For the present, the pandemic has changed our world. I feel a sense of helplessness about the predicament. I’m old and supposedly more vulnerable. Totally lacking in healthcare-giving skills, it seems I’m a spectator in the unfolding emergency. I want to be part of the solution not part of the problem. I don’t want to […]
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Jonathan Crimmins: Pay Day
For most Americans, the last several weeks have been difficult. From making sure your children are doing their homework in their new classrooms to trying to find those essential items at the grocery store, flour and toilet paper. Many have wondered if they will have a job to go back to on a day to […]
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Guest column: Using mathematics to rule out COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Let’s consider someone named Theo. He studied physics in college, is particularly outspoken against unregulated capitalism, and is critical of the U.S’ lack of universal healthcare. Which of the following is more probable: 1) Theo runs his own business, or 2) Theo runs his own business and he is a socialist? Given Theo’s opinions, we […]
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Giving Voice: Community support gives hope to hunger prevention program
We at Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program often say that we are incredibly fortunate to live and work in such a supportive, giving community. Year after year, the people of Midcoast Maine provide MCHPP with the support needed to keep our doors open. Over 60% of our annual budget is made up of individual gifts […]
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Letters: Opposing Susan Collins
Collins made a potentially deadly mistake In response to Linda Baker’s op-ed (“Unlike Gideon, Collins is born to lead in time of crisis,” The Times Record, April 21) calling Sen. Susan Collins a leader, I’m waiting for Collins to show real leadership by apologizing for her vote to keep Donald Trump in office following his impeachment. […]
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Surprise turns Topsham couple’s missed wedding date into memorable one
Chris Dube and Laurie Servidio were supposed to be in the Dominican Republic on Monday.
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Letter: Educate yourself on candidates’ climate stance
We are facing the worst political-social-medical event in our lives. In the beginning of January, if you had told me this pandemic would happen, I would have received the news doubtfully. Just as it was hard to imagine the pandemic, it is also hard to imagine the difficulties of climate change. We are at the cusp […]
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Peter Roff: Cashing in on the coronavirus crisis
In times of great peril, the American people usually put their differences aside, pull together, and find ways to keep moving forward. Unfortunately, the latest crisis is an exception. We remain divined and frightened because no one seems to know what’s going on. The data here in the U.S. is generally as suspect as the […]
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Intertidal: Colorful, shape-shifting algae
As many people have been doing lately, I have been combining home school activities with my professional life in new ways. I find myself looking for teaching opportunities and connections to education even more so than ever. While cooking dinner, I talk about fractions; while paying bills, I talk about decimals; and while writing articles, […]
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Guest column: Recycling’s escapist downside
“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” Like so many catchy phrases the problem is there’s indeed a catch. Here the difficulty is that in actual practice that friendly admonishment is largely embraced in reverse order. That none of it is practiced by a majority remains a steadfast elephant in the room. That the room’s being painted more and […]