“All aboard in Brunswick,” appearing on the front page of the Nov. 22 issue of The Times Record, merits a response on several points, starting with this passage: “Sen. Angus King’s office said that Amtrak’s Boston-to-Brunswick rail service set ridership and revenue records from July to September.” Sen. King’s office likely echoed the PR propaganda […]

I spent much of Election Day in the local Town Office doing a stint as a ballot clerk. It was a privilege to be asked to assist in this manner, and more so to be able to experience this from the other side of the table. When you have lived in the area for almost […]

Paper, Not Plastic I believe it is laudable for our towns and cities to ban plastic bags, Styrofoam and other types of plastic packaging. But in this state of paper-makers, it is wrong to ban paper bags. Not only are paper bags (hopefully made in Maine) useful, but they are recyclable, as well as biodegradable. […]

Today’s Highlight in History On Nov. 29, 2001, George Harrison, the “quiet Beatle,” died in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer; he was 58. On this date In 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, onetime adviser to England’s King Henry VIII, died. In 1864, a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the […]