March 2023 – Page 176 – The Portland Press Herald

Debate over snowmobiles starts to rev up: 2-stroke or 4-stroke sleds?

by Deirdre Fleming March 12, 2023March 11, 2023

While the quieter, cleaner 4-strokes have grown in popularity, many Mainers still are faithful to their lighter 2-stroke snowmobiles.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Best-Sellers: ‘Lessons in Chemistry,’ ‘Enchantment’

March 12, 2023March 8, 2023

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Push to stop printing public notices is flawed

by The Editorial Board March 12, 2023March 11, 2023

Here it is, simply: The Maine public needs more information. Not less.

Op-eds, Opinion

Siobhán Brett: For how much longer can the Portland diocese play dumb?

by Siobhán Brett March 12, 2023March 20, 2023

We know too much for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland to stonewall allegations of abuse. If 20 complaints can’t change that, will anything?

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: Being old enough to understand the world is no bad thing

by Norman Abelson Special to the Press Herald March 12, 2023March 11, 2023

I’m about to be 92. A rise in ageism, or whatever you want to call it, has been bugging me for a long time.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Maine’s ‘sunshine’ law has lost its power to illuminate

by Jacob Posik Special to the Press Herald March 12, 2023March 11, 2023

In recent years, the Freedom of Access Act process has become increasingly unreliable. If we care about transparency, we have no choice but to reform it.

Arts & Entertainment

When it comes to this year’s Oscar movies, more is more

by Ann Hornaday The Washington Post March 12, 2023March 8, 2023

Cinema today is in chaos. Theater chains are imploding. Studios are scrambling. Streamers are desperately trying to win subscribers and claw back the ones who have left. The answer, clearly, is more comic book movies. Unless it’s horror. Or boomer nostalgia. No, it’s “Cocaine Bear”! As the screenwriter William Goldman famously said about Hollywood: “Nobody […]