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EDITORIAL Colin Sargent, Editor & Publisher

“I am a tourist in my own life.”

Maine’s City Magazine Editorial offices: 722 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04102 Phone: (207) 775-4339 Fax: (207) 775-2334 E-mail: staff@portlandmonthly.com www.portlandmagazine.com EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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SUBSCRIPTIONS To subscribe please send your address and a check for $39 (1 yr.), $55 (2 yrs.), or $65 (3 yrs.) to Portland Magazine 722 Congress Street Portland ME 04102 or subscribe online at www.portlandmagazine.com Portland Magazine is published by Sargent Publishing, Inc. All correspondence should be addressed to 722 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04102. Advertising Office: 722 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04102 (207) 775-4339. Repeat internet rights are understood to be purchased with all stories and artwork. For questions regarding advertising invoicing and payments, call Alison Hills. Newsstand Cover Date: July/August 2007, published in June 2007, Vol. 22, No. 5, copyright 2007. Portland Magazine is mailed at third-class mail rates in Portland, ME 04101 (ISSN: 1073-1857). Opinions expressed in articles are those of authors and do not represent editorial positions of Portland Magazine. Letters to the editor are welcome and will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication and copyright purposes and as subject to Portland Magazine’s unrestricted right to edit and comment editorially. Responsible only for that portion of any advertisement which is printed incorrectly. Advertisers are responsible for copyrights of materials they submit. Nothing in this issue may be reprinted in whole or in part without written permission from the publishers. Submissions welcome, but we take no responsibility for unsolicited materials. Portland Magazine is published 10 times annually by Sargent Publishing, Inc., 722 Congress Street, Portland, Maine, 04102, with newsstand cover dates of Winterguide, February/March, April, May, Summerguide, July/August, September, October, November, and December. Portland Magazine is the winner of NewsStand Resource’s 2006 Cover Contest First Prize, 2005 Reader’s Choice Cover Contest Award, 2005 Summerguide Cover Contest Honorable Mention, and 2004 Maggie Zine Cover Award Best of Show Grand Prize.

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Who can’t relate to composer Diane Ben– jamin’s wink of self-deprecation? This far up in the North Woods, sharing the red carpet with moose, lighthouses, lobster boats, and stunning zigzags of coastline, we all feel like we’re driving to work at “Maine, The Theme Park” anyway. Now, L.L. Bean has made it official. The web site midcurrent.com calls it “borrow[ing] a page from Disney.” ABC News reports that there will be “no roller coasters or log flumes,” but rather a 700-acre adventure parcel (by comparison, Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, is slightly over 400) anchored by a resort hotel and restaurants. Visitors will kayak, practice fly-fishing in park ponds, and in the winter, snowshoe. Estimated date of completion is just three years. “When you hear ‘theme park,’ people think in terms of Coney Island, concrete, and pavement, but that’s not our thinking,” says Carolyn Beem of L.L. Bean public relations, who says the adventure park is the inspiration of Leon Gorman, grandson of L.L. Bean. “Right now we’re referring to it as an outdoor adventure center, but there’s no official name yet,” she says. “The property is located on the Desert Road in Freeport, shortly after the highway exit. It abuts the location of our order fulfillment and return centers, as well as Fogg Farm, where we currently offer fly-fishing, skeet-shooting, archery, orienteering, showshoeing, and cross-country skiing.” The new park, which will offer all of those experiences and more, will also be adjacent to an existing golf course and is a way to make the L.L. Bean experience even more three-dimensional, she says. “With kayaking, for example, you could visit the park and participate in the sport with a boat and all the equipment provided as well as the instruction before you make a decision to buy your own. “This is going to be a great way to increase the offerings we have and that Freeport has. Freeport is already a tourist destination, with three to 3.5 million visitors per year, but we hope it’ll be a place where people will want to stay longer. Planning for lodging and restaurant development is still on the table.” (Will there be moose on the menu, we wonder?) In a nutshell, “someone who might otherwise have stayed in Freeport for three hours might stay three days.” We know they’re coming, but who will build it? Finalists responding to L.L. Bean’s request for qualifications were “invited to respond with a formal proposal the first part of July.” Regarding discounts for Mainers, she says, “Details like that haven’t even come up yet.”

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I like the current issue of Portland Magazine. I thought Jason Hjort’s piece on Portland’s nightlife was one of the better summaries of Portland after dark in a long time. Of course, Chicky’s closed so recently just to add more weight to what he was saying. Turner Kruysman, Portland We care what this dude thinks…why? getfah@yahoo.com I am a co-owner of Threeways Nightclub. It is nice to be mentioned in your article.

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I would love to talk with Jason about the “dance club” scene in Portland. It seems he has some experience with Zootz, which I do not, and I would like to hear more about what he thinks makes a great dance club. The future of Threeways will center on music and entertainment of many different styles. Susan L. Chase, Portland You’re right on about Zootz–Kris was always the first one on the block when it came to cutting-edge music. jcb319@maine.rr.com Love it! Would like to see more ‘’biased’’ opinions from this person. egpack@maine.rr.com

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I’m glad you didn’t mention our favorite club, Blue on Congress Street, as it’s getting too popular and we weren’t able to get a table last week on a Wednesday night! Although [it’s] out of Portland, you really need to visit The Big Kahuna in Brighton to see what a music room should be like. Joe McHugh, Cape Elizabeth Nice article. As an official rock geezer (I played in a high school band with Steve Luttrell), I have to agree about the bar blight in Portland. The good places can be counted on one hand. I come to town often and find myself looking for somewhere to go to hear something different. I played in all sorts of places that no longer exist, from Sloppy Joe’s to Kayos to Yesterdays, and miss them all…The State Theatre…is a musical venue with a rich history that should be saved at any cost. Greg Hanson, Gardner, Massachusetts You missed Blue on Congress Street, almost across from the USM dorm building. Go there. Then tell us about it. Victoria, vhershey@portlandwest.org, Portland

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can’t someone run a successful blues club in Maine’s biggest, most diverse city? Mainers love blues. Surely, someone like NABF’s W.C. Handy Award-winning promoter, Paul Benjamin, exists in the Portland area? Rick Miller, Wells This was great–haven’t been in Portland’s night scene regularly, but when I go, I want music. It was nice to have many views on what’s where–thanks. clebel4@maine.rr.com

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Visitors to Bowdoin College’s Hubbard Hall got a fright when they gazed skyward to see a one-ton gargoyle flying through the air. Fashioned by Chicago stone carver Walter Arnold, it’s a replacement for the well-worn fella who graced the building for more than a century. Maine historian Earle Shettleworth dubs the work “Bowdoin’s favorite grotesque.” This from a Colby man. –Amy Louise Barnett

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Decadence, thy name is cannoli. Micucci’s on India Street–already purveyors of fresh and authentic Italian foods–now has an on-site bakery, too. Chef/baker Stephen Lanzalotta says, “On any day, we’ll have six to eight kinds of bread, a dozen different pastries, Sicilian pizza, a couple of sandwiches, deli items, and creamy desserts.” Pictured, a cannoli (top) and a Napoleon captured during a moment of innocence…Mmmm. –Amy Louise Barnett

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are buzzing about singer/songwriter Daryl Hall’s recent purchase of the oldest house in Maine. The hammer price at auction for the John Bray House at Kittery’s Pepperrell Point was just under $2 million.

Singer/songwriter Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates, viz. “Sara Smile,” “Kiss On My List,” and “Maneater”) has always had a passion for antique homes.

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My first impression was, ‘how English,’ as opposed to Colonial American. I know this because I’ve just finished renovating a 1740 house in London, in Hammersmith. For example, I was surprised to find high plaster ceilings in this 345-year-old structure in Kittery, which make it more akin to an English house than an American Colonial house. The house is oak beamed. There are no chamfered beams and things indicative of a 17th-century house in most places in America. It was built ahead of its time. Was this first excursion up here before the auction?

Just before. I subscribe to Antiques and The Arts Weekly, an antiques magazine in Newtown, Connecticut, and they have a small real estate section in the back. I just happened to see, coming up for auction, “the oldest house in Maine,” and I was intrigued. So I asked an architect I know, Analee Cole, to go up to look at the house and just kind of describe it to me–you know, do some research, take some pictures–and when she came back all excited, describing this great house in good nick–English slang for “in good shape”–with beautiful views, I came up a week later and saw what I saw. I really liked the old village it was in; I’d never really seen that part of Kittery before. I loved the age of the house, number one. I felt drawn to something there. This is starting to sound like a ghost story.

A house really does have a feeling. I’m a soul singer; a house can have a bad soul, good soul, and no soul, but believe me, when a house does have a soul you can feel it. I think of ownership of a house in this way: You may have contemporary control over your house, but it has an existence of its own. Can you describe your views of Pepperrell Cove?

When John Bray, who was a shipwright, built this house in 1662, he had his choice of any building site he wanted, and he picked well. It has a lot of shore frontage. Today, looking out over the cove, you see various islands, lighthouses, and the south-facing view is great–good for the weather. Where’s your favorite spot in the house or grounds–a magic spot?

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daughter were married in 1680. It’s elegant, cozy, with a great outlook into the cove. You’re already channeling the former owners! Do you feel you have to connect in some way with them in order to restore it correctly?

I’ve been doing a lot of research. Luckily, the people who have owned this house have passed its story through the generations. I have in my possession just about every article written about it, and the people in it, dating to the 1880s. I have a lot about the configuration of the house in its original state and documents about what’s happened over the last 300 years. As far as changes are concerned, I’m not going to touch the original part of the house. A general store was built on an adjacent lot around 1830 that they later attached as a wing in the 1920s, and an outdoor porch turned into an indoor porch about the same time. Those are the things that I’m going to address. So many people think of you as having this cool and contemporary side–is your love for early architecture a hidden part of you?

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It’s been there all along. Besides, I don’t look at myself as a very contemporary person. When you’re popular you may be contemporary in your popularity, but in everything I do I have always shot for things that are timeless emotions. Not that I have always succeeded. But I value things by how far they go beyond the contemporary. If you had lived contemporary with the Bray House, do you think you’d still have been a singer/songwriter?

I would have been a musician in any period in time if I had grown up in my family of musicians. Musicians and carpenters and bricklayers, actually. My father built the house I grew up in, my mother was a musician, and I was a singer in a band. How much time will you spend up here?

Somewhere between living and visiting– that’s my life! I’ve always been a road person. My career takes me all over the world, but at the same time I like to have my feet on the ground. So all sorts of times in the summer, fall, and spring, I’ll be up in Kittery, living there. It’s only a three-hour drive from two other homes I’m restoring near Millbrook, New York. They were built in 1771 and 1780. So you’re up here now, puttering around, sampling the J U LY / A U G U S T 2 0 0 7 3 7

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I had a lobster roll the other day. I love all kinds of seafood, shellfish. What part of the Bray house has been most neglected?

