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The Other British Invasion
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Earl of Sandwich
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Adam Richman loves Maine just as much as he loves food. Interview by Colin W. Sargent
Dream Islands
97 Franco Files
Maine’s awash in French culture, and the language still reverberates across the state. By Rhea Côté Robbins
103 Building Your Maine Art Collection
Before the gavel drops, make an informed bid with our art expert. By Nicholas Forrest
Among the 27 islands for sale this summer: a paradise owned by David Rockefeller that’s three-quarters the size of Monaco. By Donna Stuart
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116 Swimming with the Sharks
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As the bicentennial of the War of 1812 gets into full sail, luxury travel destinations at Maine’s seaports come alive. From Staff & Wire Reports
Maine notables answer the challenge: “You haven’t seen Maine until you’ve seen…” By Sen. Olympia Snowe, Tim Sample, Fritz Grobe, Kevin Eastman, Ted Koffman & Jeff Peterson
Savoring Maine
Boston superchef Barbara Lynch defines 5-star dining with Maine ingredients. Interview by Colin W. Sargent Fritzi Cohen on acting with dangerous sharks from Jaws to Joan (Crawford). From Staff & Wire Reports
The Nathan Parker House, 1810: It has style, it has flair, it was there. By Colin W. Sargent
Cover: “Bright Lights, Big Summer,” photo by Kim Yoeung Seng. Summerguide
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111 Features 121 Space Invaders
Don’t call them Klingons. They’re just Maine crayfish. By David Svenson
125 The Sipping News
Ned Wight has strong proof Portland loves its liquor still. Interview by Colin W. Sargent
129 Wonder Walls
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There’s a crystal ambience to living in a glass house. Interview by David Svenson
135 Fifty Shades of Maine
From parkas to tank tops, our sexy shift to summer sizzles. By Dr. Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
139 The Long
Weekend Update
Somehow Charles Rocket was a Mainer we all lost sight of. By Colin W. Sargent
64 143 Funny You Asked
For us, the simplest questions about Maine are often the most telling. Essays by Gerald Talbot, William Pope.L, Ashley Lauren Kerr, David Hodgkins, Paul S. Schonewolf, William David Barry, Rattanaphorn “Pom” Boobphachati, Bill Burke, Gary Lawless & Jeff McBurnie
149 Summer Stock
Willie Garson, star of USA’s White Collar (and Carrie’s pal Stanford in Sex and the City) revels in his memories of Camp Wekeela. Interview by Chris Rymer
156 Where Can I See a…
We’ll guarantee places where you can see a moose, deer, coyotes, bald eagles, puffins, whales, black bears, unusual lobsters–just don’t ask us to load your camera for you. By Robert Witkowski
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84 Fantastic Falmouth 161 Outdoor Adventure 162 L.L. Bean’s 100th Anniversary
167 Hungry Eye Fruits de mer By Dana Moos
180 Market Watch
156 2 2 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
Discovering “rusty gold” with Mike Wolfe, star of American Pickers. Interview by Colin W. Sargent
186 Dining Guide 187 Restaurant Review Solo Bistro
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188 Golfing in Maine 205 House of the Month 15 Lighthouse Point Road, Cape Elizabeth
215 New England
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237 Fiction
“Cybercat” By Diane Lefer
239 Flash
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24 From the Editor 26 Letters 28 Imperatífs 31 Personal Shopper 34 Goings On
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Portland, we hardly know the North, South, East, and West of you. At the eastern extreme of our city on Jewell Island (next stop, London) is a circular enclosure called The Punch Bowl. Even when the sea is storming around it, inside the bowl it’s as calm as the surface of a 10-foot-deep martini. Locals guard its secret carefully–it’s as rare as an oceanic lady slipper. “It’s so funny–people don’t think of Jewell Island as Portland,” but it’s our easternmost boundary, a friend tells me in a hushed voice, as though he’s the Deep Throat of the beautiful and exotic. “The Punch Bowl is big, tidal. It’s way out there, magic, a whole different world. The water comes in and the water comes out and you’ve got this circle out there. I’m sorry I told you about it. If you’re a yachtsman and you never come into the city, Portland is that–a beautiful, wild place,” not the trendy bars of the Old Port. There’s a rum-soaked tradition that The Punch Bowl is precisely the spot where Captain Kidd hid his stash of gold coins. There’s been talk about Kidd’s lost fortune since his death in 1701–long before the coastal defense observation towers were built at the periphery of our world during World War II. Maybe the Kidd legend wound up out here because, like the coins, they’re both at the end of the rainbow, part of the mythic ‘You can’t get there from here.’ “Sailing in from the east, you’d think nobody lives in Portland,” Deep Throat continues. “On Jewell, there are houses tangled and pulled apart by vines. In the fall, monarch butterflies pass through here on the way to Yucatán.” There’s so much right in front of us, barely beyond our grasp. Why not discover ourselves while we’re discovering summer? Maybe I’ll see you east of Eden.
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I would love to talk with Steven Lindsey, the author of “Dream Boat” [May 2012], about Harry S. Truman’s yacht. We are working on a deadline, so the sooner, the better! Thanks, and looking forward to hearing from you again. Jessica Blank, “NBC Nightly News,” NYC
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Your April 2012 feature, “Taking the Lawn View,” includes a beautiful photo of my mom and dad’s home on Route 150 in Cornville. My parents, Ronald and Kathleen Gamage, would dearly love a copy. Imagine their surprise when I showed them the magazine! They had no idea a photo had even been taken. Please let me know what I can do to obtain this for them. They’ve lived in this home since 1957 and will celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary this fall. Carol Gamage, Portland
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I think your magazine could explore the benefits to the citizens, merchants, and city of Portland of closing down Exchange Street to vehicle traffic and make it a pedestrian mall. Many cities in the U.S. and Europe have done this. I believe it would make Portland an even more ‘special’ place than it already is by changing this historic street, giving it a more human space below a rejuvenated Tommy’s Park. Robert Pearl, Falmouth 2 6 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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For the truly ravenous, Samoset Resort’s La Bella Vita offers this twopound Garlic Butter Poached Maine Lobster as a regular menu item for $39. Chef Tim Pierce declares this dish is popular at the Rockport hotel “because guests don’t have to worry about a mess. They don’t have to pick the meat out of the shell.” samosetresort.com/Dining/dining-at-samoset-resort.html
Instead of taking 2012 off after a 44-show tour and throat surgery, Grammy-winning country music heartthrob Keith Urban will be “Making Memories of Us” at Bangor’s Waterfront Pavilion September 1. “After torrential downpours at the Lady Antebellum concert last year, fans only rocked harder,” Waterfront Concerts’ Alex Gray says. “They had such an incredible experience, they inspired Urban to come check it out.” But will the Aussie superstar be able to pull Nicole Kidman away from Hollywood Casino’s blackjack tables? $27.75-$71.75, waterfrontconcerts.com
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Have You Now, or Ever Been, A Mainer? “Owen Brewster was an interesting guy with a few skeletons in his closet,” Brewster Inn’s Mark Stephens says. The powerful senator (portrayed with delicious insincerity by Alan Alda in The Aviator), was Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s go-to guy during the communism hearings. Designed by John Calvin Stevens in 1934, the Dexter mansion entertained “Presidents Truman and Taft, seven Senators (that we’re aware of), and Louis B. Mayer, founder of MGM Films.” Drink in the quiet of the lush gardens, check out the extraordinary hotline to the White House, and sleep like a president in the Truman Room ($99) or Beckford Room ($119). brewsterinn.com
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Ever wanted to bag a deer? Patti Dowse, Erda’s founder, started making deerskin bags 41 years ago. “All the leather we use comes from wild-hunted deer,” Ginnie Reardon of Erda says. “The large deerskin wallet ($87) has Patti’s signature curlicue.” And if you’ve got a PETA membership, “Our fabric picnic basket ($129) is a brand new design, and you can even remove the washable insulated interior in case of a spill.” 277-5115, erdaleather.com
Twenty thousand people will storm Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport September 6-9 for the 2012 Horizon Hobby Air Meet. ”We draw the most experienced flyers,” Ray Labonte of Falmouth’s Ray & Robin’s Hobby Center says. The free event will showcase Horizon Hobby’s remote-controlled planes, cars, and helicopters using “five venues with runways, race tracks, a stunt circle, and a stunt flying line.” The four-day extravaganza features an air-combat event Saturday and Sunday. Ranked as the third RC World Aerobatic Champion, American Airlines 767 captain Mark Chapman will be on hand to push these 24-foot, full-scale models, weighing just 1,300 pounds, to their limits at 240 mph and with roll rates of 400 degrees per a second. Swarmed by 30,000 enthusiasts every year in Donauwörth, Germany, Horizon was convinced by Labonte to make Sanford America’s air meet destination. “We already had our Jet Rally in place, and September’s a great time to be in Maine.” May your lift exceed your drag. usairmeet.com
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Admission to the public is free (Parking $10). No matter what form of aviation or auto sports you enjoy, bring the whole family for a thrilling air show spectacular the way it was meant to be. At this four-day event you’ll revel with world-class RC experts and join in the action with FREE RC “Try Me” activities you won’t find anywhere else.
We’re not out of the woods yet! William Wegman, famous for portraits of his Weimaraners, is “showing people another side of himself,” curator Diana Tuite says. At Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s William Wegman: Hello Nature, Wegman’s long-standing relationship with Maine’s back country sparkles in paintings, drawings, and videos. “It’s steeped in his connection to Maine.” July 13-October 21, bowdoin.edu/art-museum
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Imper Balloons will gently rise and descend on Presque Isle August 17-19 and Lewiston August 23-26–just hopefully not in cemeteries and swamps like in past years. “The pilot didn’t know it was a swamp–he thought it was a flat field and a perfect place to land,” Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce’s Theresa M. Fowler says. “The Crown of Maine Balloon Fest is city-wide, but it’s really about the balloons.” People are thrilled to see the high-flying Beagle Maximus, but “motorists are surprised” when a Jack in the Box floats past. Great Falls Balloon Festival, Lewiston, greatfallsballoonfestival.org; Crown of Maine Balloon Fest, Presque Isle, crownofmaineballoonfest.org
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“Even after Prohibition, the Bonnie and Clyde motif was still going strong,” William David Barry says. “Rat-a-tat-tat, right along Bangor’s Main Street.” In his new book Maine: The Wilder Half of New England, “there’s poverty all the way through, but I’m not showing the dark side just for the dark side. There’s also art, architecture, and good things, too.” tilburyhouse.com, $30
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”I let these songs emotionally go where they want to,” says Cape Elizabeth native Rachel Efron, 33. Her new album Put Out the Stars gets its title from a line in W. H. Auden’s poem “Funeral Blues.” But “let the mourners come.” These songs are about “the sources of light when it goes dark, how our vision adjusts. It’s not sad or just about crisis,” Efron says. ”My songs are unsent letters to others.” $15, rachelefron.com
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“It comes with a built-in audience,” says Mike Miclon, who’s selling his Oddfellow Theater home in Buckfield for $225K. It’s been a packed house since May 1998, bringing acts like EepyBird (aka ‘the Diet Coke & Mentos guys’) to national attention. Ray LaMontagne played his first 30 shows here. “We like to think this is where he started. It’s nice to look at where he is now.” oddfellow.com
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from injury to insult–In Castine, there’s a time for war and a time for…performance. After using the commandeered Hooke’s Barn to aid injured soldiers, British troops convert it into a theater.
“Nathaniel Lord built the mansion when the British blockaded the harbor during the War of 1812. Because of the blockade, he couldn't build ships, so he built himself a house." -Rick Litchfield
imMortal Kombat–“I am satisfied, I die contented,” USS Enterprise ’s mortally wounded Capt. William Burrows says as he receives the sword of HMS Boxer’s Capt. Samuel Blyth in surrender. (Leading up to this, Blyth has ordered Boxer’s battle flags nailed to the masts to ensure they don’t get lowered as long as he’s alive.) Mortal enemies in life, the rivals are buried side-by-side in Portland’s Eastern Cemetery.
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Clockwise from top left: The USS ENTERPRISE vs HMS BOXER (A War of 1812 Battle that took place off of the coast of Maine in 1813), Oil 24” x 36”; united artists; maine maritime museum/ brian murphy antiques; Captain Lord Mansion; Alexandra L. Whitten; file photo
HOT CHILD IN THE CITY– In the film version of Ben Ames Williams’s masterpiece novel, The Strange Woman (1946), Hedy Lamarr is so bad to the bone that, as a 4-year-old sex kitten, she breaks from a line of defeated American defenders and runs across a field to flirt with Redcoats as they conquer Bangor. If you read one book about the Union Jack flying over Maine during the War of 1812, this is it. QUIET BEFORE THE STORM– After a deadcalm morning off Monhegan Island, USS Enterprise and HMS Boxer are brought together by an ill wind. At 3 p.m. on September 5, 1813, the brigs raise battle flags and cannons thunder across Muscongus Bay. The half-hour struggle rages, visible from Pemaquid Point. Boxer’s Capt. Samuel Blyth is killed instantly during the firefight. Enterprise’s Capt. William Burrows lives long enough to accept the British surrender before dying of injuries resulting from his refusing to leave the deck during the clash.
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House of Lords–Nathaniel Lord builds this house “during the War of 1812,” Captain Lord Mansion owner Rick Litchfield says. “Because of the British coastal blockade,” he can’t build ships, so he repurposes his idle shipwrights as ‘housewrights,’ a term he coins as he and his staff turn their talents to constructing his opulent Federal mansion on the Kennebunk River. But Lord never sees the completion of the war or his home. Dying in 1815, his wife Phoebe raises their nine children at the house by herself.
