Next year marks the 20th anniversary of my friendship with Fred. My “Fred-ship.” He still wears the oversized T-shirts and baggy sweatpants he did when I first spied him in Pilates class. Bearded and baseball-capped, leg circling in the air, sneaker laces dangling. Side by side, we went through the movements and motions, still strangers. […]
2021
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Bipartisan redistricting effort shows Congress how lawmaking should work
When it comes to redrawing Maine’s electoral districts, nothing is to be gained from failing to work together.
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Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Frank E. Reilly, Portland: You’re leaving, I’m staying
Aug. 11, 2020, 5 p.m. EST Dear Judy, I learned today that you died in San Francisco, and so it breaks my heart to have to say goodbye after 65 years of a friendship that defied description, perhaps even understanding. But that doesn’t matter, you and I understood it throughout years of new jobs, relationships […]
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Maine pharmacists flag ivermectin prescriptions from people seeking drug for COVID-19
The drug is intended to target infections caused by some parasitic worms in humans and animals, but many are seeking prescriptions because they believe it can ward off or treat COVID-19.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Forest Avenue Hannaford models caring customer service
We all shop for food, most of us at some combination of Hannaford, Shaw’s, Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods. Where we shop depends on many factors: It’s an open market. For New Mainers (immigrants, refugees, asylees), those choices depend on proximity, availability of certain stock items and price. Understandably, the Forest Avenue Hannaford serves, among […]
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Kym Dakin, Yarmouth: We whine, but we show up
It was New York City in the ’80s. The Reagan years. Donald Trump was an annoyance even then, but the toxin was at least locally confined to the five boroughs of New York. I met Rahti at the Actors Information Project. We were in the same accountability group, tasked with building our fabulous careers in […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: Why charter schools are not as ‘public’ as they claim to be
Proponents of charter schools insist that they are public schools “open to all students.” But the truth is more nuanced. As an education policy researcher – and as author of a new book about charter schools I wrote with fellow researcher Wagma Mommandi – I have discovered that charter schools are not as accessible to […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Voters want Congress to mitigate global warming
The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication conducts Climate Change in the American Mind surveys of American voters twice a year, in March and September. It may come as no surprise that given the number and breadth of extreme climate events that the U.S. has endured this year, the most recent survey is showing that […]
Posted inObituaries, Times Record, Times Record Obituaries
Obituary: Raymond Llewellyn Swain, Jr.
Raymond Llewellyn Swain, Jr. 1931 – 2021 GEORGETOWN – Raymond Llewellyn Swain, Jr., 89, died peacefully Sept. 20, 2021 …
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Obituary: Howard Forrest Babbidge
Howard Forrest Babbidge 1922 – 2021 PORTLAND – Howard Forrest Babbidge, 98, of Portland, passed away on September 28, 2021, at …