I want to implore PMA to go back to the drawing board and redesign its plans for extending the first-class museum. My plea is directly motivated by Sarah Hansen’s column last week (“Commentary: Portland Museum of Art must now proceed with care,” March 19) and by visiting the museum this weekend to once again view […]
March 2023
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
At 103, Portland supply-store owner has never run low on tenacity
A straight-talking survivor, Sally Wigon took over her father’s Free Street office supply company more than seven decades ago. And she didn’t come all this way just to retire.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Real global leadership demands more of the U.S.
What does it say about us that we won’t join the International Criminal Court?
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letter to the editor: Encouraged by the next generation
I recently stopped at McDonald’s for lunch and was surprised to find the place loaded with Deering High School students. Packed around the counter, waiting for their orders, or waiting to order. I went to the back of the line. When they realized I was there, they moved and told me to go to the […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘Enchantment’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Glamorous gala fitting for brain injury foundation’s inspiration
The formal affair on Pine Point raised $30,000 for the Michael T. Goulet Traumatic Brain Injury and Epilepsy Foundation.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘One-stop shop’ for new residents has untold potential
Whether or not Maine gets the federal waiver on asylum seeker work authorization it desires, the state must be ready and waiting for it.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Immigrant stories are enlightening, hopeful
I applaud the Portland Press Herald for enlightening its readers to the world of individuals who are our new neighbors here in Maine. Reporter Kelly Bouchard told us about the 6-year-old boy from Afghanistan who suffered from a bullet in his face as he was trying to flee his native country with his mother. The […]
Posted inFood, Recipes
Cabbage with noodles and dill evokes cozy memories of grandma’s cooking
But update her dish with a few touches to make it more in line with how we cook now.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Gov. Mills remains committed to progress with tribal nations
The Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act was a thorough and significant breakthrough. That isn’t to to say, 40 years later, that it should not be changed.