It has been my sincere privilege to have had the opportunity to contribute to The Times Record for more than 20 years. Since assuming my role as the Domestic Violence Investigator 12 years ago, I have naturally focused each column on domestic violence with my sole purpose to educate and inform the citizenry on this […]
2016
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Looking for the return of Christ
I haven’t seen much of my husband lately. It’s a side-effect of Dana’s day job and his having grown up in Maine, working alongside his father, who ran a campground. By age 10, Dana and his two older brothers began learning how to drive a tractor, split wood, shock a well, run electricity and plumbing […]
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New rector Gaiser comes to Bath’s Grace Episcopal
BATH Grace Episcopal Church on Washington Street in Bath invites the community to join in welcoming its new rector, Rev. Dr. Ted J. Gaiser. Gaiser has served three churches in the Diocese of Massachusetts, worked with diocesan staff supporting the development of parish-based global mission programs and provided financial and development consulting to churches. Like […]
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Egypt’s Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security
CAIRO Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christians flocked to churches Wednesday night to attend Masses on Christmas Eve across the predominantly Muslim country, as the government continues to battle a burgeoning Islamic insurgency. Police painstakingly searched more than 300 churches in the capital, Cairo, alone for explosive devices, according to police Maj. Gen. Gamal Halawa. Roadblocks were […]
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Labyrinth Walk at Brunswick church
BRUNSWICK — A 30-foot canvas labyrinth is open for walking meditation at First Parish Church’s Pilgrim House, 9 Cleaveland St. in Brunswick on Jan. 14 from noon to 7 p.m. All are welcome. Call (207) 729-7331 for more information.
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Pope Francis to draw millions in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is expected to draw 2.3 million spectators at his main event on the outskirts of Mexico City in February. Government officials in the State of Mexico said 10,000 state police officers will be assigned to keep the peace at a 5.5.-mile (8.8 kilometer) motorcade and rally on Feb. 14. […]
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Warren Plant Sr.
WOOLWICH — Warren Plant Sr. went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 4, 2016, at his home in Woolwich after a very painful and suffering lung cancer. He was born in Bath on Aug. 10, 1945, the son of Percy and Myrtle (Gilliam) Plant. He grew up in Bath and attended Morse High […]
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Peggy S. Broadbent
BRUNSWICK — Peggy Sue Broadbent, 81, of Brunswick, died of a heart attack on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 24, 2015. She was born in Brockton, Mass., on Jan. 23, 1934, the daughter of William E. and Blanche (Maschmeyer) McCreery Sr. Peggy received her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Wheelock College in Boston, Mass., and […]
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Maine Democrats play middleman between wealthy Clinton donors and national party
A Cuban-born sugar tycoon. A California-based registered foreign agent for the government of Sri Lanka. A Chicago billionaire. All of them are recent large donors to the Maine Democratic Party via a complex fundraising scheme called the Hillary Victory Fund. The fund exploits recent court decisions and weakened campaign finance laws to maximize political contributions […]
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Panel wraps up work on Good Will-Hinckley affair
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine legislative committee is wrapping up its hearings focusing on the governor’s actions that led an organization to rescind a job offer to a political opponent. The Government Oversight Committee plans Friday to attach a summary of its work to go along with an independent report that already was prepared for […]