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Fearless Morse troupe stages ‘Mackers’

‘Macbeth’ at Montgomery Theatre

BY JENNIFER RICKER Times Record Staff

BATH — Morse High School’s drama program will stage “Macbeth” as its spring performance. The production opens at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Montgomery Theatre at the school. More...

Topsham votes on $8.07M budget

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

TOWN — Topsham voters will face 20 articles at Wednesday’s town meeting and decide if they will adopt the proposed $8,072,250 municipal budget — an increase of 1.83 percent over the 2011-12 fiscal year. More...

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ROOTING FOR BOWDOINHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY Free Access

Betsy Steen collects cuttings Friday from various flower beds on her Bowdoinham property. More...

Burglars target West Bath vehicles

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

WEST BATH — Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department investigators continue to probe a rash of car burglary reports in the Foster’s Point Road area of West Bath. The first in a series of thefts from vehicles was reported Thursday morning. More...

Crash yields 2 arrests

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

LISBON — Lisbon police arrested two drivers involved in a threevehicle crash Friday afternoon on Route 196. More...

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Sports

Bourget gets tough in Lisbon win

Freshman righty tosses three-hit shutout in 1-0 baseball win

BY BOB CONN Times Record Staff

LISBON FALLS — The line drive up the middle off his right leg dropped Lisbon High School freshman pitcher Kyle Bourget in the sixth inning of Monday’s Mountain Valley Conference baseball game against Mt. Abram. More...

76ers even series with Celtics, 82-81

BOSTON (AP) — After taking out the top seed in the Eastern Conference in the opening round of the playoffs, the Philadelphia 76er’s weren’t about to get discouraged by a one-point loss to Boston to start the second round. More...

Lester complete game carries Red Sox, 6-1

BOSTON (AP) — Jon Lester felt he was in a perfect frame of mind. Now his teammates are feeling better about themselves at Fenway Park, too. More...

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Editorial

Digging in for more gridlock

OTHER VOICES

Just what the Senate needs today — another member who believes compromise might as well be a four-letter word. More...

Political Cartoon

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Commentary

Morally and economically misguided

LOCAL COMMENTARY

BY REP. SETH BERRY

Maine people believe in taking care of our neighbors, and in everyone pulling their weight. More...

A lesson in why we regulate

BY PAUL KRUGMAN

One of the characters in the classic 1939 film “Stagecoach” is a banker named Gatewood who lectures his captive audience on the evils of big government, especially bank regulation — “As if we bankers don’t know how to ru More...

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Focus

France’s new leader has tough to-do list

PARIS (AP) — Francois Hollande campaigned for the French presidency with some pretty radical promises. More...

NEXT STOP: SPACE STATION

In a photo provided by NASA, the Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin for a half-ye More...

Paul out, sort of

Romney to inch closer to clinching party nod

BY PHILIP ELLIOTT The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — His nomination all but assured, Mitt Romney is set to inch closer to clinching the GOP presidential nomination with a presidential primary in Oregon. More...

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Milestones

100TH BIRTHDAY

May Baskin, of Georgetown and the oldest member of Life Church in Bath, celebrated her 100th birthday on May 1. The youngest member of Life Church, Emilee Gray of Topsham, was there to celebrate, too. More...

Burr, Adair

ENGAGEMENTS

REGENSBURG, Germany — Erin Ashley Burr and Kevin Stuart Adair of Regensburg, Germany wish to announce their engagement. More...

Susan Bailey, Angelo Russello

WEDDING

SEBRING, Fla. — Susan Louise Bailey and Angelo Daniel Russello Jr., of Sebring, Fla., were married on April 28, 2012. The ceremony took place at the Dinner Lake Haven Mobile Home Park and Resort in Sebring, and was officiated by the Rev. More...

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Man with gun robs Days Inn

BY BETH BROGAN Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — Police continue to search this morning for an unidentified man who robbed the Days Inn at gunpoint just after midnight this morning. Brunswick police responded at 12:16 a.m. More...

Visit allows depot site sound check

Past, future converge during Downeaster preview

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — While a crowd at Brunswick Station rumbled with the Downeaster’s arrival Monday, neighbors just down the tracks turned their ears to the ground for other sounds. More...