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Eastport Salmon Festival “Delicious Abundance from the Bay” Labor Day Weekend Aug 31 - Sept 2 www.eastportsalmonfestival.com
Visit Historic Eastport, Maine Occupied by the British from 1814 - 1818. North America’s eastern-most city on the Atlantic Coast, which is an island, now reached by driving across a causeway, is still a quiet fishing village, with historic homes and buildings, cemeteries, one of the oldest boat-building schools still operating, and lots of history tied in with the ocean - ship building, merchant trading/ shipping, the sardine industry, the War of 1812 occupancy, and lots of history. The Border Historical Society has numerous historic sites, including Fort Sullivan and the Barracks Museum. In 2014 there will be a special international celebration marking the 200-year anniversary of the July 11, 1814 capture, including events with the foods of the time, period clothing, housing of the officers vs. the soldiers, tours, educational “classes,” a possible play; and much more is being discussed.
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Open Wide–Having already guarded Machias against the Redcoats during the American Revolution, Fort O’Brien, now in British hands, defends against an American invasion from 1814-1818. The fourgun, crescent-shaped earthwork at the mouth of the Machias River has witnessed conflict from three wars (American Revolution, War of 1812, and the Civil War)–a deadly hat trick.
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The Captain Lord Mansion Home port– SMCC ‘s Fort Preble and House Island’s Fort Scammell, facing each other in Portland Harbor, are at the ready for battle before the War of 1812 begins. Portland Head Light, in mid-repair, is unable to guide friend or foe.
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Border follies–Of thirty War of 1812 sites in Eastport, the home of known smuggler Samuel Wheeler on Washington Street is famous for not quartering British troops during the four-year occupation. “They’re all in cahoots,” city historian Wayne Wilcox says. In a real ‘who’s-on-first’ situation, “the invading British need to release American troops imprisoned for trying to enforce the law. Costs of basic goods are so high, the British look the other way. Eastport really takes off during the war!”
Cannons, a Bible, arms chest, pistol from HMS Boxer
Two ball gowns worn at the Peace Ball in Saco celebrating war’s end
Original documents related to the war, some signed by President Madison
Boarding weapons, including a pistol carried by Commodore Perry
On view through October 28
take a POWDER–The Union Jack rises at Fort Sullivan July 18,1814, when the British reclaim Eastport as part of New Brunswick, Canada. Their dream is to dub northern Maine and the Canadian maritimes “New Ireland.” Even after word of peace, British troops insist Eastport’s always been Canadian. Fort Sullivan’s powder magazine provides stunning panoramas of the passage taken by the invading fleets.
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1812 Cemetery, Eastern Promenade, Portland. Located at the foot of Quebec Street stands a boulder marking the communal graves of 21 prisoners of war from the War of 1812. publicworks. portlandmaine.gov/historiccemeteriesinfomation.asp Barrack’s Museum, 74 Washington St., Eastport. The museum, once an army barracks for Fort Sullivan leads visitors through the history of British occupation in 1814. W-Su, to Labor Day. acadianationalpark.com/downeast_attractions/barracks_museum.php The Captain Lord Mansion, 6 Pleasant St., Kennebunkport. Immerse yourself in the War of 1812 era at this 17th century inn. The mansion was built by wealthy shipbuilder Nathaniel Lord for his new bride in 1814 after the British cut off shipbuilding resources in Kennebunk during the war. captainlord.com Castine, The site of many a battle in during the War of 1812 and a one point occupied by the British, makes its history truly unique. Pick up A Walking Tour of Castine map, available at many establishments in town and see what Castine has to offer. castinehistoricalsociety.org Eastern Cemetery, Congress and Mountfort St., Portland. Spirits Alive offers weekly tours of the cemetery to see the famous War of 1812 battle, Boxer vs. Enterprise captains buried side by side. Sundays through Sept. spiritsalive.org/events/ tours.htm#seasonaltours Eastport, Don’t miss Eastport’s many celebrations and commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. For information on all events, visit eastportmainewarof1812.ning.com. Eastport Pirate Festival, Eastport. Pirates, fireworks & more, Sept. 7-9. 853-4343 eastportpiratefestival.com Fort Edgecomb, Edgecomb. This fort, located on Davis Island, was active during the War of 1812 fending off British occupation, then later taken over by the British. Daily through Sept. 882-7777 visitmaine.com/organization/379/fort_edgecomb_historic_site Fort McClary, Kittery Point. Even though it saw little conflict during the War of 1812, Fort McClary remained guarded and active throughout the war. Daily through Sept. 30. 384-5160 fortmcclary.org Fort O’Brien, Machiasport. This fort, built in 1775, has withstood three American wars. During the War of 1812, it was destroyed by the British in 1814. Daily through Aug. 941-4014 www.state. me.us/doc/parks/programs/history/fortobrien/fort.htm Maine Historical Society Museum, 489 Congress St., Portland. Downtown Portland Circa 1912, through Jun. 30. 774-1822 mainehistory.org Maine Maritime Museum, 230 State St., Augusta. Enjoy artwork and relics from the War of 1812 era in the Struggle for Identity exhibit, T-Su. 443-1316 mainemaritimemuseum.org Maine State Museum, 230 State St., Augusta. Enjoy artwork and relics from the War of 1812 era in the Struggle for Identity exhibit. T-Su, mainestatemuseum.org Nickels-Sortwell House, 121 Main St., Wiscasset. Federal-style mansion, built in 1807 by ship owner and trader William Nickels, with Colonial Revival furnishings and three-story elliptical stairway. F-Su, to Oct 15. 882-7169 www.historicnewengland.org/ historic-properties/homes/nickels-sortwell-house Penobscot Marine Museum, 5 Church St., Searsport. Commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 with The Art of the Sea Battle exhibition. Featuring works by Thomas Buttersworth, Robert Salmon, Fred S. Cozzens & others depict warships from the apogee of the “Age of Fighting Sail.” Daily through Oct. 548-0334 penobscotmarinemuseum.org Portland Observatory Museum, 183 Congress St., Portland. Daily historic tours of America’s only marine signal tower. Through Sept. 774-5561 portlandlandmarks.org/observatory Wadsworth-Longfellow House, 489 Congress St., Portland. Childhood home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, open daily to Oct. 31. 774-1822 mainehistory.org/house_overview.shtml
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Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St., Fryeburg. Met Summer Encores, every W; Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Aug. 8. 935-9232 fryeburgacademy.org/pac Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Kotzschmar Centennial Celebration, Aug. 17-22. 842-0800 porttix.com One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland. The Band, Jul. 6; Maia Sharp, Jul. 14; Portland Jazz Orchestra, Jul. 19; Roy Book Binder, Jul. 20; Mindy Smith, Jul. 27; John Mock, Jul. 29; Buzz Universe, Aug. 4; Mary Fahl, Aug. 11; Portland Jazz Orchestra, Aug. 16; Laura Cortese Acoustic Project, Aug. 18; The Coloradas with Girls, Guns & Glory, Aug. 24; Brave Combo, Aug. 25. 761-1757 onelongfellowsquare.com Portland String Quartet Concert, 278 Whites Bridge Rd.,
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Saltwater Celtic Music Festival, 29 Meadow Rd., Thomas Point Beach, Brunswick. Celtic Merchant Mart, food & music, Jul. 14-15. 800-914-3610 saltwaterfest.com Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. Shonen Knife + White Mystery, Jul. 25; Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra, Aug. 2; Debo Band, Sept. 18. 828-5600 space538.org State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. Doug Wamble Quartet, Jun. 30; Fiona Apple, Jul. 1; Bush, Jul. 12; Yonder Mountain String Band, Jul. 14; Ingrid Michaelson, Jul. 28; Rufus Wainwright, Jul. 31; M83, Aug. 7; Built to Spill, Aug. 30; O.A.R., Sept. 6; The Machine, Sept. 8. 956-6000 statetheatreportland.com Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd., Brownfield. Billy Bragg, Jun. 29; Eileen Ivers, Jul. 5; Paula Poundstone, Jul. 15; Stone Mountain Song Stage, Jul. 19; Greg Brown, Jul. 26; Rustic Overtones, Jul. 27; Kathy Mattea, Aug. 2; Stone Mountain Live, The Anniversary Show, Aug. 4; Suzanne Vega, Aug. 5; Celtic Tenors, Aug. 9; Red Stick Ramblers, Aug. 11; Mary Chapin Carpenter, Aug. 13-14; Shemekia Copeland, Aug. 16; Blues Barn Burner with Monkey Junk, Aug. 17; Chris Smither, Aug. 24; Waltzings for Dreamers with The Henry Girls, Aug. 26; Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives, Aug. 31; Quebe Sisters Band, Sept. 1; Nuala Kennedy, Sept. 7; Connie Smith, Sept. 16. 935-7292 carolnoonanmusic.com
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Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook. Acoustic Tuna with Darol Anger, Jul. 5. 857-3860 westbrookpac.org
Theater Acadia Repertory Theater,1154 Main St., Somesville, Mount Desert. Fully Committed, Jul. 3-15; Almost, Maine, Jul. 17-29; Private Lives, Jul. 31-Aug. 12; And Then There Were None, Aug. 14-Sept. 2. 244-7260 acadiarep.com
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Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. Adam Ruben in Please Don’t Beat Me Up, Jul. 7; Michael Miclon’s The Early Evening Show, Jul. 14; Rob Mermin in Circle of Sawdust, Jul. 21; The Big Barn Family Show, Jul. 28; The Big Barn Spectacular, Jul. 28; The Fabulous Problemas, Aug. 11; Figures of Speech Theatre’s Jester King of Java, Aug. 18; Bill Bowers in Beyond Words, Aug. 25; Summer Finale, Sept. 1; The Celebration Barn Presents Thumbs Up, Sept. 21-23. 743-8452 celebrationbarn.com City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Chess the Musical, Jul. 20-Aug. 5; The Great American Trailer Park, Aug. 24-Sept. 2. 282-0849 citytheater.org Fenix Theatre Company, 17 Spear Ave., S. Portland. MacBeth, Th, F & Sa, Jul. 19-Aug. 11, Deering Oaks Park. 400-6223 fenixtheatre.com Freeport Community Players, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook Rd., Freeport. The Mikado, Jul .19-Aug. 5; One-Act Showcase, Sept. 13-30. 865-2220 fcponline.org Freeport Factory Stage, 5 Depot St., Freeport. Our Town, Jul. 4. 865-5505 freeportfactory.com Frontier, Fort Andross, Brunswick. Raymonda, Jul. 10; The Sleeping Beauty, Jul. 24. 725-5222 explorefrontier.com Gaslight Theater, 1 Winthrop St., Hallowell. Fox on the Fairway, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 8, 9. 626-3698 gaslighttheater.org Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St. (Rte. 9), Berwick. Oklahoma!, Jul. 4-7, 11-14, 18-21; Hairspray, Jul. 25-28, Aug. 1-4, 8-11; Boeing Boeing, Aug. 15-18, 22-25, Aug. 29-Sept. 1. 698-1807 hackmatack.org Heartwood Regional Theatre Company, 420 Biscay Rd., Damariscotta. The Legend of Jim Cullen, Jul. 27-29 & Aug. 1-4. 563-1373 heartwoodtheater.org Lakewood Theatre, 76 Theatre Rd., Madison. And the Winner Is, Jul. 5-8 and 11-14; The Fox on the Fairway, Jul. 19-22 and 25-28; The Music Man, Aug. 2-5 and 8-11; Murdered to Death, Aug. 16-19 and 22-25; The House of Blue Leaves, Aug. 30-Sept. 2 and 5-8; Who Goes Bare, Sept. 13-16 and 19-22. 474-7176 lakewoodtheater.org Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St., Fryeburg. Met Summer Encores. Anna Bolena, Jun. 13; Le Comte Ory, Jun. 20; Don Giovanni, Jun. 27; Les Contes D’Hoffmann, Jul. 11; Lucia Di Lammermoor, Jul. 18; Der Rosenkavalier, Jul. 25. 935-9232 fryeburgacademy.org/pac Lewiston/Auburn Community Little Theater, 30 Academy St., Auburn. Monty Python’s Spamalot, Aug. 10-19. 783-0958 laclt.com Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. PortFringe 2012, through Jul. 1; In My Head I’m Thin, Jul. 5-8; Boston Babydolls, Jul. 13-14; Moon Dance, Jul. 20-22; Ida’s Brand New Show, Jul. 27-29; Theatre Tasting, Aug. 4; Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Sept. 13-23. 899-3993 lucidstage.com Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. Anything Goes!, Sept. 21-Oct. 6. 799-6509 lyricmusictheater.org Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Legally Blonde, through Jul. 24; Sunset Boulevard, Jul. 18-Aug. 4; 42nd Street, Aug. 8-25. 725-8769 msmt.org Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. PORTopera presents Madama Butterfly, Jul. 25-27. 842-0800 porttix.com Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St., Ogunquit. Damn Yankees, through Jul. 21, South Pacific, Jul. 25-Aug. 18; 9 to 5: The Musical, Aug. 22-Sept. 15; The Buddy Holly Story, Sept.19-Oct. 21. 646-5511 ogunquitplayhouse.org Penobscot Theatre Company, 131 Main St., Bangor. Always… Patsy Cline, Sept. 5-23. 947-6618 penobscottheatre.org Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, opening Sept. 14. 799-7337 portlandplayers.org Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Ave., Second Floor, Portland. The Sisters Rosenweig, Sept. 25-Oct. 21.
