This year marks the City of Bath’s 23rd annual Citizen Involvement Day, a community-building event that brings awareness about local service organizations and honors community leaders. The event will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 at the Waterfront Park. Local nonprofits will have tables at the event to promote their […]
2021
Posted inTimes Record
Wiscasset food pantry again recipient of Damariscotta Hannaford bag program
St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry in Wiscasset is the recipient of the Damariscotta Hannaford’s Hannaford Helps Bags for a Cause program. For every usable bag purchased for $2.50, the pantry will receive $1 in October. The pantry was a recipient of the program in July. The Help Yourself Shelf at St. Philip’s in […]
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4 Morse High students are semifinalists in 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program
Officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of about 16,000 semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program this month; a pool that represents less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors. Four Morse High School students — Samuel Schultz, Aidan Shields, Elliot Harkins and Iris Hennin — earned a semifinalist […]
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Drivers, get ready for some I-295 detours
The I-295 bridge over Veranda Street in Portland will be replaced in October, requiring the closure of that part of the highway and the heavily traveled street below.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Through My Lens: LePage and his racist rhetoric don’t belong in Maine
Our state should not elect a governor who thinks Black and brown people are nothing but drug dealers who impregnate white women. Former Gov. Paul LePage is in the gubernatorial race next year, but his previous racist remarks while he was still a governor rings in our heads. Those of us hurt by his remarks […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: Policy changes needed to end ‘preventable’ officer deaths
This has been a sad week for Maine. Last Thursday, Hancock County Deputy Luke Gross died in the line of duty when he was struck by a vehicle at the scene of an accident. While finishing high school, my eldest, Eilon, was simultaneously enrolled in the law enforcement program run through the Hancock County Technical […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Killer drone program makes our country less safe
The despicable drone attack of Aug, 29, which killed seven innocent children and three adults in the Ahmadi family in Kabul, Afghanistan, was just the latest extrajudicial execution conducted by the United States Air Force at Creech Air Force Base. It is here, 40 miles north of Las Vegas, in the “belly of the beast,” […]
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Letter to the editor: New program would offer Maine students alternative to quarantine
A strategy called ‘test to stay’ would allow uninfected close contacts to stay in the classroom.
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Letter to the editor: Hospital officials unable to justify disparity in costs
Recently I called the president of my local hospital. I got her answering machine and was told she’d get back to me. I asked her: Why would two CAT scans be $3,000 cheaper 30 miles down the road? And how could they justify the difference? I never got a reply, but I think I got […]
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Commentary: America’s nuclear fallout victims need more help
Our government has never been forthcoming about what radiation did to the folks living under those clouds.