The Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust is seeking community input on its current and future conservation work. A community survey available online until Sept. 2. asks the community what land trust programs and properties are most important to them, what outdoor activities visitors do on trust properties and what activities they would like more access to, and what partnerships seem […]
2019
Posted inTimes Record
Twice Told moving to new digs
A used bookstore whose proceeds all support Brunswick’s Curtis Memorial Library is relocating. Twice-Told Tales will be relocating in late September to 200 Maine St., the former location of Bamforth Marine. The store will reopen in early October. “The new one-level location offers easier customer access, a more convenient drop-off location for donations, and a more visible […]
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Dick Polman: Democrats wrong to turn their backs on anti-Trump Republicans
Winston Churchill understood that in times of national emergency, it was imperative to forge alliances with anyone willing to help – no matter how odious those allies might be. As the British prime minister famously declared in 1941, “If Hitler invaded hell, I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
CMP withdraws document filed with customers’ confidential information
The filing had been submitted to regulators to refute customers’ complaints reported in the media.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Schools and Education
School uniforms are on the rise, changing back-to-school shopping
Administrators see safety, convenience and inclusion. Critics see a block to creativity and individualism. Retailers see profit.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Augusta police warn of scam that ‘spoofs’ the department’s number
City police said a person is impersonating an officer and calling people demanding they buy pre-paid debit cards or else they will be arrested.
Posted inTimes Record
Holocaust survivor who spied on Nazis during World War II shares her story at USM
Marthe Cohn was the perfect spy because she didn’t look the part. She stood only 4 feet, 11 inches tall and had blond hair and blue eyes, making her look more like a young German girl than a 24-year-old Jew who had been recruited to spy on the Nazis during World War II and lived […]
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He tried to stop Trump in the electoral college. A court says his ‘faithless’ ballot was legal.
Apparently the first time, a federal appeals court has upheld the right of so-called “faithless electors” to vote with their conscience
Posted inNation & World, News
Brazil’s president blames Amazon fires on NGOs, gives no proof
President Jair Bolsonaro suggests, without evidence, that non-governmental organizations could be setting them to make him look bad.
Posted inTimes Record
Maine breifs: Officials: Body recovered was that of missing Bremen man; Police: 1 dead in crash in Porter; Rat infestation plagues town for over 6 months
Officials: Body recovered was that of missing Bremen man AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine medical examiner’s office has confirmed the identity of a man’s body found in Greenland Cove near Bremen. Officials identified the body Wednesday as 63-year-old Glenn Murdoch of Bremen, who was reported missing when his empty skiff was found adrift on Aug. 12. […]