Although Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday, some of my American friends and I celebrate it here in London every year. A few years back, after cooking a turkey curry, I learned the hard way never to mess with the traditional roasted turkey, the star of the show. Since then my contribution is always to […]
November 2016
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A 9-to-5 school day is not the answer
Before I tell you how much I hate the movement advocating a 9-to-5 school day, I want to share a quote I read this past week in the New York Times magazine. “Think about your own 10 best memories of childhood, and chances are most of them involve free play outdoors,” said Mike Lanza in […]
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Making a Halloween stew using veggies fresh from the garden
Here it is, early November and I’m still harvesting food from my garden. All of it could have been picked earlier, but I love letting vegetables stay in the garden as long as possible, and eating them the day they were picked. And I enjoy making a dish that uses as many of my own […]
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TRI-STATE LOTTERIES
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About our candidate profiles
Here are The Times Record’s profiles of local candidates in contested areas within our readership area. Questions were sent via email to candidates running for state legislative races, as well as those running for school board, council and selectmen’s seats, however, not every candidate we approached chose to respond to the questionnaire. Each candidate was […]
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Where to vote
Find your polling place here, organized by municipality. ARROWSICArrowsic Town Hall340 Arrowsic Road10 a.m. to 8 p.m. BATHBath Middle School6 Old Brunswick Road8 a.m to 8 p.m. BOWDOINBowdoin Central School1460 Main St8 a.m. to 8 p.m. BOWDOINHAMTown Hall13 School St.8 a.m. to 8 p.m. BRUNSWICKBrunswick Junior High School65 Columbia Ave.7 a.m. to 8 p.m. DRESDENPownalborough […]
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Guy Lebida
PLACE OF RESIDENCY: Bowdoin PARTY AFFILIATION: Republican PREVIOUS ELECTED EXPERIENCE: None What is the biggest need your constituents are expressing as you speak with them and how can the legislature address this? The first thing constituents express to me is their strong lack of faith in politicians. Most express that they are sick and tired […]
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Eloise Vitelli
PLACE OF RESIDENCY: Arrowsic PARTY AFFILIATION: Democrat PREVIOUS ELECTED EXPERIENCE: Served with 126th Legislature for one year; 10 years on the Arrowsic school committee. What is the biggest need your constituents are expressing as you speak with them while campaigning and how can the Legislature address this? Based on what I’ve been hearing most from […]
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Everett Brownie Carson
PLACE OF RESIDENCY: Harpswell PARTY AFFILIATION: Democrat PREVIOUS ELECTED EXPERIENCE: None What about your past work has prepared you to serve in the state senate? As a young Marine Corps platoon commander in Vietnam, I learned to work with people under the most difficult, stressful circumstances imaginable. We had to work together, to do our […]
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Tristam W. Coffin
PLACE OF RESIDENCY: Brunswick PARTY AFFILIATION: Republican PREVIOUS ELECTED EXPERIENCE: None What about your past work has prepared you to serve in the state senate? Our elected officials in Augusta come from many different walks of life, and Maine has a proud tradition of electing citizen legislators. My varied work experience brings me closer to […]