John Swinconeck is the executive editor of The Times Record, The Forecaster group, American Journal and Lakes Region Weekly. He has spent most of his journalistic career covering local news in Maine. When not working he enjoys collecting cheap guitars, cooking and spending time with his wife and kids. He lives in Bath. He is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2020
The Recycle Bin: Reuse, instead of recycling
Your weekly question and answer column on what to recycle, what not to recycle, and why, in Brunswick. The public is encouraged to submit questions by email to brunsrecycleinfo@gmail.com
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PublishedDecember 1, 2020
Birth announcements — November
A boy, Theo Micheal Hart born to Savanna Rose Smith and Jeremy Micheal Hart on November 16, 2020 of Brunswick, Maine. Maternal Grandparent, Renae Sutherland of Brunswick, Maine. Paternal Grandparents, Dian and Roger Hart of Sabattus, Maine. Sibling, Natalie Hart A girl, Georgia Mary Tidd born to Jacob Nolin Tidd and Carolyn Jane Footer on […]
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PublishedNovember 30, 2020
People Plus launches Annual Appeal fundraising campaign
People Plus, a Brunswick-are senior community center, has announced the launch of its Annual Appeal fundraising campaign. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, People Plus canceled all fundraising events. As a result, it set a goal of $75,000 for this year’s campaign. The 45-year-old nonprofit has two matching donors to help bring in funds. The […]
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PublishedNovember 30, 2020
The Maine Idea: How governors use, and misuse, their powers
This is the traditional time to give thanks and praise, but it seems harder this year. Our collective response – and non-response – to the pandemic lies heavy on the national conscience. I have relatives in South Dakota who have been alarmed by Gov. Kristi Noem’s inaction. Like Janet Mills in Maine, Noem is that […]
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PublishedNovember 30, 2020
Guest column: Republicans can’t allow Trump to remain the party’s leader
In politics, conventional wisdom embodies a narrative created by like-minded individuals who promote it relentlessly until it achieves credibility and acceptance by a broader audience. It is strategic effort to inject a specific theory or hypothesis into the circulatory system of the pundit population hoping it will ricochet around the echo chamber of mainstream and […]
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PublishedNovember 27, 2020
Virtual Midcoast Tree Auction to replace festival in Brunswick
The event takes place Dec. 4-12.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2020
Guest column: Apprenticeships are a path forward for Maine
Isn’t it ironic that repairing and strengthening Maine’s economy amidst a contemporary economic crisis may require taking our cue from history? That’s what first crossed my mind while reading New America’s new report, The Road to 500,000 Apprentices. Apprenticeships, which have been part of our economy since the Colonial era, represent an important strategy as […]
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PublishedNovember 27, 2020
Gordon Weil: Judge trumps attack on democracy
A conservative federal judge, a lifelong Republican, gets to decide on the Trump campaign’s effort to throw out all the votes in Pennsylvania, a state critical to Joe Biden’s election. If you are Republican, you might hope that the judge will help his party’s candidate. But you might be surprised to learn that the president […]
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PublishedNovember 27, 2020
Treadwell: New Veterans Plaza evokes reflections
When I first stepped onto the new Veterans Plaza on the Brunswick town mall, I did what most people do who sponsored an engraved granite honor block: look for the name of a specific person. And there it was, my dad’s block: “David R. Treadwell, Sr. DOD Manhattan Project. WW II.” My dad wasn’t a […]
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PublishedNovember 27, 2020
Guest column: It can’t happen here (or can it?)
Recently, on an impulse driven by the craziness of the times, I took out a dog-eared volume from the Maine library system (last lent out sometime in the 1970s) of It Can’t Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis. The book, published in the 1930s when Europe was being subjected to Hitler’s brand of Nazi fascism, is […]
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