BRUNSWICK A specialized memory care facility will open its new location at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station early next month. Avita of Brunswick — at 89 Admiral Fitch Ave. at Brunswick Landing — is designed to be a community to assist those suffering from physical challenges or memory impairment. The projected opening is Dec. […]
2016
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Maine group’s 2005 meeting with Castro was memorable
PORTLAND Members of a Maine agricultural trade mission who met late Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 2005 will likely never forget the communist leader. Castro, who was 80 at the time, wore his gym clothes to a last-minute meeting in which he engaged in a lengthy discussion about artificial insemination in cattle, former Gov. John […]
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We Have Mail!
We are beginning the 2016 season with a strong core of volunteers and the donations are arriving. Preseason donations included over a thousand Beanie Babies from the Burgess Family, an anonymous gift of toys dropped off at the Brunswick Elks Club in March, and of course, the Annual Toy Run conducted by the United Bikers […]
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A Response to ‘All Aboard’
“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 […]
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Voting: A Citizen’s Privilege and Duty
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 […]
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LETTER
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. […]
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TODAY IN HISTORY
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 […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My daughter and son-in-law have only one vehicle that is running. He works out of town, so he drives it, which leaves my daughter home all day without transportation. Earlier in the school year, they signed up my granddaughter for afterschool sports and she has to practice every day. Since my daughter has […]