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Hell’s KitcHen in Maine

What a great article [“Yes, but is it Maine Lobster?” in “10 Most Intriguing People in Maine,” November 2009, featuring a cover story/interview with Chef Gordon Ramsay]! Maine = Lobster = Quality. Governor John Baldacci, Augusta

Thank you for the mention in this month’s issue for One Dock (or maybe we need to thank Gordon)! We appreciate it! Thanks for your support. Debra Lennon, Kennebunkport

Is he still around? I think I just spotted him in Kennebunkport. Christopher Larochelle, Waltham, Massachusetts

I love Chef Ramsay!!!!! Cathy Ellen Steiger McAlister, Cape Elizabeth

Gordon Ramsay is a badass. Benjamin Christensen, via Facebook

My name is John Shaw; I am the chef of the One Dock restaurant at the Kennebunkport Inn. I was reading your article in the November issue with Chef Gordon Ramsay. To my surprise I read that the best meal he had while visiting Maine was at my restaurant. I enjoyed reading your article and always enjoy the magazine. John Shaw, Kennebunkport

I was thinking of you the other night–was it right after you dropped off the magazine that you guys were featured on the CBS

local news (or Fox)–with the cover of the magazine in full view, talking about the chef on the cover! Great press for you guys! I am so glad we were in it! Allison Holt, Reed & Barton, Kittery

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Please forward our thanks to the staff at Portland Magazine for the great article about Chief James Craig [“Climate Control” in “Ten Most Intriguing People in Maine,” November 2009]!

We loved the photo of him with the school children and are wondering if we could get an electronic copy of that, by any chance? Throughout the year, we gather various photos taken of the current chief of police for use in our annual report, which is distributed to local politicians, community members, local business owners, and department employees (about 1,000 copies are sent out). We do give credit to the photographers whose pictures we end up using.

Please let me know if that is possible, and what steps I should take. Thank you for your assistance! Linda Wiley, executive assistant to Chief James E. Craig, Portland Police Department, Portland

Knight Writer

I had no idea your interview with me would be contained in a piece as exciting as the “10 Most Intriguing People in Maine”!

I was up in Rockland last night for the Maine Arts Commission Fellowship Awards (I’m a commissioner), and I got an e-mail from someone I hadn’t seen in many years congratulating me on the article. I went to the website and was flabbergasted.

Laura Paine did a lovely job writing the interview as part of the article.

Thanks very much for thinking of me and including me in this issue. Felicia Knight, Scarborough

Another MAn’s Poison

Really? The 10 most intriguing people in Maine? A chef who buys lobster here, an actress playing a role based on a Maine woman’s story, and a tugboat captain waging war on his family? Really? How about featuring the people fighting for their rights on the No on One campaign? Or how about that same tugboat captain’s granddaughter’s valiant fight with epilepsy and her raising over $11,000 for the Epilepsy

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Your October 2009 cover is morally repugnant, and the article “Sex & the Wilderness” is obscene and distasteful. A story about recession-proof, wealthy women frolicking on safari in the northern Maine woods in between spa treatments and lavish meals is just plain vulgar. Rich women killing Bambi and Thumper? What rock have you been hiding under? Most cultured and enlightened people do not condone hunting for fun, let alone ostentatiously flaunting the dead skin of their victims. Both the cover and article are just plain offensive. Shame on you. Jennifer Angelone, Portland

I find the cover of your magazine, “Here Come the Survivalistas,” disgusting and demoralizing! As a native Maine woman, I have raised my daughter to be proud of her natural beauty and nature’s beauty equally. Turning a living creature into a fashion accessory is barbaric. We have a saying in western Maine…Take only pictures, leave only footprints! You are completely out of touch with what REAL women want…get a grip! Lauren Phillips, homewehs@yahoo.com

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Thought you’d like to see a picture of a real Maine survivalista. Jon Frothingham, Falmouth

Portland and its attractions

On behalf of the entire organization, I would like to thank you for your generous donation of two dozen copies of Portland Magazine last week.

Our board members thoroughly enjoyed reading your publication. As a result, when the Deaf Children’s Literacy Project board members think of Portland and its attractions, they will think of your magazine.

Thanks again, please let me know if I can assist you in any way in the future. John Brubaker, Vice President, National Cued Speech Association

imPeratives, imPeratifs

Thank you for the nice promotion of [my husband, the late Verner Reed’s, book of photography] A Changing World [“A Good Reed” in Imperatifs, November 2009]. It looks good… Debbie Reed, Falmouth

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I need to get a new subscription…ran out last year and thought I could handle life without it! I was wrong…I need a little Maine in my life! Call me… Marg Watts, Palm Beach, Florida

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My company represents Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine. Starting in January, we will be launching a national PR campaign to educate consumers across the United States about the plight of the Maine Lobster Fishermen and how they are becoming an endangered species, not the lobsters. As you know, codfish are the main predators of lobsters. Codfish in Maine have been overfished for years, which has led to an abundance of lobsters. A huge supply of lobster means lower prices to the fisherman. We are looking to correct that and increase consumer demand for lobster which in turn will return a higher price back to the fishermen.

I will be sending Linda’s lobsters to all of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants along with a copy of the November issue of Portland Magazine and information regarding how our PR campaign will benefit the fishermen. Our goal is to launch the campaign in Portland and have Gordon Ramsay be part of our launch. Alan A. Casucci, Principal, Thought For Food

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