Yarmouth’s Laura Darrell returns to Maine for a show celebrating the release of her new CD, ‘Mad Mad Me.’
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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Reporter gets a handleon preparing graves
Maine at Work: Bad weather doesn’t halt cemetery maintenance, Ray Routhier learns. And keeping things tidy counts for a lot.
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Genuinely noteworthy
Local designers decorate an unusual – for Portland – Tudor-style gem in the West End for the symphony’s 2011 Show House fundraiser.
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Author Q &A: Swine flew
The nostalgic, county-fair event known as the pig scramble provides fodder for Topsham writer Jessica Kinney’s new children’s book.
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New fall TV shows
It’s going to be ladies night almost every night this fall.
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A Maine family reaches for ‘something positive’
Loved ones make certain that Stephen Ward, who died in the Sept. 11 attacks, has an enduring legacy.
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Plays well with others
Nigel Hall, veteran of Gov’t Mule and The Allman Brothers Band, cut his musical teeth in Portland and is back in town to play old-school soul with the Warren Haynes Band.
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Maine unions rallyto preserve workers’ rights
PORTLAND — About 200 union members and supporters gathered Monday morning for the annual Labor’s Day Breakfast, with many stressing that such shows of unity by organized labor are more important now than ever.
“I know that some people will tell you that business and labor can work together, in both their interests,” Chris Teret, president of the Southern Maine Labor Council, told the gathering. “But the interests of business are about profits, and they are clearly in opposition to the interests of working people.”
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Westbrook man arrested in theft of pills
Zachery Wildman, 36, is charged with robbing a Hannaford pharmacy.
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For technician, working on furnaces not always a blast
Maine at Work: A job may require hours on his stomach in a crawl space or on his knees in a basement that has cobwebs or critters.