Peter Funt: Give me a news break

Nick McCrea

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September 1, 2022

Peter Funt: Give me a news break

It wasn’t exactly breaking news back in June, but it did stir interest among journalists when CNN’s new boss, Chris Licht, conceded, “Something I have heard from both people inside and outside the organization is complaints we overuse the ‘Breaking News’ banner.” The term, he told his staff, “has become such a fixture on every […]
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September 1, 2022

Tom Purcell: The elephant in the college classroom

“Half of that goes to the bank for your college fund!” That’s what my father told me in the 8th grade, when I got my first paycheck for waking up at 5:30 a.m. to ride my bike a few miles to Cool Springs Driving Range before school, where I plucked golf balls for a dollar […]
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September 1, 2022

Letter to the editor: Missing the mark on tuition relief ‘deadbeats’

There’s an old expression that without freedom of speech we wouldn’t know who the fools are. The guest column (“Student loan relief shifts money to wealthy,” Christine Flowers) opposing student loan relief reminded me of that. The author paints a terrible picture of who these deadbeats are and says they should not be getting any […]
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August 31, 2022

Sally Cluchey: Why I’m running for state representative

My name is Sally Cluchey, and I am proud to be running to represent Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Richmond in the Maine House of Representatives. I thought long and hard about whether to run — politics isn’t exactly the nicest place to be these days — but ultimately, I came to see this as an extension […]
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August 31, 2022

The Conversation: A winner is emerging from the war in Ukraine, but it’s not who you think

THE CONVERSATION — The war in Ukraine is helping one country achieve its foreign policy and national security objectives, but it’s neither Russia nor Ukraine. It’s Iran. Iran is among Russia’s most vocal supporters in the war. This has little to do with Ukraine and everything to do with Iran’s long-term strategy vis-à-vis the United States. As […]
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August 30, 2022

The dire need for support of groups working helping people with disabilities

Last week, I read a front-page headline in The Times Record indicating that there is an urgent need to increase the amount of funding for public defenders. The Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, or MCILS, is asking to double the funding for legal services to criminal defendants who cannot afford their own attorneys. Josh […]
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August 30, 2022

Christine Flowers: Student loan forgiveness shifts money to wealthy

My roots are blue. Not the political blue of the current climate. Blue-collar blue. My maternal grandfather had a third-grade education and spent almost three decades picking up trash for the city of Philadelphia. Neither of my four grandparents went to college, and only one of them finished high school. My mother was the first […]
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August 28, 2022

The Conversation: Some refugees stay in temporary status indefinitely — how they still manage to create homes and communities

More than 6.5 million Ukrainian war refugees are now scattered across Europe and North America, most with temporary emergency residency allowing them to stay in host countries for one to three years. But roughly half a year into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war looks unlikely to end soon. Ukrainians may be unable to return to their home […]
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August 26, 2022

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra to host auditions

Orchestra seeks string players for concert season
Published
August 26, 2022

River Arts to host plein air painting workshop in Damariscotta

Mary Ann Heinzen will lead a plein air workshop at Pemaquid Light House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30. Interested artists may register at River Arts in Damariscotta. Artists of all levels are welcome, including beginners. This class will be a plein air, outdoor workshop. The class will start with a […]