Although tax evaluations are overdue, this delay is due solely to the lethargy of the city government. The impact on the citizens of Portland is dramatic! Munjoy Hill is ground zero for paying increasing city budgets. May the reverberations and repercussions of the explosion be witnessed by all municipalities desiring to go in a similar […]
2021
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Kate Cone Brancaccio, Waterville: My Italian cooking education
We shared a platter of fried calamari and drank white wine and navigated first-date jitters on a balmy summer afternoon. Even though we had met years before, it was only now that circumstances were right for us to be together. It was August 2004, and I thought it would be fun to take him to […]
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Letter to the editor: DRIVE Safe Act adds safeguards for teenage truck drivers
In response to Russ Swift’s letter to the editor opposing the DRIVE Safe Act in Congress, he is right about one thing: Any loss of life in any vehicle crash is tragic and stakeholders, especially the trucking industry, need to be serious about highway safety. Which is what we are doing by supporting the provision […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letter: Calling on Maine’s delegation to support carbon fee
Why are we letting our country burn and our fellow citizens die of heat? As of July 20, there were 80 fires burning in 13 states across the American west.. Within the last few weeks many people, some estimates say 600, died of heat in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Clearly a climate change tipping […]
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Amanda Russell, Edgecomb: Love, gratitude and memories in bloom
My keepsakes aren’t lined up on a special shelf or stored in a special drawer. I don’t keep them in the house at all. My keepsakes are flowers in my garden and trees in my yard, each from a special person in my life who I have loved and who has made my life what […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: July 22
Knights offer a helping hand A Baby Bottle Drive organized by Knights of Columbus Council 10221 at St. Anne in Gorham resulted in a donation of more than $2,500 to Mother Seton House in Fryeburg. From Father’s Day through the end of June, the Knights placed empty baby bottles at St. Anne for parishioners to […]
Posted inTimes Record
Intertidal: Invasive species threaten Maine waters, here’s how you can fight back
Much attention has been paid to invasive species on land – barberry plants, for example. There are impressive efforts to remove them from parks and other public properties and programs to encourage people to plant native species. These are easy to see and identify and pose a problem for the native growth that they often […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Tom Purcell: Car buying experience hurt by loss of haggling
Car buyers are getting crushed by the rapid increase in the cost of new and used cars, but my dad’s old-school negotiating techniques might offer some relief. Thanks to the rippling effects of the pandemic and the lockdowns, it’s harder to find a new car to buy in the first place. As USA Today explains, […]
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Books, books and more books for sale at Dyer Library’s book sale in Saco
Books, books, books. As I’m sure you must recall it’s time for the Giant Annual Book Sale at the Dyer Library in Saco. If you are an eager beaver, it starts at 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, and continues until around the beginning of September. This is a very important fundraiser […]
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Pamela Mause Vose, Falmouth: How immigrants made my life possible
In 1881 my paternal grandmother, Franziska Mensch, was a 16-year-old orphan in Germany who came to America as a sort of indentured servant to a wealthy family. She probably had very little to bring with her, but she did bring something that would become our family’s keepsake. In 1882 my paternal grandfather, Louis Maus, arrived […]