Alan Caron’s May 22 column about “fiscal moderates” is a load of hooey (“Politically, fiscal moderates are becoming the new homeless”). He has a notion rattling around in his head that both the left and the right are equally severe in their economic policy, but only one side has recently taken extremism to a whole […]
May 2014
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: A world of wisdom comes to USM
Something exciting happened in education last week, and it took place at the University of Southern Maine. The Maine Model United Nations Conference celebrated its 16th year as nearly 500 Maine high school and middle school students spent two days in Gorham as delegates, led by USM students, learning to approach global issues collaboratively, respectfully […]
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Our View: No easy solution when kids with autism wander
Federally funded GPS units for families are just one part of an effective response strategy.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Gov. LePage’s actions toward elderly speak louder than his words
His administration has consistently pursued policies that would have inflicted tremendous harm to older Mainers.
Posted inOpinion
Kathleen Parker: Warning! Read this column at your own peril
It just might provide unexpected insights.
Posted inOpinion
Commentary: Immigrant children brought here illegally also deserve path to citizenship
Imagine 18-year-olds, brought here as children, wanting to enlist, and being told they cannot.
Posted inTimes Record
Memorial Day
BRUNSWICK Between the pomp and fanfare of this year’s parade, residents and officials in Topsham and Brunswick paid tribute to those who served their country in World War II and all conflicts during Monday’s Memorial Day observances. The day commemorated the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, one of the bloodiest conflicts […]
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Iona Osnoe, Army vet, 93, leads the parade
BRUNSWICK At 93 years old and clad in her American Legion uniform, Iona Osnoe knows how to get a crowd clapping to a patriotic anthem, and how to cut a rug. During Monday’s Memorial Day observance at the Brunswick Mall, Osnoe and former American Legion Post 20 President Chuck Ciciotte danced away to the Nrembega […]
Posted inTimes Record
Fallen Warriors remembered
BRUNSWICK More than 200 veterans, supporters, and friends and family of those who gave their lives for their country in the last century gathered at the P3 Park at Brunswick Landing on Saturday. The ceremony honored men and women from Brunswick who were killed or missing in action and prisoners of war from the battlefield […]
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Gov. LePage seeks to increase Guard presence in Maine
BRUNSWICK Speaking at Brunswick Landing on Saturday, Gov. Paul LePage said he is looking to increase the number of National Guard troops stationed in Maine, despite reports that the state’s 133rd Engineer Battalion is being replaced. “No one in this state is looking to reduce the National Guard,” said LePage, adding that the state was […]