Belzer, who played John Munch in ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and ‘Law & Order: SVU,’ was 78. There was no known cause of death.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Ant-Man opens big at box office with $104 million for ‘Quantumania’
It’s the largest opening of the year so far, but its Rotten Tomatoes score is less than dazzling.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
‘Rough Sleepers’ follows a doctor’s relentless efforts to treat homeless patients
The book by part-time Mainer Tracy Kidder weaves scenes from the streets of Boston with the problems that are keeping people there.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
The Maine Gardener’s Hawaiian Adventure, Part 2
Even when he’s away from his garden, Atwell thinks about gardens. In Hawaii, he visited a thriving organic farm and learned how chocolate is made.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
From scourge to sauce? Fish sauce may be the answer to stopping the invasive green crab
Working with scientists, a local chef has developed an Asian fish sauce from the crabs. It’s local, pungent and could be one way to reduce the crabs’ numbers.
Posted inAnimals, Maine, Nation & World, News
A rare bird and bumblebee fight for survival in Maine
The state wants to add the Saltmarsh sparrow and Ashton’s cuckoo to its endangered list, and designate four other birds, a bat and a beetle as threatened.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
The Dance Hall founder created a community that will live on without her
Drika Overton, who founded the Kittery music and dance venue in 2010, is moving on but leaving it in good hands.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World
Flaco the escaped zoo owl can remain in the wild of NYC
Central Park Zoo officials say they are dropping efforts to capture Flaco, a majestic Eurasian eagle-owl that escaped captivity two weeks ago.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
With ‘Air,’ Ben Affleck tells lesser-known Michael Jordan story
The movie, which also stars Matt Damon, Viola Davis and Jason Bateman, will be released April 5.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
What is frontotemporal dementia? Disease afflicting actor Bruce Willis is incurable
His family shared his diagnosis of aphasia last year upon announcing his retirement from acting.