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How Elizabeth Strout came to bring 3 beloved characters together in ‘Tell Me Everything’

by Ray Routhier September 27, 2024September 28, 2024

When the author realized Olive Kitteridge, Lucy Barton and Bob Burgess from her previous books were all living in Crosby, Maine, she knew they had to meet.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

Movie based on Maine author’s ‘Wild Robot’ hits theaters Friday

by Ray Routhier September 26, 2024September 26, 2024

The DreamWorks animated film ‘The Wild Robot,’ based on the children’s novel by Midcoast author Peter Brown and starring Lupita Nyong’o, is opening nationwide.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Hoda Kotb says she is leaving ‘Today’ early next year

by MARK KENNEDY Associated Press September 26, 2024September 26, 2024

Kotb has co-anchored the first 2 hours of ‘Today’ with Savannah Guthrie since 2018.

Food & Dining, Maine, Maine Gardener

Set up your garden for success next year by protecting the soil now

by Tom Atwell September 26, 2024September 26, 2024

You can do so by planting cover crops, or mulching with items like grass clippings, compost or leaves.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Nation & World

Drag queen Pattie Gonia aims to give the climate movement a makeover with joy and laughter

by PETER PRENGAMAN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

In its second year at New York Climate Week, ‘Save Her! Environmental Drag Show’ has become a popular attraction.

Arts & Entertainment, Business

Video game actors’ union calls for strike against League of Legends

by SARAH PARVINI Associated Press September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

The blockbuster online multiplayer game is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood’s actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services.

Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine

Movie Review: ‘The Critic’ a drama of unexpected darkness where evil lives

by Stacy Blanchet September 25, 2024

Director Anand Tucker and writer Patrick Marber’s fun and devilish film is set in London in the early World War II bad old times. Tucker and David Higgs’ camera take us down the foggy and lamp-lit streets of London’s theater district. It’s here that something wicked comes. This will be Jimmy Erskine. The great English […]