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Jenny McKendry, Hallowell: Thank you for staying over

May 5, 2022May 31, 2022

Entering my best years (I’m sure of it, because of the following), I’ll work on growth, discovery, health, making, writing and building love and friendships. Though the outcome remains to be seen, overnight stays from family are fuel for my light. In the last couple of months, family were guests, helping me begin this dance. […]

Meetinghouse, Opinion

Connie Pascoe, Scarborough: Opening our doors wide to strangers

May 5, 2022May 31, 2022

I grew up in a very small town in upstate New York. The town had zero tourist attractions, so unless you knew someone, it was not a town you would be inclined to visit. After living in real tourist locations like Charleston, South Carolina, and Portland, Maine, I find it interesting when I recall the […]

Maine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: We need a DHHS that is open to legislators, Maine’s people

by Rick Bennett Special to the Press Herald May 5, 2022May 5, 2022

Legitimate legislative scrutiny sparked by the state watchdog’s report on the Office of Child and Family Services has resulted in a circling of the wagons.

J.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do

‘The Duke’ working-class tale of survival

May 5, 2022May 4, 2022

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a gnarly 60-year-old taxi driver and backstreet Birmingham, England’s activist for elderly rights, was under daily police harassment for not paying his television tax. (By law, each household in the UK has to pay the license fee, with some exemptions) Here, Kempton, in “The Duke,” the late Roger Michell’s sweet-and-charming sentimental […]