Carol Linda Abbott, 71, passed away quietly at home on Christmas evening, Dec. 25, 2020, with her husband of 48 years by her side. Carol was born on .1, 1949, in Portland, Maine, to Hervey Robert Tousignant and Irene Bernice Tousignant (née DesRoberts). She graduated from Biddeford High School in 1967, and the Holy Ghost […]
January 2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: Executions don’t deter murder, despite the Trump administration’s push
Three more federal inmates are slated to be executed before the end of President Donald Trump’s term, though the first received a stay hours before she was slated to die on Jan. 12. Ten have already been put to death since the Trump administration announced in July 2019 that it would resume executions after a […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: No excuse for Collins’ silence regarding assault on democracy
In the 1930s in Germany, so-called “good” people remained silent as their neighbors were beaten, arrested and taken away: Jews, of course, but also the disabled, gays and anyone who did not fit the Nazi vision. This did not happen all at once, but began with incidents of violence that the perpetrators blamed on the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: Jan. 14
Officer joins Gorham PD Officer Eric Sanborn has joined the Gorham Police Department after serving as a certified, part-time officer in Buxton. He was sworn in Jan. 4 and will work the midnight patrol shift. Sanborn will undergo Gorham field training and then attend the Maine Criminal Justice Basic Law Enforcement Training program. He served […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Kay Wheeler, Raymond: Tuneful encouragement helps soften life’s rough edges
Many people believe that we don’t have memories at age 2 and 3. But we do. In many cases, just fragments, but, for example, Yo-Yo Ma could play the violin at age 3 and switched to cello at 4. I had a violin student once who could play Bach at 3. At the age of […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Supreme Court hints it favors state abortion limits
But Maine lawmakers should not enter into futile debates on this emotional issue.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The riot at the Capitol shouldn’t have been a surprise. We were all warned.
Black people’s concerns about festering racism are often dismissed. Will this ever change?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Democratic leaders: Mainers deserve a COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights
This bill would require all Maine health insurers to cover screenings, testing and immunizations even after the state of emergency ends.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The Republican paralysis
Here’s why the GOP can’t protect the country right now.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Tom Purcell: Disgraceful discourse ours to correct
Without grace, our public discourse will continue to suffer. “Grace,” according to Dictionary.com, has more than one meaning, but all of them are powerful. Grace is “a pleasing or attractive quality,” as well as “favor or goodwill.” In a religious sense, grace is “a virtue or excellence of divine origin” – a gift from God […]