2023 – Page 4 – The Portland Press Herald

Outdoors, Sports

What’s Up in January: Mars reappears in the morning sky after a long absence

by BERNIE REIM December 31, 2023December 28, 2023

Other highlights include Venus moving into Scorpius, two comets, and the annual Quadrantid meteor shower.

Maine

How Maine changed in a turbulent 2023

by Staff report December 31, 2023December 30, 2023

The year saw record-breaking weather, housing prices, homelessness and violence, with the Lewiston shootings leaving the biggest impact on our state.

Op-eds, Opinion

Opinion: This is what Ukraine needs to win

by Bernard-Henri Lévy The Los Angeles Times December 31, 2023December 30, 2023

Will the United States decide to come to the aid of its natural and reliable allies?

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Maine bookstores’ 2023 bestsellers, by category

by Ray Routhier December 31, 2023December 31, 2023

The top-selling titles, in genres from memoir to science fiction, at Maine bookstores.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

These crime novelists have been writing what they know

by Lisa Levy Special to The Washington Post December 31, 2023December 26, 2023

Recent novels by Jaime Lynn Hendricks, Jesse Q. Sutanto and Val McDermid feature crime writing in their plots.

Food, Recipes

Home Plates: Jambalaya, with a few twists

by Dana Morris-Jones December 31, 2023December 27, 2023

A Scarborough home cook likes the Creole recipe because it easily accommodates substitutes, plus it lets eaters personalize their portions to suit themselves.

Letters

Letter: Why people should get immunized

December 31, 2023January 10, 2024

It was disappointing to read in the Dec. 27 Portland Press Herald that, despite there being a surge in COVID-19 infections in the nation, only 20% of American adults are current in their immunizations (“COVID-19 hospitalizations again climbing in Maine”). Several years ago, I attended a lecture where it was stated that there were three […]

Arts & Entertainment, Books