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‘How to Sleep at Night’ comically captures the pain of running for office

by Susan Coll Special to The Washington Post January 19, 2025January 14, 2025

The debut novel by Elizabeth Harris is a political book charming enough to appeal to readers burned out by politics.

Business, Health, Maine, News

Following outcry, Maine health department waters down proposed staffing ratios

by Rose Lundy The Maine Monitor January 17, 2025January 20, 2025

The Department of Health and Human Services released a new proposal with less aggressive increases than were initially proposed, and will give residential care facilities 2 years to phase in the changes.

Business, Health, Maine

Maine hospitals sound alarm about proposed cuts in Gov. Mills’ budget

by Joe Lawlor January 17, 2025January 18, 2025

The reimbursement rate cutbacks would amount to about a 36% cut in Medicaid payments to some doctors, according to hospital operators.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

Art exhibition shines a light on the beauty of Maine’s night sky

by Megan Gray January 17, 2025January 15, 2025

The show is a collaboration between Waterfall Arts in Belfast, the Union of Maine Visual Artists and Dark Sky Maine.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review

In Bowdoin exhibit, artists make familiar Monhegan new again

by Jorge S. Arango January 17, 2025March 11, 2025

At Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the exhibition “Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands” (through June 21) takes a novel approach to a familiar subject: the speck of land 10 miles off the mainland that has been an artist colony since the 19th century. This is not your usual […]