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780-5151 portlandstage.org Schoolhouse Arts Center, Rte. 114, Sebago Lake Village. Sound of Music, Jul. 5-22; Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Sept. 21-30. 642-3743 schoolhousearts.org Stonington Opera House, 1 School St., Stonington. Antony and Cleopatra, Jul. 12-15 & 19-22. 367-2788 thepublictheater.org Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main St., Monmouth. Tartuffe, Jul. 5-31, and Aug. 3-19; Little Prince, Jul. 7, 14, 31 and Aug. 2-17; Two Gents, Jul. 12-15, 21-22, and Aug. 1-17; Glass, Jul. 19-21, 29, and Aug. 1-18; Henry IV, Jul. 26, 27, 29, and Aug. 2-18; Of Thee I Sing, Sept. 20-23 and 27-30. 933-9999 theateratmonmouth.org Waterville Opera House, Studio Theater, 93 Main St., Waterville. The Race, Jun. 29-30 & Jul. 1, 6-8. 873-7000 operahouse.org Windham Center Stage Theater, 41 Carriage Hill Dr., Windham. Footloose, Aug. 3-5 & 10-12. windhamtheater.org
Galleries Addison Woolley Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., Portland. Karen Bushold, Susan Porter, Jul. 6-28; Jane Banquer, Arunas Bakauskas, Aug. 3-Sept. 1; Andrea van Voorst van Beest, Dan Dow, Sept. 7-29. 450-8499 addisonwoolley.com Art Gallery at UNE, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. Upon Reflection: Judith Ellis Glickman Retrospective, through Sept. 30; Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational, through Oct. 31. 221-4499 une.edu/artgallery
Don’t Miss 4th of July in South Portland, Bug Light Park. A Cookout, a history lesson, and fireworks! southportland.org 20th Annual Great Falls Balloon Festival, Simard-Payne Memorial Park (formerly Railroad Park), Lincoln St., Lewiston. Dozens of hot air balloons will fill the sky, while food, vendors & live entertainment cover the ground, Aug. 17-19. 783-2249 greatfallsballoonfestival.org 35th Pine Tree Quilters Guild Show, 76 Community Dr., Augusta. Workshops, exhibits, and merchants, Jul. 27-29. mainequilts.org 37th Annual Summer Craft Fair, Village Green, Kennebunkport. 70 juried artists, artisans, live music & food, Jul. 7. 967-3143 schoolaroundus.org 40th Central Maine Egg Festival, Pittsfield. Food, pageant, parade, music & carnival rides, Jul. 17-21. 487-3136 pittsfield.org Bangor State Fair, State Fairgrounds, Bangor. Food, rides, race cars, animals, fireworks & live entertainment, Jul. 27-Aug. 5. 947-5555 bangorstatefair.com Blue Hill Fair, 1 Mountain Rd., Blue Hill. Downeast Maine’s favorite country fair, Aug. 30-Sept. 3. 374-3701 bluehillfair.com
Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography, through Dec. 15. 786-6259 bates.edu/museum
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Bates, Bowdoin & Colby College Alumni Show, 149 Main St., Freeport. Alumni art work featured in the Thos. Moser Showroom, through Jul. 9. 865-4519 thosmoser.com
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Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. William Wegman: Hello Nature, Jul. 13-Oct 21. 725-3275 bowdoin.edu/art-museum Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent and Monhegan, through Dec. 30. 596-6457 farnsworthmuseum.org
Liros Gallery, 14 Parker Point Rd., Blue Hill. Artist Channing Hare, through Jul 28. 1-800-287-5370 lirosgallery.com Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Portland. Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church’s Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin, Jun. 30-Sept. 30; Portland Society of Art: Winslow Homer’s Legacy in Maine, Jul. 28-Jan. 13; Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine, Sept. 22-Dec. 30. 775-6148 portlandmuseum.org
Casco Days, Casco Day Park, Casco. Food, fun, arts & a road race, Jul. 26-28. cascodays.com Celebration of the Arts, 132 Seguinland Rd., Georgetown. Georgetown Historical Society presents an island of painters, printmakers, sculptors & fine crafters displaying and selling their work at The Mooring B&B. Free refreshments and Youth Pavilion, Jul. 22. 371-9200 georgetownhistoricalsociety.org
Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. The Sketchbook Project, Jul. 11-14. 828-5600 space538.org
Eastport 4th of July Festival, Eastport. Music, food, races, contests & fireworks, Jul. 1-4. eastport4th.com
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Great State of Maine Air Show, Naval Air Station, Brunswick. Demos, performances, and interactive booths. Aug. 24-26. 6074187 greatstateofmaineairshow.us
Boothbay Resort and Brewery, 301 Adams Pond Rd., Boothbay. Maine Craft Beer comes to Boothbay, Jul. 14. 633-3411 boothbayresort.com Browne Trading Company, 262 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tasting every third Th, 5-7pm. 775-7560 brownetrading.com
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Old Port Wine Merchants, 223 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tasting every third W, 4-7:30pm. 772-9463 oldportwine.com RSVP, 887 Forest Ave., Portland. Wine tasting every second W, 4-7pm. 773-8808 Salt Exchange, 245 Commercial St., Portland. Spirit tastings, last W of every month. 347-5687 thesaltexchange.net The West End Deli & Catering, 133 Spring St., Portland. Wine tastings every first F, 6-8pm. 874-6426 thewestenddeli.com Yarmouth Clam Festival, Yarmouth. Entertainment, food, competitions & music, Jul. 20-22. 846-3984 clamfestival.com
Hannaford Community Challenge, 1 Congressional Dr., Falmouth. 40 Legends of the LPGA, Jun. 21-24. 878-2864 harrisgolfonline.com/falmouthcountryclub/thecourse.htm
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Jet Rally and Horizon Hobby 2012 Air Meet, 199 Airport Rd., Sanford. Public air show, fireworks, interactive family fun, night flying ballet & more, Sept. 6-9. 797-5196 mainejetrally.org
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Kennebunkport Historical Society, 125 North St., Kennebunkport. Designer Showhouse at the Kenneth Roberts Estate, through Jul. 14; Cape Arundel: The Story of a Summer Colony, at the Pasco Center, 125 North St., Tu through F, Jun. through Oct.; Nott House, guided tours, Jul. through Aug.; Twelth Annual Golf Tournament, Cape Arundel Golf Course, Sept. 21. 967-2751 kporthistory.org L.L. Bean, Freeport. L.L. Bean’s Hometown Celebration. Fireworks, parade, music, outdoor activities & the Bean-Mobile! Jul. 4-7; Dog Days of Summer, Aug. 25. llbean.com/summer
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First Friday Art Walk, downtown Portland. Visit local galleries, studios, and museums, Jul. 6, Aug. 3 & Sept. 7. firstfridayartwalk.com
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Portland. Local venues celebrate music and performing arts, Jun. 28-Jul. 1. portlandfestival.org
Maine Antique Festival, Fairgrounds Rd., Union. Aug. 10-12. 221-3108 maineantiquefest.com
Stars and Stripes Spectacular, Portland. Celebrate July 4 with fireworks and music by Portland Symphony Orchestra on the peninsula. 233-4339 july4thportland.org
Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, 226 Maine St., Brunswick. Partially-restored 1820s home of the Civil War hero, four-term Maine governor, and president of Bowdoin College . Tu-Su, to Sept. 729-6606 pejepscothistorical.org
Western Maine BBQ Festival, Fryeburg Fairgrounds, Fryeburg. Barbecue competitions & tastings, music, crafts & more, Aug. 4-5. 647-4449 westernmainebbqfestival.com
Marrett House, 40 Ossipee Trail East/Rte. 25, Standish. Late Georgian house (1789) with extensive herb and perennial garden. Select Sat to Oct. 15. 882-7169 historicnewengland.org
Yarmouth Clam Festival, Main St., Yarmouth. Fireworks, concerts, races, clams, Jul. 20-22. 846-3984 clamfestival.com/home.php
Neal Dow Memorial, 714 Congress St., Portland. Federal-style 1829 home of General Neal Dow, two-time Mayor of Portland and active Prohibitionist, abolitionist & advocate of prison reform and women’s rights, M-F. 773-7773 mewtu.org
Maine Boats, Homes, & Harbors Show, Harbor & Buoy Park, Rockland. Boats, nautical gear, home furnishings, art, architecture & food, Aug. 10-12. 800-565-4951 maineboats.com Maine Lobster Festival, Harbor Park, Rockland. Bring your claw crackers and lobster bibs as Rockport celebrates Maine’s favorite crustacean, Aug. 1-5. 596-0376 mainelobsterfestival.com Maine Windjammer Parade, Rockland. Maine tall ships on parade! Jul. 13. sailmainecoast.com
York Days, Ocean Ave., York. Crafts, concerts, sports tournaments, sandcastles & fairs, Jul. 28-Aug. 5. 363-1040 parksandrec.yorkmaine.org
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance Workshop, 80 Union St., Rockland. Advanced poetry workshop with Arielle Greenberg, Jun. 30. 228-8263 mainewriters.org
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Moosehead Marine Museum, 12 Lily bay Rd., Greenville. Cruise on Moosehead Lake aboard Katahdin. 695-2716 katahdincruises.com Moxie Festival, Lisbon Falls. Races, a parade, food, fun, and Moxie, Jul. 13-15. 353-4862 moxiefestival.com
Baxter Museum, 67 South St., Gorham. The 1831 birthplace of James Phinney Baxter, former Mayor of Portland and Gov. of Maine. Open Tu and Th, through Aug. 839-5031 baxterlibrary.org
Norway Arts Festival, Norway. The town celebrates history, visual & performing arts, Jul. 12-14. norwayartsfestival.org
Castle Tucker, 2 Lee St., Wiscasset. Federal-style mansion built by Judge Silas Lee in 1807. W-Su, to Oct. 15. 882-7169 historicnewengland.org
Pirate Festival, Fort Knox, Prospect. Treasure hunt, pirate parade, contests & a pirate battle, Jul. 21. 469-6553 fortknox.maineguide.com
Dead River Area Historical Society, 172 Main St., Stratton. Memorabilia from native families, old carpentry and logging tools, china, glass, a complete schoolroom & a memorial room to the lost towns of Dead River and Flagstaff, to Labor Day. 246-2271 eustismaine.com
Poetry Workshop, 80 Union St., Rockland. “Wild Life, Wild Poem,” two-part advanced workshop with Arielle Greenberg at Rockland Library, Jun. 30 & Jul. 14. 228-8263 mainewriters.org Poland Spring Resort, 543 Main St., Poland. Maine’s Dooryard Festival. Maine art, antiques, food & entertainment, Jul. 27, 6329008 polandspringinns.com/dooryard.html
Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Ln., South Berwick. Built in 1785, purchased by Mrs. Emily Tyson in 1898, and restored to its former glory through the influence of the writings of Sarah Orne Jewett.
Portland Performing Arts Festival, various venues across
W-Su, to Oct. 15. 384-2454 historicnewengland.org
Peary’s Eagle Island, Casco Bay, Harpswell. Site of Admiral Robert E. Peary’s summer home and library, to Labor Day. 624-6080 pearyeagleisland.org Pejepscot Museum, 159 Park Row, Brunswick. Local history exhibits, Tu-Sa. 729-6606 pejepscothistorical.org Sarah Orne Jewett House, 5 Portland St., South Berwick. Jewett’s 1819 Georgian residence, F-Su, to Oct. 15. 384-2454 historicnewengland.org Skolfield-Whittier House, 161 Park Row, Brunswick. Seventeenroom “time capsule” with Victorian furnishings and items from sea captain Alfred Skolfield’s world voyages, W-Sa, through Sept. 729-6606 pejepscothistorical.org Tate House, 1267 Westbrook St., Portland. Capt. George Tate’s 1755 house with an unusual clerestory in the gambrel roof and an herb garden overlooking Stroudwater River. 774-6177 tatehouse.org Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland. Historic house with collections of the High Victorian period. Built 1858-1860 for New Orleans hotelier Ruggles Morse, the mansion’s interiors boast original furniture and decor. Daily, group tours by reservation. 772-4841 victoriamansion.org –Compiled by Jeanee Dudley
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“Good coaching is not to coach at all,” Sea Dogs pitching guru Bob Kipper says, who monitored Daisuke Matsuzaka during his recent outing in Portland. Dazzling a sold-out Hadlock Field with 95-mph fastballs, the Red Sox hurler left the mound with the win and batters shaking their heads at his “deceptive changeups.” The only memorable hits scored on him were local restaurants Benkay (dinner) and catered feasts from Texas Roadhouse and Sapporo on game day.
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If you’re rich enough, some people forget you’re crazy. Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has announced construction of Titanic II. “Who’ll be on that [maiden] voyage? Not me!” says Lucy Sallick, 74. Her grandfather Percival and uncle Richard White perished aboard the original Titanic returning from Europe–the vacation was a present to Richard for graduating from Bowdoin College. ”I believe my late mother would be horrified” at the replica ship’s plans to set sail from London to New York in 2016. “She would never go to the films” to see how her family died. Apparently Palmer didn’t catch the films, either, because he assures the world this one “won’t sink.”
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The 5th Annual Fireball Run Adventurally will roar its flashy cars through Maine this September as part of an 8day, 2,200-mile race. “It’s experiential,” says the rally’s David Hickman. As if on a life-sized game board, drivers contend with “a Pumpkin Festival, a roadside Paul Bunyan, and act out scenes from a Stephen King novel.” The Luxury Lifestyle-sponsored benefit will include TV footage in Ogunquit with the finish line in Bangor September 29. Drivers include Maine Lumberjill Timber Tina. Competing cars include the DeLorean that starred in Back to the Future.
Stranger in a Strange Land “Here comes this beautiful lobster, and the whole world gravitates to it,” says Summer Shack’s chef Jasper White in Cambridge, Mass., who named his calico crustacean “Calvin.” “The week [we found him], the media was filled with so much hate.” Caught in Winter Harbor, he “must have passed through six or more pairs of hands before he even reached us.” Who can fathom why “the world needed ‘Calvin’”? Summerguide
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Travel Channel’s Adam Richman visits Maine in search of the Best Sandwich in America.
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Adam Richman cracks claws with the locals at The Lobster Shack in Cape Elizabeth.
It’s called Adam Richman’s Best Sandwich in America. Basically, we did this like March Madness, with ten regions, three sandwiches per region, one pick being from a celebrity friend, two picks being mine. Then, ten regional winners plus two wildcard entries will go head-to-head in our national championship one-hour finale special. [We’re going to be] taping in Portland and surrounding areas [in the coming weeks].
