BRUNSWICK — NAMI Bath-Brunswick with NAMI Maine (the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Maine) will sponsor a free Family-to- Family Education Program specifically for families of people diagnosed with mental illness. The 12-week series of classes will be offered in Brunswick beginning on Wednesday, April 29, from 6:30- 9 p.m. Pre-registration is required. The […]
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The Maine ‘religious freedom’ bill is nearly identical to Indiana law
AUGUSTA A draft of a Maine senator’s “religious freedom” bill shows the plan is nearly identical to the Indiana law that has sparked national controversy in recent weeks from those who say it has legalized discrimination based on sexual orientation. The draft of the bill by Sen. David Burns, R-Whiting, was obtained by the Bangor […]
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Ex-priest urges Portland diocese to ‘come clean’ after letter is revealed
PORTLAND Robert Hoatson spent Tuesday morning walking in front of the Catholic diocese building at 510 Ocean Ave., carrying a sign that said “Reaching out to abuse victims.” The national advocate for people sexually abused by Catholic clergy and a Boston attorney have alleged a letter uncovered through a lawsuit shows that Catholic Church leaders […]
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Who Will Feed the Children?
With minimal press coverage and little fanfare, both houses of Congress in Washington last week passed proposed budgets calling for severe reductions in funding for programs such as SNAP (food stamps) and Medicaid, including the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), now in place to provide for struggling low income families and children. If not renewed […]
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Injuring the Quest for Justice?
This week the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism issued its damning report about the journalistic lapses by Rolling Stone magazine when it published a salacious, and now-discredited, story about a supposed gang rape at a University of Virginia frat house. The report blasted the magazine for failing to engage in “basic, even routine journalistic […]
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Sounding off on stormwater
Members of the public did sound off on NNEPRA’s stormwater management permit application at the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) public hearing held in Brunswick on March 25. (See “Public sounds off on stormwater permit,” The Times Record, March 26.) They also sounded off in 78 written comments on the proposed Brunswick Layover Facility (BLF), […]
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Invest in pre-K
Mark Westrum rightly identifies the benefits of pre-K learning programs. There is a direct correlation between the availability of Pre-K programs today and the reduction of crime 20 years in the future. Not only is the cost of processing criminal violators decreased but gained is the priceless benefit of avoiding the future pain and suffering […]
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