Ray Routhier has written about pop culture, entertainment, music, TV and lifestyle issues for the Portland Press Herald since 1993. He is continually fascinated with stories that show the unique character of Maine’s people and places. The word he uses most for stories he’s drawn to is “quirky.” He’s written about the changing cable TV and Internet landscapes, and what those changes mean for the future of information and entertainment. He’s dug clams, raked blueberries and rode on the back of a garbage truck, all in pursuit of stories about real Mainers. He’s had a ball interviewing a range of celebrities from Anna Kendrick and Patrick Dempsey to Billy Joel and Tony Bennett. His passions, besides writing, include baseball history, old movies and “Jeopardy!” A native of Manchester, N.H., 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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PublishedJune 15, 2017
University of New England researcher to appear on ‘Shark Week’
James Sulikowski will be seen searching in the Gulf of Maine for the rare porbeagle shark in a July episode titled ‘Shark Vortex.’
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PublishedJune 6, 2017
Theater professor’s last act is self-written obituary full of gratitude
Minor Rootes forgoes the usual list of jobs and hobbies for an oration of saying final goodbyes in a reflective and personal way.
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PublishedMay 28, 2017
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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PublishedMay 28, 2017
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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PublishedMay 23, 2017
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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PublishedMay 19, 2017
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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PublishedMay 17, 2017
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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PublishedMay 14, 2017
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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PublishedMay 7, 2017
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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PublishedApril 30, 2017
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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