The newly formed 101 West State Street LLC bid nearly $1 billion for the assets held by Genesis, which owns 11 facilities in Maine.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine towns are sitting on hundreds of thousands of dollars for addiction treatment
4 years after settlement money started arriving, some recovery centers face funding cliffs as towns and counties deliberate — or in some cases hardly pay attention to — millions in unspent funds.
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Posted inHealth, News
Federal appeals court agrees to dismiss weight loss drug lawsuits filed by Mainers
Two Maine residents sued their insurance companies in 2024, accusing them of discrimination for not covering weight loss medication.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, Review
A foodie city needs affordable housing for those doing the feeding | Column
Portland’s apartment rental market is pricing out those who make the city’s reputation happen.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Why a Portland nonprofit might cancel plans to build an $18M arts center
The Hill Arts says $7 million must be raised this year for its planned 400-seat venue on Munjoy Hill or the project will die.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, Review
Her husband built Ogunquit’s art museum. Decades later, Maggie Strater finally gets her spotlight.
Strater was a fellow patron of art in the community, but was overlooked in the shadow of her husband.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Maine
‘All friendships are unusual,’ says Maine writer of the relationship centered in her debut memoir
In ‘Slow Motion,’ Jennifer Dupree tells the story of her decades-long friendship with Marcel, a man living with cerebral palsy in Maine.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News, Times Record
Brunswick library leader retiring after 2 decades
Liz Doucett, director of Curtis Memorial Library, reflects on a career dedicated to serving the community.
Posted inFood, Maine, News, Recipes, Religion and Values
For Maine’s Episcopal bishop, food is more than pleasure. It’s community.
Bishop Thomas Brown happily cooks and talks food, but for him, there’s a spiritual component, too.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture
Read the poem ‘Path of Totality,’ by Kate Kearns
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.