SOUTH PORTLAND — The Leon A. Gorman Endowed Scholarship fund has been created by the families of Leon and Lisa Gorman to support Maine community college students who exemplify Mr. Gorman’s long-standing commitment to community service and academic achievement. The fund was established in honor of Mr. Gorman’s 80th birthday by the couple’s children: Ainslie […]
2015
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STUDENT NOTES
Three local students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2014 semester at the University of Rochester in New York. Nicole Marie Giggey, a sophomore from Bowdoin, is the child of Jean Giggey and Thomas Giggey and a graduate of Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone. Alesa Mary Yuodsnukis, a […]
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MEETINGS
Arrowsic CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 340 Arrowsic Road Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office Bowdoinham PLANNING BOARD – PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LAND USE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, Thursday, 7 p.m., Coombs Meeting Room Brunswick RIVERS AND COASTAL WATERS COMMISSION, Wednesday, 6 p.m., Town Hall Council Chambers, 85 Union St. PEOPLE […]
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Time to mandate equal pay
As April 14, is noted as “Pay Equity Day,” this is the day when the average American woman’s (employed full time in the labor force) earnings are equal to the average American man’s 2014 earnings. While this day is earlier in the year than when these numbers were first calculated, the Lilly Ledbetter Act did […]
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A response to Treadwell
David Treadwell strongly believes that “not allowing samesex couples to marry is plain wrong” (Letter, April 13, The Times Record). When I insisted that “most Christians simply believe that marriage is for a male and a female,” he attempted to show that recent polling indicates otherwise. However, the poll represents American Christians only. That being […]
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BY GORDON L. WEIL Little Room for Big Government Budget Cuts
The battle continues to cut the size of government budgets and, as a result, the size of government itself. In Maine, the proposed cuts come under the cover of tax reform. In Washington, the struggle comes more openly. The federal government is now operating under a rule called “sequestration.” That effectively places a cap on […]
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The GOP’s High Demographic Hurdles
Forget the joke candidacies of Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. Forget Scott Walker and his constant attempts to link himself to Reagan. Forget Jeb Bush and his deep-pocket donors. Forget Marco Rubio, the candidate of the “future” who represents the policies of yesterday. Think not about Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal and Ben Carson and […]
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Musings on War
During the the fall of 2010, I visited the beaches of Normandy, the site of the DDay Invasion. Or, more accurately, I experienced vicariously the extraordinary events of that memorable day, June 6, 1944. Anyone who has been to the beaches of Normandy and walked among the rows of crosses at the American Cemetery knows […]
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First Parish Church
At the time New England was colonized in the 17th and 18th centuries, you couldn’t have a town without a church. Traders, missionaries, farmers and entrepreneurs were pouring into New England to stake out claims. However, a settlement could earn the status of a town only if it had a church and a “settled minister.” […]
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The Lost Language of Privacy
Like a lot of people, I’ve come to believe that it would be a good idea to put body-mounted cameras on police officers. I now believe this for several reasons. First, there have been too many cases in which police officers have abused their authority and then covered it up. Second, it seems probable that […]