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 […]
2021
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.
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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 […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Another chance to put country over party
In 1974, Republicans joined Democrats in upholding the rule of law and constitutional checks and balances. Are they prepared to do so again?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Education was never easy for parents
A writer looks back at the sacrifices her mother and father made to finish school.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans should not budge on PPP tax break
There’s no reason to make small businesses pay any taxes on money they received from the federal government.