His successor on the morning news show, Al Roker, announced that Scott died peacefully Saturday morning surrounded by family.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Disney’s ‘Shang-Chi’ breaks Labor Day record
The movie made an estimated $71.4 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters.
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Writers for ‘Rugrats’ reboot have roots in Windham
The new version of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series from the ’90s features two Windham High School grads in crucial roles, Kate Boutilier as executive producer and Sam Clarke as script coordinator.
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Best-Sellers: ‘The Madness of Crowds,’ ‘Hero of Two Worlds’
The current best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Art review: Juxtaposing the works of Joseph A. Fiore and friends
Able Baker Contemporary helps make the connections with a smartly hung show.
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4 things we learned from the Bob Ross documentary, including his hair secrets and an alleged affair
Bob Ross brought happiness to many as the honey-voiced host of “The Joy of Painting,” the long-running PBS show that taught viewers how to paint lush landscapes and vivid skies in less than 30 tranquil minutes. But a new Netflix documentary examines Ross’s legacy and the bitter dispute over the continued use of the TV […]
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A new book examines the final troubled years of Robert Indiana’s life on Vinalhaven
In ‘The Isolation Artist,’ Portland Press Herald arts reporter Bob Keyes tackles a tragic tale with echoes of Shakespeare.
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Deep Water: ‘Stacking Wood Prayer,’ by Jo Radner
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Bedside table: That smartphone you can’t put down? It all began here
“I started programming computers in the late 1970s, before Windows but after ENIAC. ‘Geniuses at War,’ subtitled ‘Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age,’ by David A. Price, tells the story of amazing men who invested their time and talents and developed a machine to help them decode the codes used by […]
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Society Notebook: Fundraiser gets eyes – and feet – on Fort Gorges
Organizers hope to make the island fort safe and accessible to allow for more events there.
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