He was born into a Jewish family; his father is a lawyer and the first Jewish president of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. His mother is a court mediator and a member of the Maine State Legislature.

WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT, CREWS ARE STILL ON THE SCENE OF A HUGE WOODS FIRE IN PEARL RIVER. FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN BATTLING THAT BLAZE FOR MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS, AND IT’S CONTINUING ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The St. Paul’s Fire District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for its new Fire Station No. 2, a larger facility built to serve the community’s growing needs. The ...

ST. LOUIS – “Soul On Fire,” a big-screen movie based on a St. Louis man’s survival and recovery after a childhood explosion, officially debuts in theaters on Friday. “Soul On Fire,” a production of ...

A former fire station and a shuttered parks building in Lake Elmo are poised to become go-to places for hungry locals. Lake Elmo’s City Council this week approved a concept from Brian Heidt and Amanda ...

A fire investigator sits on a bucket and looks at the scene at 23 Twiller St. on Monday where a morning fire took the lives of two adults and three children in Albany. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union) ...

Imagine you’ve been assigned to write a song for a movie. Only you can’t quite get into the flick’s characters or themes. John Parr found himself in that very same situation when he was called upon to ...

John O’Leary holds hands with his wife, Beth, as they watch the wedding scene in the movie “Soul On Fire” at its premiere at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. The film is ...

PALM BAY. MEGAN MORIARTY, WESH TWO NEWS. SAINT CLOUD IS MAKING ITS BIGGEST INVESTMENT YET IN PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH THE HELP OF NEARLY $10 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WESH TWO SPENCER TRACY ...

ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) — A fire in St. Martinville Saturday night claimed the life of a 76-year-old woman, fire officials said. According to a news release from the State Fire Marshal’s Office, ...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A house fire in St. Tammany Parish over the weekend claimed the lives of two people, according to deputies. Around 3:18 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28, St. Tammany Fire ...