The March 5 editorial (“Our View: Midcoast pipeline rejection shows that climate questions aren’t easy to answer”) makes excellent points because it is vital to recognize the difference between practical and theoretical hopes. The big issue is to “get there from here” most efficiently, realistically and economically. Excess clean-energy production should be turned into hydrogen […]
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Posted inThe Forecaster
School Notebook: March 10
Friends, indeed Greely teams compete in National Science Bowl Three teams from Greely Middle School in Cumberland are participating in the preliminary round of the National Finals of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s National Science Bowl in April. The Science Bowl is a nationwide competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas […]
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Letter to the editor: Natural gas ineffective tool in climate fight
Re: “Our View: Midcoast pipeline rejection shows climate questions aren’t easy to answer” (March 5): Despite attempts by the American Petroleum Institute to convince the world that “clean” natural gas will help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, recent studies suggest that it is no cleaner than oil or coal. Natural gas is just a nice phrase for […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letter: The level of ignorance of civics in America is disturbing
Dick Polman got it right by connecting the prevalence of civic ignorance to the assault on the U.S. Capitol (“Ignorance about democracy helped spark Capitol riot,” The Times Record, March 8). If education cuts are made social studies is always at the top of the list of expendable topics. A 2015 Annenberg Public Policy Center […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: Revisiting reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its debt for the legacy of slavery?
Some 156 years after the end of the Civil War and the official abolition of slavery through the 13th Amendment, the idea of reparations is gaining currency in Washington. On March 1, Cedric Richmond, a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, suggested the White House could “start acting now” on the issue. The comment comes […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: New York Gov. Cuomo is the textbook example of how not to apologize
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s two apologies for alleged sexual misconduct are straight out of a master class in how not to say you’re sorry. The governor, who had become something of a celebrity during his nationally broadcast press conferences early in the coronavirus pandemic, is now embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal involving five […]
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Commentary: U.S. vaccine hoarding is alienating the world
The world had hoped ‘America First’ would end when Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump as president. It hasn’t.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Essential workers have earned the hazard pay Portland voters approved
We are proud to be keeping local people fed and healthy, but we shouldn’t have to bear the burden of the pandemic.
Posted inObituaries, Times Record, Times Record Obituaries
Obituary: David L. Ponziani
David L. Ponziani 1945 – 2021 BOWDOIN – David L. Ponziani, 75, died Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at Maine Medical …
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Obituary: Robert “Bobby” Turner
WATERBORO – Robert “Bobby” Turner, devoted husband, dad, grandfather, and friend went to his eternal home on March 6, 2021.
Bobby was …