AUGUSTA — On Feb. 24, Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, introduced two bills to help support and protect young families in Maine. LD 372, “An Act To Provide Maine Children Access to Affordable Health Care,” and LD 265, “An Act To Provide Women Access to Affordable Postpartum Care,” were the subject of public hearings before […]
2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Just a Little Old: One woman’s mission to feed the hungry has been a ‘step of faith’
When Isabella Mastroianni was a young girl, she’d often spend summers with her grandmother who had a cottage on Granite Lake in New Hampshire. Her grandmother Dot was an amazing cook, famous for her buttermilk donuts, crullers, cookies, brownies and pies. “I’d go along with her when she’d drive around the lake in her boat […]
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Julie Brennan with the Pine Tree Society in Scarborough earns clinical social worker certification
SCARBOROUGH — Julie Brennan recently earned her Licensed Clinical Social Worker certification. She received her master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern Maine and, for nearly 20 years, has focused her expertise in the field of disabilities. Brennan is the director of Behavioral Services at Pine Tree Society where she oversees case […]
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Letter to the editor: Time for Maine to consider our laws’ racial impact
Maine needs L.D. 2: An Act to Require the Inclusion of Racial Impact Statements in the Legislative Process. Racial impact statements will enable our state’s lawmakers to take on institutional and systemic racism in our state. Recent data released by the Maine Center for Economic Policy clearly show that our state’s economic, health, education and […]
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Photo: People plus offers seniors meals to go
People Plus members grab a meal to go, as seen recently. Through a partnership with Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, Brunswick-area senior center People Plus receives weekly free meals that are picked up by seniors or are delivered to seniors in their homes. Midcoast Meals started during the pandemic to help feed seniors. People Plus […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine nonprofits support COVID relief bill
The Senate began debate Thursday on a version of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act that has some significant changes to the bill that passed the House last weekend. A Senate “manager’s amendment” reduces the number of individuals who will be eligible for $1,400 checks, shifts $10 billion to pay for broadband expansion […]
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Scarborough credit union partners with Makers of Maine podcast
SCARBOROUGH — Citing a similar focus on supporting the local communities, Town & Country Federal Credit Union and Makers of Maine podcast have announced a new partnership that will expand the support and awareness for the creative and innovative spirit that is strong and growing stronger in Maine. “We have a long-standing dedication to supporting […]
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Superintendent’s Notebook: Brunswick schools see March Madness of a different kind
March is a busy month. There’s the first day of spring (March 20), the launch of daylight saving time (remember, spring forward on March 14), St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) and, if you are a Shakespeare fan, the dreaded ides of March (March 15). For sports fans, March signals one of the most exciting events […]
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School Notebook: March 5
Midcoast physical education classes get students moving When Jason Carter led his first physical education classes at Dike Newell and Fisher Mitchell Schools in Bath this fall, he noticed something different about his students. “They seemed almost gloomy,” he said. “They were all about following directions. It wasn’t like your usual group of energetic elementary […]
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Council Corner: Is the pace of growth in Scarborough too high?
The town’s Residential Growth Management ordinance is under review. The public is encouraged to weigh in.