The large, extended family gathers and shares food, sure, but also conversation and companionship. These street tacos let all eaters customize their dinner.
August 2024
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Virga,’ by Kathleen Ellis
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Photographers find compelling subjects at Windham horse refuge
More than two dozen were invited to the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals’ farm over the past year to take photos for a fundraising auction next month.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Recall Frances Perkins’ support of national health insurance
The proposal, reported in the Press Herald Aug. 8, to designate the Frances Perkins home in Newcastle a national monument, would honor a truly great American, the architect of the great labor reforms of the New Deal. Less well known – because they were unsuccessful – are Perkins’s valiant efforts to establish national health insurance. […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: A pivotal year for Maine politics
Future candidates – and soon there’ll be space for them to step up – are far from obvious.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Sauté gnocchi to transform them into crispy, pillowy bites of fun
Stir crisped store-bought gnocchi into a delightful eggplant and tomato sauce for a summery weeknight dinner.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Opinion: Special interests are pushing a dangerous new nuclear missile
I can’t think of one good argument for this work to go ahead.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Opinion: Riverview serves Maine as best and securely as it can
A small minority of patients exceed the psychiatric center’s security capabilities. The out-of-state alternative is a last resort.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Clients’ families say Maine funeral home director stole their money – and peace of mind
Harold Lee Lamson Jr., of Lincoln, faces criminal charges for allegedly misappropriating thousands of dollars from several people’s mortuary trusts.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘Maine, A Love Story’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.