James Talbot, who taught at the Portland Catholic school in the 1980s and 1990s, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by The Boston Globe.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inHealth, Leslie Bridgers, Maine
She always wanted to come to Maine. A diagnosis meant now or never.
Hearing her story, Mainers stepped up to make the trip extra special.
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Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine
Bridgton medical center closing, citing financial pressures on health care system
DFD Russell Medical Center say low reimbursement rates from both government and private insurance, workforce shortages and an inability to rely on federal funding through Medicare and Medicaid make the operation unsustainable.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Waterville film fest to honor British actor Clive Owen
The Academy Award-nominated Owen, 60, has starred in many films including ‘Croupier,’ ‘Duplicity,’ ‘Closer’ and ‘Gosford Park.’
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Kennebunk doctor appeals verdict in overprescribing case
Dr. Merideth Norris was found guilty last year on 15 counts of writing unauthorized prescriptions to 5 patients.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News
In a world of digital photos, these Maine photographers embrace the old-fashioned
Nearly 170 years after tintype photography was invented, several local photographers are embracing the process and making portraits of Mainers at breweries, museums and by the ocean.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
The D.C. plane crash took her mom and sister. She turned to her piano.
Olesya Taylor and her daughter Olivia, 12, both died in the January crash over Reagan National Airport. Anne Valerie Ter, 14, poured her grief into preparations for a piano concerto competition the following month.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture
In his new book of essays, Richard Russo has a lot on his mind
As its title, ‘Life and Art’ suggests, and with humor and intelligence, the essays span culture, personal history, politics and family.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture
‘The Doorman’ and ‘The Let Them Theory’ top bestseller lists in Southern Maine
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review
South Portland’s Spring Point Ledge Light is a little world built for living
The lighthouse, dating to 1897, is a concrete and tidy illustration of the adage ‘form follows function.’