Past, future converge during Downeaster preview

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — Patty Sparks was the poster child of train travel in Brunswick. A photo of Sparks at age 5 made nearly every trip of the former Boston and Maine Railroad, representing Brunswick. More...

Obituaries

Ellen Tapley Berrie - 2012-05-15

Carl A. Quimby - 2012-05-15

Sally G. Coffin - 2012-05-14

Sharon D. Hollingshead - 2012-05-14

Berdina R. Ralph - 2012-05-14

Marcelle S. Pinette Rodrigue - 2012-05-14

Mark Anthony Peterson - 2012-05-14

Dr. Susan Ann Kinder Haake - 2012-05-14

Carl A. Quimby - 2012-05-14

Patrick Joseph Vaillancourt - 2012-05-14

Cecile Marie Rossignol - 2012-05-14

Geraldine L. Vermette - 2012-05-11

John H. Grondin - 2012-05-11

Rev. Dr. James A. Purington - 2012-05-11

Shirley Margaret Osborne - 2012-05-11

Community

Yard sale should be ‘grand and glorious’

BY MILLIE STEWART Special to The Times Record

BRUNSWICK — “Wow,” “amazing,” “awesome,” “fun,” “nostalgic,” “gigantic” and “good stuff ” are words that volunteers of Mid Coast Hospital and its auxiliary use to describe the forthcoming Grand and Glorious Yard Sale, a three-day event that opens Fri More...

Scheduled Public Meetings Free Access

Bowdoin — PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town office. More...

Eastern Star chapter to meet Thursday

LISBON — Pioneer Chapter No. 11 Lisbon Falls, Order of the Eastern Star, plans to meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Ancient York Masonic Hall on Route 196. More...

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Maine

Radio jamming again a problem in York County

LEBANON (AP) — Authorities thought the threat of a federal investigation had finally stopped the person jamming York County emergency radio transmissions, often delaying responses. More...

Budget, bonds on lawmakers’ agenda

BY GLENN ADAMS The Associated Press

AUGUSTA — MaineCare cuts, long-term borrowing proposals and property rights are among the items on the agenda as Maine lawmakers return to the State House today to conclude their 2012 session. More...

Man who cared for famed old tree dies

BY DAVID SHARP The Associated Press

PORTLAND — Frank Knight’s decadeslong battle to save New England’s tallest elm served as an inspiring tale of devotion, so it is fitting that he will be laid to rest in a coffin made from the tree he made famous. More...

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Et Cetera

CALENDAR Free Access

We welcome community groups to list their special events in Calendar. Items should be submitted two weeks in advance. Send them to: Calendar Editor, The Times Record, P.O. More...

Dear Abby

BY JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: One of my friends, “Max,” cheats at golf. Otherwise he’s witty, interesting and fun to be around. He moves his ball closer to the hole on the green and “improves” his lie when he thinks no one is looking. More...

BRIDGE

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Letters

Consider St. John’s

To the editor: We live and work in Brunswick, and we know that the strength of a community comes from many areas. Schools are the most important. We support high quality schools and stand in solidarity with other like-minded parents. More...

Education = opportunity

To the editor: My name is Paul Johnson and I’m running for the Maine Legislature from Bath, where I was born and raised. More...

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Family & Friends

The flavors of early spring

Notes from the Garden

BY HENRY HOMEYER Times Record Contributor

I love the flavors of spring. In 2007 Barbara Kingsolver wrote “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,” a wonderful account of eating only local food — and in season. More...

Technology: I think I’ll keep (some of) it

A wife’s perspective on life in the military

BY SARAH SMILEY Times Record Contributor

I had just finished saying that technology isn’t always a good thing. Then twice in a week, I was proven wrong. So many times I hear, “Well, at least you can Skype with your husband while he’s deployed. More...

Sophia, Jacob most popular baby names

BY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Sophia is the new most popular baby name for girls, while Jacob is the top name for boys for the 13th straight year in a new list of popular baby names heavily influenced by religion and reality TV. More...

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