In his recent U.N. speech, President Trump offered his vision for America’s place in the world. Nobody was surprised that his words echoed U.S. policy in the decades before the outbreak of World War II. Perhaps this was how to “make America great again: Return to the years when the country was a world power […]
October 2018
Posted inJournal Tribune
Chris Sale eager to amend for 2017 postseason clunker
BOSTON — Chris Sale waited eight years to make his first postseason start and then another 365 days for a chance to put that memory behind him. The Red Sox left-hander will start Game 1 of the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees on Friday night, one year after he was bombarded by […]
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Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
David Treadwell: She said, he sank (maybe)
This entire Brett Kavanaugh saga epitomizes all that is wrong in politics — and America — today. Instead of witnessing a sober deliberation to select a person to hold a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court, we have a ringside seat on a Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment match. But that’s not surprising given that Donald Trump, […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Obituaries
Bertrand A. Breton
A resident of Brunswick and Rangeley, Maine, Bert died September 26, 2018, at the Maine Veteran’s Home in Scarborough. Born in Topsham, Maine in 1931, the eldest son of Adelard and Irene (St. Pierre) Breton, Bert attended local schools before enlisting in the Marines in 1948. He deployed to China to extricate Americans as Moa […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
Giving Voice: What The Gathering Place taught me
When The Gathering Place — a daytime drop-in center in Brunswick for the homeless — began in 2011, our intention was simply to offer a place for those who wanted to come during the day where they would be respected and welcomed, where their essential dignity as human beings would be honored and recognized. These […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
Your Land: Along the Gully Trail — Old and new woods
In October, I like to revisit places I go to each spring as the land wakens. One of those public places is the nearby Mere Brook corridor as it passes through Meadowbrook and along the southwestern edge of the nearby Bowdoin College playing fields. There, the short, aptly-named Gully Trail breaks away from the college’s […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Kavanaugh fight a case study in crime and punishment
The firestorm is a reminder that we haven’t defined the rules of engagement in the #MeToo era.
Posted inFall sports, Football, Sports, Varsity Maine
High School football notebook: These Rangers are few, proud and successful
Despite dressing fewer than 20 players, Greely is 3-2 and remains competitive in Class B South.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Kavanaugh lacked candor, humility in testimony
He’d have been more credible if he had been frank about his booze- and entitlement-driven teenage bad behavior.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Regardless of her vote, Collins deserves praise for her thoughtfulness
I, like many others here in the state of Maine, am in complete support of and applaud the courage of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in representing all of her constituents in our great state – regardless of party affiliation or gender. The careful consideration she has demonstrated in the process of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation […]
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