Transitioning an older loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility is difficult, especially when you’re trying to figure out whether a facility will be safe and meet their needs.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Outdoors
Tick check? This hiker starts with naked skin and a lint roller
After a bad case of anaplasmosis, author Mark LaFlamme now has a strict tick-check regimen. Here are his recommendations.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Cops & Courts, Local & State
Mainers’ true crime podcast is basis for Hulu documentary on Alaska shooting
‘Blood & Myth’ is based on the Audible Original “Midnight Son,” from Portland-based audio producers Josie Holtzman and Isaac Kestenbaum, which explored an Alaskan shooting and Indigenous culture.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Leslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, News
Noah Kahan’s ‘Maine’ has gone platinum and given us a new anthem | Column
With nearly 200 million streams on Spotify, it’s the most popular song to mention the state since ‘King of the Road.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This, Life & Culture
It’s fall fair season in Maine. Here are the 8 you shouldn’t miss.
Upcoming fairs are planned for Clinton, Litchfield, Oxford, New Portland, Farmington, Unity, Cumberland and Fryeburg.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Local & State
Families flock to New Gloucester orchard for apple picking, corn maze
Opening day at Royal River Orchards in New Gloucester brought apples, cider, pumpkins and doughnuts as the fall season kicks off.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
How to get local food through Community Supported Agriculture
When it comes to buying local food and helping give farmers more revenue security, Community Supported Agriculture programs are one of the best ways to do that.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
For Maine farmers, CSAs bring more certainty to an unforgiving industry
Many farmers have embraced community supported agriculture as a way to stabilize income and promote the benefits of local agriculture.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, News
Marvel and DC comic creator Mort Todd of Portland dies at 63
The Maine native, who died Sunday, worked for Marvel and DC comics as well as Cracked magazine and helped launch others’ comic careers.
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Some Maine pharmacies to require prescriptions for COVID vaccines
The change comes after the FDA restricted the coronavirus shots to those at high risk, breaking with previous public health policy that recommended annual booster shots for all Americans older than 6 months.