AUBURNWhen the Bath Daily Times and the Brunswick Record merged and published the first edition of The Times Record on Feb. 6, 1967, the lead story on page 1 read, “Poverty plagues one in four families.”Now, nearly 48 years later, the problem is far from solved. Census Bureau data pegs Maine’s population living in poverty at […]

AUBURNMaine is a small state, relatively speaking, with a big problem. Nearly 13.7 percent of its roughly 1.3 million citizens are experiencing some level of food insecurity.To some, 13.7 percent may not seem like a lot, but for those who cannot afford to feed their families enough, it can be the biggest problem in the […]

By definition, we are all touched by some form of prayer at one time or another in our lives. Webster’s and other purveyors of the written word define prayer in the following ways: “an address to God or a god in word or thought”; “a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God […]