Let’s try to cut through all the tax plan rhetoric and crunch some numbers: A single person making the federal minimum wage ($7.25 an hour), taking the standard deduction, will see taxes decrease by 34.6 percent. A couple (no children) who both make minimum wage and take the standard deduction also will see a 34.6 […]
2018
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Collins adds insult to injury of Republican legislation
The most disturbing part of Sen. Susan Collins’ Dec. 27 op-ed, “New tax will benefit hardworking Mainers, not Washington elites,” is not that she supported tax legislation that offers crumbs to low- and middle-income Mainers while providing corporations and the wealthiest in our country with millions of dollars in tax relief, not that she supported […]
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Letter to the editor: Tax law’s short-term gains are soon to be nullified
It might indeed be possible that the great Republican tax coup will lift certain stocks even more for a time, may produce some more boost in employment for a time, but chances of these manifestations offering lasting terms, as permanent as they have been made by this Republican tax coup, is pure fantasy for anyone […]
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Letter to the editor: Beware marijuana’s hidden costs
The debate shouldn’t just focus on economics.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Care with which we treat children in our society is too often imaginary
There is so much more to be done to own life and nurture children than the act of conception.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Feds should not meddle with states’ pot laws
States like Maine should be allowed to try their own alternatives to the failed war on drugs.
Posted inTimes Record
Water trucked to Bay Bridge
BRUNSWICK Water deliveries began at the Bay Bridge Estates mobile home park on Old Bath Road on Friday and will keep coming for at least a week to address a water shortage endured by residents. The water issues began on Dec. 29. Because of a much higher than usual demand on the park’s well-fed water […]
Posted inTimes Record
Park residents take steps to form tenant group
BATH An organizational meeting of Bay Bridge Estates residents on Friday in Bath ended with the election of incorporators to allow them to form a tenant association. The two-hour meeting also drew many questions from frustrated residents wanting to know if, when and how the water supply and infrastructure problems will be addressed. Residents at […]
Posted inTimes Record
Federal tax reform raises issues in Maine
AUGUSTA Lawmakers expect to receive a report this month that will say whether Maine needs to make any changes in response to tax reform legislation recently passed by Congress. Maine Revenue Service will release a report at the end of January about what Maine may have to do to conform to the new law, said […]
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Bowdoin school competing in WinterKids
BOWDOIN Bowdoin Central School was selected to participate as Sagadahoc County’s representative in the WinterKids Winter Games program. The Winter Games are a month-long contest designed to encourage students to be active and healthy. One elementary school in each of Maine’s 16 counties was selected to participate and compete for cash prizes. Ryan Keith, principal […]