One of the things that we undertake at the historical society is the documentation of the lives of people who have made a difference in our community’s history. I was pleased to have us focus this past week on the longtime history teacher Charles Kahill. Without a doubt, the Kahill legacy has been cemented by […]
December 2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Maine Idea: Bob Dole, master in the Senate
After Bob Dole – the best Senate leader Republicans have had – died last Sunday, tributes began pouring in. Perhaps predictably, they focused on his runs for national office, where he was not exactly a fish out of water, but certainly out of his element. There was only casual mention of his work as a […]
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Rinck Advertising announces eight new hires
NEW HIRES Rinck Advertising recently announced eight new hires. Libby Belanger was hired as a project coordinator for Rinck’s healthcare and public health accounts. Belanger, of Norway, was previously a marketing and event coordinator at Kardex Remstar. Adrian Bouthot has been hired as a project manager for Rinck’s Unilever International clients and others. He formerly […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Celebrate the holidays by shopping local
The holiday season is for being with family and friends, celebrating community, eating good food, giving back when you have little extra to spare and, of course, shopping. While some big box retail giants could pay to charter their own private cargo ships to import goods into the United States, I’m hoping that we don’t […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Tom Purcell: The best Christmas gift is time
Our time is the best gift we can give to our friends and family this Christmas. Nobody knows how much time we have on Earth — nobody knows when our time will end. We all have friends and loved ones who were claimed way too early. Hopefully, you are blessed, as my family has been, […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Roe’s future in hands of those with no stake in it
I guess I am one of those nuanced people about abortion, as identified recently in The New York Times. I am a year away from 80, so it isn’t something I have to worry about for myself. In our early years of marriage, it wasn’t really available and it wasn’t anything we considered. After two […]
Posted inTimes Record
Intertidal: Learning about our coastal ecosystem starts early
“Woah, are there lobsters in there?” asked one student. “Are you coming to my class?” asked another. These were the wide-eyed excited comments of students at Harriet Beecher Stowe (HBS) Elementary as I carried a lobster trap, a bucket full of bait bags and lobster tools, and a cooler with the live animals down the […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
With the movie ‘Encounter,’ you’ll come for the alien thriller, but stay for Riz Ahmed’s performance
“Encounter” opens with a shot of a bright celestial object streaking across the night sky, followed by ickily close-up footage of insects, particularly the mosquito – or, it is suggested, some mosquito-like E.T. – that pierces the skin with its proboscis and deposits something nasty into the bloodstream. To wit: that something is a nonterrestrial […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine case gives religious right an opportunity
Three new conservative Christians on the U.S. Supreme Court could tear down the wall between church and state.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Column doesn’t clarify how state is supporting Maine schools
Martin Mackey, director of Rethinking Responsive Education Ventures for the Maine Department of Education, has written a Maine Voices column that spells out plans for the future of education in Maine (“Here’s how we build Maine schools that work for everyone,” Dec. 7). Unfortunately, the document is so replete with jargon and ill-defined terms that […]