None of it has really been neglected, but someone has renovated the east side of the house, always the unknown part of the house, less than well. That’s probably the most altered part of the house. The documents get more vague when they get to “the east side lean-to with chambers above…” When was your first-ever visit to Maine?

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In the 1970s I guess. We did a rehearsal above Portland somewhere. I’ve played Portland a few times; it’s a very distinct place, not like anywhere else in New England. I really like it a lot, but for one reason or another it hasn’t often turned up for me on tour. Have any high-profile buddies of yours ever joked with you about this musty passion of yours?

I don’t really talk to my contemporaries that much. Musicians seem to stay in their own solar systems. The guys in my band have known about it all along and don’t find it unusual at all. It’s funny. I look at Architectural Digest and see various musicians pictured with their houses and they always look like they’re in hotel rooms–mansions and hotel rooms–and that’s not me. [Laughs] There won’t be any gold records on the walls in the Bray House. Are there songs people should steer away from if they visit you?

Rainy Day Color.

Any song I’ve written or am writing–don’t sing. I hear that too often in my head. I’ll be coming to Maine to get away. What’s the most exciting thing you’ve ever revealed while peeling back some old wallpaper or fixing a wall

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in one of these old homes you’re restoring?

In Dutchess County, New York, I took a house apart piece by piece to restore it. It had been owned by the Bates family from 1771. Finally, after the last of the Bateses died, the caretaker sold it to me. Dismantling it, I found, in the walls, a gray, mummified cat. Hello!

I told the caretaker about it. She said, “This house was called ‘the gray cat house’ because a legend passed down through the Bates family says that a gray cat will always live here. When one dies, another will appear out of the woods.” I sort of humored her and went back to putting up the beams. A few weeks later, out of the woods, came a gray kitten. I call her Miss Gray. She hasn’t left since.

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Some people like old homes because they miss their parents, or grandparents, or the whole gorgeous sense of a past that just gets discarded like a Handi Wipe. Who are you looking for in your past with these houses?

I grew up with a very close sense of history on both sides of my family. We have family furniture and bibles that date to the early 1700s. I’ve lived with a sense of history all my life. [Pause] I’ve watched stone Pennsylvania farmhouses turning into fields full of McMansions and shopping centers and all the crap you see out here. Finding the value of things that might otherwise go to waste [it’s rumored that the underbidder for the 345-year-old Bray House was considering tearing it down] and recovering them, it’s the way people should naturally live. People should live in small, natural, village-like environments, where they get to know each other and are connected to the land and progress is stimulated. I’m very Jeffersonian about that. You can progress toward something better. You don’t always have to progress toward something worse.

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hat’s the craziest question visitors ask upon first seeing Portland Head Light? “Far and away, the one that gets us the most is, ‘Is it real?’” laughs Jeanne Gross of the Museum at Portland Head Light. “It shocked us the first time we heard it. We couldn’t get anything more than a ‘yes’ out! I think there’s so many places like Disney World where there are re-creations that they’re not sure. ” When they first take in the solemn white obelisk crowning the rocks and breakers at the Atlantic’s edge, they feel taken in themselves, perhaps, as if it’s a trick somehow, a grand illusion. But Portland Head Light’s been keeping it real since George Washington appointed Joseph Greenleaf the first lighthouse keeper 1791. Not that our city’s eternal eye hasn’t winked a time or two. “During World War II they actually put the light out,” Gross says. 4 0 P O R T L A N D M O N T H LY M A G A Z I N E

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“That was from June 1942 to 29 June 1945,” says Ken Thompson, author of Portland Head Light & Fort Williams. “I have a poster issued in Boston establishing the lights-out program. It’s black and white, a notice from the Army: Extinguish all ‘lights that shine directly to seaward…all lights and advertising signs…that add to the sky glow above Portland, South Portland, Biddeford, Saco, Kittery’…all the way to New London.” We kept the coast dark “‘up to three miles inland, one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise.’”

Previous pages: According to the Museum at Portland Head Light, at least 30 keepers–not including wives, children, and others who helped out in a pinch–have trudged up these stairs since 1791 to keep the light shining for the protection of sailors. Left page: The entrance to the tower, where the long climb begins. This page, clockwise from top left: Two views looking northwest, toward the city of Portland; a porthole affords a southerly view of Cape Elizabeth; as you climb, consider the keepers who made the trek several times each day; (center) Portland Head Light was completed in 1791, at a cost of $2,250. Following pages: It’s a dizzying view looking down at the visitors looking up at Portland Head Light.

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“The Lighthouse was then a silvery, misty-looking tower with a yellow eye, that opened suddenly, and softly in the evening.” –To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf

As for the dizzy interior spiral at Portland Head, Gross says, “The original stairs were wood. In the mid 1800s the tower was lined with brick, and that’s when the wrought iron staircase was created. Ira Winn of Falmouth installed it; he did most of the lighthouses from Kittery on up.” Ascending the interior, “it’s 80 feet to the focal point,” in the center of the eye, “which is 101 feet above sea level. “Really,” Gross laughs. “I guess I love the feeling this lighthouse gives to people,” she says. “It’s happiness. They sense the responsibility of all the keepers who’ve cared enough to trudge up these stairs and light the way.”

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What’s it cost to build a house made of shipping containers? Architect Adam Kalkin and owners Matthew and Anne Adriance are coy about construction expenses for this Blue Hill Bay beauty. But Kalkin’s website lists costs for his more rudimentary Quik House at approximately $75 per square foot (the average price of building a conventional new stick-built home in Portland is $175 per square foot, and a modular home works out to $85-$100).

Another thing to keep in mind before you start building your dream box: While containers cost just $1,500 each, shipping 12 containers from New Jersey to Maine may cost as much as $11,000. Excavation is estimated at $3,200 (per Grimaldi & Son), a slab foundation will set you back $1,995 (Dragon), the roof runs $7-$8 per square foot (Industrial Roofing), plumbing hookups $3,000 (Mark Oliver), electrical $14,000 (Acton Electric), and glass–including installation–$23,000 (Portland Glass).

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ne of the consequences of economic globalization is the endless stream of steel shipping containers littered across the shores of the United States each day. Once emptied of the consumer goods that are destined for retailers across the country, a few of these containers are reloaded with American products and sent back abroad, but the journey most of these containers make is a one-way trip. The result is ever-growing stacks of empty containers that cast long shadows over U.S. port communities. Adam Kalkin is a New Jersey-based architect and artist who sees the beauty of these containers and views them as an untapped resource. In the early 1990s he began employing them in his artwork but soon saw their value to architecture as well. When contacted by his friends Matthew and Anne Adriance to build something “beautiful yet indestructible” overlooking Blue Hill Bay–no holds barred–Kalkin jumped at the chance. “There’s a tremendous amount of maritime romance associated with these containers,” Kalkin says. Steel, as the primary building material, also seemed to blend well with the rocky, mineral-laden site. The result is the talk of the peninsula. Without apology, Kalkin uses 12 shipping containers artfully arranged (Continued on page 94)

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Joan Lunden gets her groove back with her Maine man at his summer camp in Naples. BY JAMES V. H ORRIGA N

Joan Lunden scales the climbing wall at Camp Takajo.

ust another day at Camp Takajo in Naples. An anxious mom’s on the phone, relieved that her little camper’s fever is over but bewildered at what camp director Jeff Konigsberg didn’t reveal during his first call to her. “I had no idea he was delirious,” she said of her son. “He’s just written that Joan Lunden from Good Morning America was putting a wet cloth on his forehead, stroking his head, and telling him he was going to be okay.” Had her son been hallucinating? J U LY / A U G U S T 2 0 0 7 5 9

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MAINE ROMANCE stood the seasons of a camp director. She had to grow to love not only me but my occupation, my way of life, and the state of Maine. If she didn’t embrace all that, we weren’t going to be together.” “He had to know I would be comfortable here, become a part of it, and love it, because if I didn’t,” she knew, “it wasn’t going to work.” But it did. They married in 2000, and she’s now enjoying her eleventh summer on Long Lake. It’s also her eleventh summer as a camp widow. “The delicate balance,” Konigsberg says, “is letting your wife know that no matter how much you love her, she comes second during the summertime. Camp comes first.” Lunden understands and accepts the condition. “It’s Jeff’s job time–24/7 he’s on call, on duty.” “I take this responsibility very seriously,” he says. “If someone’s going to be in my care, I’m going to be here.” “It’s much more than his livelihood,” Lunden says. “It’s his passion; it’s in his blood, literally.” Konigsberg’s father was a camper at Takajo during that debut summer of 1947, and, like his son, later returned as a counselor. His Konigsberg and Lunden with their two sets of twins. sister, Leslie Konigsberg Levy, runs Tripp Lake Camp for girls in Poland, “As clichéd as it sounds, our eyes met and which he also owns. it was such a warm connection I felt totally During the seven weeks camp is in sescomfortable walking up and introducing sion, he won’t leave the grounds of the 100myself. I can handle rejection,” he laughs, acre facility. That’s not the case with his wife. “but I can’t handle not knowing.” After all, “I make this my base during the summer,” he reasoned, “when are you going to get a she says. “But I go back and forth” to their chance to see Joan Lunden again?” home in Connecticut “roughly half a dozen Looking back, the encounter seems fated. times because I have work to do,” which Lunden, who was having lunch with a friend these days can mean anything from televiand Sarah, the youngest of her three daughsion appearances to speaking at wellness ters from a previous marriage, pointed him seminars or going on tour to promote her out. “Why can’t I meet a nice guy like that?” latest best-seller. “I’m so used to the drive I she wondered. don’t even think about it anymore.” They began dating and a few months later When here, Lunden uses the time to she paid her first visit to Camp Takajo. It was recharge her batteries and take advantage of Valentine’s Day, 1996. “He rolled down the all that Maine, Long Lake, and Camp Takajo windows and said ‘Smell that?’” have to offer. “Because I go from a hectic, “When I pull into camp,” Konigsberg fast-paced life and try to do as much work as says, “no matter what time of year, I roll I can during the wintertime, I try and do as down my window and smell the pines; it’s little as possible during the summertime so I just invigorating.” What Lunden didn’t can enjoy it up here.” know then was that it was a test of sorts. Appreciation of her surroundings begins “It was important to me that Joan under-

Konigsberg laughs. “I said, ‘As a matter of fact, I am dating Joan Lunden. She’s up here and she was stroking your child’s head.’” It does sound like a fairy tale–Maine summer camp director marries glamorous author and television personality. Konigsberg’s first brush with Camp Takajo–a landmark since 1947, hosting 400 boys ages 7-15 each summer–was as a camper himself. In college, he graduated up to counselor. In 1988, he took the plunge and bought the place outright. On the day of closing, he invited his parents to lunch at a deli in Rye, New York, to celebrate. When he walked in, he spotted a familiar face.

