Doughnuts for dinner in Springvale, prank calls in Alna or leaving a gingerbread house in a cemetery in Bridgton are among the ways some families celebrate the holiday.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, Maine
Why are Mainers so obsessed with their TV meteorologists? | Column
The reaction to Keith Carson’s recent departure from News Center Maine speaks volumes about viewers’ attachment.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
For Portland craftspeople, the holidays are what you make of — or for — them
Some Mainers say handmade gifts offer a more personal touch at a lesser expense than those bought in stores.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Changes in federal drug-pricing program would hurt Maine’s rural hospitals, lawsuit says
St. Mary’s in Lewiston is a plaintiff in the suit, which targets a pilot program introduced by the Trump administration.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
ACA tax credits are set to expire. What is Maine’s congressional delegation doing?
Prospects for a deal among Democrats and Republicans are uncertain ahead of a key vote in the Senate on Thursday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Outdoors, Review
A fascinating month-by-month guide introduces young readers to the Northeast woods
Lavishly illustrated by Down East resident Jada Fitch, ‘The Forest Revealed’ is aimed at child naturalists, but offers just as much for adults.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture
Read the poem ‘Still,’ by Susan Deborah King
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture
Bestsellers: ‘The Correspondent’ and ‘Rope’ top local lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine is down another trauma center. What does that mean?
There were 3 trauma centers in Maine before a Lewiston hospital decided not to recertify in December.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Lewiston hospital can’t abandon trauma status, state says
Central Maine Medical Center would have to remain a trauma center as a condition of a California health system’s acquisition.