The narrative that this Middle East democracy is self-evidently the oppressor of Palestinian-Israelis ignores much of history and present reality.
March 2023
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Just a Little Old: Taking measure of Papa Hemingway
I first discovered the emotional power of good writing during my senior year at Bowdoin College. I was in the library reading the last pages of “A Farewell to Arms” by Earnest Hemingway. The novel depicts a love affair between Lt. Frederick Henry, an ambulance driver during World War I, and Catherine Barkley, the nurse […]
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Giving Voice: The Gathering Place warming center
With predictions of record-cold temperatures in January, The Gathering Place immediately began planning for those times. How many nights could we be open during a cold spell? How could we pay for it? What were the best hours to be open, and for how many hours at a time? If we divided our open hours […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Dick Polman: Bracing for ‘Stormy’ weather, right-wing hypocrites hunker in MAGA bunker
As we await word of a seemingly imminent Trump indictment, it has been highly entertaining to hear his defenders twist themselves into pretzels in order to excuse the fact he paid a porn star $130,000 on the eve of the 2016 election to hide an extramarital tryst. If Trump is indeed indicted, there will be […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Peter Ingram: What’s in a name? A look at fun bud names
Have you ever been to a marijuana dispensary and found yourself looking at the most beautiful display “nug” of your life to then see its nametag and it says … Unicorn Poop? Unicorn? Poop? Really?! Who comes up with these names? Why are these strains’ names so silly? I have been working in the Maine […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Inside New Gloucester: March 24
Protecting Maine bee populations Attend a free educational and networking event, “Maine Bees and New Gloucester Beekeepers,” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at the First Congregational Church Vestry, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, to learn about how to help bees in Maine. Guest speaker Jennifer Lund, the state apiarist with the Maine Department of Agriculture, […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: South Portland lawn mower proposal is virtue-signaling
It will cost residents of the city a lot of money to replace their gas-powered mowers and leaf blowers with electric ones.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Pain management gravely misunderstood in Norris case
The charges against Maine pain management and addiction specialist Dr. Merideth Norris by the federal government have resulted in an extreme and immediate chilling effect upon the pain community, creating an untenable situation for her patients and for every patient in the state who is reliant on opioid analgesics for pain management. Physicians are realizing […]
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Is a half-hour lunch break best for Maine students?
Some say a proposed mandate for 30-minute lunch periods would be better for students’ nutrition, while others argue that it would create more opportunity for trouble.
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Letter to the editor: Ads attacking Pine Tree Power sit poorly
Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like I am being bamboozled by Central Maine Power. I think people are much smarter than CMP thinks. We just went through yet another major storm, and it’s the same old story in my neck of the woods: The power went down and stayed down. Evidently, flip a […]