each morning when she and Konigsberg wake up in the attractive, timber-framed, shingle-style gambrel home they built several years ago on Sunset Cove, just north of the camp. “You feel like you’re waking up in the middle of a picture postcard. You’re probably sick of hearing me say it,” she teases her husband, “but I still say, ‘Look at that view!’ It’s so stunning.” Konigsberg, however, is sick of neither hearing her say it nor the scenery she describes. “I think the time that I don’t notice how beautiful a sunset is or how magnificent this lake is, or how beautiful these towering pines are…when I stop appreciating that, I’m out of here. But,” he feels certain, “it will never happen.” They are both proud of the number of trees they preserved when constructing the house. “I didn’t want it to be this gigantic clearing with this massive house on it,” Lunden says. “When you’re out on the lake you hardly see it, which is totally great. It’s part of the natural surroundings.”

unden knows that she, too, is now part of the natural surroundings. “When the Songo River Queen goes by,” Konigsberg says of the old-fashioned Mississippi River-style paddle steamer that brings tourists and locals up and down the eleven-mile-long, mile-and-a-half-wide lake, “you hear over the microphone, ‘This is where Joan Lunden lives.’” “I could say, ‘Hey,’” she laughs, “‘give me my privacy.’ But in a way it’s kind of nice that I’m part of the tourism of Maine.” If all goes according to plan, she’ll soon become part of its economy, too. “This is going to be my first year that I have my own women’s wellness retreat. It’s called ‘Reveille: A wake-up call for women, a wake-up call for life.’ Camp ends on August 10 this year, and you still have four or five magnificent weekends” left in the summer. “That allows women to have a tiny little window of opportunity to get together to share their stories, their failures, and their struggles, to leave their responsibilities behind.” This year the retreat will take place over one long weekend. “We hope that in the years to come,” she says, “we will run four or five long weekends. Eighty percent of my career these days is involved in women’s wellness or general health care or children’s nutrition, and this is a perfect integration (Continued on page 96)

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He says, “Our eyes met and it was such a warm connection…” She thinks, “Why can’t I meet a nice guy like that?” –Joan Lunden and Jeff Konigsberg on falling in love

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descend to disclose the average income of a Saks Fifth Avenue customer, but it’s fairly safe to assume it’s higher than $31,000. In the face of such fashion deprivation, at least we can suck down some oysters at Legal Seafood to lessen the sting of rejection, right? Wrong. They’re not here, either. Colgan suggests this is due to the existence of a “prejudice against Maine by Bostonbased chains” which he chalks up to the “typical Massachusetts view that Maine is somewhere north of the Arctic Circle.” So what chance do we have of ever being able to satisfy these weekend shopping urges? “I don’t think these companies will establish physical presence here for some time,” says Colgan. “The internet is a cheap option for reaching that portion of Maine that might buy their products.” Still, he optimistically continues, “I think if Louis Vuitton or Saks wanted to open a store in Maine, we’d have no problem finding space for them.” Julia Bentley, however, offers a more direct–if bleaker–outlook: “At this time, we have announced no plans for any new Saks Fifth Avenue stores.” How about Neiman Marcus? There’s a silence on the phone as the temperature drops. “In Maine? I haven’t heard of that,” Ward Andrews says. How about Nordstrom, arguably the next retail tier down? They’ve even done catalog shoots up here. Good enough to shoot here, good enough to shop here, right? Do they have any plans to move into Maine? John Bailey in Nordstrom’s marketing department says, “We do not.” Colgan believes it’s simple. “If we had the money, they’d be here.” The answer, then, seems clear. If we all pull together and do our part, each making a few more trips to our local bottle-redemption center than normal, then maybe–just maybe–in the not-sodistant future, we might find that Gucci bag right here in our local mall. In the meantime, if all goes well for me, you’ll always be welcome at my hot-dog cart.

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dark-green urchins, removing their orangey reproductive organs and packaging them to be shipped, raw. The gonads, known as uni, have a slightly sweet, briny taste–something like a clam–and a creamy texture. At the industry’s apex in 1993, Tamaki processed as many as 80,000 pounds of urchins a day during the peak months of October through December, for a total of PROOF RETURN DEADLINE __________________ $50 million a year, makingOK himas theis world’s The largest collection most productive urchin merchant. Governor Please make corrections as indicated and proceed of lighthouse lenses Angus King personally took him to dinner Please make corrections as indicated and submit another printout to thank him for doing so much to improve and artifacts in the the U.S. balance of trade signed with Asia. ______________________________________date ______________ United States Your signature Unfortunately, many urchin beds were constitutes agreement with the conditions stated above. If we do not hear from you by proof return deadline, we will assume that the ad is correct, and it will appear as is. overharvested by unscrupulous opportunOpen all year ists who came to be known as “no survivor divers.” Now Tamaki processes just 4,000 Call or check our pounds a day in season, or $1.5 million annuwebsite for hours ally. He sells to the Orient and also increasingly to European and U.S. buyers, who are One Park Drive at the developing a taste for sushi. Gateway Center Tamaki buys his urchins from divers like Rockland, ME Rob Odlin, 37, of South Portland. When he began harvesting them 19 years ago, Odlin “never had to venture far from home,” he 207-594-3301 says. But now, in the coastal region from mainelighthousemuseum.com Kittery to Rockland, state regulations allow divers to collect the depleted resource for Photo © Annie Higbee only 10 days in September or December. In

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the zone from Rockland to Eastport, divers can harvest for 45 days from September to January, or December to March. So Odlin travels to the Machias area to work. It’s a dangerous job, with what he calls “a controlled risk.” His little boat, The Maine Lady, can get swamped in rough seas. He faces battering by sea swells as he harvests urchins from the rocky ledges where they live. And although he wears two layers of gloves and uses a metal rake to gather the prickly creatures, they still skewer him. “See these hands? I’ve had $2,000 in surgery to remove the spines.” The flavor of uni “isn’t something I crave,” Odlin admits. “It’s kind of slimy and tastes like an animal that eats kelp.” But all the diving keeps him in shape; he listens to music–mostly rock–while he harvests the urchins, and on a good day he can collect as many as 1,200 pounds. With buyers paying anywhere from $.80 to $2 a pound, he says it’s enough to make a decent living. In Franklin, Shep Erhart is harvesting another culinary oddity from the Gulf of Maine: seaweed. His company, Maine Coast Sea Vegetables, was born in 1971 because of a bowl of miso soup. Erhart and his wife, Linnette, “were part of the back-to-the-land movement. We were trying to grow or gather as much food as we could and stay out of the supermarket,” he says. For their macrobiotic diet, they had miso soup every morning. But the seaweed in it was expensive, imported from Japan. One day while picnicking at Schoodic Point, they spotted some seaweed that looked similar. “We took it home and put it in our soup pot. Delicious.” They started gathering local seaweed and drying it on racks they hung from the ceiling of their kitchen and dining room. “It ruined our wallpaper. We definitely were different in our neighborhood. But we didn’t care,” he recalls. They shared their seaweed with friends, and word spread. When they were contacted by some natural food stores, “We had to get serious about providing a dependable supply.” Today, Maine Coast Sea Vegetables has 15 year-round employees and 45 seasonal harvesters gathering about 100,000 pounds of seaweed a year, all certified organic. The company sells six different kinds of seaweed, sea seasonings, seaweed–flavored tortilla chips, and a high-energy bar called Kelp J U LY / A U G U S T 2 0 0 7 6 9

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Krunch. Erhart also has written a book with Leslie Cerier, Sea Vegetable Celebration, about how to identify and use sea vegetables, including more than 100 recipes. And in Casco Bay, Tollef Olson is diving for sugar kelp, which he cooks and sells as a pasta stand-in. He says the green kelp noodles “have been favorably received” since he began selling them last year through his Portland company, Ocean Approved LLC. Next he hopes to market digitata, brown kelp “that has a crunchy quality.” This all may seem too outré, too far out for most palates. But state officials note that last year nearly 20 million pounds of such oddball edibles were harvested in Maine (including eels, periwinkles, sea snails, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and seaweed). In 2006, they accounted for about 7.5 percent (20 million pounds) of all the poundage (266 million) of commercial seafood landed in the state, $5.8 million–or 1.6 percent–of the $361 million total for all Maine commercial fishing. Roughly a third (7 million pounds) of this was sold to Korea and Japan, and local

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This pair of Rose Canton bough pots and covers from the Woolworth Collection sold for $5,750. The mid19th-century tapering square form has four enamel decorated panels incorporating birds, butterflies, and peonies, all within a butterfly and peony border flanked by gilt leaf handles. The 6”-square, 8”-high pots, displayed on custom-made wood stands, are fitted with square covers, each with five round holes with gilt borders.

True China Trade are a pair of mid-nineteenth century Rose Canton bough pots and covers which sold at James D. Julia Auctioneers for $5,750, one of many lots of eighteenth- and nineteenthcentury China Trade porcelain in a recent auction. By far the most popular porcelain objects ordered from China by westerners at the height of the China Trade were those copied or derived from European silver, pewter, glass, faience, and porcelain, like these vases. Purchased by a Massachusetts dealer, these two bough pots came from the Woolworth Collection, the Cobbossee Lake, Maine, compound of a branch of the famous Five & Dime family. Sarah Cumming Cecil, a principal in the interior design firm Rose Cumming, writes frequently on art, antiques, and interior design. Her work has appeared in ARTnews, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Connoisseur, and The New York Times.

This rhino horn libation cup from the Late Qing Dynasty sold for $22,000. The cup is carved with lotus flower, branches, and pomegranate in deep relief and has a flared edge and a butternut patina. Roughly 5” x 4” x 21/2” high, its reticulated branches provide feet.

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from a place of play. I’m always wondering, “What happens if I do this?” I connect with folk singers because they say something. I have the ability to say something in a way that is relevant to that tradition, as well as incorporating other systems of songwriting that I feel communicate with a personal specificity. My specifics are delicate and sort of haunting, and as a result, my songs turn out that way, too. Do you see yourself in any of the “legacy” female singer/ songwriters, and what artists inspire you?

Some people listen to the music their parents listened to, or stay on top of what’s happening in modern music. I think I land somewhere just outside of that box. I see myself in many artists. Virginia Rodrigues. She is a powerhouse. Sometimes I have a power like that. I love when musicians are detailed, no matter what genre. Jolie Holland. Joanna Newsom. Joni [Mitchell]. Joan Baez. Frankness turns me on. Women who are not fearful. Old-timer folk men, I love ‘em. And jazz. Monk, Coltrane, Davis, Hancock. Fitzgerald and Holiday have their spot in my musical upbringing, too.

