March 2018
Public Theatre presenting ‘Marjorie Prime’
LEWISTON It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie has a handsome new companion, a computerized replica of her deceased husband who’s programmed to keep her company and remind her of a time when life was sweeter. But is recounting the past as satisfying as truly sharing it? A recent Off-Broadway hit and Pulitzer […]
Chocolate Church offering children’s theater workshop
BATH The Chocolate Church will play host to a theater workshop for children during spring break week. The workshop in partnership with Actors Equity Association member Dennis St. Pierre, who has more than 30 years of stage and television experience, is for students interested in live theater, radio theater and inter-media art. KIDS ONLY! Creative […]
‘Around Freeport’ watercolor exhibit showing at library
FREEPORT Artist Polly Smith’s take on the local landscape is on display this month at Freeport Community Library. Her exhibit — “Around Freeport” — highlights her ability to manipulate layers of watercolors to get rich and interesting colors. According to a press release from the library, Smith “works to express what she feels at the […]
Bowling alone
Back in the late 1990’s, while studying political science and public policy at the University of Southern Maine, I read an interesting article by Robert Putnam entitled, “Bowling Alone.” While the genesis of the article looked back at the civic and social decline of the American society over the prior three decades, 1950s-1980s, much of […]
Misunderstood March
If the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield were a month, he’d have been March. March gets no respect. No respect at all. It is cold, dreary, and endless. Winter-lovers inhabiting the northern hemisphere hate March. Seeing the third page of the calendar means the impending end of the skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, and ice fishing seasons. Not […]
Suspect in alleged strangulation under indictment
ARUNDEL — A York County grand jury has handed up a three-count indictment against an Arundel suspect whom sheriff’s deputies said allegedly attempted to strangle a woman in mid-December. The indictments charge Thomas Kimball, 22, with Class B felony aggravated assault and assault and reckless conduct, both Class D misdemeanors. An indictment is not a […]
Kennebunkport Police Log
KENNEBUNKPORT — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Kennebunkport Police from Feb. 24 to March 3, 2018: • Timaree C. Brown, 61, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was issued a summons for criminal trespassing after officers responded to an incident at 80 Guinea Road. He is scheduled to appear at the Biddeford District […]
