PR Hersey, a prolific mystery writer whose earlier novels pit noble-minded “Smoke” Lassiter and detective Murch against evil forces, continues the duo’s crime-fighting saga in her latest book. In this opus, the two confront a plot to wipe out democracy worldwide. The genius behind the scheme is Nick Palmer, the CEO of GreatCo/ADNICK. Like Smoke […]

A School Library Journal survey named Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” as the top picture book of 2012. First published 50 years ago, “Wild Things” won the prestigious Caldecott Medal as the most distinguished children’s book of 1963. Twenty million copies have since been sold. Yet “Where the Wild Things Are” was controversial […]

ROCKLAND — The Camden International Film Festival will show the film “Joseph Fiore – The Nature of the Artist” at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Strand Theatre in Rockland. An exclusive exhibit of Fiore’s work will be on display during the festival at Orlando Johnson’s gallery, Somewhere on Winter Street, in Rockland. The exhibit offers […]

The Soar into Silver event raises more than $50,000 for the transitional housing program.

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Stephen King’s sequel to ‘The Shining’ focuses on the now-grown son of mad Jack Torrance, with mixed results.

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