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PublishedJuly 29, 2022
Commentary: Debunking stereotypes about mobile homes could make them a new face of affordable housing
When you hear the words “trailer park” or “mobile home park,” what comes to mind? Crime? Poverty? Vulnerability to natural disasters? These negative images reflect the stigma, reinforced by popular culture, that many U.S. residents assign to manufactured home parks – the official name for these dwellings under federal standards adopted in 1976. Over 20 […]
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PublishedJuly 29, 2022
Christine Flowers: From Rome with a perspective on populism and partisanship
I write this sitting at a cafe in front of the Italian Parliament, waiting for the president to resign. After two years of watching my own countrymen try and get rid of our leader in two partisan and meritless impeachment shams, the last thing I wanted was to spend my vacation in Rome watching another […]
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PublishedJuly 29, 2022
David Treadwell: Bonding through games
I recently called a local department store to see if they sold card tables. When a young woman got on the phone, I asked, “Do you have card tables?” to which she responded, “What are card tables?” to which I sagely replied, “Tables you play cards on.” “Oh,” she said, “you mean tables where the […]
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PublishedJuly 29, 2022
From the Editor: All good things …
This issue represents the last edition printed during my tenure as editor of The Times Record, as I’m taking another job outside the Masthead Maine network of papers. It’s not easy to leave. I’ve been incredibly blessed to work for this paper that can trace its lineage in the Bath and Brunswick area back for […]
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PublishedJuly 29, 2022
Gordon Weil: State anti-abortion moves could be foiled
Historic U.S. document could block state anti-abortion efforts
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PublishedJuly 29, 2022
Letter: Respect for Marriage Act would protect all legally married couples
Now that we’ve seen the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, there are indications that other landmark cases may soon follow. It has been seven years since marriage rights were granted to same-sex couples in the United States in the Obergefell v. Hodges case. In that time, support for same-sex marriage has increased dramatically in […]
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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
Intertidal: Casco Bay has benefited from Clean Water Act
Impacts of the law established in 1972 are astonishingly far-reaching.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
Maine Paws for Veterans gets $15K grant from national veterans organization
Maine Paws for Veterans has received a grant from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for $15,000, which will enhance the Psychiatric Service Dog Program. The nonprofit Maine Paws for Veterans was founded in 2012 as an all-volunteer organization to address the unmet needs of Maine veterans living with Post-Traumatic Stress. Over the past 10 years, […]
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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
Author talk with Kathryn Miles planned in Freeport
Freeport Community Library will host author Kathryn Miles for a talk about her true crime book, “TRAILED: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders.” The event is free and open to the public and takes place on August 10 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The book recounts Miles’s efforts to solve the 1996 murders of two […]
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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
Fly-fishing expo is Saturday in Brunswick
On Saturday, July 30, 2022, the MerryMeeting Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host a free day of all things fly-fishing and live music. All can attend this event on the Brunswick Town Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event will offer free fly-casting instruction, fly tying demonstrations, an aquatic insect exhibit and […]
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