Dentists say delays in treating children on MaineCare stem from low reimbursement rates for general anesthesia.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Tuberculosis cases increase in Maine and nation
The state reported 28 cases through the end of July, but there are no current outbreaks, according to the Maine CDC.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine’s worst tick season ever is on its way. This writer knows what’s at stake.
The troubling part, says writer Mark LaFlamme, is that most Mainers sending diseased ticks to the state lab are finding them in their yards and gardens, not forests and fields.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Back Cove Festival organizers want to bring Portland event back for 3 more years
The city’s parks commission will review a multi-year proposal from festival organizers, which includes increased payments to the city, at its meeting Thursday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Review
‘Greyhound’ sees America changing through the bus windows
Joanna Pocock’s memoir is about her travels from Detroit to California in 2023, retracing a trip she had taken 17 years earlier
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Author Ben Shattuck chose the Maine woods for ‘The History of Sound’
The story, now a film starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, takes place at Bowdoin College, Augusta’s defunct train station and the backwaters of Maine.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Deep Water: ‘Grief,’ by Stuart Kestenbaum
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inHealth, Maine
A guide to researching nursing homes and assisted living facilities
Transitioning an older loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility is difficult, especially when you’re trying to figure out whether a facility will be safe and meet their needs.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Outdoors
Tick check? This hiker starts with naked skin and a lint roller
After a bad case of anaplasmosis, author Mark LaFlamme now has a strict tick-check regimen. Here are his recommendations.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Cops & Courts, Maine
Mainers’ true crime podcast is basis for Hulu documentary on Alaska shooting
‘Blood & Myth’ is based on the Audible Original “Midnight Son,” from Portland-based audio producers Josie Holtzman and Isaac Kestenbaum, which explored an Alaskan shooting and Indigenous culture.