LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II formally opened a new session of Britain’s Parliament on Thursday with a speech laying out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to use his commanding majority to take the U.K. out of the European Union and shake up the country’s public services. Johnson’s Conservative Party won an 80-strong majority in the […]
2019
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, a Trump ally, won’t seek re-election
The North Carolina Republican and longtime leader of the House Freedom Caucus is expected to join the White House.
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Posted inMaine, News
Bus driver, student save Bowdoin man pinned in icy water under tractor
Trapped at least 20 minutes on a backroad in Bowdoin, the man’s body temperature was dropping to potentially fatal levels by the time a school bus driver spotted him.
Posted inMaine, Times Record
Bus driver, student save Bowdoin man pinned in icy water under tractor
Trapped at least 20 minutes on a backroad in Bowdoin, the man’s body temperature was dropping to potentially fatal levels by the time a school bus driver spotted him.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
OFF RADAR: More poems of our climate
‘A Dangerous New World: Maine Voices on the Climate Crisis’ and ‘where i come from the fish have souls’
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Support independent local journalism
Local journalism needs and deserves better protection from finance-sector exploitation.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Remembering past shootings, even as we fear the next
A vigil in Portland and a panic in Aroostook County show how far Maine has to go to stop the threat of gun violence.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine government should lead on asylum seeker aid
Helping today’s refugees is an investment in tomorrow’s workforce.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, New England, News, Times Record
USM student recalls frightening encounter with suspect in Scarborough killing
Sierra Eichner, now 22, says she was a freshman at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham when she was cornered and touched inappropriately by Quinton Hanna.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Different ways to look at impeachment
The responses from two members of the Maine congressional delegation – both Democrats – say a lot of our current predicament.