Lobster Shack’s lobster roll: “A perfect portable seafood sandwich served in Nature’s most beautiful dining room.” You’ve had America’s best sandwich–the lobster roll at The Lobster Shack in Cape Elizabeth. You’ve gushed over the view and how the lobster meat is fresh and perfect there. Would you call this gastro-pornography?
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real star here. It’s not overly mayon naise[d], and for me, I was very lucky to be told by a local to put the pickles on top. As you bite down, there’s a rush of flavor: sweetness, a little bit of meatiness from the lobster, [and] slight smokiness. And from the dusting of paprika, sourness of the pickles, and the crunch they impart, [it all] balances with the velvetiness of all the other ingredients. The really cool thing is that a whole new flavor develops as you chew and make this amazing new flavor in your mouth. It is at once light and heavy, savory and sweet, delicate and substantial.
Portland’s the birthplace of the Italian sandwich. It’s not a hoagie, it’s not a submarine, it’s not a hero. On top of that, we at Portland Magazine are on record for claiming the Italian sandwich is the inspiration for the Philly cheesesteak. We doubt the Philly guys mentioned this during your episode there.
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left with is more questions–either way, we have two kick-ass sandwiches now. I’m grateful for wherever they sprang from.
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Another of your local hangouts here is Nosh, where you downed the Apocalypse Now. What was that like?
Actually, though it was a great filming location, staffed by awesome people, serving stellar [food], Nosh is not one of my “local hangouts.” I don’t say this to distance myself…but just to clarify. They’re comfort foods taken to the max and executed with considerable skill. Any place with burgers comprised of four meats, that serves bacondusted fries, tempura-fried bacon, and top
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New Orleans owes a debt to Maine. Cajun cuisine is descended from Acadian (Longfellow’s Evangeline traces Acadian families who resettled in Louisiana in the mid-1700s). Do you taste an echo of Franco-Maine in their zesty po boys?
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What sandwich, or what culinary experience, has given you the most vivid nightmares after eating it?
In Singapore, at the Raffles Hotel, I ordered a prawn noodle soup dish from room service. The hotel was exquisite–why wouldn’t the food be, right? I can only say that the headon prawn–normally not something I mind– looked truly sketchy: gray, mealy in the mouth, and left an awful taste. [It] would not go away–up to and including after I puked it up like a champ. 6 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
Harvest on the Harbor is October 25-27 this year. Are you going?
I’d love to visit during the festival! I must admit that apart from the burger at Nosh and lobster rolls, I’m rather uninformed with Portland’s sandwich offerings. But the chance to walk around Portland, shop at Rogues Gallery, try Fore Street or Duckfat, eat the Baby Octopus and Lobster
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Fra Diavolo at Street and Co. again, put Canceaux sauce on anything, and have an ice cold Allagash White with a lobster roll is far too good to pass up. Have Peter [Wetzel] and the good people from the Portland Harbor Hotel set me up with one of those sweet fireplace rooms with the whirlpool bath, and you might have heaven.
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The one thing I remember is the motorcycles [near the corner of Log Cabin Road and Route 1]. Every five seconds! We did about seven to ten takes for each on-camera read because a roaring chopper engine would rip through our take. My director–
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Coming Attractions defeated and exasperated–asked the crowd, “Does everyone in Maine have a motorcycle?” What food trends do you see on the horizon? And on that note, what’s your favorite diet food?
I think the slow integration of offal has become more pervasive, as is street food from Indonesia, Africa, and the Middle East. Huitlacoche is certainly having its moment as “the new saffron.” And smallbatch artisanal condiments and accompaniments are everywhere. Diet food? Well, if I’m dieting, I swear by raw veggies. If we’re talking reduced calorie thingies, I like 60-calorie sugar-free JellO pudding cups. Yankee dogs or Fenway Franks?
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Oak Island North Haven, $1.795M
“I don’t believe any place this beautiful should have a ‘No Trespassing’ sign. Instead, my sign reads, ‘Take only pictures; leave only footprints,’” Fred Dodd, owner of Oak Island, says. Most of this Shangri-La is open fields with oak trees, beach roses, wild cherry trees, and a few stoic clumps of spruce. “I also own an island in Belize, where I lead educational ecology tours,” so he considers it his obligation to maintain a series of trails that guide visitors to Oak Island’s freshwater pond and five beaches, including Skip Rock Beach, “covered with flat, round stones” perfect for that purpose. “I’m simply the caretaker of this absolutely magical island, along with the seals, porpoises, sea birds, and bald eagles” who feel the same way about the place. A modest one-room cottage perches on a 60-foot knoll. With windows on all sides and a wrap-around deck, it affords spectacular 6 6 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
views of Camden, the full sweep of Penobscot Bay, and neighboring North Haven Island. Inside, a cushioned bench doubles as a bed and runs under the windows so you can wake to the magnificent view. If you have the gift of gab, you can arrange for transportation out here in Barney’s Lobster Boat, departing from Camden or North Haven. To take a leap like this, of course, you’d first have to convince yourself. 20 acres, taxes $5,153.
Outer Goose & Goose Nubble Islands Addison, $565,000
“It’s a two-beer ride out to the islands,” owner Gary Chard says. “It’s pretty wild out here. From the wharf, we watch baby eagles take flight. Last summer, when the remains of a whale washed up, we saw them feed on it. The area’s lousy with eagles; they nest over on Inner Goose, which is state-owned and a designated eagle habitat.” In fact, it’s an avian convergence zone out
here, quite a flap: “We get the arctic birds when they come south and the southern birds when they migrate north. Great blue herons, plovers, and loons are frequent visitors, and pelagic birds including puffins aren’t far away. “The cove between the two islands has a beach glittering with sea glass–and last summer my son found an arrowhead. Mussels and clams are plentiful. For lobster, just hail a passing lobster boat if you don’t want to put out your own pots. “We’ve seen 13 sets of fireworks at a time on the fourth of July from the towns and other islands.” A timber framer whose work has been featured in Old House Journal, Chard built
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the island’s 1,300 square-foot, three-bedroom post and beam home with wrap-around deck himself. “I used a reclaimed 1840s barn, recut the frame, and used ships’ knees to support the timbers.” Everything shows this woodworker’s skill, from the hardwood plank flooring to the wide pine countertops. Still, Chard refers to the experience as “deluxe camping,” since the only power is from a generator. If it feels like rainwater when you’re washing, it’s because it is rainwater. And for those too metropolitan for the outhouse, there’s a composting toilet. “When I got here, there was a henhouse, wharf, and outhouse. There used to be lobster camps on a lot of islands out here. Norman Chandler told me his family
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used to head out to Goose the day school was out in June, and they’d stay there until school started up again in the fall. They’d fish for lobster and bring them to Beals once a week to sell. After his family left, someone else leased the island, but when the owners didn’t renew his lease, he floated his house
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David Rockefeller, Jr.’s Foster Island in Narraguagus Bay is threequarters the size of Monaco. $1.65M. off and took it to another island.” A 36-foot lobster boat, as well as deeded parking and a mooring on the waterfront in Beals, all convey. “It’s a sweet boat, built right near where it’s moored by Mariner Beal, a well-known wooden boat builder, in 1964.” As the saying goes, “If you want a lobster boat, go to Beals Island, because
you can kick over a stump and find a boatbuilder there,” and Mariner, nicknamed “Love,” was one of the best. 2.9 acres, taxes $2,390.
Harbor Island Bucks Harbor, Brooksville $3.95M
From the air, heart-shaped Harbor Island looks like a valentine to Bucks Harbor. “From the southern side of the island where the cottage is, you can watch schooners, yachts, and windjammers heading in to anchor in Bucks Harbor, a favorite stopping point between the mid-coast and Mt. Desert Island,” LandVest’s Terry Sortwell says. “While the island’s just a quick skiff’s row across a protected cove to the deepwater dock and float, it’s utterly private, very beautiful, and teaming with wildlife–ospreys, bald eagles, fish hawks, harbor seals, porpoises, and deer.” Its 4,800 feet of shoreline runs the gamut from granite ledges to tidal pools and a pebble beach. Dating to 1957, the shingled cottage here is simple but comfortable, with a propane generator for power and a wood stove. 25 ± acres, taxes $9,194.56.
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Ram Island and Scraggle Point Saint George $1.35M
Wilson Ailing had never set foot on Ram Island when he bought it more than 30 years ago. He had, however, seen it from the air, “a spectacular piece of property…fully wooded with a safe mooring, southern exposure to the open ocean, and even a small, sandy beach.” Originally, Ailing dreamed of building a grand summer ‘cottage’ but soon concluded a tiny constellation of buildings would provide privacy as well as support each other for single-season construction. The resulting compound of four low-slung, solar-powered structures connected by wooden walkways disappears into the landscape, yet all have wonderful water views. “Have you seen the work of Andy Goldsworthy, the contemporary artist of the ephemeral? This whole island is like his sculpture,” Ailing says. “It changes and grows whether I like it or not. Trees blow down, we clear them out, and a new vista is revealed that in five years may disappear. New ferns spring up, the raspberries are always spreading, the shoreline drifts. Most islands are a
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young family’s adventure. I know [the next owners] will change it.” Likely, Ram Island will change them, too. Five island acres & 1.5 mainland acres, taxes $6,775.
Ram Island Mouth of Machias Bay, $550,000
It takes a brave man to buy an island sight unseen, but that’s what Bill Stanhope did on the strength of its description: a windswept isle of grassland and granite with deep crevasses and rugged cliffs. “The island rises to a height of 60 feet, and the tide drops a good 18 feet. The island is constantly changing,” says Stanhope, who’s camped on the island with his family every summer since buying it in 1970. Seven miles from Machiasport, the island has northerly views of Foster, Stone, and Cross is-
lands, and open ocean to the south. At night, the double beam of Libby Island Light rakes Ram from the east. With the exception of a tent platform, the island is as wild as Stanhope found it more than 40 years ago. He has a site for a threebedroom cottage and will use the height of the hill to protect it from the north winds. Mainland access and a boat aren’t included– but then the price has come down a third since three years ago. 16 acres, taxes $3,300.
Gooseberry Island Kittery, $2.95M
A quarter mile across the harbor from Kittery Town Dock, lights fitted to a boardwalk guide you to a brown, shingled saltbox with a
broad covered porch. “It’s the only inhabited private island in Portsmouth Harbor,” owner Jim Austin says. “Our family has owned it for nearly 90 years.” Views include “historic Whaleback Lighthouse, Fort Constitution, Fort McClary, and in the distance, the Isles of Shoals. “Twenty years ago, we built the house to look like it’d been there for far longer. I used it to entertain foreign business associates.” Which accounts for the high-end oak floors, cherry cabinets, and granite countertops. “You can live here year round” under its exposed beams. Sure, you can tie a 50-foot boat to the dock, or try kayaking in the harbor and head to Chauncey Creek’s famous lobster pier. 1.4 acres, taxes $4,317.
Blanketed by low bush blueberries with scattered stands of spruce, beaches, and pink granite bluffs, Middle Hardwood offers views of Great Wass and Head Harbor islands in Eastern Bay. “You look out towards Great Wass, and there’s no civilization in sight,” says Alan Pederson, one of the owners, who has seen Rain or shine, Whaleback Lighthouse winks at Gooseberry Island.
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the legendary L.L. Bean is quintessential Maine, with its flagship store in downtown Freeport. I own dozens of shirts, pants–and, of course, boots–from L.L. Bean, and one of my favorite warm-up jackets, which I’ve worn all across Maine, comes from L.L. Bean. Our state is home to more than 5,000 miles of coastline, 17 million acres of forest, and over 6,000 ponds and lakes. One of the most beautiful lakes you’ll encounter is Moosehead Lake, Maine’s largest. In summer, swim, fish, boat, or ride on a floatplane to see the lake and its gorgeous surroundings from the air. In fact, Greenville, at the southern base of Moosehead Lake, hosts a Seaplane Fly-In every September–a wonderful, family-oriented event. Return in the winter for ice fishing or snowshoeing, or take an unforgettable ride on a snowmobile through Maine’s idyllic, snow-covered pine forests. Portland is home to one of our state’s retail jewels: the historic Old Port, a lively shopping area offering everything from jewelry, clothing, and footwear to pottery, antiques, and unique souvenirs. It also boasts five-star restaurants, brew pubs, and a chance to enjoy fresh seafood right on the water. For fascinating shopping and exciting sightseeing, Rockland and Camden offer visitors an extraordinary experience. Downtown Rockland is a National Historic District, as the gorgeous architecture, stunning boutiques, and famed art galleries demonstrate. The Farnsworth Art Museum is home to paintings by three generations of the famed Wyeth family–in fact, Jamie Wyeth owns a studio Summerguide
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How could I not recommend Moody’s Diner in Waldoboro, a legendary Coastal Route 1 eatery with a history so inexorably intertwined with my own? We used to stop at Moody’s following the Boothbay Seahawks to their away basketball games in Waldoboro and Rockland. Naturally, my first LP released on the Bert and I label (Downeast Standup, 1983, available on iTunes) included the tale “Saturday Night at Moody’s Diner.” Still family-owned and operated, Moody’s Diner remains the authentic Maine diner experience. Princeton Variety [surrounded by lakes near the Canadian border] is the general store everybody has in mind when they fantasize about retiring to Maine, with everything from trout flies and Buck Knives to Windex, rock salt, dust mops, penny candy, galvanized chain, blue tarps, T-shirts, appliances, fishing licenses, bug dope, and, yes, even a good selection of Tim Sample CDs next to the cash register. Boothbay Lobster Wharf is the place to be on a lazy summer afternoon. Keep a sharp eye out for marauding gulls as you chow down on the freshest seafood on the Maine coast. How
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Experience Monhegan from the comfort of our 1870s inn. We offer 28 rooms in a variety of configurations to accommodate most any traveler. Our inviting lobby and parlor encourage relaxation as well as friendly chats with other guests or the innkeepers themselves. Customer reviews of our dinner menu compare it to the best restaurants of Portland and beyond. As an added bonus, the island’s best breakfast menu is included in the price of your room. Visit the Monhegan House…you will be glad you did.
nearby in an old lighthouse. In August, don’t miss Rockland’s 65th Annual Maine Lobster Festival, which features a huge parade and plenty of lobster for everyone! A 15-minute drive up Route 1 is Camden, another downtown brimming with one-of-akind small businesses and stunning harbor views. One of the town’s unique gems is the Camden Opera House, where spectators enjoy ballets, musicals, and plays in a delightful and historic setting. Finally, no list of Maine destinations would be complete without Acadia National Park, a true gem. The second most visited national park in the country (behind Yellowstone), Acadia’s appeal has only grown stronger over time due to its gorgeous ocean vistas, biking trails on its historic carriage road system, and Cadillac Mountain–the highest point on the US Atlantic coastline, where the world seems to unfold in front of you. Don’t miss the famous Jordan Pond House located inside the park, which offers guests lunch, dinner, and of course its famous popovers.
