It’s a bittersweet homecoming for the former Iowa State standout.
2013
Book Review: ‘Jeeves and the Wedding Bells’
What ho! A new novel starring the greatest comic characters of 20th-century English literature, bumbling Bertie Wooster and his unflappable, Spinoza-reading valet Jeeves? How can this be, one asks oneself, scratching the bean with Bertie-like perplexity. Didn’t P.G. Wodehouse, who brought Jeeves and Bertie to life, hand in his lunch pail on Valentine’s Day in […]
Book Review: ‘Dwelling in Possibility’ examines the modern home
The new book by cultural historian Howard Mansfield ignores sales and profit and looks at harder-to-define qualities.
Maine Voices: State’s future linked to faster Internet
A new report shows how it can improve the economic and social infrastructure.
Feature Obituary: Barbara Drummond Gilman, 96, artist who beat illnesses earlier in life
Among her accomplishments was winning an art contest judged by Norman Rockwell.
Researchers report strep bacteria can last for up to several months on objects
Protocols for cleaning day care centers and home nurseries may need to change, authors of a new study say.
Dispatches
Police hold man in beating death of wife / Woman dies, two others hurt in head-on collision … and other news from around the state
Augusta bistro owners to mirror Manhattan in New Year’s Eve ball drop
They cite the growing success of Bangor’s event as they build their own ball to drop at midnight.
Friend sues estate of UMaine professor
Daniel Toto, the only individual named in the will, says a $100,000 check should be honored.
Deirdre Fleming: Maine eel fishermen anticipate stardom
New reality show set to air