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DININGGUIDE Fine Dining in Maine Acropolis, 795 Forest Avenue, Portland. Homemade specialties not just Greek, but old-fashioned recipes from the Island of Crete. Among these, try Pshto Sto Fourno, an enticing baked lamb dish in lemon gravy with roasted potatoes that’s out of this world. Afterwards, have an original, home-cooked dessert with Greek coffee. The word “Acropolis” means top of the city: make this a top dining experience. * 879-2400 Anthony’s Italian Kitchen, 151 Middle Street, lower level, Portland. Voted “Best in Portland” three years in a row. Pizza, pasta, and sandwiches. All homemade recipes including lasagna, chicken parmesan, eggplant parmesan, meatballs, and Italian sausages. No item over $10. Beer and wine. Friday and Saturday night live Broadway review includes five-course dinner for $35/pp. Catering available. * 774-8668

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Munjoy Hill in Portland. A coffee shop and café offering soups, sandwiches, salads, and specials made from scratch. Eat by our sunny windows or take your food to go. A full coffee bar, sodas, beer, and wine available. Music most nights. Check www.northstarcafe.net for calendar and hours. 207-699-2994. O’Naturals serves natural and organic flatbread sandwiches, tossed salads, Asian noodles, soups, and kids’ meals. Quick service, but our leather couches, wireless internet, and comfortable atmosphere will entice you to stay. Flatbread pizza after 4 p.m. and pesto chicken, roast beef, wild bison meatloaf, wild Alaskan salmon, and many vegetarian items–something for everyone. Portland 321-2050 and Falmouth 781-8889 The Pepperclub is a prize-winning restaurant (“Best Vegetarian” & “Best Value” in Frommer’s Guide to New England) with creative world cuisine. Blackboard menu lists five vegetarian, three fish, & three meat entrées, including an organic beef burger. Relaxed, affordable dining on the edge of the Old Port w/free parking. Open nightly at 5 p.m. 78 Middle Street. 772-0531 Ratigan’s Midwest Grill and Lounge, 146 Main St., Saco. Find a taste of the Midwest in downtown Saco with great river views. Slow-roasted, fall-off-the-bone ribs are an everyday specialty. Each steak is carefully trimmed and seasoned with an exclusive midwest taste. Enjoy all our favorites or try something new. Eat in or take out, visit on-line at www. ratigans.com. 284-9700 SeaGrass Bistro, 30 Forest Falls Drive, Yarmouth, an intimate 40-seat dining room with an open kitchen. Chef Stephanie’s style of American Bistro Cuisine, with Asian, French, and Tuscan influences, uses fresh local ingredients. Menu changes frequently. Music while you dine Thursdays, cooking classes Wednesdays. Open Thursday-Saturday for dinner. * 846.3885 www.seagrassbistro.com 20 Milk Street, in the Portland Regency Hotel, is proud to be the only restaurant in Maine to serve exclusively U.S.D.A. prime steaks, combining award-winning classic American Cuisine with fine wines and beverages in a warm and relaxing atmosphere. Regency Crab Cakes, 24-oz. Porterhouse Steak, Roast Rack of Lamb, Baked Stuffed Halibut, and homemade desserts. Dinner seven nights a week, also serving breakfast and lunch. Complimentary Valet Parking. 774-4200

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Una Tapas Winebar Lounge, Portland’s destination for unique and exciting food, wine, and cocktails. Weekday Happy Hours, interesting and eclectic wines, signature cocktails, flavorful tapas plates, and special music events with live jazz two days a week. “Best Martini Bar”–Press-Herald and Casco Bay Weekly. Near Downtown, the waterfront, and the Old Port at 505 Fore Street. 828-0300 www.unawinebar.com Uncle Billy’s is a welcome oasis–a reminder that life is good. Owner/chef Jonathan St. Laurent’s famous barbeque with Quebecois flair: Grilled Skirt Steak with Frites á la Francais, mussels steamed in beer, melt-in-your-mouth beef brisket, and braised lamb with polenta and mushrooms. Blues-age décor, jukebox of funky tunes, live music, full bar, and Happy Hour–beers from Lambics to Schlitz. 653 Congress Street, Tuesday-Saturday 5-close, Sunday 12-close. 761-5930 Walter’s, 15 Exchange Street, Portland. Cuisine with “worldly” influences–casual fine dining with a metropolitan flair. Menu changes seasonally with popular blackboard specials. Bar manager Steven Lovenguth’s wine list complements Chef Jeff Buerhaus’s menu selections. Interesting cocktails and dessert drinks, also. Open Mon-Sat 11:30-2:30 for lunch; dinner from 5:00 seven nights a week. Private room available for up to 26 guests. 871-9258 or www.walterscafe.com Wells Beach Steakhouse and T-Bone Lounge serves prime steaks, fresh seafood, and delicious salads, featuring Kobe sirloin steaks, stuffed smoked salmon and grilled swordfish in an upscale, plush atmosphere. Enjoy a selection from the highly allocated new world wine list, or a signature 28-ounce Wells Beach martini under the starry ‘sky’ of the lounge. 73 Mile Road, Wells. www.wellsbeachsteakhouse. com. 646-2252 Yosaku, at 1 Danforth Street, an authentic Japanese culinary experience, designed by owner Sato Takahiro and lead chef Matsuyama Masahiro. Premium sushi, sashimi, and rolls, including Yosaku roll, spicy scallop roll, Godzilla roll, and traditional cooked Japanese cuisine for the sushi-shy. Enjoy a bento box beside a tranquil Japanese waterfall. Lunch Monday-Friday 11:30-2, Saturday-Sunday 12-3. Dinner 5-9:30, Friday-Saturday 5-10:30. 780-0880 *reservations recommended

Migis Lodge: the perfect Sebago Lake lobster bake.

igis Lodge, whose name (pronounced MY-giss) derives from the Abenaki word for ‘place of retreat,’ is just that. Nestled among tall pines, the lodge is famous for allowing visiting diners to enjoy a lobster bake on the shores of Sebago Lake for just $35 per person (before tax and gratuity)–and no, you don’t have to stay the night. Arriving at 5:30 allows one to share in cocktails on the porch (until 6:30, with handmade crackers and cheese dips) overlooking the lake and blue mountains that blend with the sunset. They make a mean extradry martini here, too, and this is the place to savor it. Although there’s a jacket-and-tie requirement for men (women are always appropriately dressed), the feeling here is one of gracious relaxation. We savored sharing our appetizers of pan-seared sea scallops and vegetable spring rolls, the scallops in a wonderful fresh herb beurre blanc, and the crunchy rolls topped with a tangy honey-mustard sauce. Our server appeared sweetly holding a tray with assorted relishes including marinated artichoke hearts and roasted red peppers, eggplant, cottage cheese, and pickled onions. All this before inhaling the fragrant, homemade soft rolls. Next came the wild-mushroom and ginger soup, described by my companion (my mother) as “to die for.” Rich, velvety, not too strong on any note, the broth brings to mind the best of all soup days–for me reminiscent of student days at the Bread Loaf Inn

at Middlebury College. The plate of garden-fresh baby red- and green-leaf lettuces, sliced beets, marinated apples, lots of good gorgonzola cheese with a white balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing was just right, and just enough. Everyone was ordering, and just loving, the steamed Maine lobster the evening we dined. Taking another tack, we tried the roasted New York Sirloin Steak and PanSeared Medallions of Chicken and Pork Tenderloin. The sirloin, served on a bed of wild mushrooms, was butter-knife tender, with a delicious dark gravy. The green beans with almonds served with both entrées were superb. Roasted red potatoes or toasted vegetable couscous were at the ready to hit the spot. The Pork Medallions, crowning a base of lightly sautéed fresh fruits with a mapleand-pineapple beurre blanc, were a great hit with mom. Here you’ll find the desserts of your dreams, the kind found only in trusted inns of yesteryear. Far too full to order my favorite–cheddar, saga blue, and brie cheeses with fresh fruit and homemade flat breads–I chose instead the crème brûlé, a huge oval dish beautifully served with fruit coulis, fresh strawberries, and blueberries. Mother’s towering chocolate mousse torte, with vanilla anglaise, elicited another “to die for.” A summer evening, at its best, in Maine Migis Lodge, 30 Migis Lodge Road, South Casco. 655-4524 or www.migis.com J U LY / A U G U S T 2 0 0 7 7 9

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Festivals Acton Fair, Acton. August 23-26. 636-2026. American Folk Festival, Bangor. August 24-26. Music, storytelling, dances, crafts exhibitions, food. 992-2630 or www.americanfolkfestival.com Annual Quilt Show, Greenville. September 1. Quilt raffle and display. members.localnet.com/~mooswing/ Apple Pumpkin Festival, Livermore Falls. September 29. Displays, games, food. 897-6755 or www.jay-livermore-lf.org Athens Fair, Athens. August 3-5. Horse pulling, rides, livestock judging. (740) 592-1532 or www.athenscofair.org Bangor State Fair, Bangor. July 27- August 5. Jack

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Bates Dance Festival, Bates College, Lewiston. July 14-August 8. 786-6381 or abacus.bates.edu/dancefest Bethel Corvette Festival, Bethel. August 16-19. 8242282, 415-2363 or www.bethelmaine.com/events Bay Chamber Concerts Festival, Rockport. July 3August 30. 236-2823 or www.baychamberconcerts.org Blistered Fingers Family BlueGrass Fest, Sidney. August 23-26. 873-6539 or www.blisteredfingers.com

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The Kentucky Headhunters, exhibits, harness racing, dog trials. 374-3701 or www.bluehillfair.com Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brunswick. June 23- August 4. 373-1400 or www.bowdoinfestival.org Brewers Festival, Casco. September 29. Maine brews and wines, artisan craft show, music. 647-3472 or www.lakesbrewfest.com Capriccio 2007, Ogunquit. September 3-16. Theater, poetry readings, ballet, art exhibitions, Festival of Kites. 646-6170 or www.ogunquit.org Casco Days, Casco. July 26-28. Rick Charette, barbeque, parades. www.cascodays.com ChiliFest, Wells. September 8-9. Chili competitions, music, crafts. 646-2451 or www.wellschamber.org Clinton Lions Club Fair, Clinton. September 6-9. Pig scramble, apple and blueberry pie contest. 426-8013 or www.clintonlionsfair.com Common Ground Country Fair, Unity. September 21-23. Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. 568-4142 or www.MOFGA.org Crown of Maine Balloon Fest, Presque Isle. August 24-26. Chili cook-off, classic car show. 764-6561 or www.crownofmaineballoonfest.org Cultural Survival Bazaar, Portland. August 4-5. Indigenous food, music, arts and crafts. (617) 441-5410 or cs.org/events/bazaar/index.cfm Cumberland Arts and Crafts Show, Cumberland. August 9-12. 621-2818 or www.unitedmainecraftsmen.com Cumberland County Fair, Cumberland. September 23-29. Pumpkin contest, harness racing. 797-2789 or www.cumberlandfair.com Eliot Festival Day, Eliot. September 29. Food, music, parade, 5K race. 439-1817 or www.eliot5k.com Festival FrancoFun, Lewiston/Auburn. August 3-5. Bonhomme Carnaval de Quebec, music, food. 783-1585 or www.festivalfrancofun.com Festival of Nations, Portland. July 28. Diverse cultural traditions. 761-9464 or www.wini.us/festival.htm Forest Heritage Days, Greenville. August 10-11. 695-2702 or www.mooseheadlake.org Frantasia, Livermore Falls. August 23-25. Music, movement, and the visual arts. 897-6158 or www.frantasiafestival.com Fryeburg Fair, Fryeburg. September 30-October 7. Haven Quint, Jenny Paquette, Vince Vance and the Valients. 935-3268 or www.fryeburgfair.com Gazebo Concert Series, Bath. June 22-August 28. Alison Lee Freeman in the tradition of sea chanteys. 442-7291 or www.visitbath.com Great Falls Balloon Festival, Lewiston/Auburn. August 17-19. Motor Booty Affair, fireworks. (800) 639-6331 or www.greatfallsballoonfestival.com Great State of Maine Airshow, Brunswick Naval Air Station. September 15-16. 921-2000 or www.americasbestshows.com 8 2 P O R T L A N D M O N T H LY M A G A Z I N E

