WELLS — Despite opposition from some residents to allow adult business in Wells, such businesses cannot be banned altogether. However, town officials hope to limit where such businesses can locate. In order to do so, the Board of Selectmen passed an emergency land use ordinance amendment on April 9 that would temporarily allow adult business […]
2019
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Paper or plastic? The answer’s not as clear as you think.
As Maine lawmakers debate a ban on single-use plastic bags, they should consider carbon emissions as well.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: At State House or on stage, there’s reason for applause
I was delighted to read recently about the first 100 days of Janet Mills’ governance (April 15). The enthusiasm and energy of her inauguration speech continue, and I suspect will endure. It seems the gloom is gone, an’ spring has sprung. “Under the dome” – and all over Maine! I particularly noted Sen. Troy Jackson’s […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries
Lee Goldthwaite
BIDDEFORD — Lee Goldthwaite loosed his mooring line with this world and past into eternity on April 22, 2019. Lee was the son of Ralph Jordan and Eleanor Marie (Gross) Goldthwaite and the brother of Kathleen Goldthwaite Hedman. He served in the Marines after high school. Lee was a medical technician in Pulmonary Medicine at Maine Medical Center […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
‘We Want a Future’: Students seeking a Green New Deal for Maine speak with a poignant mix of idealism and realism about the damaged world they’re inheriting
AUGUSTA — A raw north wind and showers did not keep several hundred students from gathering at the Maine Youth Day of Action rally on Tuesday, standing resolutely outside the Statehouse with handmade signs and voicing demands for climate justice. The rally was timed to coincide with a committee hearing on LD 1282, a Green New Deal […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
John L. Micek: Trump’s new plan: Boot families from public housing
The Trump administration is upping the ante in its war on undocumented immigrants with a new proposal to boot them from public housing – all in the name of helping “the most vulnerable” Americans. But immigration activists and advocates for low-income Americans say all the White House’s plan would do is leave thousands of children, who are […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Treatment programs essential to ensuring success for drug offenders
Editor, Imagine trying to swim in a pit of quicksand. That’s what it is like for drug convicted felons stepping back into society after years of incarceration. These individuals are often labeled as the black sheep of their family, employers may be less likely to hire them, especially in regards to professional jobs, and they […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Obituaries
Daniel Almario Morales
TOPSHAM – Daniel Almario Morales, 73, of Topsham passed away, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nev., surrounded by his wife and close family. Daniel is survived by his wife, Gloria “Baby,” of 42 years; daughters Michelle Paules, Caroline Paules; sons-in-law, Jeremy, Geoff; grandchildren, Michael, Mia, Daniel, William; sisters, Tami, Bernadette, Susan, Vivian, Stella, […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Bond 25 launches filming in Jamaica, Rami Malek to play villain
NEW YORK (AP) — The 25th James Bond movie and Daniel Craig’s fifth and final installment as 007 is heading home to Jamaica. Craig, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, and director Cary Fukunaga on Thursday launched the film from the Caribbean island nation where Ian Fleming wrote all of his Bond novels. […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Chamberlain took on personal as well as battlefield challenges
Re: “Should this Ghost of Paul Revere song be Maine’s new state ballad?” (April 12): This article was definitely thought-provoking. I can understand how Griffin Sherry, the writer of “The Ballad of the 20th Maine,” wanted to write about a foot soldier from Maine in the Battle of Gettysburg rather than hero Gen. Joshua Chamberlain. […]
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