I love watching kids get on and off the bus. In the morning, they’re ready to tackle whatever challenges the day brings. Hours later, they return home with a sense of accomplishment after a day of learning. If your student rides the bus, you know how challenging it can be to get to the pick-up […]
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On Alice’s rules and handles
I didn’t come from a wealthy family but happened to live across the street — oops, road, we were never permitted to call it a “street” — from one very wealthy lady, a memorable woman who had the economic resources to build what she insisted was a white “Connecticut Farm House” breezily overlooking the fact […]
Letters to the editor: Laurel Libby’s ethics; federal ‘budget’
Rep. Laurel Libby violated code of ethics I am responding to a letter from March 7 by Joanne Hall of Bath. What the writer fails to understand is that Rep. Laurel Libby was not censured for her opinion on transgender women in sports, she was censured for violating the legislative code of ethics. She outed […]
Trump takes America into trade war
The U.S. is like a nation at war. The federal government is on the attack, deploying the power of the American economy and military to force other nations, states, the media and even citizens to follow the orders of President Trump and his agents. This brutal campaign would reshape the economy and transform the world […]
Gulf of Maine Books to host author event at Curtis Memorial Library
Gulf of Maine Books will host an author event with Franklin Burroughs at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick to celebrate his new book “The View from Here: Reflections on the Deep North, the Wild East.” Burroughs will be in conversation with author Jane Brox. Burroughs taught English literature at […]
Brunswick police arrest man accused of chasing people, throwing things at gas station
Police arrested a man who allegedly was chasing customers around a parking lot on Bath Road in Brunswick.
New leader of embattled Brunswick Landing authority outlines priorities
On his first day as executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, Daniel Stevenson spoke with The Times Record about his priorities for remediation following August’s chemical spill.
Freeport partners with MaineDOT to rework Route 1
Freeport officials are taking the next step to implement a vision for the future of downtown, collaborating closely with the state on possible changes to Route 1. The collaboration, through the Planning Partnership Initiative administered by the Maine Department of Transportation, provides an engineering consultant to analyze the U.S. Route 1 corridor, which runs through […]
Bath swim club shines at YMCA championships
Multiple members of Long Reach Swim Club qualify for national championship meet.
The devastating Brunswick Tontine Hotel fire of 1904
On Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, 1904, just after 3 a.m., Brunswick Police Officer J.E. Alexander fired shots into the air over downtown. It was “eight degrees below zero” and Brunswick’s grandest hotel was on fire. Just before 3 a.m., Hotel Night Clerk Alonzo Colby started a fire in “the kitchen range” to help thaw frozen […]
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