Listing for July 27
2021
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Back Cove site wrong place for soccer stadium
The other potential location, Fitzpatrick Stadium, already has the features necessary to host athletic competitions.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: End discrimination in Maine against religious school families
By barring the use of public funding for religious high schools, the state is violating the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, says the firm representing three Maine families.
Posted inTimes Record
Ron Chase: Catching up with the puffins on Maine’s Muscongus Bay
One of my favorite kayak adventures is visiting the puffins on Eastern Egg Rock in outer Muscongus Bay. Each year, the colorful enigmatic seabirds arrive at the tiny barren atoll to breed and nest for a few weeks in June and July. Traveling to Eastern Egg is an ambitious undertaking. The roundtrip from Round Pond […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Writer exaggerates threat to Maine’s well-managed water supply
Citing climate change and global violence, a recent op-ed author (Maine Voices, July 13) argued water is a “political tool” and that “in Maine, multinational corporations and private equity firms are seizing water sources at an alarming rate.” Colorful, but not accurate. Maine people own our water resources. Nobody can seize them. Property owners can […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Movie theaters are back, but they’ve got competition
The movie-going experience has also been a world apart. It’ll have to stay that way to prosper.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Life Unwound: Practice inner and outer kindness
Someone recently asked me, “What do you worry about?” I worry that we will forget to be kind. At the end of his broadcast, Lester Holt urges, “Take care of yourselves and each other.” Sometimes I hear it as “Take care of eeee chuthur.” Sometimes I laugh. Then I realize that I worry about this […]
Posted inTimes Record
The Recycle Bin: New Maine law to get manufacturers, retailers using less packaging
With passage and the governor’s signing of Maine’s new Extended Producer Responsibility law, our state has taken a very bold initiative in the quest for a better environment. This is perhaps the most important piece of environmental legislation yet passed in the 21st century, and it leads the country in enacting such measures. Several other […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: Joy and grief will coexist as Americans return to pre-pandemic life – ‘everyday memorials’ will help
After more than 17 months of pandemic restrictions, Americans find themselves at an awkward cultural divide. As psychologist Adam Grantwrote in a New York Times article, some of us feel a true whoosh of joy at the first hug, maskless kiss and happy reunion. Many of us are shaking off post-pandemic blues by dining out, […]