BIDDEFORD — Starting Nov. 1 those parking in downtown Biddeford will notice some big differences. There will be more time-limited parking spaces and parking in city-owned lots will no longer be free. Although the changes don’t take affect until the beginning of next month, signs announcing the changes may be rolled out sooner. City officials […]
October 2018
Posted inTimes Record
Educator seeks open Brunswick school board seat
BRUNSWICK — The School Board will be losing a longtime member after this November’s election and gaining a member with a background in education. In District 4, newcomer Celina Harrison is running to fill the seat being vacated by Corrinne Perrault, who is ending her tenure on the School Board after 18 years. Each of the […]
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Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
Devereaux’s conflict of interest must be addressed
Dan Devereaux and Doug Diven’s (Mere Point Oyster Co.) proposal to expand their Maquoit Bay oyster farm to approximately 40-acres has drawn significant opposition, but not for the right reasons. I generally support aquaculture and do not have concerns with a 40-acre oyster farm in Maquoit Bay. In fact, I encourage it. However, Devereux’s apparent […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Challenger takes on incumbent in Senate District 32 race
BIDDEFORD — Republican Scott Normandeau, a consultant living in Arundel, is challenging incumbent Susan Deschambault, D-Biddeford, a retired social worker with the Maine Department of Corrections, for the right to represent State Senate District 32 in November. Senate District 32 includes Alfred, Arundel, Biddeford, Dayton, Kennebunkport, Lyman. Deschambault, who is the completing her first full […]
Posted inTimes Record
Freeport businesses balk at possible parking rule changes
FREEPORT — Wary of potential legal repercussions, the Town Council on Tuesday delayed action on a zoning amendment that would eventually eliminate grandfathered parking for property owners in the Village District. As town zoning is now written, businesses that use shared parking – spaces open to the general public and not restricted to customers or employees […]
Posted inTimes Record
Somali native and Portland author Iftin to speak on immigration experience in Bath
On Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 6:30 p.m., Patten Free Library in Bath will host Portland resident Abdi Nor Iftin for a book talk and signing of “Call Me American: A Memoir.” As a child in Somalia Iftin learned English by listening to American pop artists like Michael Jackson and watching films starring action heroes like […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
Senator Angus King continues to be the champion Maine’s small businesses need
When Nate Wildes and Jared Entwistle held their “soft opening” for Flight Deck Brewery in February 2017, they were only expecting a few dozen friends and neighbors to show up. But in the cold winter on the grounds of the former Brunswick Naval Air Station they were able to serve more than 5,000 customers in […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Police: Drugs, rifle found in truck during Lebanon traffic stop
LEBANON — Police say a traffic stop on Saturday in Lebanon led to the discovery of an array of drugs, an arrest and the prospect of more suspects being taken into custody. The roadside investigation turned up a quantity of what police believe was heroin and fentanyl, crystal methamphetamine, prescription pills, drug packaging materials, a […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Obituaries
Beverly J. Koehling
Phippsburg – , 78, passed away peacefully at her home, with her family by her side on Thursday, Oct 4, 2018. She was born in Bath Maine on August 17, 1940 the daughter of Warren and Abby (Wallace) Gilliam. She grew up in Phippsburg, attended local schools. Beverly was employed at several places throughout her […]
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