Even a magazine’s puffery noted the tensions at work as Maine’s largest city looks to the future.
2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A famous father casts shadows over painful memoir
In ‘Poetic License,’ the daughter of poet Richard Eberhart works to reconcile the love and loathing he inspired.
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Posted inFood, Recipes
Toss pasta with spinach, feta and dill for a speedy supper
Fans of spanakopita will relish this easy spaghetti riff on the dish.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Foxfire,’ by Meg Stout
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inFood
Food-shaped pool floats are getting ridiculous, with waffles, sushi and Crunchwraps
It started with Taylor Swift and an inflatable swan. Now we’re floating on sushi.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Leaving the faith
A researcher digs behind the shrinking numbers of people who identify as white Evangelical Christians.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: We’ve forgotten how to be friends
The country is slowly starting to open up after the COVID lockdowns. People are short-tempered and, like me, didn’t realize it. The lack of social interaction, combined with the financial strains, have tested everyone’s patience. I remember as a toddler, I was taught to how to respect others, how to not pick fights with anyone […]
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
A midseason update from the garden
Everything is early. The flowers have been profuse. Irrigation has been crucial.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food
Three years after the suicide of Anthony Bourdain, a documentary tries to make sense of it all
Bad boy chef-turned-raconteur Anthony Bourdain sits at a two-top with one of his heroes, Iggy Pop, the proto-punk rocker who once overdosed onstage in Los Angeles and rolled in broken glass until his face bled during a New York show. Pop’s message all those years ago was not lost on a young Bourdain: Life is […]
