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the 2012 season by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was banned indefinitely on Wednesday because of the team’s bounty program that targeted opposing players. Handing down sweeping and serious punishment for a system that paid out thousands […]