Two weeks ago, the Brunswick Farmers’ Market returned for the summer season. As a college student in Brunswick and avid foodie, the market was high on my bucket list. Visiting last fall, I was charmed by its quaint atmosphere, but, ultimately, farmers markets like Brunswick’s serve a greater purpose: distributing essential fresh produce and tackling […]
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Commentary: Study: Race of mass shooters influences media coverage
On Jan. 24, 2014, police found Josh Boren, a 34-year-old man and former police officer, dead in his home next to the bodies of his wife and their three children. The shots were fired execution-style on Boren’s kneeling victims, before he turned the gun on himself. On Aug. 8, 2015, 48-year-old David Ray Conley shot […]
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Letters: From the other Joanne Moore; No to Big Oil, yes to a livable planet
From the other Joanne Moore I am Joanne Moore, living in Meadowbrook. I am totally opposed to the views expressed in recent letters of another Joanne Moore living in Brunswick (“Loss of Roe v Wade dark harbinger for women’s reproductive health,” May 17). I would like The Times Record to make this fact clear to […]
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Commentary: Conflicts over language stretch far beyond Russia and Ukraine
One key element of the war between Russia and Ukraine is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that the two countries share not just history, but also a common language. Both are attempts to diminish Ukrainian claims of an independent identity from Russia. In our research on language conflict, we have seen that using language as […]
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Dick Polman: Pennsylvania could elect America’s first fascist governor
The writer Alan Furst has shrewdly observed, “Fascism famously stomps around in jackboots, but it sometimes wears carpet slippers, padding about softly on the edges of one’s life, and in a way that is worse.” And so here we are, in my home state of Pennsylvania, face to face with the worst. No need for […]
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Jase Graves: No, it’s not COVID
For the past few weeks, I’ve been engaged in a WWE cage match against allergies. No, it’s not COVID. I promise, it’s not COVID. Really, even when I blow my nose so loudly that it triggers nearby home and car alarm systems, it’s still not COVID. It’s pretty sad that I feel obliged to defend […]
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David Treadwell: The 400th Birthday for ‘Just a Little Old’
This is the 400th piece I’ve written for my weekly “Just a Little Old” column. That’s nearly 3 million words, for better or worse, over nearly eight years. Thanks to the Times Record for giving me the chance to have my voice heard. Some reflections: It’s been a pleasure to celebrate people who are making […]
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Guest column: Harpswell island looking for docent
Two miles off the coast of Harpswell, in beautiful Casco Bay, lies Eagle Island, the summer home of Admiral Robert E. Peary, America’s foremost Arctic explorer recognized as the discoverer of the North Pole. This unique property is a Maine Historic Site administered by the Bureau of Parks and Lands, and is also designated as […]
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Guest column: Morality play – The cost of doing what is deemed right
As the United States and its allies ramp up their economic sanctions on Russia, Benjamin Folkman of New York City and frequent visitor to Brunswick for decades put his version of economic sanctions on Russia as President of the New York-based Tcherepnin Society, which promotes the music of “the Tcherepnin family’s three generations of distinguished composers: […]
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Letters: Vote Sartoris for Cumberland County DA; Republican control of Congress may threaten voting rights
Vote Sartoris for Cumberland County DA When my husband and I moved to Brunswick 20 years ago I very quickly became interested in becoming involved in local government. As a volunteer in local town committee work I met Jackie Sartoris when she was a Town Councilor. I was immediately impressed with her inclusive community approach […]