Brunswick needs a better direction for growth The Brunswick Zoning Ordinance states that housing development should be directed to town-designated urban growth areas, and away from rural areas, and should promote the protection and preservation of important open spaces and habitats. Furthermore, we should protect the bay from pollution to maintain it as an important […]

“As we speak, the ocean a few miles to our east is readying itself to be filled with stars. “When I came to Bowdoin, one of the first things I did was to pile into a big white van with strangers and go winding off into the thick Maine dark for the vague promise of […]

My dad isn’t doing so well. His wife of 65 years and six kids could be doing better, too. He’ll be 89 in July and his body is showing its age. His legs don’t work so well due to stenosis of the spine, plus he’s been in and out of skilled-nursing centers and hospitals the […]

Last month, an 18-year gunman wielding a high-powered weapon killed 19 small schoolchildren in Ulvade, Texas – presenting yet another opportunity to contain the gun violence that, among developed nations, makes us regrettably unique. We flunked the test last time. When a 20-year old gunman killed 20 even younger children in Newtown, Conn. Ten years […]

Can’t shoot a gun without bullets In some states like Texas, you can legally buy a gun and ammunition without a background check, be at least 18, and without a waiting period.Would the outcome be different or happen at all in the tragic shooting in Texas by an 18-year-old if the ammunition he wanted for […]

Teel off the mark on Brunswick student protest criticism On June 8, The Times Record ran a story about the Brunswick Junior High School student walk-out protesting in-school gun violence against children (“Uvalde school massacre prompts Brunswick Junior High gun violence protest”). A Republican candidate for the Maine Senate, Brogan Teel, claimed the event was […]

The Biden administration announced it was putting a two-year freeze on the threat of new solar tariffs, throwing a lifeline to U.S. solar installers – and boosting the country’s ability to meet its climate goals. The tariff threat involved imported solar panels and components from four Asian countries that supply about 80% of photovoltaic cells […]

They’re fire-bombing pro-life pregnancy clinics. They’re defacing churches. They’re disrupting pro-life marches with threats of violence. And this is their reasoning: “If abortion isn’t safe, neither are you.” Those are the exact words written on the outside of a counseling center for pregnant women in Asheville, N.C., last week. Earlier, a Christian ministry in Buffalo, […]

Move forward with the Cabot Mill mural June 10’s Times Record features a worthy op-ed written by Susan and Steve Weems responding to the controversy being advanced by a few folks about the mural proposed for the corrugated metal wall of a portion of the Cabot Mill (“Celebrating community resilience and spirit at Cabot Mill“). […]