The Brunswick Downtown Association’s Holiday Window Decorating Contest that showcases and supports local businesses has begun. The theme of this year’s contest is: “How we Celebrate.” Participating businesses will be eligible to win cash prizes in three categories: Best Interpretation of the Theme, Most Creative Use of Merchandise, and People’s Choice. The public can vote […]
December 2021
Posted inTimes Record
In Photos: Brunswick celebrates Hanukkah with Maine CDC director
“This being Hanukkah — a holiday that celebrates resilience and perseverance and dedication as the name itself says — I can’t think of a holiday that more symbolically epitomizes the struggle that we’ve all been facing with respect to COVID,” Shah said.
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Conservative Supreme Court justices signal they would OK abortion limits, overturn Roe
The justices led arguments that could decide the fate of the court’s historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion throughout the United States and its 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which reaffirmed Roe.
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Omicron unravels travel industry’s plans for a comeback
Executives say government decisions about restrictions should wait until more is known about omicron, but they admit it’s a difficult call.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Omicron unravels travel industry’s plans for a comeback
For all the alarm, little is known about omicron, including whether it is more contagious, causes more serious illness or can evade vaccines.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
Maine Coast Heritage Trust President Tim Glidden to retire
Topsham-based Maine Coast Heritage Trust announced that Tim Glidden will end his tenure as president of the statewide land trust organization at the end of the year. The organization said it expects to name Glidden’s successor in the coming weeks. Glidden has been active in Maine’s environmental sector for 40 years, having served in 1983 […]
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Maine health officials monitor new variant as delta drives record COVID-19 hospitalizations
Health officials are still waiting to see what effect the holiday weekend will have on transmission, but they expect cases to surge again.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Community News – Christmas Prelude lobster boat rides offered
Library to host Arctic climate specialist The Camden Conference and Kennebunk Free Library present Dr. Susana Hancock at the Kennebunk Free Library on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. Hancock’s discussion is titled Climate Politics in Contemporary Europe. Hancock is a specialist in Arctic climate geopolitics. With a background ranging from astrophysics to linguistics, she […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
People & Business: Dec. 1
Dempsey cancer care center has new leader at the helm A woman with more than a quarter-century of experience in the public, private and social sectors has been chosen as the new CEO and president of the Dempsey Center. Cara Valentino is a certified executive coach and organizational development consultant who most recently served as […]
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Leonard Pitts: Today’s America has given flash mobs go-ahead to loot stores
Everywhere you look, someone else is seceding from the covenants that make it possible for civil society to function.
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