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I always take folks to see a show at Celebration Barn Theater, an internationally renowned school for the performing arts. They’re always surprised to find world-class original theater in a big red barn way out in the woods of South Paris. From outrageous physical comedy like The Fabulous Problemas to sophisticated acts like Steven Ragatz from Cirque du Soleil, theater at Celebration Barn is a uniquely Maine mix of unpretentious quality and sharp humor.
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I grew up climbing Bald Rock in Camden Hills, looking out over the islands of Penobscot Bay. Of all the places I’ve been, none feels like home the way this craggy coastline spotted with rocky islands does. Robert McCloskey beautifully captured these places in some of my favorite children’s books: One Morning in Maine and Time of Wonder. One of Maine’s oldest art galleries, Frost Gully in Freeport and Thomaston not only has a selection of great contemporary Maine art, it’s the place to see the work of one of my favorite artists, Dahlov Ipcar. Ipcar had her first solo show at MOMA in New York at 21, but she has lived and worked on a farm in Georgetown since 1936. Now in her 90s, she continues to create bold and vibrant paintings of animals from around the world.
Acadia National Park, hands down, is the main Maine place I’d go–and spend the entire trip there! So beautiful, so peaceful–hiking, climbing, exploring, and generally becoming “One” with nature! Feeling the connection with Earth in such a place so grounding and inspiring–and remember to leave nothing behind but our footprints, as Master Splinter always says. –Donatello
is a must. Another great day trip, one my sisters and I made countless times with my mother, is running around the sand and surf at Old Orchard Beach. Spend the early evening eating and playing at Palace Playland while the sun sets. A weekend camping at Baxter State Park and climbing Mount Katahdin is incredible. My father, Kim, who still lives in Standish, used to take us every summer when we were kids. By the way, each of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles insists on making a recommendation, too. [Check out this page.]
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Fisherman’s Point at Willard Beach in South Portland is just 15 First, if minutes from my you can get me out of house. The sun Palace Playland, and second, if it was winter, I’d find an awesome base-camp in dramatically Lost Valley and never leave the slopes, Bro! rises out of the I’d spend at least one day There is nothing better! Sure, the beaches are fine, sea. Red and in Ogunquit. There are but I burn easily in the sun and it’s hard to mingle green channel many amazing galleries with the people–covered head to toe in awesome snow gear covers everything, and I can work markers blink and shops–Perkins Cove is on getting serious air all day long! in the pre-dawn extra special to me. I –Michelangelo darkness in the chanworked at Johnny’s Oarweed nel, and the bright, reliable Restaurant five sumTwo words for me sum it up beam from Portland Head mers after high about hanging in Maine: White Light stretches across school. I was workWater! Cruising and relaxing along the the beach. Ships maing there when I Saco River is fine and fun for neuver the passage, co-created Teenmost people, but give me a class five on the Penobscot or Kennebec any guided by tugboats. age Mutant Ninja day of the week, and I’m one happy A five-minute walk Turtles with Pecamper! That’s all I got, man. Oh, down Willow Street takes ter Laird. whale watching is cool, too. you to Scratch Bakery, a deAfter a walk Now take off. –Raphael along Marginal Way, licious oasis. There you’re rewarded with legendI’d wander in and out of ary bagels, breads, the shops and galleries, watch the boats from the drawbridge, and then head My favorite part of to the deck of the Oarweed for a lobster roll, Maine is checking out the or, if you’re really hungry, one of their Fisherhistorical places and parks, like Fort Popham on man’s Platters. the Kennebec River, and, of course, Fort Gorges in Portland. I love to think back about what was going In Portland, tour the on at that time in history–the different Old Port’s shops and gallerthings people were going through, and had ies. A late afternoon lunch or to fight for, to sur vive, raise a family, and dinner at Old Port Tavern allow us to live the way we do today– even if you are a Mutant Ninja Turtle! or DiMillo’s on the Water
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Take a cruise around Casco Bay to check out the islands. Great Diamond Island is a good stop with a very nice restaurant in Diamond Cove, Diamond’s Edge. Seventeen-acre Eagle Island is a diamond in the rough. It was the summer home of famed arctic explorer and Portland native Robert E. Peary. In 1909, he was the first person to reach the North Pole. There are great views of the ocean and lots of seals. Walker’s Point is the summer home of George H. W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush, near Kennebunkport. It’s a must-see, even if you aren’t a fan of either President. Park alongside the road, get out of your car, and wait for a few minutes. You can see the Secret Service in action out on fishing boats. The view of the Bush Compound with the Atlantic Ocean in the background is spectacular. Most people go to Portland Head Light to see a Maine lighthouse. I like to go where you can see three. At Southern Maine Community College, on top of a grassy hill, you can see Portland Head Light, Spring Point Lighthouse, and Bug Light. The views of Casco Bay and the islands from this spot are second to none. There’s also Fort Preble as you hike toward the water. At The Lobster Shack, the view is priceless. Climb up the stairs from the parking lot and see the waves of the Atlantic crash on the rocky shores at Two Lights. It’s just like a postcard. The Goldenrod candy store in York Beach has been around since 1896. They feature homemade salt water taffy, fudge, and ice cream, among other sweets. It’s famous for taffy. It’s made right in the window as you walk by and is sold around the world. You can also watch them make kisses and fudge. There’s an old-fashioned soda fountain and a penny-candy counter. The lobster rolls and New England clam chowder are to die for. Connecting memories together, it’s a place you’ll want to visit every time you come to Maine. n
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his romantic threestory mansion at 46 Livermore Street in Portsmouth was built in 1810 for a bride and groom. He was the Rev. Nathan Parker, a Harvard grad who, while an instructor at Bowdoin College, so excited Portsmouth with a visiting sermon that the congregation decided it couldn’t exist without him. She was Susan Pickering, from a family of North Shore merchant princes. As for the brick mansion, it was created for the couple by subscription. According to Richard M. Candee in his article “Livermore Street and the Rev. Nathan Parker House,” boosters donated a total of 93 shares in the enterprise until it towered over South Mill Pond with formal gardens, a carriage house, and stable. In the ensuing years, the Parker family bought the shares back, a little here, a little there, sometimes for a fraction of their original cost.
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There are no fewer than “five granite slabs in front of the house, so ladies could step down gently from their carriages” without darkening their hems in the mud. “Years ago, the City of Portsmouth was going to tar the sidewalk and take them out, but the former owner, Mary Mills, sat on the granite slabs” and stared them down. “Thanks to Mary, they’re still here.” –Robert Scagliotti Summerguide
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Stone-soup cooperatives of this type were a common practice in these parts. In 1799, a few miles to the south, the 36-gun U. S. Navy frigate Essex was built from the keel up with private monies collected from businesses and families in Salem, Beverly, and Danvers. Her mission? To protect New England’s interest in the Pepper Trade. Her first captain was Portlander Edward Preble. Here in Portsmouth, having feathered his nest, Nathan Parker lifted his pulpit rhetoric to such a dazzling pitch that according to a biographical tract by J. Dennis Robertson of SeacoastNH.com, the possibly jealous “Rev. Israel Putnam of the North Congregational Church called him an ‘infidel’ and a ‘subversive’ intent on destroying Christianity. Parker’s ‘radical’ beliefs split the city’s Congregationalists and led to the building of the granite Unitarian church on State Street in 1826.” New Hampshire’s first Unitarian congregation was born. 8 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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slopes to the water. An electric gate admits cars to a curving drive that conducts them to the refurbished original stables connected to the back of the house, complete with formal English hedges to the water, exotic plantings, and a dogwood so bewitching it takes you back in time. Entering through the front door below the black fan splayed above the front door and sidelights, guests are swept away by high ceilings and a very strict staircase with luxuriant landings. To the left is the dining room, presided over by an oil likeness of the Rev. Nathan Parker. “The artist was Joseph Greenleaf Cole, and the painting was originally the property of South Church, Portsmouth [per bill of sale from agent for South Church to Mary Mills Thierry dated August 6, 1979],� says architect Summerguide
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hile the majority of Mainers are of French heritage, their presence as speakers of that language is but a whisper. Yet, acting like a detective, one finds a sense of conversational French is alive and well and living here, everywhere you turn. The trick is to create your own DIY tour. With a few starting points, you can get the lowdown on each town–where to get hooked-up with local cuisine, conversations, and more.
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If you seek authenticity, join one of the French-language groups that dot the state like a neon necklace of cultural exchange. Some groups meet in cafés, libraries, and clubs, while others meet at kitchen parties and potlucks. What’s most important are the people you meet and their connections to the communities. All of the meetings are open to the curious DIYer. Here are some leads on the mondes. The Rusty French Club. Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the Community Room of the The Goodall Library, 952 Maine Street, Sanford. 324-4714 French Club meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at McArthur Public Library, 270 Main Street, Biddeford. 284-4181. La Rencontre meets 11:30 a.m., first Fridays, at the FrancoAmerican Heritage Center. 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. 783-1583 Les Bavards is a gathering of Franco-Americans and French speakers every Saturday at 9 a.m. in Jorgensen’s Café,103 Main
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Begin with the Maine Tourism site, which offers a French-only brochure, “Le Maine: Découvrez beauté et sensations au milieu des splendeurs de l’État du Maine.” Click on the French flag, bottom left, to access the brochure along with an online version of “Le Maine de A à Z.” Also, by using any Internet search-engine translation feature, you can plug in the websites and voilà, you have a DIY tour en français! visitmaine.com/resource/pdf/brochures/ french.pdf; visitmaine.com/resource/pdf/LeMainedeAZ.pdf
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roots Street, Waterville. 872-8711 Rendez-Vous, a French-conversation group running for over 30 years, meets on first and third Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Starbucks, 38 Bangor Mall Boulevard., Bangor. 262-0490 Nancy LaMarre hosts kitchen and house parties with music, food, and French culture in the purest form once a month at changing locations in Bangor. 947-3875 Le Club Français in Madawaska hosts monthly meetings and various programs to preserve French culture in the St. John Valley. Call Ross and Judy Paradis for programs and events. They’re in the book, or ask anyone you meet. 728-4649
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Start off on the right foot with something free! These tours of cultural history and geography offer context on why the French are so present in the state. Online audio, maps, websites, and listings give a Self-Guided Tour of Samuel de Champlain’s Expeditions in the Bar Harbor Region. nps.gov/archeology/visit/ Champlain/about.htm The Old Canada Road follows U.S. Route 201 and was a major thoroughfare for traveling between Maine and Québec. Visitmaine.com/attractions/culture_history_museums/kennebec-chaudiere/upper/ old-canada-road Kennebec-Chaudière Corridor, which follows the rivers in Québec and Maine, is complete with online audio tours and bilingual panels along the route depicting the important historical sites. visitmaine.com/ attractions/culture_history_museums/ kennebec-chaudiere Voici the Valley Cultureway for the St. John Valley offers an online, self-guided audio tour. voicithevalley.org Museum in the Streets heritage trails provide bilingual historical panels for selfguided tours of Waterville, Thomaston, Searsport, Hallowell, Biddeford, Belfast, and Augusta. themuseuminthestreets.com
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While on your DIY tour, many festivals offer a taste of French heritage and language: La Kermesse, Biddeford, June 21-24, lakermessefestival.com Maine International Film Festival, Waterville, July 13-22, miff.org A cadian F estival , Madawaska, August 9-15, acadianfestival.com
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For an authentic taste of Maine’s French cuisine and an ideal picnic, try Mailhot’s Best Cretons Pork Spread, found in grocery stores. The same company offers tourtière and salmon pie. Also look for ployes. Made with buckwheat flower, these gluten-free treats are as pure and delicate as crêpes. Add a lovely bottle of wine, and bon appétit! Ken’s Place in Scarborough has a bilingual menu, and owner Dave Wilcox says he has staff who speak French, but if they don’t happen to be working on a particular day, customers will order by pointing to the items in French they want.
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Experience French culture through the airwaves–literally. TV5, from Québec, offers a variety of programs from the international Frenchspeaking world. Sirius Satellite Radio offers several stations in French: L'Oasis francophone, Latitude franco, and Bande à part. And while touring northern Maine, dial in to several New Brunswick radio stations. On Sundays at 9 a.m., Lewiston-Auburn’s WEZR 1240 AM hosts “La Revue Francaise” with Connie Cote. She’s headed the program for over 40 years.
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Life wouldn’t be complete without a session at a hair salon and a treatment de la belle langue française. Nancy Lamare, owner of Mon Ami Salon in Bangor, styles hair in her native French tongue as well as in English. And these aren’t her only talents; Nancy also plays accordion and sings traditional music as her avocation. She’s also your connection to house parties in the Bangor area.
