RANGELEY PLANTATION – Firefighters pulled a man and his wife out of their burning home at 4 Swains Road on Friday. Rangeley Fire Chief Mike Bacon and Sgt. Jared Austin went into the home to retrieve the couple at about 3 p.m. and found fire in the upper floor. “When we got there, flames were […]
2019
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
John Singleton found a perfect marriage of movie and moment
With ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ Singleton took a cultural obsession — South-Central LA and the young black men growing up in it — and imbued them with depth, humor and humanity.
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Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Elizabeth Dostie, Fairfield: Roots that go deep
It was the 1980s in Camden. I was a newly single mom. Often on the weekends my boys would go to their dad’s house. It was hard to get used to their being gone, a desolate feeling. Having their dad in their lives was of huge importance, but I was not from Maine, and I […]
Posted inBooks
Signings, etc.
Author Lucille Stott will present her new book, “Saving Thoreau’s Birthplace: How Citizens Rallied to Bring Henry Out of the Woods.” The book chronicles the efforts of the many people who worked tirelessly for many years to keep Henry David Thoreau’s birth house from being lost to history. WHEN: 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5 WHERE: […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Suspect charged with drug trafficking after South Portland search
Police from South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth arrested a 37-year-old man Thursday after a search that turned up drugs and $15,000 in cash. The Southern Maine Regional SWAT team, which includes officers from the three departments, searched an apartment at 113 MacArthur Circle in South Portland as part of an investigation by the Maine Drug […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
In ‘Beyond the Truth,’ a police shooting in Portland brings protests, grandstanding – and a search for justice
Detective Sargent John Byron struggles with his own demons as he tries to uncover the mystery behind a popular high school athlete’s shooting.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, News, Sports
Sports streaming primer: Here’s what some major services offer
Here’s a brief summary of what some of the major streaming services – the ones with a significant amount of live sports programming – offer. The first two offer Red Sox regular-season games, the others don’t. You can watch any of them on a smart TV, which has built-in streaming capability, or with a streaming […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: L.D. 292 would allow Maine milk to be donated, not dumped
Our state is in a unique position to ensure that a valued commodity isn’t wasted.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food, Life & Culture, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: At Portland’s N to Tail, choose wisely between Korean barbecue or modern, upscale cuisine
Upstairs and downstairs offer two dramatically different dining experiences, one a terrific surprise, the other a clashing disappointment.
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Tony nominee Sarah Stiles puts puppets aside for ‘Tootsie’
NEW YORK (AP) — Some records on Broadway are bound to fall one day and others are surely safe for all time. Sarah Stiles has one that’s hard to top. “I’ve had puppet sex on Broadway twice,” she says. “I think that is like a record or something.” Indeed, the actress who just earned her […]