Brunswick, Topsham and Freeport are just three of dozens of communities around the state searching for police officers, thanks to a shortage that local department heads attribute to a hot labor market, generational shifts in the workforce and a negative public perception of law enforcement following George Floyd’s murder in 2020.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, Times Record Sports, UMaine Sports
Men’s basketball: UMaine sees shocking win over BC as a building block
Monday’s 69-64 victory at Boston College was the Black Bears’ first over a school from a Power Five conference in a dozen years.
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Topsham florist picked to help deck the halls at White House
Crossing an item off her ‘bucket list,’ Topsham florist Wendy Herrick leaves this Sunday to decorate the White House for the holidays.
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Bath’s Chocolate Church Arts Center bounces back from October vandalism
The beloved arts center has received over $15,000 in donations over the past two months to help with repairs.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Times Record Sports, Varsity Maine
Football notebook: Times, dates set for state championship games
Skowhegan shores up on D in win over Falmouth; Purple Panthers leave it all.
Posted inBoys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Sports, Times Record Sports, Varsity Maine
Gallery: Soccer all-stars face off in Maine Soccer Coaches Senior Bowl
Seniors face off in four all-star games as the soccer season comes to an end.
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Gallery: Soccer all-stars face off in Maine Soccer Coaches Senior Bowl
Seniors face off in four all-star games as the soccer season comes to an end.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, Times Record Sports
Bowdoin denies Colby football team winning campaign in season finale
Mules still without a winning season since 2005 after Polar Bears earn 21-14 rivalry win.
Posted inElection 2022, Times Record
Democrat Cameron Reny wins District 13 state Senate seat
With 55% of the vote, Democrat candidate Cameron Reny defeated Republican Abden Simmons to represent Lincoln County in Augusta.
Posted inCross Country, Indoor Track, Sports, Times Record Sports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Maine running pioneer and longtime Mt. Ararat track and field coach Diane Fournier retires
Fournier, 75, who ran the 1970 Boston Marathon before women could officially enter, coached nearly 50 years at Mt. Ararat.