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2021
Who is the greatest fictional detective? A new book reminds us why it’s Poirot
Mark Aldridge’s ‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ offers clues – and evidence – to prove the case.
These island getaways are just a ferry ride away
Three islands in Casco Bay offer plenty of outdoor adventures just beyond the Portland mainland.
Another View: Commentary details only part of the problem
Expansive views of individual liberty are threatening the common good.
Your Outdoor Furniture
Durable materials make the best investment in a climate like Maine’s
What’s in Your Garden?
We asked staff members of Masthead Maine to show us how their garden grows.
Threatened by coronavirus, city’s restaurants turn tables
Creativity and customer support, along with government aid, helped Portland restaurants stay in business at a higher rate than other parts of the country, but dozens have yet to reopen their doors and almost all have losses to recoup.
‘Dear Georgina’ tells one of many stories about injustice to Indigenous children
The short film about one woman’s childhood in northern Maine shines a light on widespread abuse with lasting effects.
Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans don’t know how to fight
The state’s Democrats can govern as they wish because they know their counterparts across the aisle won’t do anything to stop them.
Bedside Table: Read and relax. This book offers a fascinating escape
“My perfect pandemic book is ‘Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind,’ by Kermit Pattison. It is popular science/natural history at its finest. Cantankerous and feuding paleoanthropologists work in east Africa with the most fragile and hard-to-find evidence imaginable: ancient fossils that contain clues to human evolution. Pattinson is […]