I love annual traditions, such as updating our readers on our company and our plans for next year in the last edition of the year. The Times Record is the only daily newspaper published in Midcoast Maine. We publish in the afternoon Monday through Friday with the exception of major holidays. Typically, papers are available […]

Today is Friday, Dec. 30, the 365th day of 2016. There is one day left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On Dec. 30, 1916, Grigory Rasputin, the so-called “Mad Monk” who wielded considerable influence with Czar Nicholas II, was killed by a group of Russian noblemen in St. Petersburg. On this date In […]

Paul LePage and Hillary Clinton see one thing the same when it comes to taxes. For the Maine governor and the defeated Democratic presidential candidate, it’s about the wealthy. How you treat people with lots of income is essential to tax reform. For all the politicians’ talk about corporate taxes being too high, they only […]

My wife Tina and I recently returned from a wonderful six-day trip to NYC (to see some plays) and Philadelphia (to see my son Jon and his partner Kelly sing in the choir for the Philadelphia Pops Concert). The highlight of that trip got me right into the holiday spirit. On our first night we […]

Happy almost New Year! Wow, we’ve been through a lot. Let’s take a look back at 2016 and see how much of the silliness you remember. We’re not going to talk about Hillary. Too sad. But here’s an end-of-the-year quiz about: Republicans We Once Knew 1. It’s been a long year for Chris Christie, but […]

In the spirit of New Year’s, here are four resolutions for president-elect Trump and Congress that will enable them to really make America great again: 1. Audit the Fed and then end it: The Federal Reserve Bank’s easy money polices have eroded the American people’s standard of living and facilitated the growth of the welfare-warfare […]