News
Portland to explore shutting down Exchange Street to vehicles more often
Three years after the pandemic prompted the city to close down a popular Old Port street to vehicle traffic, a local organization is working...
Arts & Living
Art Seen: Celeste Roberge’s sophisticated art of the beach
Back in 1990 when I published “Maine Art Now,” I selected a Celeste Roberge sculpture for the cover in order to make the point...
Maine’s fringe theater festival rolls on, opens June 1
The trees have leafed out, people have started jumping in the ocean, and PortFringe, Portland’s irrepressible and joyous summer performing arts festival, is about...
Viewpoint
Politics & Other Mistakes: Putting a label on No Labels
Guess who was among the earliest supporters of forming a Maine chapter of No Labels, a political party allegedly based on reforming government and...
The Universal Notebook: All in the crime family
While I sincerely believe that Donald J. Trump is a criminal who should spend the rest of his life in prison, I am also...
Unpacking the Sausage: Flavortown vs. Big Tobacco
In theory, I quit smoking the day I found out I’d passed the bar exam.
Having steadily increased my nicotine consumption over a period of...
Politics & Other Mistakes: O Lieutenant! My Lieutenant!
O Lieutenant! My Lieutenant!
Here are some things Maine doesn’t have:
Alligators.
Poisonous snakes.
Paul LePage.
Also, this state doesn’t have a lieutenant governor. Florida has all that stuff,...