Northern Maine's businesses sport signs in their windows like “on parle francais ici,” alerting the savvy DIY tour guide to the abilities of the staff to parlay in French fluently. Colorful metaphors, body language, and the mother tongue are the rule at Long Lake Sporting Club in Sinclair, where meals with out-of-this-world portions are delivered with aplomb–and in French–chère and cher.
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In southern Maine, Old Orchard Beach’s Kebek 2 Motel and Kebek 3 Motel offer their accommodations in French as well as English. Why? It was started by the Beaulieu family from Sillery, Québec.
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For literary lovers, a tour of Petite Plaisance, the Northeast Harbor home of French novelist Marguerite Yourcenar (Mémoires d'Hadrien), provides insight to how Maine’s French heritage figured in world literature. Yourcenar’s a particularly significant figure, being the first woman admitted to the Académie Française. Another gem: a French-language immigration story by Camille Lessard Bisson nette: Canuck et d'Autres Histoires.
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It’s difficult not to acknowledge the gulf between the DIY tour and complete immersion. I’d be surprised if there were any French-only venues in Maine. But the act of living bilingually is making a political statement–committing a political act, as I tell my students in my Franco-American courses. Going to Ken’s Place in Scarborough and reading their bilingual menu is to see my language and culture reflected in the public space. I took a menu home as evidence of this fact. What they’re doing is showing business savvy. The DIY tour is best fueled by a little curiosity and a deep love for the language and its customs. It’s like living in a parallel universe. These immersion experiences make us rich with reflections. n Rhea Côté Robbins is the author of Wednesday’s Child. To read our interview with the late Marguerite Yourcenar, visit portlandmonthly. com/portmag/2012/05/yourcenar.
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July 14–December 30, 2012 Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Water ville, Maine 04901– 8856 207.859.5600 www.colby.edu/museum
Alex Katz, Tracy on the Raft at 7:30, 1982. Oil on canvas, 120 x 72 inches. Colby College Museum of Ar t, Gift of the ar tist. © Alex Katz/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
from top: courtesy colby college; denison museum; U n i v e r s i t y o f N e b r as k a – L i n co l n / Ma r g u e r i t e T h o m p s o n Zo r a c h ’s P r o v i n c e to w n , S u n r i s e a n d M o o n s e t ( 1916 ) , o i l o n c a n vas , 20 i n c h e s b y 24 1/4 i n c h e s , N A A N e l l e Co c h r a n e W o o d s M e m o r i a l n; MOCA’s First Thirt y Years/The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Sky Cathedral/Southern Mountain, 1959, by Louise Nevelson, Wood painted black, gift of the artist
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From bottom: works by Louise Nevelson, Marguerite Zorach, Rockwell Kent, and Edward Hopper are essential elements of a dream portfolio in this neck of the woods.
ome of the world’s most famous artists, such as Edward Hopper and Robert Indiana, are associated with Maine, which means any collector wishing to develop a Maine-focused collection is spoiled for choice . However, the art market can be daunting for collectors unfamiliar with trends, values, and auction history. Taking into consideration recent auction prices and market trends, this guide looks at the current state of the market for the work of the most significant artists with a connection to Maine. The value of the market for the work of Edward Hopper, one of the most famous MaineSummerguide
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tures sold for $266,500–the highest price for a Nevelson work since the market’s peak and a good sign that the huge 2007-2008 spike did not do too much damage to Nevelson’s work, which looks like it will continue to improve. Will Barnet and Marguerite Zorach also remain desirable. A new auction record for Barnet was set by Christie’s at their March 1, 2012 Fine American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture sale. February sold for $52,500 against an estimate of $20,000-$30,000. The work of both Barnet and Zorach remains undervalued and is well worth adding to a collection. During the art market booms of the early ’90s and mid 2000s, the work of even the less well-known 19th- and 20th-century American painters performed very well. However, when the market corrects, as it did after both periods, the genre scenes, landscapes, and still-life paintings that were mainstays of many American artists seem to become less desirable. Other American painters, like Walt Kuhn, Charles Woodbury, Hayley Lever, and Carl Sprinchorn, all experienced some level of success but struggle to attract good money in the current market. Some experts blame overly aggressive auction house estimates that haven’t been adjusted post-boom for scaring off potential buyers. Other experts cite the
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number of sales by private treaty. Artists who’ve bucked the trend are Marsden Hartley and, to a lesser extent, George Bellows. Hartley, an American modernist painter, stands out not only because of the highly original work he produced, but also because of his association with key figures in Germany’s 20th-century avant-garde.
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ellows, a key figure of the Ashcan School of urban realists, also stands out from the crowd with his unique approach to depicting the beauty, violence, and fast pace of the modern world. Although the market for Bellows has already peaked, prices have not retracted as much as they have for others of the time. The sale of Dock Builders for $3.4M against an estimate of $2M-$3M during Sotheby’s May 19, 2011 American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture sale indicates top works by Bellows are still highly desirable. During times of economic hardship and market rationality, spending big money on stand-out, unique artists who appeal to collectors and investors outside America is much more justifiable than investing in more traditional, sentimental, and nationalist aesthetics. That style’s been replicated by a large number of artists and has limited appeal. n Summerguide
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SERVES 4 4 lobsters, each about 1 1/4 pounds 1 cup Lemon Aïoli or 1 cup Hellmann’s mayonnaise mixed with 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 cup peeled, very finely chopped celery Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 top-split hot dog rolls (I like Pepperidge Farm) 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives Bring a large pot of water to a boil and fill a clean sink or very large bowl with ice water. Cook the lobsters, covered, for about 10 minutes. Plunge them into the ice water to halt the cooking. Twist the tails off the bodies. Cut each tail lengthwise into 2 pieces, removing the intestinal tracts. Remove the claw meat by snapping off the little pincers first. Using the back of a heavy chef’s knife or good kitchen scissors, crack open the claws and remove the meat. Remove the knuckle meat too. Cut the meat into generous bite-sized pieces. Gently toss the lobster meat with the aïoli and celery. Season to taste with salt and pepper and refrigerate until ready to serve. To round out the plate, try the fries, slaw and the easy homemade pickles.
If you were going to design one of your miniature dessert dishes– mignardises (French for “cutenesses”)–around ingredients associated with Maine, what would they be?
Low-bush blueberries with cream, saltwater taffy, caramel. I’d do a take on an apple pie with cheddar. Blueberry chili with whippedcream cheese. Mignardises are treats meant to be eaten with the fingers, like chocolates you can pop into your mouth. Have you ever considered opening a restaurant in Maine?
No. But if I were driving around Maine, I’d say, “Oh, wouldn’t that be a perfect lobster shack,” or “Oh, wouldn’t that be a perfect oyster house.” But I dream like that wherever I am.
Butter-poached lobster or baked stuffed lobster. How do Boston diners differ from Portland diners?
There’s a greater variety of diners in Boston, a broader audience. Would a diner be dismissed at one of your sophisticated Boston restaurants if he came in looking like a stereotypical clamdigger from Maine?
He wouldn’t be dismissed at all. That’s the beauty of our restaurants. Whether it’s a person wearing a ten-gallon hat from Texas or someone wearing plaid flannel shirts from L.L. Bean, we try to meet people where they are.
Overcooked, rubbery, dry, stringy.
Jay McInerney has recently compared a certain brand of Zinfandel to The Rock in a satin smoking jacket. If you were describing the taste of lobster as a movie star, who would it be?
What’s the commonly ordered lobster entrée by the Beacon Hill, Boston Brahmin set at No. 9 Park?
Is butter the making, or the ruination, of lobster? What are
What’s the worst thing you’ve ever seen done to lobster?
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There’s nothing that isn’t beautiful about lobster and butter. I love it. Another way I love lobster is with extra virgin olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, and salt. Is this an Italian influence?
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I serve it toasted on a Pepperidge Farm topside, with lemon aïoli and rondelles (little slices) of celery. Meaty, creamy, with a touch of acid or brightness. We make our own French fries and butter pickles. The crunch brings it all home. In the boxing match of shrimp vs. lobster, whose corner would you be in and why?
I’d be in lobster’s corner. Bigger and sweeter.
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From Bombay to Brunswick Brunswick, Maine is a far cry from Bombay, Rangoon or Kabul— three postings the Amstutz family has called home in a career of foreign service. “This town offers world class opportunities,” says Bruce. “Hardly a day goes by when there isn’t a group going to a concert, play, museum or restaurant.” To learn more about Thornton Oaks, contact Henry Recknagel at 800-729-8033 or thoaks@gwi.net. We also invite you to visit our website to meet more of our residents.
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legends You worked at Figs in the early 1990s, owned by Todd English, who visits Camden every summer to see his mom, who lives here year-round. Have you ever talked with him about that?
Yes, I have, a number of times. My first visit to Maine was Kennebunkport, which is great. Very New Englandy, beautiful beaches, elegant white houses. I’ve also flown over the islands off the coast and looked down, fascinated by how many there are. I love Maine. I just don’t get to go there enough.
Now that casual-dress Friday seems like it’s every day, has that outlook affected the idea of ultra-chic dining with white linen tablecloths? Are dressy occasions and the sense of fivestar dining at risk?
That’s saying luxury hotels are at risk, and people will no longer drive a Mercedes. What’s the edgiest way to serve a Maine dish that’s high-concept?
Let’s see. Okay, I’d do a deconstructed, reinterpreted Maine clambake. Please weigh in on the Maine lobster branding controversy, where people feel they’re allowed to call any lobster a Maine lobster.
I’ve actually done the taste test: Maine versus Cape Cod. Maine won. You should hold onto it [the Mainecaught brand]. n
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Swimming Fritzi Cohen’s big fish story is no exaggeration.
Portland’s Fritzi Cohen didn’t have to be asked twice to join the cast of Jaws…she f it’s summerthree in New England, you’ve was asked times. got to be thinking Jaws. Especially if it’s
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the summer of 2012, when Universal Studios is behind a monster clambake on Martha’s Vineyard from August 9-12 called “JAWSFEST: The Tribute.” Sponsored by MV Promotions Networks, the event will celebrate Universal’s 100th anniversary as well as the cast and crew of this frighteningly successful film. While the late Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Jaws author Peter Benchley will sadly miss the BBQ, the event will still be thronged by well-wishers and fans hoping for glimpses of original cast members Richard Dreyfuss (Hooper), Susan Backlinie (Chrissie, the most famous nightswimming shark attack victim ever), Lee Fierro (Mrs. Kintner), and possibly Maine’s Fritzi Cohen (under the stage name of Fritzi Jane Courtney), who made the most of her part as a selectwoman in the fictional town of Amity. She reprised her role as Mrs. Taft
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Roy Scheider, far left, Murray Hamilton, and Fritzi Cohen grab audience attention during the emergency town council scene in Jaws.
I’d just been working on Lenny at Charles Playhouse in Boston when I got the call to audition. I was exhausted. I asked what’s it about. “A big fish.” Who’s directing it? “Some kid.”
in both Jaws 2 (1978) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987). Faced with tourism revenues in free fall because of great white shark attacks, Cohen is memorable in juicy scenes where the audience sees her staring into the public-relations equivalent of the abyss. “When I auditioned for Spiel berg for a role in Jaws, he was 24,” Cohen remembers, “just at the beginning of his incredible career. He saw every actor personally and couldn’t have been friendlier. “I was about to read from a script handed to me, when he waved it aside and said, ‘Let’s do an improvisation instead. You’re an Islander and this guy (another actor with me) isn’t. He wants to rent the Katharine Hepburn suite in your hotel. Who does he think he is? Okay, you know the attitude. Go!’ “And so we did, and both of us got the parts simply on Steve’s gut feeling that we
could do it. Our month’s work on Martha’s Vineyard was no glamorous picnic. It was freezing on the beach in May. In the water, it was supposed to be July!” During shooting, Cohen impulsively told the young director, “‘I have a feeling you are going to have a dynamite career.’ To which he replied, ‘From your mouth to God’s ear!’ The rest, as they say, is history.” Spielberg also told Cohen, “You sound just like my Aunt Sophie.” When Bruce the shark begins devouring the locals at Oak Bluffs Ocean Park, today’s
viewers can clearly see Cohen at work and channeling a Maine sensibility when she tells Chief and Mrs. Brody, “You’re not born here, you’re not an Islander. That’s it.” As shooting continued, a New England cliquishness ran through the entire cast. “There was a little gazebo on the beach,” Cohen says, “where Richard Dreyfuss, three crew members, and I’d meet to play poker. Peter Benchley walked by, and Richard asked him to pick up a pack of cigarettes. I said to Peter later, ‘He didn’t even say Summerguide
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please.’ But Peter said, ‘I’m not about to teach him courtesy at this point in his life.’” Of course, Jaws isn’t the only big fish Cohen’s caught. Among her co-stars across the years is Joan Crawford. No wonder she didn’t blink at the prospect of working with a shark. “I wasn’t a bit surprised by Tina Crawford’s novel, Mommie Dearest, about her mother, Joan,” Cohen says. “I knew Tina years ago when we were both working at the Kennebunkport Playhouse, and I worked briefly with Joan at Poland Spring in ‘Same Picture, Different Frame,’ an episode of the television series Route 66. “At the time Ms. Crawford was married to the Pepsi Cola magnate and she was Lady Bountiful, dispensing Pepsi to the peons on the set. I played a librarian in a scene with Patrick O’Neal. “The scenario is that he sees me and remembers Crawford in the same setting years before. There’s a dissolve and I become Joan in his mind. I’d had my hair done, lots of makeup, the works. The word came down that Ms. Crawford needed no competition–’I want the excitement taken out of her makeup’–so my makeup was removed and my hair was pulled back off the face and dowdy. Only then was the star pacified, without ever saying one word of any kind to me. Oh well, the residuals keep coming!” n
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Who’s from away?– From left: Native to Maine waters since before recorded time, the Spinycheek, Appalachian Brook, and Virile crayfish now share Maine’s lakes and riverbeds with uninvited guests like the invasive Rusty crayfish (far right) and the Calico (below). All are overshadowed by their larger-than-life counterpart, Maine lobster (largest shadow, farthest right).
