Minor Rootes forgoes the usual list of jobs and hobbies for an oration of saying final goodbyes in a reflective and personal way.
Ray Routhier
Staff Writer
Ray Routhier has written about pop culture, movies, TV, music and lifestyle trends for the Portland Press Herald since 1993. He is continually fascinated with stories that show the unique character of Maine’s people and places. He’s written about why so many businesses use the made-up word “Mainely” in their names, how you can trace Portland’s history through its various smells and why Mainers lament the loss of Portland-made B&M baked beans. He’s interviewed a wide variety of filmmakers, actors, musicians and authors, including Patrick Dempsey, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Russo, Tess Gerritsen, Tony Bennett, Anna Kendrick, and Stephen King. His passions, besides writing, include baseball history, old movies and “Jeopardy!” A native of Manchester, New Hampshire, he graduated with a degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire. He lives in South Portland with his wife and two children.
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Organist Ray Cornils ready for last official summer concert on Kotzschmar Organ
Others scheduled to perform this summer at Orgelfest 17 include Monica Czausz, Nathan Avakian and Mormon Tabernacle organist Richard Elliott.
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Summer theater in Maine includes Broadway hits, contemporary dramas (and the Bard, of course)
‘Steel Magnolias’ is among the fare at Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick.
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Lisbon Falls’ ‘Mr. Moxie,’ Frank Anicetti, dies at age 77
Anicetti helped create the Moxie Festival, which draws 50,000 people to Lisbon Falls each year.
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Substitute teacher charged with smuggling drugs into Maine
Police say Matthew Duka, who subbed at Mountain Valley Middle School in RSU 10, and two other men were trafficking drugs in Rumford, Mexico and Dixfield.
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Portland declines 10-year contract with state pier concert group
Officials want to explore development of the 7-acre site, creating an unclear future for shows there after this year.
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Reality television: 50 years of Frederick Wiseman documentaries
Wiseman, who has summered in Maine for more than 40 years, marks a half century of films this year with showings in Boston, New York and, of course, Belfast, Maine.
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David McCullough has some thoughts on civic discourse and the American way
The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and long-time Camden resident has published a series of speeches called ‘The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For.’
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Author Anita Shreve on the fury, inspiration and ‘health-giving’ nature of the ocean
A longtime summer resident of Biddeford Pool, she was scheduled to promote her 18th novel, ‘The Stars are Fire,’ at several Maine stops until an illness forced her to cancel her tour.
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Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller leaves over $25 million to Maine institutions
The Land and Garden Preserve of Mount Desert Island gets $20 million and the Maine Coast Heritage Trust gets $5 million.