When COVID first reached our state, and severe restrictions were set into place to control the spread of the pandemic, our fourth-generation family business, the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, was hit incredibly hard, and we were forced to lay off 90% of our staff to stay afloat. We were heartbroken to have to take this […]

Craig Hickman, who won a state Senate special election on Tuesday, would be an unusual candidate in any political contest. Inevitably, though, he stands out through a category that – much more than most would like to admit – has long dominated American life. The competing narratives were laid out recently in the New York […]

Dick Polman got it right by connecting the prevalence of civic ignorance to the assault on the U.S. Capitol (“Ignorance about democracy helped spark Capitol riot,” The Times Record, March 8). If education cuts are made social studies is always at the top of the list of expendable topics. A 2015 Annenberg Public Policy Center […]

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s two apologies for alleged sexual misconduct are straight out of a master class in how not to say you’re sorry. The governor, who had become something of a celebrity during his nationally broadcast press conferences early in the coronavirus pandemic, is now embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal involving five […]

Some 156 years after the end of the Civil War and the official abolition of slavery through the 13th Amendment, the idea of reparations is gaining currency in Washington. On March 1, Cedric Richmond, a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, suggested the White House could “start acting now” on the issue. The comment comes […]

My hearty congratulations to the staff at Mid Coast Hospital’s vaccine clinic for their efficient, helpful and super-friendly service which I got to experience on March 5. Always one to shy away from needles, this visit was pain-free and quick. Well done. See you again on March 26 for my second vaccine dose. Carol Stanton, Topsham

The $1,400 direct checks to people are the most expensive and perhaps most popular part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package racing its way through Congress right now. The House is set to vote on a final version of the package narrowly passed by the Senate on March 6 before it moves on to […]