As a neurologist and former football fan, I had a vague awareness of the effects of cumulative trauma to the brain. A recent lecture by Robert Stern of Boston University, a leading researcher in this field, has awakened my concern about football’s effect on the brains of our young players. I was aware that some […]
December 2016
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Ohio State administrator shouldn’t be fired for social media compassion
Stephanie Clemons Thompson was merely practicing her First Amendment rights.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Come 2030, we’ll see that Trump really did set the world on fire
History will judge harshly those who enabled the election of a dangerous demagogue.
Posted inTimes Record
BIW could get more work under proposal
BATH The Navy has completed an assessment calling for a 355-ship fleet, according to a summary released on Friday. The plan follows calls for a 350- ship Navy from President-elect Donald J. Trump, who made increasing the size of the United States Navy part of his campaign. In a campaign rally in Lisbon, Maine, only […]
Posted inTimes Record
The iceman cometh
BRUNSWICK This December’s weather is just what the ice-making gods called for: Bitterly low temps and little rain. Ice making is underway at the Brunswick Mall Rink and the Lishness Hockey Rink. “It’s so cold, it’s a prime opportunity,” said Jay Astle, Brunswick’s parks and facilities manager. Prep work turning the Coffin Pond Rink into […]
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick council has full plate
BRUNSWICK Brunswick residents can weigh in tonight on proposed food vendor and taxi fee hikes, in addition to the town’s emergency moratorium on marijuana stores, growing centers and social clubs. Two public hearings are on tonight’s agenda. Councilors approved Nov. 21 setting a 50-day moratorium on recreational marijuana use. The council could extend the moratorium […]
Posted inTimes Record
Spate of crashes in the Midcoast over the weekend
TOPSHAM A Topsham man was arrested and charged with operating under the influence after he allegedly failed to yield to police cruisers at a crash scene on Interstate 295 early Sunday morning. Shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday, Cumberland Police Department responded to I-295 in Yarmouth for police vehicles that had been struck by a passing […]
Posted inTimes Record
Christmas is Coming!
All boxes have been packed with toys and love and will be waiting for pick up on Tuesday, December 20th. We hope that everyone who intended to apply was able to do so. The volunteers of the Santa Fund really hates to disappoint anyone but with so few days left, a cut-off date had to […]
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Brunswick man in wheelchair catches fire tending wood stove
BRUNSWICK A wheelchair-bound Brunswick man was airlifted to a Portland hospital with serious burns Friday afternoon. Brunswick Police Cmdr. Mark Waltz said Thomas Soucy, 62, caught his clothes on fire while putting wood in his fireplace insert — essentially, a wood stove that sits in a fireplace. Temperatures were freezing, hovering around 5 degrees at […]
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Brunswick Police arrest armed robbery suspects
BRUNSWICK Brunswick police arrested two suspects they say robbed the Big Apple convenience store on Pleasant Street Friday night. Police got a 911 call from a store clerk at 9:07 p.m. stating she had just been robbed by a white female displaying a handgun. Police responded to the store and based on surveillance video, were […]