Chris Charles, who graduated from Kennebunk High School in 2002, has worked in film production and distribution for more than 15 years.
January 2021
Posted inFeatured Property, Real Estate
The Furman Block: New construction apartments in Bayside for 55+
100 Parris St., Portland
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Larry King’s long run made the case that there’s no such thing as a dumb question
Larry King’s vintage microphone, the RCA Type 77-D that referenced his rise as a radio man, was a prop that worked as a powerful symbol of both past and present in a relentlessly evolving media age. The microphone was a security blanket for everyone involved: for King, for his 60,000 interview subjects, and for the […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Rich ambiguity elevates and frustrates in the noirish thriller ‘The Little Things’
Set in 1990, in a time before the ubiquity of cellphones and the kind of advanced, rapid DNA profiling that would come to revolutionize criminal forensics, “The Little Things” isn’t just a retro serial-killer thriller, but a deeply noirish one, harking back to not just “Seven,” but to the delicious moral ambiguity of black-and-white films […]
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
In a race for time, builders and health officials team up to vaccinate thousands of Mainers
They’ve turned the old grandstand building at the former Scarborough Downs racetrack into a mass vaccination clinic set to open this week.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
What’s up in February: As days grow with a tilt back toward the sun, three planets make an appearance
Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury – visible in the bright evening twilight of January – will once again hang out near each other this month.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hiking in Maine: Woodworth Preserve offers beauty along Downeast coast
The Frank E. Woodworth Preserve in Harrington is open all year and makes an especially nice snowshoe trek in winter.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: So many reasons to be optimistic on so many fronts in 2021
From turkeys to Canada geese to white-tailed deer, populations are strong which should make for bountiful seasons in the upcoming year.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The U.S. Capitol I knew, and the one it will become
The Jan. 6 attack will lead to further barriers between the people working there and the people they serve.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Nemitz marks inauguration by blaming Trump voters for nation’s faults
I find Bill Nemitz’s opinion pieces in the Press Herald rather delusional most times and incoherent at best. The Jan. 20 column, “The day America blessed itself,” by the self-appointed conservative basher Mr. Nemitz again attempts to blame all of the country’s faults on the 75 million voters who happen to be of a different […]