The following column is the 7th in a series about our Mare/Mere Brook Watershed. December 6th’s Brunswick Town Council meeting will include a presentation of a watershed improvement plan from the Mare Brook Steering Committee. The plan recommends ways to attain a watershed-wide Class B stream designation, a significant upgrade from Mare Brook’s current “urban-impaired” […]
December 2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Gordon Weil: Memo to Biden: Political packaging matters
There’s a huge difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. (You knew that.) Last month’s unemployment numbers, reporting the fewest new applicants over more than 50 years, showed the difference. Trump would have trumpeted that news and claimed that it was due to his historic efforts. No matter the truth of his claim, you could […]
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Guest column: Former Brunswick base has come a long way, MRRA boss signs off
As I write this last message and transition from the role as the Executive Director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA), I certainly have some mixed emotions. As some may know, I have been with the organization since soon after the decision was made to close NAS Brunswick. I was the first person hired […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letters: Gun owners are responsible for their weapons; Free speech pushes US into divisiveness
Gun owners are responsible for their weapons About school shootings — where do the guns come from? I suspect from the parents or a friend or relative, or stolen, or bought on the street. So, in part, I blame the gun owners. If you own a gun that is used, you are part of the […]
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Town of Scarborough seeks public input in community survey
The Town of Scarborough is now underway with a formal community-wide survey to seek resident input, its first since 2010. It is open to all residents to share their feedback in an online format, available by going to https://tinyurl.com/scarborough-community-survey. We encourage you to take 15-20 minutes to answer the questions regarding your satisfaction with and […]
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Bill Nemitz: For Cape Elizabeth, a public reckoning looms
The town’s proposed affordable housing project may be history, but a revealing referendum remains.
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Letter to the editor: Republicans’ accusations reveal their own transgressions
There is a psychological concept called “projection,” which is when people attribute to others emotions or traits they have themselves, such as accusing others of lying when they themselves are the ones who lie. Narcissists, like Donald Trump, always project the bad things that they do on to others, accusing them of doing what they […]
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Young mother won’t lose hope, but asks for a little help
She is looking for a job and a place to live, and hopes to provide gifts for her 1-year-old daughter.
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Letter to the editor: Forgoing masks, vaccine robs others of freedom
As a lung cancer survivor, with just one fully operative lung, I try to understand the folks being unvaccinated and unmasked, who see it as a measure of their freedom. But they don’t seem to understand that in order to enjoy their freedoms, they rob me and my family of our freedom, confining us to […]
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Guest column: Hail to the chief
When I bid on a ride along with Brunswick’s new police chief ,which he offered to help the Brunswick Downtown Association’s auction raise money, I wasn’t expecting to win but wanted to make sure his offer went for a respectable price. Instead of a ride along, I asked Chief Stewart if we could get together […]