I’m very concerned about something we all see on the tube these days, and I obsess about it far more than I probably should, but I can’t help it. It’s all those gross animal legs and paws we see in commercials. You know, commercials starring an animal, where the poor beast appears to be doing […]
2023
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Stacy Frizzle-Edgerton: Go and tell it to the bees
We’ve been creating an apiary for the last year or so up at Mossy Ledge Farm, our home in Bowdoin. Jonathan took the beekeeping class last winter and constructed our hives in the spring. Our new busy baby bees came home to their freshly painted, creamy-yellow hive boxes in May, and it’s been an adventure […]
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France’s Macron supporting actor Gérard Depardieu, accused of sexual misconduct
Asked about such accusations against Depardieu, French President Emmanuel Macron said he believed in the presumption of innocence and the judicial process.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Sustainable Practice: Sustainable peace
As the long days of summer have faded to the long nights of winter, our hopes for world peace this year have dimmed. But just as our time in the sun will grow again, so too may our hopes be rekindled that we may yet achieve sustainable peace on Earth. Those of us who are […]
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Celtics notebook: Thirty-six years later, Boston does it again
Not since the days of Larry Bird and Robert Parish have five players scored at least 20 points, until Wednesday night’s 144-119 blowout victory at Sacramento,.
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Obituary – Joyce Butler
Joyce Kelley Butler died at Huntington Common in Kennebunk on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, after a period of declining health. She brought us love and devotion, and will be sadly missed. Joyce was born on June 27, 1933, in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Charles William Eaton Kelley and Dorothy Jean King Kelley, one of […]
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Giving Voice: All I want for Christmas
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, isn’t it? Families gather to celebrate traditions that go back thousands of years: Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, Las Posadas, Bodhi Day, Santa Lucia Day and Winter Solstice. Silly songs such as “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth,” “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” and […]
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‘You are the father!’ Talk show host Maury Povich declares to Denver Zoo orangutan
Sumatran orangutans are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with a rapidly declining wild population due to habitat loss, illegal hunting and the black-market pet trade, the zoo said.
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Regulators kill deal for wind power line from northern Maine to New England grid
In another setback for a slow-moving project, Maine Public Utilities Commission members said the developer, LS Power, reported it could no longer hold to an agreed-upon price for the project. The PUC soon will accept new bids.
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Agreement on UN resolution on critical aid for Gaza is ‘very close’ and vote expected, sponsor says
The U.S. has been struggling to change the text’s references to a cessation of hostilities in the Israel-Hamas war, but the key sticking point is the inspection of aid trucks entering Gaza to ensure they are only carrying humanitarian goods.
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