Everyone loves to see the animals at Maine fairs, but what do we really know about them?
Karen Beaudoin
Six films to see at Camden International Film Festival
They include efforts to save gorillas from Congo and a Vietnam vet who runs an animal sanctuary in the Maine woods.
In their words: Stories from the asylum process in Maine
For four years, Dr. Godefroy Watchiba was an infectious disease specialist in a corner of the globe wracked by HIV/AIDS, bringing life-saving drugs and medical care to people throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo. By February 2010, however, threats against him over his refusal to provide information about certain patients prompted him to obtain a […]
Dear Bill Murray: Please join us for Portland Beer Week
Shahin Khojastehzad of Novare Res Bier Cafe is running a campaign to get the actor to attend the November beer event.
Open Season
Your guide to the 2014 campaign for Maine’s Legislature, the Blaine House and the U.S. Capitol.
Guide to fall arts
The Press Herald’s features staff did a superb job putting together our first-ever fall arts preview section, led by Bob Keyes’s tale of the Kotzschmar Organ’s return.
Welcome to ‘Museumland’: Maine has second highest rate of museums per capita
We all know that Maine is home to many offbeat museums. But when Ray Routhier learned that the state has more museums per capita than any other state except Vermont, he decided to find out why.
In Lincoln County, a shallow grave and a deepening mystery
David Hench crafted this compelling narrative about a mysterious disappearance and grim discovery based largely on court and police records.
Fall’s must-read books in fiction, nonfiction and for young readers
We asked local booksellers to tell us about three books they are most looking forward to this season.