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Greek Festival, Lewiston. September 6-8. Food, dancing, taverna, bazaar. 783-6795 or www.holytrinitymaine.org Halloween Weekend, Riverbend Campground, Leeds. August 10-12. Trick or Treating, site decorating, costume parade. 524-5711 or www.riverbendcampgroundmaine.com/activity.htm Harmony Free Fair, Harmony. August 31- September 3. Rides, crafts, food, animals. 683-5873 Harvest Festival, Bethel. September 15. Crafts, canoeing, food, entertainment. 824-2282 or www.sundayriver.com/summer Honor of the Animals, Maine Wildlife Park, Gray. August 11-12. Dancers, craft vendors, traditional food booths. 324-9297 or www.maine.gov/ifw/ education/wildlifepark/events.shtml International Homecoming Festival, Calais. August 3-12. Pageants, concerts, parades, fireworks. 454-2308 or www.visitstcroixvalley.com International Seaplane Fly-in, Greenville. September 6-9. Craft fair, food, float plane competitions. 695-2702 or www.mooseheadlake.org Labor Day Weekend Sidewalk Sale, Freeport. September 8. Music, refreshments, artists and artisans. 865-1212 or www.freeportusa.com/artfestival.html Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival, Wells. September 8-9. Artisans, music, food, environmental education. 646-1555 or www.laudholm.org Litchfield Fair, Litchfield. September 7-9. Agricultural exhibits, livestock. 683-2487 Lubec Fall Festival, Lubec. September 22-23. Music, hay rides, puppet show. 733-0906 or www.visitlubecmaine.com

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Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors Show, Rockland. August 10-12. Demonstrations, historical exhibits. 236-8622 or www.maineboats.com Maine European Motorcycle Meet, Bethel. July 27-29. 836-2208 or www.eurobikemaine.org Maine Highland Games, Brunswick. August 18. Bagpipes, fiddle jam, Border collie herding demonstrations. 443-1165 or www.mainehighlandgames.org Maine Lobster Festival, Rockland. August 1-5. Lobster crate race, crafts, cooking contest, music. 596-0376 or www.mainelobsterfestival.com Maine Performing Arts Festival, Bethel. August 5-12. Figures of Speech Theater, mimes, acrobats, dancers. 824-4436 or www.mainepaf.org Maine Salmon Festival, Eastport. September 7-9. Salmon barbecue, yacht race, music, crafts. 853-4644 or www.eastportme.net Mill Field Festival, North Berwick. August 17-19. 676-3206 or www.townofnorthberwick.org Mollyockett Day Festival, Bethel. July 21. Duck

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WCSH 6 Sidewalk Art Festival, Portland. August 25. Art sale, car show, food vendors. 828-6666 or www.WCSH6.com Windjammer Weekend, Camden. August 31September 2. Food, music, competition. 594-0904 or www.windjammerweekend.com Windsor Fair, Windsor. August 26-September 3. Music, rides, exhibitions, giant pumpkin contest. 622-4646 or www.windsorfair.com

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Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor. August 11. Lobster boat races, parade. 963-7927 or www.acadia-schoodic.org/lobsterfestival.html Winterport Music Festival, Winterport. August 4. Dave Mallett. 223-5055 or www.winterportmaine.gov Wooden Arts and Canoe Festival, Medway. August 11. Canoe race, pig roast, music, fireworks. 723-4443 or www.katahdinmaine.com Yarmouth Clam Festival, Yarmouth. July 20-22. 846-3984 or www.clamfestival.com York Days, York. July 27- August 5. Music, dog obedience show, square dancing, fireworks. 363-1040 or www.yorkmaine.org –Compiled by Abigail Parsons

Galleries Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor. Layers of Time continues. 288-3519 or www.abbemuseum.org Acadia National Park Museum, Bar Harbor. 288-3338 or www.nps.gov/acad Art Gallery at UNE, Westbrook College Campus, University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland. Sculpture Garden Invitational continues, Women Artists of Monhegan opens July 26. 797-7261 or www.une.edu/artgallery Atlantic Challenge Gallery, Knight Marine, Rockland. “44° Latitude” August 1-16. 594-1800 or www.atlanticchallenge.com Atrium Arts Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College, Lewiston. Summer Exhibition to August 17. 782-7228 or www.laarts.org Aucocisco Gallery, 615A Congress Street, Portland. Emily Brown August 1-25. 775-2222 or www.aucocisco.com Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston. Green Horizons 786-6158. or www.bates.edu/museum Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Avenue, Rockport. Aaron Stephan opens August 11. 236-2875 or www.cmcanow.org Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free Street, Portland. Imagination Station, Big Messy Art. 828-1234 or www.childrensmuseumofme.org Daniel Kany Gallery, 89 Exchange Street, Portland. Michael Kessler August 3-31. 514-7475 or www.kany.net www.sheldonslate.com

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September 23. 596-6457 or www.farnsworthmuseum.org Fore Street Gallery, 372 Fore Street, Portland. Paul Black, Sylvia Dyers, Carlton Plummer. 874-8084 or www.forestreetgallery.com Frost Gully Gallery, Freeport. Dahlov Ipcar, Janet C. Manyan. 865-4505 or www.frostgullygallery.com Galeyrie Fine Art, Falmouth. Group Show continues. 781-3555. Greenhut Gallery, 146 Middle Street, Portland. Marguerite Sarah Knock August 2- September 1. 772-2693 or www.greenhutgalleries.com Greg Mort Annual Open Studio, Port Clyde. August 4-5. www.gregmort.com Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress Street, Portland. Corridor at Sea to August 12, Anthromorph opens August 29. 775-3052 or www.meca.edu Jameson Gallery, 305 Commercial Street, Portland. Maine Landscape to August 4, Caren-Marie Michel August 6-18, Brita Holmquist opens August 20. 772-5522 or www.jamesongallery.com June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 112 High Street, Portland. William Thon and Matthew Zappala. 522 Congress Street: Claire Sidl and Duane Paluska. 772-1961 or www.junefitzpatrickgallery.com Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill. Ragna Bruno, Bill Irvine. 374-5001 or www.leightongallery.com Maine Historical Society Museum, 489 Congress Street, Portland. Longfellow and his family, to December 30. 774-1822 or www.mainehistory.org Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. 443-1316 or www.bathmaine.com/programs.asp

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Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum, 58 Fore Street, Portland. 828-0814 or www.mngrr.org Maine State Museum, Augusta. 12,000 Years in Maine. 287-2304 or www.state.me.us/museum/ Maine Women Writers Collection, Westbrook College Campus, University of New England, Stevens Avenue, Portland. 797-7688. www.une.edu Museum of African Culture, 122 Spring Street, Portland. Spirits of Igbo Tribe. 871-7188 or www.museumafricanculture.org Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit. Jamie Wyeth, Jacob Lawrence, Connie Hayes to August 21. 646-4909 or www.ogunquitmuseum.org Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Relics from expeditions of Robert E. Peary and Donald B. MacMillan. 725-3062 or academic.bowdoin.edu/arcticmuseum Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport. Thomas and James Buttersworth, Robert Salmon. 548-2529 or www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org Portland Harbor Museum, Fort Road, SMCC campus, South Portland. Picturing Portland continues. 799-6337 or www.portlandharbormuseum.org Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland. “Maine Architects Design Furniture” to

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August 26, Harrison Bird Brown to September 9, Frank Lloyd Wright to October 8. 773-ARTS, (800) 639-4067 or www.portlandmuseum.com Saco Museum, Saco. Paintings from Saco Valley. 283-3861 or www.sacomuseum.org Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport. 967-2712. Susan Maasch Fine Art, 29 Forest Avenue, Portland. August Sander August 3-September 1. 699-2966 or www.susanmaaschfineart.com Tom Veilleux Gallery, 75 Market Street, Portland. William and Marguerite Zorach, Winslow Homer, Will Barnett. 828-0784 or www.tomveilleux.com University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor. “Millions Taken Daily: Photographs” to October 13. 561-3350 or www.umma.umaine.edu Whitney Art Works, 492 Congress Street, Portland. “Wax: On Beyond Encaustic.” 774-7011 or www.whitneyartworks.com Whitney Art Works Projects, 45 York Street. Portland. Aaron T. Stephan July 25-September 1. 780-0700. www.whitneyartworks.com Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Wiscasset. “The Modern Artist Out-of-Doors” August 9-September 12. 882-7682 or www.wiscassetbaygallery.com

Dance Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston. July 9-August 11. 786-6381 or abacus.bates.edu/dancefest/ Maine State Ballet, Portland. July 8-August 17. 842-0800 or www.mainestateballet.org

Portland Ballet, 517 Forest Avenue, Portland. Free sessions July 19-24, summer ballet camp July 17-28. 772-9671 or www.portlandballet.org St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. Naya’s Trance and Guests August 25. 775-5568 or www.stlawrencearts.org

Theater The St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. Ida’s Havin’ a Yard Sale July 27-29 775-5568 or www.stlawrencearts.org The Theater Project, Brunswick. Theater Camp for Kids August 1-August 19. 729-8584 or www.theaterproject.com The Stage, Spring Point Walkway, South Portland. The Importance of Being Ernest July 11-28. 828-0128 or www.thestagemaine.org

Music Bar Harbor Music Festival, Bar Harbor. Through July 29. 285-5744 or www.barharbormusicfestival.org Bay Chamber Concerts, Camden. Summer Music Festival July and August. 236-2823 or www.baychamberconcerts.org Bowdoin College International Music Fes8 8 P O R T L A N D M O N T H LY M A G A Z I N E

