If you’ve seen the recent Oscar-winner “Nomadland,” you might recognize a little bit of Frances McDormand’s Fern in Inga, the indomitable heroine of “The County.” Granted, Inga lives on a dairy farm in Iceland, thousands of miles away from Fern’s itinerant existence tooling around the American West in search of work. Set adrift by grief […]
2021
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National Nurses Week 2021: Your Thank-You Notes
We celebrate National Nurses Week every year to uplift hard-working colleagues, neighbors and loved ones in Maine. Once again, we are honored to publish your personal thank-you notes.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Working while ailing is a pre-COVID relic
New paid sick leave policies should survive the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
The controversial Seaspiracy documentary may make you rethink your dinner choices
The film, which charges the global fishing industry is “at war with the oceans,” has angered the fishing community.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Familiar addiction drama is elevated by powerful performances
Anyone who saw the movie “Beautiful Boy” – the fact-based 2018 addiction drama starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet as a father and son struggling with the younger man’s drug dependency – will already be familiar with the narrative rhythms of the similarly themed “Four Good Days.” Much like Felix Van Groeningen’s movie, based on […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A grandmother, mother and daughter are trapped in a cabin by a violent sociopath
In Jen Waite’s first novel, the scary setup allows many family secrets to be revealed. And the tension ratchets up and up.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Living in a one-click world
Amazon makes it easy to shop, but it causes a lot of hardship on the other side of the screen.
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
For the siblings who own the Sea Dogs, the franchise is one big family
Even during a year with no baseball, Sally McNamara and Bill Burke ensured that all of the team’s employees were paid.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Sometimes government is the solution
President Biden has charted a bold plan that uses the power of the federal government to bail out struggling families.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Forcing mental health treatment doesn’t work
A Maine bill may have a compassionate goal – to protect people living with serious psychiatric illness – but evidence shows this approach is ineffective.