Why drag all elementary students through a program that turns off as many as it prepares? Instead, offer it later, to those who are drawn to the subject.
2015
Posted inLife & Culture
‘I Love Lucy’ fans don’t love statue
Lucille Ball’s New York hometown is raising money to fix a very public bronze sculpture that was supposed to honor the actress.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: Parents give their children lifelong lessons about drinking
Wishing she’d been a better role model for her now-grown kids, a mother puts down her wine glass.
Posted inNation & World, News
Carbon monoxide suspected in deaths of man and 7 children
Relatives say Rodney Todd was using a generator at his home in Maryland because the power company had cut off the electricity.
Posted inLife & Culture
Study finds effective weight-loss programs
Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers earn top marks for helping people lose weight and keep it off.
Posted inMaine, News
Mayor wants budget to reflect Portland’s values
Michael Brennan says he doesn’t want city councilors to be swayed by ‘external negative forces.’
Posted inBusiness, News
Former Maine egg farm owner faces sentencing in salmonella outbreak
Austin ‘Jack’ DeCoster owned Quality Egg, which is responsible for a 2010 salmonella outbreak that sickened as many as 56,000 people.
Posted inTimes Record
Social service funding ban reviewed
BRUNSWICK The town of Brunswick doesn’t fund social service programs as a matter of policy. However, Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, which is experiencing an unprecedented number of people using its services, thinks it’s time for that to change. Mid Coast Hunger is asking for more than $43,000 in funds from the Brunswick Town Council. […]
Posted inTimes Record
Two Brunswick men face prison
BRUNSWICK The attorney for one of two Brunswick men facing prison sentences after being convicted on tax charges said he will seek a new trial, based on the fact that his client was delusional. F. William Messier, 70, and David E. Robinson, 78, were convicted April 3 by a federal jury in Portland for conspiracy […]