Many coastal businesses have had to decide whether to abandon their enterprises or rebuild, hoping to fortify their properties against future major storms.
August 2024
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Diamondbacks complete series sweep with comeback win over Red Sox, 7-5
Arizona overcomes Rafael Devers’ 200th career home and rallies from a 4-0 deficit.
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Oxford 250 notebook: Maine racing legend Mike Rowe still going strong
The 74-year-old Turner racer, who competed in the first Oxford 250 in 1974, continues to amaze fellow drivers. Also, Auburn’s Travis Stearns overcomes adversity, Canadians make long hauls, and Dennis Spencer’s car coming around.
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Intertidal: Catching a ride with big storms
The recent hurricanes have brought strange weather to the Maine coast and, along with the Canadian wildfires, have made for some oddly both foggy and hazy days interspersed with some blustery and wavy moments thanks to the storms and the super moon–induced extra tides. All of this unsettled weather would make most creatures hunker down […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letters to the editor: Tepler endorsement, Republican for Harris
In support of Tepler for Senate I am writing in support of Denise Tepler for Senate representing Sagadahoc County and Dresden. I have known Denise about 30 years through our involvement with Williams-Cone PTO. She represented Topsham as our representative for eight years, most recently as co-chair on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: A Chowderhead weekend
Each July, the Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society organizes a long weekend of exciting outdoor activities collectively called the Summer Picnic. For many years, base camp for the picnic has been Webb’s Campground in West Forks, and we were back there again this year. The entertainment began Friday with a swift water rescue clinic on […]
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Bill Pascrell Jr., long-serving House member from N.J., dies at 87
He was the U.S. House of Representative’s second-oldest member, after Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif., who is set to retire at the end of the current term.
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Danny Tyree: Did you remember your pets in your will?
My bachelor Uncle Vernon refused to make out a last will and testament. Twenty-one years ago, he passed away unexpectedly. That left his beloved (but decrepit) English Shepherd dog Fred in a pickle. Luckily, my mother volunteered to adopt Fred and care for him in his final years. Things haven’t always worked out that smoothly […]
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Judge narrows lawsuit against Met Opera to gender discrimination
Anna Netrebko, the star soprano, who is from Russia, was dropped from the Met’s lineup after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Stacy Frizzle-Edgerton: Could I get some sleep, please?
So something has been keeping me awake at night … I’ve been worried about something that’s been happening at the People Plus Center and the homes of our members. It’s something that can be prevented, and often has life-changing and disastrous consequences. It seems like lots of people are falling down! Over the last several […]