Let’s go back to basics on a concept that shouldn’t be as muddied as it is.
2023
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Economic, environmental costs of presidential funerals are too high
The presidential funerals of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush cost the taxpayers over $400 million each! Much of the cost was to give all federal employees a holiday for the day of the funeral. That policy is both discriminatory and costly. Discriminatory because state, city and county employees, and those employed by the private […]
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: At 70, Ogunquit museum looks toward the future
The ‘epicenter’ of the area’s vibrant scene marked the milestone with a fundraising gala.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
In Zadie Smith’s ‘The Fraud,’ truth is an illusion
The new novel by the author of ‘White Teeth’ was inspired by the trial of the 19th century.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
One face, two identities: The story of Napoleon Gonzalez
The Etna man, who says he once served time for faking his own death, was convicted last month of several counts of fraud for using his dead brother’s identity for more than half a century. This is how officials caught up with him.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Vivek Ramaswamy’s idiotic play for airtime is working
He and fellow presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have unleashed a flood of misinformation on the 2024 campaign trail – a tactic called the ‘Gish gallop.’
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Maine needs to regulate high-potency marijuana
Legislators should prioritize the health and safety of our state’s young people above the interests of the cannabis industry.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Maine, News
You’ve seen him on TV. Now, you can join him aboard his windjammer in Rockland
Actor Marc Evan Jackson, known for roles on ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and ‘The Good Place,’ spent most of his childhood desperately wanting to sail on Maine windjammers. Last year, he became part owner of one.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Home Plates: A restricted childhood diet bred an adventurous cook and eater
Barbara Beauregard says she’ll try anything once.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: See the color-saturated work of two photographers who push boundaries
‘Chelsea Ellis and Todd Watts’ is showing at Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland.