BATH Shore Dinners for 50 cents! Where? At the New Meadows Inn, built in 1898 near the Maine Central Railroad Bridge and Electric Car Bridge about one-half mile upriver from the more recent New Meadows Inn located on State Road. How were shore dinners but 50 cents? Well, in those days clams were 15 cents […]
August 2016
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Teen hiker rescued on rugged section of Appalachian Trail
GREENVILLE (AP) — A 14-year-old boy hiking the Appalachian Trail toward Mount Katahdin is recovering after Maine game wardens and an Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter came to his aid when he suffered a possible broken leg. The teen, from McLean, Virginia, was with 12 others hiking a rugged section known as the 100-mile Wilderness. […]
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
When the political columnists say “Every thinking man” they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to “Every intelligent voter” they mean everybody who is going to vote for them. Franklin P. Adams, American journalist-humorist (1881-1960)
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Vigilance in the Face of Terror
There are thousands of questions that will likely go unanswered surrounding Adnan Fazeli, the “Freeport Man” who, it was reported last week, died in Lebanon while fighting for ISIS in 2015. Questions like, how did Fazeli find his way to Maine? How did he support himself and his family? Why, once he arrived in Maine, […]
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Trump’s Claims of Wealth, Success in Doubt
Donald Trump’s political rise was due partly to the widely held belief that he is a multi-billionaire whose wealth comes from his business skill. If he could become a billionaire as a tough negotiator in real estate deals, he could be the kind of strong and successful leader the U.S. needs. Supporting his reputation, he […]
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First Things First
The “Open Letter to MCHT and Brunswick Topsham Land Trust” (The Times Record, Aug. 24) incorrectly assumes that Maine Coast Heritage Trust and the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust have been working with the Town of Brunswick as it considers the future of the Town owned lot at 946 Mere Point Road. Neither MCHT nor BTLT has […]
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LETTERS
Mere Point Property is Town Property The people of the town of Brunswick are the owners of the property at 946 Mere Point Road, having taken title by foreclosure of a tax lien. The town followed its usual procedure of giving the prior owner every opportunity to pay the back taxes. No payments were offered, […]
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Staying in the Game
During a recent weekend on Monhegan Island, Tina and I took a break from hiking the majestic cliffside trails to have some ice cream. An older couple was sitting at the next table so we struck up a conversation, covering everything from Monhegan’s magic to the state of medical care in the US (he taught […]
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To Our Shame, Anne Frank Today Is Syrian
AMSTERDAM — On April 30, 1941, a Jewish man here in Amsterdam wrote a desperate letter to an American friend, pleading for help emigrating to the United States. “U.S.A. is the only country we could go to,” he wrote. “It is for the sake of the children mainly.” A volunteer found that plea for help […]