Mainer Ashley Hebert appears to be just one episode away from finding true love. On Monday’s installment of “The Bachelorette,” Hebert was seen paring her final three suitors down to two. She’ll pick one of them — J.P., a construction manager from New York City, or Ben, the Sonoma, Calif., winemaker — during next week’s […]
Ray Routhier
Staff Writer
Ray Routhier has written about pop culture, movies, TV, music and lifestyle trends for the Portland Press Herald since 1993. He is continually fascinated with stories that show the unique character of Maine’s people and places. He’s written about why so many businesses use the made-up word “Mainely” in their names, how you can trace Portland’s history through its various smells and why Mainers lament the loss of Portland-made B&M baked beans. He’s interviewed a wide variety of filmmakers, actors, musicians and authors, including Patrick Dempsey, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Russo, Tess Gerritsen, Tony Bennett, Anna Kendrick, and Stephen King. His passions, besides writing, include baseball history, old movies and “Jeopardy!” A native of Manchester, New Hampshire, he graduated with a degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire. He lives in South Portland with his wife and two children.
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Cumberland teen wins World Juggling contest
Will Silvers keeps all of his balls in the air to take first place for technical merit.
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Reporter learns the ins and outs of a UPS driver’s job
Maine at Work: Lots of little routines are designed to shave a second here or a minute there, but safety comes first.
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Give them an inch, they’ll take your yard
The best way to minimize backyard pests is to have the most naturally healthy lawn and garden you can.
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Up from bluegrass roots
The Ossipee Valley Music Festival has expanded from its beginnings to become a four-day celebration of ‘open-minded acoustic music.’
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Families complicate life for ‘Bachelorette’
It can be terrifying to meet the family of your boyfriend or girlfriend.
Using that measure, Ashley Hebert faced terror times four Monday night.
Hebert, 27, was seen on Monday’s episode of the ABC reality show “The Bachelorette” traveling around the country to meet the families of the four men still in the running.
The season began in May with 25 men vying for Hebert – a dental student from Madawaska – but she had narrowed the field to four by Monday night.
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Maine at Work: From pools to weeds to water leaks
Managing a building is a lot of work, but it beats being ‘chained to a desk’ all day.
It’s about 85 degrees out, and humid, when Warren Meech tells me we’re going to the back of the Sunspray high-rise condo complex to the pool.
But instead of taking a dip, I get to skim bugs off the surface of the water with a net. And push a long-handled vacuum back and forth along the pool bottom.
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Open House: Rebuilt to last
Clever design and new technology surmount the challenges of replacing a small seaside cottage lost to a storm.
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Author Q & A: Close encounters of the RV kind
Former Gov. Angus King’s book blends stories from his family trip around the U.S. with insights about getting through transitions.
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Blues you can use
What do you get when you cross some of the world’s great blues artists and a summer weekend in Maine? Why, the North Atlantic Blues Festival, of course.