Four Portland food professionals share how they’ve incorporated prized recipes from their mothers into their restaurant and bakery menus.
Mother’s Day
Sushi from Yosaku, ajo sauce from Maiz and more: Maine moms’ first bites after giving birth
For Mother’s Day, we talked to experts about the latest nutrition advice for pregnant woman and to moms about what they craved.
On Mother’s Day, a ode to complicated, unfettered love
Marla Hoffman breaks from tradition and writes an homage to her children on this Mother’s Day.
Moms have had a particularly stressful year, and their Mother’s Day wishes reflect that
Therapists, researchers and moms in Maine say mothers bore the brunt of many challenges brought on by COVID-19.
Celebrating Maine Moms: Locals share their best memories about their favorite matriarchs for Mother’s Day
They are doughnut robbers, language junkies, organ warmers and so much more. Readers share their memories and love for their moms on Mother’s Day.
A different kind of celebration for Mother’s Day
Restaurants and florists are seeking new ways to keep Mother’s Day special.
Gun-brandishing Buxton man threatens his mother on Mother’s Day
A Buxton man was arrested on Mother’s Day for allegedly threatening his mother with a handgun. Buxton police were called to 768 Parker Farm Road around 7:55 p.m. Sunday in response to a report that a woman had fled the home after being threatened by 26-year-old Adam Sanborn. Sanborn was alone in the home and […]
From pride to poop, local moms talk the surprises and joys of parenthood
Before she became a mom, Delfina Jose had no idea how busy parenthood would make her. Playtime, story time, bedtime . . . with four kids under 11, it all adds up. Not that she’d have it any other way. “The kids make me happy,” she said. Before she became a mom, Amy Desmarais had […]
A new mother gets an early Mother’s Day gift: citizenship
Takry Khamwandee was rocking her 8-month-old baby, but when it was time to stand, she passed little Prim to her husband. Alan Arnott cradled the infant in his left arm and held up his cellphone to take a video of his wife with his right hand. Khamwandee raised her own right hand and solemnly repeated […]