2023 – Page 1126 – The Portland Press Herald

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

More than 150 comics will be playing Portland stages this weekend

by Ray Routhier August 21, 2023August 18, 2023

The fifth Portland Maine Comedy Festival will be held Thursday through Sunday at 25 venues around town.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Indictments aren’t politically motivated, they’re Trump-motivated

by Deb Sayer August 21, 2023August 20, 2023

I’m responding to the recent letter that suggested that the Trump indictments were politically motivated (“The indictments against Donald Trump are politically motivated, but you already know that,” Aug. 10). It seems to be that they are not politically motivated, but motivated by Donald Trump himself. In a United States court of law, it doesn’t […]

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

Live Music Lineup: Set sail with Kenya Hall and hear a local take on Gordon Lightfoot

by Aimsel Ponti August 21, 2023August 18, 2023

Rock band Rival Sons perform in Portland on Sunday.

Maine, News, The Maine Forecast

Maine to get early fall preview this week while rest of U.S. swelters in ‘ring of fire’

by Jason Nappi News Center Maine August 20, 2023August 20, 2023

America’s heartland will bake this week, but heat will be hard to find in the Northeast.

New England

Block Island, Rhode Island, reopens to vacationers after hotel fire

by Associated Press August 20, 2023August 20, 2023

Firefighters from around the state were flown and shipped in to fight the blaze at a historic hotel Saturday.

Arts & Entertainment, Obituaries

Ron Cephas Jones, ‘This Is Us’ actor who won 2 Emmys, dies at 66

by ANDREW DALTON Associated Press August 20, 2023

Jones spent most of his career in the theater before and after ‘This Is Us,’ returning to Broadway even after a double lung transplant forced him to learn to breathe and walk again.

Obituaries, Uncategorized

French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral dies at 74

by Associated Press August 20, 2023August 20, 2023

Before being pulled from retirement to oversee the cathedral reconstruction, Jean-Louis Georgelin previously served as chief of France’s military general staff.