After attending the Dec. 1 Brunswick Finance Committee CIP Presentation by our Fire Chief Ken Brillant, I feel compelled to voice my concerns over the safety of our Fire Fighters at Central Station. The replacement of this 100+ year old building designed and built for horse equipment has been kept on the back burner for […]

On Monday I appeared before the Brunswick Town Council to share an update on the effort to put to a vote the question of keeping the town-owned property at 946 Mere Point Road for a public park. I had amazing news to share: in less than one month, more than 1,000 Brunswick residents have signed […]

Today is Friday, Dec. 9, the 344th day of 2016. There are 22 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On Dec. 9, 1916, actor, author, producer and director Kirk Douglas, known for such movies as “The Bad and the Beautiful,” ”Lust for Life,” ”Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” and “Spartacus,” to name […]

“Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.” This bit of wisdom has been attributed to Daniel Moynihan, a college professor turned U.S. senator. But it may now be all wrong. Defending statements made by President-elect Trump, a campaign loyalist said the American people “understood that sometimes […]

This is a continuation of last week’s column on “Making America Greater” in the wake of the presidential election. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” pledge concerns me for many reasons. Take health care, for example. He promised to abolish the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a “beautiful” health care system. What will that […]

This fall I sat down in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a black pastor whose unarmed son, Terence Crutcher, had been shot dead on the street by a white police officer. The Rev. Joey Crutcher told me that Terence’s killing was just the latest loss his family had suffered. He had also lost a child to crib […]

Earning a Human Services degree is getting easier for Southern Maine Community College students on our Midcoast Campus. Beginning with the upcoming Spring Semester, all the courses required to earn an Associate in Applied Science degree in Human Services will be offered on the Midcoast Campus in Brunswick. That means Midcoast students will be able […]