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tival, Brunswick. July 23-August 4. 373-1400 or www.bowdoinfestival.org City of Portland Summer in the Parks Concerts, Portland. Concerts and Children’s Performance Series at Deering Oaks, Oakhurst Dairy Sunset Folk Series at Western Prom Park, Nostalgia Night at Fort Allen Park Gazebo. 756-8130 or www.portlandmaine.gov/summer.htm Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland. The White Stripes July 22, James Taylor August 20, American Idols Live September 4. 775-3331 or www.theciviccenter.com Deertrees Theatre, Harrison. Jazz with Bill & Bo Winiker Quartet July 28, New Black Eagle Jazz Band August 11, The Edith Jones Project August 21. 583-6747 or www.deertreestheatre.org Friends of the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. Summer concert series to August 28. www.foko.org LA Arts, Summer concerts at noon, Tuesdays at Auburn’s Festival Plaza, Thursdays in Lewiston Courthouse Plaza. 782-7228, (800) 639-2919, or www.laarts.org. L.L. Bean Summer Concert Series, Freeport. Arlo Guthrie August 4, Indigo Girls August 18, John Hiatt/Shawn Colvin August 25, Bela Fleck September 1, Natalie MacMaster September 2. 1800-441-5713 or www.llbean.com Old Orchard Beach Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach. Jazz with The Edith Jones Project August 18. 934-2024 or www.oobpavilion.org Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head. Antique Classic Vehicles Preview August 17, Auction August 18; Earth Movers and Shakers and Antique Aeroplane Show September 23. 594-4418 or www.ohtm.org Portland Chamber Music Festival, Ludcke Auditorium, University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland. Weekend concerts August 17-25, free family concert August 19. (800) 320-0257 or www.pcmf.org Portland String Quartet. Performances at St. Joseph’s College in Standish July 30, August 6. Summer workshop student performances August 11. 893-7723 or 893-7845.

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Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay. Thomas the Tank Engine July 27-29 and August 3-5. 6334727 or www.railwayvillage.org City of Portland Summer in the Parks Concerts, Portland. Concert Series in Monument Square, Movies in the Park in Congress Square, Kids Activity Day in Lobsterman’s Park. 756-8130 or www.portlandmaine.gov/summer.htm Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. Down the Garden Path August 2, Sculpture Show opens August 4, Faerie Festival August 17, Eric Hopkins to September 6. 633-4333 or www.mainegardens.org Gulf of Maine Research Institute, 350 Commercial Street, Portland. Island excursion Saturdays. 228-1645 or www.gma.org Maine Audubon, Falmouth. Weekly Bird Walk Thursdays in August, Full Moon Canoe Tours August 26-28.781-2330 or www.maineaudubon.org Maine Historical Society, 487 Congress Street, Portland. Allen J. Sockabasin July 24, Maine’s Jewish Heritage July 31. 774-1822 or www.mainehistory.org Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, 318 Glickman Family Library, University of Southern Maine, 314 Forest Ave, Portland. Readings, workshops. 386-1400 or www.mainewriters.org Maine Women Writers Collection, Westbrook College Campus, University of New England, Stevens Avenue, Portland. 797-7688, ext. 4324 or www.une.edu Portland Pottery and Metalsmithing Studio, 118 Washington Avenue, Portland. Classes, workshops, sale. 772-4334 or www.portlandpottery.com Portland Sea Dogs, Hadlock Field, Portland. Home games July 23-29, August 7-12. 879-9500 or www.seadogs.com

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Portland Public Library, Congress Street, Portland. Brown Bag Lectures Wednesdays. 871-1700 or www.portlandlibrary.com University of Southern Maine Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland. 780-4749 or www.usm.maine.edu/planet Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth Street, Portland. Cocktails under the Canopy August 23. 772-4841 or www.victoriamansion.org –Compiled by Diane Hudson

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LEGENDS Pirates (continued from page 47) released them and used the 20,000 pounds sterling the Whydah had made in the slave trade to arm his new flagship as powerfully as a Navy frigate, with 28 cannon. Together in the Whydah’s luxuriant salon, Bellamy and Williams hatched a plan to work their way up the Atlantic coast, seize the town of Machias, and build a pirate stronghold here so they and other corsairs could repair ships and gain safe harbor among the countless coves and inlets of the coast of Maine. The Gulf of Maine was the richest of hunting grounds for Boston and Southampton merchantmen. By the spring of 1717, Bellamy and Williams had captured dozens of ships and looted their cargo, and Black Sam had become almost a Sir Walter Scott hero by freeing his captives, though more and more voluntarily joined his crew. At the apex of Bellamy’s career, when fears in Boston of a raid by “Black Sam” and his fleet reached their highest pitch, a deadly late April storm–not unlike the one Mainers suffered this year–sank his flagship en route to a Maine rendezvous, drowning most of

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his crew and leaving only a handful to make it to Boston to be hanged amid the anti-pirate fervor whipped up by Cotton Mather. The Whydah foundered in 300 feet of water, where it lay undiscovered for 267 years, until treasure hunter Barry Clifford used high-tech surveying equipment and perilous deep diving to locate her in 1984 with her riches, including much of the Crown silver, ivory, indigo, bullion, and evidence of sugar still aboard. He founded a museum using the recovered artifacts (visit www.whydah.com). To date, hers is the only undisputed discovery of a real pirate ship. Bellamy, having cheated his many ‘hangmen,’ had lost only to the sea. Paul Williams would go on to secluded Damariscove Island to repair the Mary Anne, unable to pick up the pieces of Bellamy’s dream to create a Maine pirate haven–to this day opportunists and history buffs comb his suspected landfall for treasure and artifacts. Without Bellamy to lead them and build the outpost, piracy in the area was doomed–less than 10 years later, the Royal Navy had swept the Gulf of Maine andad theHorizrest of the Atlantic Roots Port Mag clear. 6/26/07

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Commercial & Residential Restoration, Renovation, Cabinets & Millwork based in Fairfield, completed the foundation and exterior work of the house, because this house is, as Anne Adriance explains, “more like building a gymnasium than building a home.” Local builders Prin Allen and Sons, of Brooklin, finished the interior. Nowadays, Kalkin, responding to a worldwide clamor for his container designs, has formulated a standardized kit for creating 2,000-square-foot “Quik Houses” of this type. This kit takes advantage of the experience Kalkin has gained to keep costs low. Excluding shipping (from his warehouse in New Jersey) and the building lot, the Quik House can be built for as little as $75 per square foot. Individual used containers cost as little as $1,500 each. Kalkin has several international projects in the works, including his “Push-Button House” in Venice, Italy, where the walls of a container dwelling unfold to reveal the living space. Other projects are in progress in the United Kingdom, France, and Dubai. So successful is the container house that Kalkin has contracted with a company in the U.K. to distribute the Quik House overseas. Anne Adriance, an advertising executive, can barely contain herself as she surveys her bold new structure. “He designed exactly what we were looking for in a way we never expected.”

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resident Beth Bielat, her friend and personal trainer. Last summer, they climbed Pleasant, Rattlesnake, and Bald Pate mountains. This year she hopes the women taking part in “Reveille” will join them. She also has an agenda. “I want to take the ferry to Nova Scotia; I want to go to Acadia National Park and do some hiking.” She wants to take her kids to Portland Head Light, something she was “going to do last year but didn’t think they were really old enough to appreciate.” She and Konigsberg have two sets of twins from a surrogate mother, the occasion for nationwide coverage in magazines including People and Good Housekeeping. Kim and Jack are two; Kate and Max just turned four. The older twins, Konigsberg says, “can’t wait to get up here” each year. “They love it in Maine,” Lunden says, “love, love, love it.” Last year she and Konigsberg took them on the camp climbing wall; this year Max is looking forward to trying out his new fishing pole in Long Lake. “In fact,” Konigsberg says, “as ridiculous as it sounds, Max’s first word was ‘Takajo.’”

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WATERFRONT SCARBOROUGH - $699,900 - MLS#835216 Stunning Waterfront 4-bdrm Colonial in Grondin Pond. This spectacular property boasts over 4800 sq. ft, cherry kitch w/ granite counters, deck access, living rm w/French doors, family rm w/fplce, formal dining rm, great rm, master suite, 4 car garage & much more! David Banks 553-7302

LAKEFRONT SEBAGO LAKE - GRAY - $489,000 - MLS#827427 Wonderful waterfront home with 90 ft of owned frontage on Little Sebago Lake. Dramatic water views from every room. Enjoy the private, sandy beach. Home was completely rebuilt in 1998 and boasts an open living concept & daylight/walkout basement. Mark Bradley 553-7332

TIDEWATER FARM - PRESUMPSCOT RIVER FALMOUTH - Priced from $445,900 - MLS#838992 The Tidewater Farm is a 50-home subdivision overlooking the Presumpscot River, offering single-family and attached villas with a variety of floor plans & styles. Sizes range from 2,000-3,300 SF with low fees that cover water access, landscaping, snow removal. www.TheTidewaterFarm.com David Banks 553-7302

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Scarborough $447,000 Cindy Landrigan 523-8109

Freeport $948,000 Chris Jackson 523-8116

Cape Elizabeth $945,000 Dianne Maskewitz 523-8112

North Yarmouth $985,000 Gail Landry 523-8115

Falmouth $1,300,000 Tish Whipple 523-8104

Freeport $1,195,000 Deborah Kroot 523-8109

Yarmouth $930,000 Stephen Parkhurst 523-8102

Portland $580,000 Susanne Lamb 523-8105

Portland $525,000 Rowan Morse 523-8107

Falmouth $1,250,000 Mark Fortier 523-8108

Portland $135,000 Sandy Johnson 523-8110

Portland $1,495,000 Edie Boothby 523-8111

South Freeport $545,000 Bob Knecht 523-8114

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Westport Island, Maine Deep Water Frontage with dock and float! Modest home has oversized 1-car garage, several outbuildings & 3.7+/acres! Plenty of room to build the house of your dreams or make changes to current construction. $467,500

BACK BAY TOWER offers the most comprehensive and professional corporate/executive corporate/ececutive rental options in the area.

Call us at (207) 772-7050 for more information

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Sophisticated City Living in the Heart of Portland’s Fine Arts District: 537 Congress Street Seven remaining lofts: 1,300 – 3,100 square feet, each features generous contemporary interiors with vaulted ceilings, abundant natural light, urban and water views, on-site parking, elevator, air conditioning.

