Stephen Lord, who was to conduct Opera Maine’s ‘The Magic Flute’ in July, resigned from 2 other opera companies this week after a Minnesota newspaper reported that he used his position to request sexual favors.
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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State ballad proposal passes votes in House, Senate
‘The Ballad of the 20th Maine’ by Portland band The Ghost of Paul Revere still needs another round of approvals to become the official state ballad.
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Maine author Richard Ford wins lifetime achievement award from Library of Congress
A 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for ‘Independence Day,’ the Boothbay resident will receive the award at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in August.
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Don McLean loses lifetime achievement award due to domestic violence incident
A UCLA student group rescinded the George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement after learning McLean had pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges.
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Sports streaming primer: Here’s what some major services offer
Here’s a brief summary of what some of the major streaming services – the ones with a significant amount of live sports programming – offer. The first two offer Red Sox regular-season games, the others don’t. You can watch any of them on a smart TV, which has built-in streaming capability, or with a streaming […]
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For sports fans, life can be a stream
With several New England teams playing at once, sports fans are particularly grateful for streaming services that allow them to customize what they can watch.
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Should this Ghost of Paul Revere song be Maine’s new state ballad?
A bill proposes that ‘The Ballad of the 20th Maine’ get the designation, but lawmakers indicate they’re growing weary of naming official state anythings.
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Novare Res is the best beer bar in New England, says USA Today
The Old Port beer bar was picked as the 5th-best beer bar in America by a panel of brew experts and USA Today readers.
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Portland-based producer follows Maine Mariners as they chase their dreams
The latest project from ‘North Woods Law’ producer Devon Platte is ‘Puckland,’ a documentary series on the formation of the hockey team that debuts Sunday on NBCSports.com.
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Stephen King’s horror stories are fit for the screen
No living author has more big- and small-screen credits than the Maine author. The latest, a remake of ‘Pet Sematary,’ is due out Friday.