PITTSBURGH — Joe Haden saw the ball floating toward him, Rob Gronkowski bearing down on him, stretched out every inch of his 5-foot-11 frame and hoped for the best. For once, the first time in a while, the best actually happened for the erratic Pittsburgh Steelers defense. Haden’s leaping fourth-quarter interception — one in which […]
2018
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Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
Guest column: In 2019, women’s rights are still not explicitly recognized in US Constitution
Over nine decades, efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution to recognize women’s rights have faced major challenges. Congress finally passed such legislation, known as the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1972. The amendment would recognize women’s equal rights to men under the law. Despite concerted campaigns by women’s rights groups, it fell short of the 38 […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Jeff Bridges to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at Globes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Bridges may have once been considered as one of Hollywood’s most underappreciated actors, but next month’s Golden Globe Awards will showcase his life and illustrious career next month by bestowing him one of its highest honors. Bridges will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 76th annual awards ceremony […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries
Gerard ‘Jerry’ LaBrecque
SACO — Gerard “Jerry” LaBrecque, 68, of Saco, passed away unexpectedly early Sunday morning on Dec. 16, 2018, at home. He was born in Biddeford on Feb. 15, 1950, a son of Joseph (Leo Pould) and Marguerite (LeBrun) LaBrecque. He graduated from St. Louis High School. Gerry served his country in the Army Reserves for four […]
Posted inAnimals, Maine, News, Outdoors
Surge in injured owls tied to abundance of their favorite food – rodents
An increasing number of the predatory birds are colliding with motor vehicles as they hunt for squirrels and other rodents in Maine roadways.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Rise up against CMP’s burdensome rate increases
The company is raising rates next year by nearly 7% at a time when it just received a big tax cut under the 2017 federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Beauty pageants should focus more on natural-looking women
I watched the 2018 Miss Universe pageant Sunday night just to see if anything about pageants has changed. The only thing I saw that had changed was the host, Steve Harvey: He is now sporting a beard and it looked like he wore no socks. Everything else in the pageant was the same. Same type […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Right-to-die laws seem humane, but risk unwanted consequences
To see a loved one in pain is a hard thing to bear. Many think that passing a law to make it legal for that person to die on their own terms is a good thing. But no matter how many safeguards are built into any right-to-die laws, in time a person not covered by […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Tap into proposed CMP line from Canada to lower electricity costs
Given one day to respond when I received notice Dec. 8 that my 2019 rate from Electricity Maine was jumping to 12.9 cents per kilowatt-hour, I emailed their customer service address to cancel. The reply? “There was a problem delivering our message. The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect.” Really? So I […]
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