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COMMONS, SUGARLOAF / USA One of Sugarloaf’s finest properties with a great location near the Snubber Midstation and Sugarloaf Fitness Club. 2500 SF with 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, western fir paneling, & comfortably furnished. Very convenient. Very private. Very Nice! $439,000

BIRCHWOOD, SUGARLOAF / USA Cozy 2-bedroom, 1-bath Post & Beam condo ideally located on the Snubber Ski Trail / Chairlift just above the outdoor hot tubs at the Fitness Center. Fully Furnished. Great on-mountain value! $215,000

TORRINGTON POINT, PEAKS ISLAND Classic Maine Cottage sited on a prominent point with breathtaking (270°) panoramic views of Casco Bay. From this unique vantage point, you’ll enjoy sunrises over Whitehead’s Passage (Cushing Island) to sunset views of the Portland skyline; moreover, you’ll witness a continual parade of fishing boats and pleasure yachts throughout the day. The interior of this wonderful home is accented with hardwood ﬂoors, beadboard paneling, and a fieldstone fireplace. Accessible year-round by ferry service or moor your own yacht! This is an incredible spot for all season enjoyment! $1,100,000

WEST-END MULTI, PORTLAND West End Two-Family. Each unit includes 3 bedrooms and 1 bath. Off-street parking. Close to hospitals and city amenities. Great owner occupied potential! $249,900

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Old Orchard Beach Commercial Business Located in the heart of Old Orchard Beach, this first-class restaurant/takeout business and real estate is for sale. It is fully equipped with all brand new appliances, tile ﬂoor, walk-in cooler, fully insulated brand-new basement with executive bathroom with plenty of storage. The building also has a newly renovated year-round apartment with spectacular ocean views. Priced to sell $695,000

Executive Style Mini-Estate 2-bedroom home with open concept, 1.4 acres, groomed grounds, and 6-car garage with in-law apartment. Only a 5-minute walk to the beach and railways. Priced to sell $550,000.

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NE W ENGL AND HOMES & LIVING Serving the Harpswell Real Estate Market for Over 26 Years With Over 125 Years of Combined Sales Experience ORR’S ISLAND - Dipper Cove - Sited in this private waterfront community, this immaculate 4-BR contemporary home with 230’ of deep-water frontage has many remarkable features such as a marble fireplace in the LR, kitchen w/granite counters and a skylighted breakfast nook, family room with a fieldstone fireplace, cathedral ceilings, walls of windows to take in the ocean views, first -ﬂoor master suite, indoor hot tub, outdoor heated pool, 3-car garage, and much more! The Dipper Cove community enjoys the common amenities of a deep-water dock, clubhouse, 2 tennis courts, shared water system, and almost 20 acres of common land. $1,795,000

$289,000 MLS# 849602

$395,000 MLS# 852859

$187,000 MLS# 851412

QUAHOG BAY – Boaters Take Notice!!! This one has it all. Enjoy the convenience of your own wharf and ﬂoat with deep-water frontage on Quahog Bay. Features include a protected mooring area, a year-round expandable 3-BR, 2-BA home in move-in condition & a boat shed for all your gear. There is also a separate 24x30 barn with a heated workshop. $695,000

HARPSWELL NECK – Quiet oceanfront property offering a seasonal cabin and bunkhouse. Enjoy westerly facing beach frontage, spectacular sunsets, and deep-water mooring potential. Use this property as is or build your year-round waterfront dream home. $575,000

$425,000 MLS# 852340 HARPSWELL – What everyone is looking for on the Coast of Maine! This traditional shingled waterfront home has unlimited views both east & south to open ocean, the islands & the rocky coastline. Located on ¾ of an acre of prime waterfront, this home features a large open great room / kitchen / dining area w/vaulted ceilings & a 2-story fireplace. Enjoy the large deck surrounded by views & fabulous landscaping. This home is light & bright with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and a cozy den overlooking the water. $935,000

BETHEL POINT – Estate-quality site features 12acres with over 1900 ft. of varying water frontage on Quahog Bay & Hen Cove. The 1969-vintage, single-level contemporary sits on the most western point and has water views from every room plus its own deep-water dock, ramp & ﬂoat. The house features a massive 13x46 living room open to the dining area, master bedroom w/bath, guest bedroom, bathroom, 2 fireplaces, secondstory den, 2-car attached garage, and an abundance of privacy. Limited division potential. $2,200,000

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$465,000 MLS# 826608

VICTORIAN ELEGANCE Graceful elegant style highlights this luxurious 3-BR, 1650 square foot condominium. Enjoy your custom-tiled shower with 4-jet spa or relax in a vintage clawfoot ladyslipper tub. Refinished hardwood ﬂoors compliment the unit and tiled kitchen featuring maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and breakfast bar. Offered for $329,000 Call Chris today at (207) 712-2422

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- Southport Waterfront Estate -

Rare offering of a beautiful architecturally designed 4-bedroom, 4-bath home situated on 2.6 private acres, offering spectacular views and frontage on Sheepscot Bay. Designed to provide outstanding views from most every room, this home features a custom kitchen with wet bar, beamed multifaceted cathedral ceiling, great room with 18' granite stone fireplace, master suite with Jacuzzi and sitting area, and 3-car attached garage. A state-ofthe-art climate control system, security system, media center with custom sound system, and built-in generator are just some of the many amenities. The custom landscaping offers many native plantings. Enjoy nature at her most spectacular from this special waterfront estate. $2,400,000

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Rangeley 3-bedroom fishing camp on 43 acres plus 2300' on South Branch of the Dead River. Property includes summer & fall kitchens, garage with generator, and a very private location. Great place to get away from it all. $449,000

Birch Bower Well-maintained vintage cottage w/549' of waterfront plus sandy beach on Dodge Pond. 3plus bedrooms, 1 ½ baths, welllandscaped and privately nestled among the birch trees. This yearround cabin has a screened-in porch deck and a great rental history. $550,000

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15 Bunker Hill Road, Jefferson ME 04348 (207) 549-5657 • FAX 549-5647

Jefferson Jefferson Damariscotta Lake year-round home that has been completely A beautiful community landmark, this 1820s home boasts renovated. This 4-bedroom open-concept home has a new magnificent views of Damariscotta Lake. With 6 bedrooms–2 kitchen with granite countertops and stainless appliances, 2 with private baths–6 fireplaces, indoor pool, well-maintained new bathrooms–one with a jetted tub–all new ﬂooring, 2-car barn, private beach access, and 4 +/- manicured acres, this is a garage, large deck, fireplace and 200'+/- of private waterfront truly exceptional property with countless opportunities, just an with dock just steps from the back door. $598,500 hour north of the Portland area. $695,000 We have other building lots and existing homes from less than one to over 60 acres. Call us and see how beautiful and affordable our area can be.

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UNITED REALTY Ocean Access is only a short walk away from this lovely .52-acre lot located in the quaint development of Birchcrest in Northport. Treasure the beauty of Penobscot Bay, moor your boat within walking distance to your home site. Here is the view from the shore access! Municipal water supply, existing septic system for 3-bedroom home & electric at site, all for only $76,900.

Beautiful Berry Island features approximately 6 acres, beach areas, and several cottage sites. Located on one of Maine’s cleanest lakes, St. George. Only 3 hours to Boston. Exclusively offered for $395,000.

Nestled along the tranquil shore of Woods Pond, you’ll find this casually elegant year-round waterfront community. Sanctuary Cove offers the convenience and amenities of a lakeside resort close to golf courses and ski mountains. You can take advantage of a heated pool, tennis courts, beach, fitness center, and a lodge. Lot packages, including a boat slip and a vintage lakeside guest cabin, start at $499,000. Grand Opening July 2007. Maine’s Real Estate Connection Call Vicki or Cathy

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Maine’s finest adult resort community is nestled on 650 picturesque acres–half of which are dedicated open space–all just a few steps away from your luxurious, custom-designed home. It’s yours to enjoy–worry free. We handle the upkeep for you so you have more time to spend doing the things you love. At Highland Green, every day’s a new adventure. Wander the miles of hiking trails through the lovely wildlife sanctuary along the Cathance River. Go bird watching in the 35-acre heath. Or how about a round of golf on Highland Green’s classic Scottish-style course? At day’s end you’ll relax in your own secure haven–surrounded by nature’s beauty, a community of good friends, and the comfort of your carefully appointed surroundings. Whether your home has a view of the fairways or the pristine woods, you’ll love knowing that your 300-acre backyard is waiting just outside your door. You’ll also enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you’ll receive priority access to our sister community conveniently located across the street–The Highlands– should you determine that you want the Selling your full-range of services they offer. • Community and Fitness Center Now Open • Model Homes Open Daily • Priority Access to our continuum of care sister community: The Highlands

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A distinctive condominium community on Penobscot Bay in Belfast, Maine. Our best waterfront sites available now. Convenient In-City Location - A few blocks from a large regional hospital and city park. Short walking distance to markets, shops, restaurants, and downtown waterfront. Minutes to golf course and tennis courts. Guest moorings available. Visit us by boat or by car off Route 1. • 310-Ft. Dock/Pier for Owners and Guests. Moorings permitted. • Virtual tours of our units. Visit our website.

Selling A 3-story luxury condominium just 250 ft. from the water's edge. Upper and lower decks. Approximately 3,000 sq. ft. +/-, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, master-bedroom suite. Come make final plans. Starting price $549,000

Pre-selling Duplex. Starting price $350,000 Resale An outstanding 4-bedroom year-round luxury oceanfront home just 75' from the ocean’s edge. $649,000

Maine McLean Group, LLC 49 Bayside Dr., Belfast, Maine 04915 Phone: 207-338-3311 www.oceancondo.com Fax: 207-338-4422 Toll Free: 1-888-438-4422 info@oceancondo.com Brokers Welcome

BELGRADE LAKES REGION P.O. Box 258, BELGRADE LAKES, MAINE 04918

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BELGRADE LONG POND ~ Log home with western exposure. Year round lakeside living offering fabulous views. Relax on the screened porch, enjoy the open floor plan with fieldstone fireplace, fireplaced family room and 4 BR, 2 BA all on 1.67 acres with 180’ waterfront $653,000 (#846346)

MOUNT VERNON TORSEY POND ~ Tranquil 2 BR Cottage plus loft, open kitchen/living area, woodstove and more. Beautiful 0.79 of an acre lot with 200’ waterfront with sandy swim area. Great views. Cottage is on a slab and is fully insulated. $239,000 (#845859)

BELGRADE SALMON LAKE ~ Open, light, well built energy efficient low maintenance home w/3 BR, 2 BA, office, screened porch, oversized garage, potential 4th BR, lots of glass, nice views, great landscaping and convenient location. 200’ waterfront. New Listing. $439,000

Sheepscot River This gracious 1852 Wiscasset Federal is located on one of the prettiest streets in the Village. It features a large central hallway and an elegant one-of-a-kind gracefully curved staircase. French doors lead you to a brand new extensive deck overlooking Jaba Cove (this Tidal Cove is the home of an abundance of a beautiful array of wildlife). Also perennial gardens, stone walls, and a babbling brook that runs through the lower end of this beautifully landscaped 1/2-acre in-town property. This magnificent 3,500 sq. ft. Federal home also boasts lovely views of the Sheepscot River from every floor as well as 90 ft. of water frontage, plus a 2-car garage. Home warranty included. $474,900. Listed Exclusively with Vicki Sprague RE/MAX Riverside 1 Bowdoin Mill Island, Suite 101 • Topsham, Maine 04086 Office: (207) 319-7805 • Fax: (207) 373-9013 • Cell: (207) 841-2130 Email: vicki@vickisprague.com Web: www.vickisprague.com & virtual tour

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Morton & Furbish Real Estate The Region’s Oldest and Largest Real Estate Agency Since 1899 RANGELEY LAKE WATERFRONT Spectacular property on prestigious Eastern Shore of Rangeley Lake. A 1.5-acre landscaped lot with 155' of frontage overlooking Bald Mountain. Spacious 3-bedroom, 2-bath home with cathedral ceiling & screened porch. Includes two-car garage, basement, boat, & brand new dock. $939,000

Waterfront home on the Damariscotta River. Walk to town center, shops, activities, and restaurants. First-floor master bedroom and bath.

