BRUNSWICK A new jet repair company is coming to Brunswick Landing, bringing with it the potential of hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in local economic ripple effects. Tempus Jet Centers LLC, the maintenance and repair division of an international jet sales, charter and brokerage corporation, has begun the process of relocating to Brunswick […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. A Clemson University professor is convinced that Harriet Beecher Stowe might not have written “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” if it were not for a fugitive South Carolina slave she harbored for a night before starting the history making novel. The book, which fueled the abolitionist cause and helped put the nation on the path […]

HARPSWELL W ith a goal of “creating new possibilities for the world we live in,” Harpswell Coastal Academy opened Tuesday morning — one of five charter schools in Maine and one of three opening this year for the first time. After months nearly empty, the former West Harpswell School building on Ash Point Road bustled. […]

BATH Bath Iron Works may get a height exemption from the Planning Board for its proposed Ultra Hall renovation if it plants buffers in the area — an offer that “underwhelmed” one member. The Planning Board approved BIW’s request for two site plan approvals Tuesday that will help the defense contractor make additions and changes […]

AUGUSTA Activists assembled at the State House on Tuesday to kick off an eight-state tour in support of single-payer health care reform. In Maine, LD 1345, sponsored by Rep. Charles Priest, D-Brunswick, would transition the state slowly toward a state-run insurance system similar to those established in Canada and much of Europe. Priest has introduced […]

HARPSWELL Lobsterman Ken Graybill was looking in the general direction of Topsham early on Aug. 21, just about the time Nancy Greindl snapped a gorgeous photograph of his boat. The photo, which appeared on page A1 of the Aug. 23 edition of The Times Record, brought strangers together in a moment in time. It was […]