Crayfish are Maine’s darkhorse crustaceans, always laboring in the shadow of King Lobster. Three variants are native to our lakes, while four species have forced their way in like Marvel Comics villains, emerging from the sludge of bait-box slime. Here’s how to tell them apart.
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ust because they don’t have out-of-state plates doesn’t mean all crustaceans in Maine are “from here.” As Dr. Karen Wilson, a researcher at the University of Southern Maine, says, “We know of seven species of crayfish in the state, and only three are native.” That’s not to say the others are invasive, a nasty name for these lobster look-a-likes. “Unless they’re having an impact on the environment, calling them introduced is better.”
Just don’t look for them in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Turnpike on their way to Sebago Lake. “The native crayfish (Spinycheek, Appalachian Brook, and Virile) re-emerged after the last glaciation, the Wisconsin Glacial Episode,” Wilson says. “The greatest concentration of crayfish is in the Appalachians of North Carolina, where [there are over 40 varieties and] different valleys have their own species. The last glacial period there happened so long ago, they’ve evolved separately.” Summerguide
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certain warmth and prestige attends our acting as host to a handful of lobster wannabes. Heck, we want to give them a chance, right? But niceties aside, some just don’t belong. “They arrive as bait–people release them into the water,” Wilson says. “Secondly, they’re used in classrooms. Fifth-graders have a hard time killing them, so they’re released into local streams. “Water’s a funny thing. You can’t see what happens below the surface. If this was about rabbits, people would complain about the population eating their vegetables in gardens. But not in water. We don’t see the impact.” Yes, we have four new pinching crustaceans to add to our Maine repertoire of bottom-feeders. But don’t expect a license plate to commemorate this just yet. “Sometimes you have to hunt to find them. The population of the non-native species is so low, they probably don’t have that much of an impact on the environment.” Yet. Who are these off-landers? White River, Rusty, Red Swamp, and Obscure–they’d make a perfect lineup in The Sopranos. “Some of these common names are terrible!” Wilson says. “What I’d like to see is signage, like the ones about removing lake vegetation from your boat. But I want these to be about tak-
From top: White River, Obscure, and Red Swamp crayfish are other infiltrators to have made their homes in Maine. While they currently haven’t had a measurable impact on our ecosystem yet, Wilson is concerned that increased numbers could crowd out native species.
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ing bait from lake to lake,” Wilson says. According to Maine Statute 12, Section 6861-A, you’re not allowed to “mix or commingle crayfish in any form with lobster.” They’re not seriously suggesting there could be hybrids? “That’s not science,” Wilson says. “That’s about people selling crayfish as lobster.” Maybe the best way to combat these– ahem–invasive species is to munch their numbers down: “I’ve eaten Rusty crayfish in northern Wisconsin, but in Louisiana, they do it right. They’re delicious. Down there they eat White River and Red Swamps.” Surprisingly, these lobster doppelgangers aren’t gracing many Maine menus. On the eve of his Parking Lot Crawfish Boil, Po’ Boy & Pickles owner Pete Zinn says, “If they could develop a crawfish industry in Maine lakes, man, it would be an economic winner, ‘cause Louisiana can’t meet the demand.” These off-landers aren’t the prettiest examples of Maine. But you have to admit, it takes one tough exoskeleton to make it here. n
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irst, it’s the gin game. Next, the rum diaries. By 2013, we’ll catch him in the rye. In the sizzling-hot world of craft rums and boutique distilleries, Ned Wight, 40, is a rising star whose family’s 160-year legacy of distilling in Maryland adds a jolt of respect to his new venture, New England Distilling, on 26 Evergreen Drive off Riverside Drive in Portland. Even this early, this is some smooth operation.
Business went south, he went north. Wight’s family distillery in Maryland was acquired by Hiram Walker.
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Your family was a force in distilling till everything went south. You’ve come north. What do you mean when you say rye whiskey was on the wrong side of the palate in Maryland in the late 1950s?
It really was, post Prohibition. Before Prohibition, rye was much more peppery, much spicier, and had a bigger flavor than bourbon. During Prohibition, Canadian whiskey swept over the American market; they were hauling it in from across the border. It was lighter and a blend, and people had to adjust their tastes for that. By the time the Maryland and Pennsylvania distilleries fired back up again and fired up their old product, tastes had changed, and
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trends the demand fell off. Your first batch of gin bears the trade name Ingenium– ”the engine of natural creativity that comes from observation and imagination”–not to mention juniper berries. What made you launch your gin line first?
Funny you asked. We got the gin out first so we could generate some revenue because it doesn’t need to age as much as rum and whiskey, but we just had our first batch of rum yesterday. We’re looking to make a molasses-based, barrel-aged rum, almost whiskey-like, with a character like that. We’ll see a movement toward more sipping rums, a drink more comparable to whiskey than a mixer. People don’t view rum as a sipping drink–instead considering it something you mix with ice–but now you can take the coconut out of it and enjoy it for its own merits. It can have incredible depth. You can have really deep molasses tones to it, almost a smokiness. Butterscotch, cream, you can have crazy, really nice flavors. We’re calling ours Eight Bells rum. It’s after the painting by Winslow Homer, where the fishermen are in the rain caps in the dory, taking the sextant readings. I’m working with Portland Museum of Art to help brand Eight Bells rum so our release party will coincide with the grand opening of the Winslow Homer studio this September.
ket in Freeport. Because of the demand I haven’t gone out to other retail outlets yet. I want to have enough stock to be able to respond properly. How did you choose those as your first two beachheads?
The Great Lost Bear offered to do a launch promo for the night we debuted Batch No. 1 of our gin, and RSVP took care of bringing it out to them. After the party, RSVP returned the rest of the stock to their back room and put it on their shelves. Then someone put some out front, and a customer took one. Then another customer took one. So that’s how it’s done! What’s exciting in whiskey now?
The past five years, we’ve seen movement from the scotches to American whiskeys. They’ve been discovering rye whiskey, which has a much bolder flavor than bourbon, so people have been picking that up. Large distillers haven’t had much inventory; they were only distilling it one day a year. Micro-distillers really picked up on that. They’re releasing these unaged whiskeys. That’s the trend. It’s not only a resurgence, it’s a discovery of people drinking white whiskey. Young whiskey was still stored in barrels, so there was younger
Sip your masterpiece. It brings new meaning to fog cutter. Until then, where can we buy Batch No. 1 of your gin this summer?
Batch No. 1 and Batch No. 2 are available at RSVP in Portland and Bow Street MarFrom left: Brilliant Frugality: Ned Wight has rescued used Jim Beam bourbon barrels to give personality and depth to his creations–the first batch of rum produced by the factory. Tim Fisher meets growing demand as New England Distilling’s first employee. After local grain is distilled through a copper system, the final product is bottled and shipped from New England Distilling’s Portland headquarters.
whiskey being drunk, not white whiskey. I plan to do rye whiskey, wheat whiskey. As chief distiller and bottle washer, what have been your 30 most rewarding seconds so far?
That first day running the still and tasting the gin. Holding it in my hand. It was a long road getting there. 1 2 6 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
How about the 30 darkest seconds, when you’ve stared into the abyss? With a $300,000 investment, you obviously care deeply about this.
That was during the business planning phase, where there was a revelation that really changed the financials. For three days I really wasn’t sure it would happen. My wife Patty said make it happen. I may have tasted it first, but she’s a very discerning drinker, integral to the business and all recipe formulation. Not only are you a former forestry major at UVM, you’re a former exec with Allagash Brewing Co. Do your beery friends there think you’ve gone over to the dark side of the spirit world?
They’re really excited, really supportive. Rob [Tod] has been very supportive all along. I was the head brewer when Allagash first started, from 1996 to 2002. Allagash White was
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created by Rob, but the thing I did that still lingers is developing the big bottles, with corks. They had the Belgian beers, and it was a classic Belgian finish. In the interim, between when I left Allagash and started this, Rob often checked in to wish me luck. n
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There’s an architectural Renaissance shimmering in the woods. Just remember to pull the shades before slipping into your swimsuit.
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rchitect Peter Forbes, 70, reveals his love for limitless sight lines by breaking down walls. In a world where clarity counts, he keeps 71 Parker Farm Road in Mt. Desert as transparent as possible.
How do the seasons unfold inside your glass house?
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obsessions fades into the fog. I remember the snow falling straight down through the trees one evening, hanging in every branch, and we turned the lights off inside and nobody spoke, complete silence inside and out. In every situation, the house serves to augment the experience. The house is not a passive agent but an active participant in the environment, so its personality shifts much as a good actor’s does in different dramas. How does your sense of a glass house differ from Philip Johnson or Serge Chermayeff? How do you make glass new?
That’s nice company to be in! Those two examples are also very interesting, as each is quite different from the other–although they both subtend from prototypes designed by [Ludwig] Mies van der Rohe. In the series of houses Chermayeff designed, he was working from the Miesian courtyard house prototype, an urban model with an exterior living space enclosed by the building intended to be part of a continuous neighborhood, like row housing. The object was to make the exterior space private, another room contiguous with the adjacent interior rooms. Obviously, with this house, we’re out in the woods. There are no neighboring structures, and privacy is afforded by
Nature’s pull shades: ”When we first planted the birch trees they were just saplings, so they didn’t provide much screening. Now they’re 10-12 inches in diameter and reach the top floor. In the second floor [bathrooms and bedrooms] you’re surrounded by foliage.” the separation of the house from any passersby. The sense of the glass house here is just the opposite: to enhance an appreciation of nature in all seasons and weather, to watch birds, foxes, and squirrels in their natural habitat–to allow the natural neighborhood into your 1 3 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
daily life. Philip Johnson’s house does some of that, too, and did more so when it was first built and the entire property was otherwise empty. However, the famous Glass House [New Canaan, Connecticut] is an entirely different philosophical con-
struct. It’s a modern, classical pavilion set in an extremely formal and carefully designed landscape. It’s not a house in nature any more than is a Palladian villa or Jefferson’s Monticello. Johnson’s house has been compared with Mies’s Farnsworth House in Illinois, but they’re wholly different. The Farnsworth is set in nature, floating above the ground (which often floods) in meadows and woods. It’s asymmetrical, where the Johnson Glass House is axial, sits on the ground with a formal skirt of raked gravel in the midst of a manicured lawn. Philosophically, my house is much closer to Mies’s than either Johnson’s or Chermayeff’s, even though its form is quite different. Any material is new or old depending upon how you use it. Stone can be new. The glass in my house is about the continuation
of the grid in the most ephemeral manner possible that still encloses the space. I’ve used glass in other places where the idea was different because so was the space. What’s the perfect novel to read in this house? The perfect cocktail to drink? And the perfect plant to grow?
I’d read Hemingway’s Islands in the Stream, drink Mount Gay rum neat, and I wouldn’t have any plants in the house. The owner doesn’t like Hemingway, doesn’t drink, and would probably grow herbs. Is there a melody in a hailstorm?
It sounds like hail on a tin roof! Rattles like crazy, slightly muffled by the thick, wood ceiling planks and the insulation above that, but it’s still pretty noisy. Personally, I like the sound of hail on a roof, particularly at night, with the coziness factor. It’s a lovely sound. Are birds an issue?
The owner’s never mentioned problems with birds smacking into the windows.
There’s quite a lot of reflection, and I’ve seen birds veer off as they approached the glass, probably suddenly seeing themselves. One really interesting phenomenon is the hawk that sits in a tree on one side of the house and hunts for squirrels in the bird feeder on the opposite side by looking through the transparent house. When a squirrel is eating in the feeder, the hawk flies over the house and takes the squirrel. The squirrels are oblivious to the danger.
the sea, desert, or in a mountain valley and then feel them arrive, batter you, and pass on. You can’t do that in this house, as it’s in pretty deep woods. However, the hard rain and the thunder are exciting. The rain really gushes down that roof and out the scupper. A serious snow storm is the perfect weather event for this house.
Is this the best place to watch an evening lightning storm?
Actually there’s a certain amount of selfselection in the client-architect connection. I doubt seriously if someone really didn’t
I like lightning storms where you can watch them build at a distance, such as out over
Clients must express fear about living a transparent life. How do you convince them to make such a bold statement with glass?
The house acts as a sort of prism where the order established by the trees becomes more solidified…just as the open space of the forest becomes frozen in the glass house. like glass or had fears about living within it, that they’d come to me to design their house. My clients have been universally quite self-assured, confident, and viewed themselves and their likes and dislikes with great candor. I can’t remember ever having to convince a client about using glass, because the glass was part of an entire composition that had evolved from their needs and desires. They told me who they were and how they lived, and I interpreted that in architecture. The pitch to your roof, once a necessity to keep snow from piling up (for instance, on an old-fashioned New England saltbox) adds drama. What’s the angle of your pitch?
The issues confronting early construction and houses today are remarkably similar. In fact, in some instances, because of modern technology, the problems are greater. For example, ice-damming is primarily caused by central heating. The Pilgrim Fathers had cold attics and no melt. So we still have the problem of snow building up with additional weight on the roof and, particularly along the coast, heavy, wet snow with subsequent rain confounding the problem. (Think March snowstorms.) Getting the snow and rain off the roof is still the best solution and a steep pitch is still the best way to do it. The roof pitch on this house is 45 Summerguide
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obsessions degrees both because it’s a geometrically satisfying configuration and because the entire house is based upon a threedimensional square grid, eight- by eight- by eight-feet, and the diagonal of a square is 45 degrees. With contemporary materials, like metal and glass, what are some of the techniques you use to create a sense of intimacy?
