The Osher family name is synonymous with philanthropy in Portland. Harold Osher said his parents taught him and his siblings that success involves giving back. A cardiologist, Harold Osher and his wife, Peggy, have done more than their share of giving. Their name is associated with the map library at the University of Southern Maine, […]
September 2013
Author Q & A: Reality left behind for freedom in Paris
Susan Conley moves from her memoir about living in China and battling cancer to the choices that come with creating characters and plot.
Society Notebook: Mouth, meet South
Salvage BBQ garners glowing reviews at its pre-opening party.
Dine Out Maine: It’s well worth the drive to refuel at Standard Gastropub
A restaurant in a Bridgton gas station? I had read about the relatively new Standard Gastropub, and while I tried to appreciate the concept from a distance, I admit to not getting it until I was standing there at the door. “Oh, OK,” I thought, staring from across the parking lot. “A restaurant in a […]
Book Review: It’s a dystopia, but it’s still fun
Margaret Atwood pokes fun at our reality through the bleak future she’s imagined in ‘MaddAddam.’
Book Review: Girl comes of age with help from Shadow
The young adult novel “Nothing But Blue” is disorienting from the first page, fueled in part by a kind of post-apocalyptic starkness in the language. The book opens with a young girl walking down an endless road, struggling to remember who she is, where she came from and what happened. She can’t even remember her […]
Calendar
Art Alix Bacon, George Bayliss and Laura Hart, 31st annual showing of artist-made prints, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle. turtlegallery.com. Through Oct. 15. Jane Dahmen, “Through the Trees,” Gleason Fine Art, Portland. gleasonfineart.com. Through Sept. 28. “Wood, Water, Stone and Seed,” oil on panel still lifes and landscapes by Sean Beavers, Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. […]
A life in pictures
The photographer Robert Freson, who captured on film some of the most famous faces of our time, has settled into a happy – and still busy – existence on Bailey Island.
Barney Frank: U.S. should punish Assad but limit its intervention
Public opposition to a U.S. strike is a good sign, but responding to the barbarism of chemical weapons’ use is needed.