Contact Margie Jamison Cell: 207-864-5777 ccinn@rangeley.org TOOTHAKER ISLAND WATERFRONT A rare waterfront property on Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Own a gorgeous & private waterfront family compound on Toothaker Island. This unique waterfront estate offers a 3-bedroom, 2-bath main house, 1-bedroom & loft guest cabin, wood/tool shed, over 2000 ft. waterfront, 18+ private acres of land & incredible southern exposure!

Sunroom, oversized deck, and waterfront lawn for entertaining and watching sunsets over the water. $695,000

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Long Island - Located just off picturesque Cundy’s Harbor, this island property offers beautiful southeasterly views over Casco Bay. Nestled amongst the trees and sitting on 2.75 private acres, this 3-bedroom cottage has been finished with a charm and style fitting its unique location. Enjoy a covered porch, solar power, and hardwood ﬂoors. Take advanatage of “dive of the bank” deepwater frontage and dock site.....$230,000

Bailey Island - Perched high on the north end of desired Bailey Island, with elevated views of eastern Casco Bay, this spacious home boasts a ROW to beautiful Cedar Beach. Offering features such as an in-law apartment, inground pool, and multi-level decks.....$580,000

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Brunswick - Minutes from downtown Brunswick, yet a very private setting, this beautiful home boasts spacious living, 3 bedrooms, modern kitchen, Brazilian cherry hardwood ﬂoors, stone fireplace, master suite w/ fireplace, screened-in porch, workshop, deck, and many other amenities and comforts.....$575,000

Great Diamond Island - A premiere building site, boasting southeasterly and west-erly ocean views and 289 ft. of deep-water frontage. Consisting of open meadow and lightly wooded areas, this parcel borders common acreage and a beach, and is within close proximity to community amenitites.....$639,000

Great Island - A spectacular post-and-beam home offering westerly views of Harpswell Sound and beautiful sunset vistas from every room. Featuring cathedral ceilings, open ﬂoor plan, spacious gourmet kitchen, multi-level deck space, and custom cabinetry. Enjoy 375 ft. of private frontage and 885 ft. of common frontage with mooring site and deep-water dock.......$950,000

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Bailey Island - Located near the tip of desired Bailey Island, this contemporary waterfront home offers 110 ft. of frontage, spectacular westerly water views, sunset vistas, and a quiet setting. A vintage, spacious home. Enjoy hardwood ﬂoors, ﬂoor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, and 2 decks.......$795,000

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WEST GARDINER – WATERFRONT - Massive year-round waterfront home on Cobbossee Lake. Set up as a true duplex with 2 boilers, 2 kitchens, etc. Huge oak kitchens, 15 ft. from water’s edge, spectacular views, serious square footage. Best buy on the lake! $499,900

PALERMO – WATERFRONT - Stunning one-of-a-kind home on Sheepscot Lake. 9 rooms with 3 BRs, 2 full baths, incredible master suite, stone hearth w/gas stove, tiled dining, massive heated cathedral porch w/hot tub, large deck, 3rd ﬂoor den w/rooftop deck, manicured lawns. Includes an extra waterfront lot! AWESOME! $799,500

READFIELD - Stunning, sprawling, private. Spectacular custom Ranch with cathedral ceilings, 3 BRs, 3.5 baths, custom mahogany kitchen with island, lovely front foyer, overszied 2-car attached & additional garage under. Heated basement, deck, 22+ acres. What a spot! $469,900

AUGUSTA - Opportunity knocking! 9-hole golf course & driving range. Includes nice clubhouse w/full kitchen, pro shop, all equipment, golf carts, tractors, memberships. Room for great growth potential. Well-maintained property with stunning views. Great business! $1,200,000

MANCHESTER - What a spectacular property! Features a 3-4 BR farmhouse with country kitchen, dining, living & cathedral family room, 1 full bath. Includes gorgeous 2-story barn 30x75 with potential galore. Zoned village/commercial. Come take a look! $399,900

FARMINGDALE - Spacious 11-room house with 3 full baths. 1st floor has 2 BRs, 2nd ﬂoor has 2 BRs, can be 2 unit. Attached 16x32 indoor pool with radiant heat patio, 3-car detached garage, large yard, great visibility, ideal for home, business, or both! $379,900

WHITEFIELD - A “Green” home! Off the CMP Grid, this passive solar home has 1500-watt solar array with backup provided by a propane generator. Spectacular setting, 3 BRs, 2 baths, tiled & wood ﬂoors, garage, apple grove, open ﬂoor plan, long winding driveway. WOW! $389,000

HALLOWELL – WATERFRONT - Spectacular Kennebec River deep water frontage with this downtown 2 unit. 1st ﬂoor is an apartment but rented for $750/mo. as office space. 2nd ﬂoor has 1 BR apartment, open concept. Both units have waterside decks, incredible views. Oil heat, vinyl siding and windows. Navigate to the ocean! $278,000

VASSALBORO – WATERFRONT Absolutely gorgeous Webber Pond views from the 3-season enclosed porch. Spotless, updated year-round home sitting inches from the water’s edge w/ knotty pine interior, newer oak kitchen cabinets, side deck overlooking private yard, aluminum dock system. $275,900

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esse was feeling out of sorts. Even though he had a perfect apartment on the Western Prom and a good job on Exchange Street, on this summer Sunday he was alone and all his friends, both male and female, seemed to have plans for the day and he was not included–a very unusual occurrence for him. He thought about the ocean. It would be cooler there, but he didn’t want to go on Casco Bay. It would be far too crowded on a beautiful day like this. As he cast his mind about for something to do, he remembered Mr. Linwood. Last year at this time he was dating the old man’s grandniece, Katie. On a day much like this they had driven the two hours up the coast to Owls Head, where he’d met Mr. Linwood, a man in his eighties, straight-backed and able from a life of hard work. They talked for a while at that first meeting, and Mr. Linwood suggested that Jesse and Katie go rowing in the boat that he’d built for Katie’s mother many years ago but had kept in good shape because it was very “sweet” to row and long enough for two rowing stations. Jesse was eager because he’d taught rowing several summers at an exclusive boys’ camp in central Maine. At the time, Jesse was very much in love with Katie because she was smart, funny, and had the slim good looks he had once seen in a famous picture of the young Edna St. Vincent Millay. Katie even had her dark auburn hair. She claimed to be a fourth cousin of the famous poet. This, of course, was one of the reasons Jesse was infatuated– he had a degree in English from UMO which had helped him get his job at the advertising agency. Some day he intended to write poetry, and he knew Katie would be a great muse. But that was last summer, and times had changed. A new secretary at the agency came on to him using all her assets of big breasts and blonde hair and had bedded him twice before he found that some of her charms were illusionary. But by that time Katie knew and dumped him. A short time later, the other woman dumped him as well. When he made discreet inquiries with Katie’s friends about renewing their relationship, they immediately told him she had a new boyfriend and was

considering marrying him. Jesse cursed himself but knew he’d made a very bad mistake and would have to suffer the consequences. But on this particular Sunday he had to get away from himself, so he decided to drive up the coast to Owls Head to ask Mr. Linwood if he could use the boat for a row around Ash Island, where he’d gone with Katie. His spirits rose as he approached Trail’s End, appropriately named because one could go no further on land. He had fantasies that he’d meet Katie there and everything would work out. But when he pulled in the driveway, Katie’s yellow Mustang was nowhere in sight. In fact, no cars were there, not even Mr. Linwood’s Buick. He could see a note taped to the door, and when he read it, it said, in Mr. Linwood’s handwriting, “I was called away, will be back at 8 p.m.” Jesse walked down to the shore. There was the boat in its beautiful green and white, with Owls Head painted on the stern. All he had to do was flip it over, place it on the little greased wooden railway, and easily push it down to the water. The only hitch was the location of the oars. He knew Mr. Linwood usually kept them in his garage. He decided to look under the sixteen footer by lifting up the bow. There he was very surprised to see both sets of oars and all four oarJ U LY / A U G U S T 2 0 0 7 1 2 3

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locks carefully in place. It must be fated for him to use the boat, he decided. He easily turned the boat over, put it on the railway, and pushed it down to where it met water at nearly low tide. He was able to hop right in and give a final push with an oar and was free of the shore. He decided to row to the seaward side of Ash Island where there was a secluded, tiny, rocky beach. It was on the ledges above the beach where he and Katie had shared first kisses and had been satisfied with that, not wanting to rush into a physical relationship all at once. He remembered how much he relished that particular day, and the perfection of the Maine coast in July. Now that he was headed back to that place alone, he was full of regrets and self-recriminations but decided to enjoy the day, worry about his difficulty with women at some later time, and just bask in the sunshine on the sea. It only took him about twenty-five minutes to reach the little landing place on the back side of the island. The boat was so light he easily and carefully pulled it out of the water far above the tide. He sat on the ledge, thought about Katie and how perfect that day had been, and ruefully realized he might never have another one as good, even as young as he was. As the sun beat down he suddenly felt tired from the unaccustomed exercise and his emotional regrets. He decided to stretch out in the sun and relax, so he did and pulled his New York Yankees hat over his face. He fell asleep. What seemed like minutes later a crow’s call wakened him. At first he was startled and could not immediately remember where he was. Then he sat up with a start. The boat, where was the boat? The tide had risen and the boat was drifting. There was a slight westerly breeze and the boat was just offshore. Without thinking he kicked off his flipflops, threw his hat down, and plunged into the water. He was amazed how cold the waters of Penobscot Bay were, so unlike the warm water of the lake where he’d been a camp counselor. He was a pretty good swimmer, but the water was so chilling he knew he wouldn’t last long. He thought immediately of what would happen if he couldn’t make it to the

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