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It’s really independent of materials. There are houses built of “conventional” materials, which in the United States is usually wood, that are utterly soul-less, uncomfortable, and anything but intimate. Rather, intimacy is a product of proportion and scale, dimensions that are not overwhelming, spaces that fit the user. In this house, the eight-foot grid, even though made of steel tubes, divides the volume into “rooms” of human scale. There’s a cube in front of the fireplace that makes a cozy grouping of furniture. There’s an adjacent cube that holds the dining room table and chairs. Beds are within cubes making a sort of four-poster or canopied sleeping area. The grid extends outside the walls of the house in an eight-foot grid of birch trees so that even the landscape is made more intimate. In that case, the glass walls make exterior intimacy a part of the interior experience.
You’re in Florence right now. What classic architectural wonder there makes you think of Maine?
What’s remarkable about Florence is the everyday association with astonishing works of genius and how that daily experience raises one’s expectation of what design can be, what it should be. My daughter, when in preschool, was lectured as to how, being Florentine, she’s capable of making, and obligated to make, anything more beautiful than anyone else in the world could. So I’m obligated to make anything that I design as beautiful as I’m able to, and in particular when the environment within which I’m working is as beautiful as Maine. To do less is to make that environment less, which is unconscionable. n
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aine’s summer is so short–so strikingly flirty–that the warm sun barely caresses our bare skin before the leaves start to fall. In this brief span, everything around us is aroused (so vividly described in Rig Veda 6: 70). Can we absorb this erotic spirit? Do we suffer from somatophobia, a fear and anxiety about the body? The media lavishly feeds us with idealized, sexy bodies and sexual behavior; its airbrushed images and unreal reality shows make us feel pitifully inadequate. So instead of sensing the cosmic stirrings within, we run to crowded malls to buy clothes and products like those of the breathtaking summer models; we enslave
“Love is multivalent. Summer here is a magical resource to recover our authentic selves.” ourselves to painstaking diets and exercise regimens for that perfect body and great sex promised in those glossy ads. Caught up in
external demands and commercial hype, we’re numb to our deepest desires. Even religion teaches us not to listen to the voice of our bodies. Physical urges are not sacred, we’re told. However, according to Indian philosophy, our intrinsic core is ecstasy (ananda), and this spiritual center of all our actions includes what we call in English “sex.” The term may be tiny, but it’s vastly complex. It refers both to the act of pleasure and to our biology. How can we ignore, abuse, or merely ‘hook up’ into something so intimate, so meaningful, so essential? Our bodies are sacred. Sex is divine. Our vibrant summer reveals our inherent power, which can manifest in myriad sensual, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual activities. In India they celebrate the end of winter by playing holi ritual: friends and strangers splash colored powders and liquids on one another. Giving up societal norms, people become like the flora and fauna around them. In Maine, summer’s marked by outdoor parties and barbecues. Too often while striving to be the perfect host or guest, we Summerguide
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stress about the right partners, the right outfits, the right menus. The “collective effervescence” of celebration is lost–acutely missing is our bond with nature. The sights, sounds, and touch of our landscape helps us tap into our personal reservoir of energy. It’s easy to strip the heavy winter layers of clothes. But to strip off those layers of mental oppression? It’s hard to untangle cultural norms and lay ourselves bare to our desires. Our romantic wishes must not be dictated by Hollywood! Everybody is unique. Love is multivalent. Summer here is a magical resource to recover our authentic selves.
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We’re lucky to be here–one of the most beautiful places in the universe. Like the pent-up energy around, humans too have sublimated our desires over the winter months. So we can make a good case that we’re even sexier as beings in the short season! Give ourselves over to summer’s in® tensity. Soak up the sun, splash in the sea, go for a walk, discover a favorite new spot, ® splurge at a restaurant, lie in a hammock, look at the stars, have candlelight dinners beside the rippling waters; kiss our lovers, play with our children, laugh with our friends–for as long as we want. As short as life is, summer’s even shorter. n
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ongratulations! “You’ve just been hired to take Bill Murray’s place on Saturday Night Live.” Even if you remember the 1980s, you may not remember Charles Rocket (1949-2005). As Weekend Update news anchor for NBC’s signature weekly comedy show, Rocket joined a taxi squad that included Eddie Murphy, Gilbert Gottfried, and Joe Piscopo as fill-ins for the legendary first cast. Disappointed fans of the show christened the group Saturday Night Vile. In spite of their talent, the illstarred replacements sputtered, and Rocket got the axe at the close of the 1980-1981 season. Infamously, he’d uttered a televised expletive during a skit, but the mystery behind his leaving goes deeper than that. All of which is more fascinating to Mainers, because many of us didn’t realize he was a Bangor native. At 6'5", with a sweep of dark hair, sardonic wit, and bony profile, he brought to mind another tragic figure, F. Scott Fitzgerald. But who was he, really, in the beginning, when he lived with us downeast? What were the initial stages of Charles Rocket?
His Wikipedia entry jumps from his birth in Maine directly to his surfacing at Rhode Island School of Design. There, he crested the Providence underground arts scene, leading the band the Fabulous Motels and befriending future stars like David Byrne of The Talking Heads and movie director Gus Van Sant. In a way, he became a part of Saturday Night Live so quickly, and departed so quickly, we were deprived of the luxury of time it might have taken us to realize he was (and is) the only Maine native ever to be an actual SNL cast member. More intriguing still is the way his life ended. Darkness is surely at the heart of many a comic genius. But how can we account for his walking into a field behind his house and turning up with his throat cut the next morning? His last TV role was as a murderer on Law & Order. Had his life been similarly “ripped from the headlines,” his bizarre death could have opened an episode on the series. Slide to a view of his fallen silhouette, inspiring us to wonder, who could have murdered him? Except he wasn’t murdered. Summerguide
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Mystery to grow old gracefully, there’s someone here who can. “I’m his brother, two years older,” James Claverie, of Exeter, Maine, says on the telephone. His voice is matter-of-fact, kind, a tinge of sadness and steel, decidedly not sardonic. “There were eight of us. Five of us, includ-
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A Tense Exchange Bill Murray: You guys are good. I mean, you know, Charlie, you’re very funny. I love those Rocket Reports. Charles Rocket: You really mean that, Bill? Bill Murray: [more in sorrow than in anger] People are tellin’ me you’re imitatin’ me, Charlie, though. I don’t like to hear that. ... And, uh, watch your mouth. Clean it up. ...Okay? And, uh, you know, Joe Piscopo, you’re great. [someone in the crowd agrees] You know, the whole sports thing. The monosyllabic hollering and stuff. Joe Piscopo: Thanks, Bill. Bill Murray: It’s inspired, you know, but, uh, are you - are you gonna definitely stick with “Joe Piscopo” as your name? Joe Piscopo: Uh ... Well, I was born with it, Bill. You know, it’s my name. Bill Murray: Wow. [beat] Well, whatever. ... And, uh, you, Eddie. You’re black.[Eddie just stares at him] And, uh, that’s beautiful, man. That’s beautiful. You can do whatever you want. –snltranscripts.jt.org Jump cut to October 7, 2005. The field Rocket has walked into is behind his home in Canterbury, Connecticut. In what seems an extraordinary lapse of time, the medical examiner takes nine days before declaring his death a suicide. 1 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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I just remember laughing around him, always laughing. He was so clever and dark and his voice was soothing and disturbing at the same time. He always looked so dashing. He always seemed so genuinely happy to see me. And I always lit up around him.
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–Former-SNL cast member Julia Sweeney’s blog entry on Charles Rocket’s death. Who takes nine days? In the spasm of media coverage in the weeks that followed, there’s no mention of a cutting instrument near his body. Rocket (the former Charles Claverie) “apparently didn’t leave a suicide note,” wrote Michael Starr of The New York Post. “He’d been married to the same woman, Beth, for 33 years and had a son, Zane. No trouble at home was reported.” As only the Post could relay it, “Rocket, 56, has finally made headlines,” though it conceded the actor had continued to work “more anonymously in lower-profile movie and TV roles.” Everywhere, he was hiding in plain sight. He was on the Max Headroom TV show. He played Bruce Willis’s brother in Moonlighting. He starred in a music video for the Tom Petty hit, “Yer So Bad.” He landed roles in Dumb and Dumber and even played Lieutenant Elgin in the Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves. The great bulk of his credits came after his SNL reversal. So what hurt him so deeply he couldn’t continue? What’s the take-away, as they say in Hollywood? Or should there be one?
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ing Charlie, were born in Bangor, because it’s close to a dairy farm our family has owned” for generations. “My grandfather–my mother’s father–was big on family. I have 39 cousins on my mother’s side, and I know each of them by name.” The dairy farm is in the Exeter area “between Newport and Corinna,” he says. After he and Charles were born, “We didn’t live here very long, three years. We started here, then moved to Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and back to New Hampshire again. We went to high school in Hampton”–Winnacunnet High. Asked if he, too, played an instrument when he was younger (Charles played accordion for the Fabulous Motels), James says “trumpet” as though he’d thrown one into a lake 20 years earlier and watched it sparkle to the bottom. “It’s been a long time.” No, he says, “I never went to see [Charles] perform at Saturday Night Live. “ While he’s certain his brother was fired for bad-libbing, he doesn’t rule out Rocket’s being disillusioned on the show beforehand, “something to do with writers, things like that.” As for whether his brother hid his feelings about it, “I couldn’t tell you. I thought he was happy, always the class clown. He kept
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At this point, the Law & Order episode might flash back to Rocket’s defining mistake on Saturday Night Live as he impersonates J. R. Ewing in a “Who Shot J. R.?” skit sending up the TV series Dallas (opposite SNL guest host Charlene Tilton, one of the show’s stars). At exactly the wrong time, Rocket leaves the script and wings it with, “I’d like to know who the f*&! did it.” The shot rings around the world. A few weeks later, on March 7, 1981, Bill Murray returns to host the show to help recover plunging ratings and joke with the new ensemble members about their “vile” lack of pizazz.
working. He let it all roll off him like water off a duck’s back. He kept everybody entertained and in a good mood.” Asked if he’s sunny like that himself, James says, “No.” Without varnish, James remembers Charles coming back to Maine to visit family, “many times,” with all the years blending together. “I can see him–it’s like it’s always the Fourth of July. We always came [to Maine, near the dairy farm] in the summertime for a week or two.” When asked for the last time he saw him here, James says, “Oh, Lord, Charlie was up here in the 1990s. He, his wife, and kid were living in L.A. His wife wanted to live closer to her family, in Rhode Island,” so they moved back East and “bought the place in Connecticut. Basically, LA was a better place to get the kind of acting jobs he wanted. I think that was part of it.” What’s the other part? “I don’t know,” James says. “I’ve asked myself so many times, how he could have done it? His wife was looking for him and found him the next morning. They found the knife. He slit his own throat. It’s inconceivable to me.” The next day, he calls back. “When I said that, I really don’t know that that’s true. I think I satisfied my curiosity by believing that. All I know is, they said he used a knife.” It’s a dark place, like standing at the edge of Lake Sebasticook at night. Maybe the best approach to the unspeakable is to improvise, no matter the consequences: How many times have Eddie Murphy and Gilbert Gottfried made jackasses of themselves since SNL (not even counting Murphy’s donkey on Shrek), embarrassments be damned? Think of Gottfried’s unforgivable tweet after the tsunami last year in Japan: “I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, ‘There’ll be another one floating by any minute now.’” Doesn’t he wish he’d simply dropped the F-bomb? Hell, Joe Piscopo’s probably opening a shopping center right now, and when you think of it, there’s a dignity to that. As for Charles Rocket, we’re all trying to understand how “here” relates to “from away.” Sometimes people slip between those worlds. As Mainers, we’re looking for ways to understand. “I hope I was some help to you,” Claverie says. Suddenly, our bright place “here” becomes a concern for all of us. After all, somebody has to run the dairy farm. n
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ne of our editors was traveling in Virginia in a taxi recently. The driver, stuck in traffic, turned around to make conversation. “I’ve never been to Maine before,” he said shyly. “Would you mind terribly if I asked you…are there any black people in Maine?” Eureka, our inspiration for this story. How can we answer such big questions without being tongue-tied? How might historian, activist, and legislator Gerald Talbot or performance artist, activist, and educator William Pope.L answer in a way that succinctly describes Maine’s black experience? How might other Innocent Questions about Maine best be answered? What’s your IQ?
Are there any black people in Maine?
Gerald Talbot, Maine’s former state legislator who marched with Julian Bond at the 1963 March on Washington (Talbot is also coauthor of Maine’s Visible Black History), replies: At the age of 80, as a black man, born and raised in the state of Maine, that seems like a ridiculous question; the kind of illogical thinking that’s been embedded in people’s minds for centuries. Of course there are blacks in Maine. We’ve been here since the Colonial era. My family has roots in Maine dating back to 1816. My grandfather and uncles worked as loggers down the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers, and they worked as redcaps for the railroad. My father was hired, then promoted Summerguide
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to head chef, at the Bangor House, one of the nation’s most prestigious hotels. Guests i n c l u d e d Te d d y Roosevelt, Jack Benny, Bette Davis, and Duke Ellington. It was at the Bangor House where I have the fondest memories of my father. Black women also had vital roles in the community, by owning their own catering and cleaning businesses. During the 1940s and ’50s, many black men were drafted into the armed forces. Upon their return, they experienced discrimination regarding housing, education, and employment. Although several families left the state because of limited opportunities due to racism, there still was a strong, vibrant black community. This was the foundation for political and social action. I graduated from Bangor High School, served in the US Army, and retired after working 25 years for Guy Gannett Publishing. My wife (of 57 years) and I raised our four daughters in Portland. So yes, there are black people living in Maine. We are here and we want credit for helping build this state from one end to the other. For example, there are the Stewarts, who own a car and towing company; the Richardsons, who owned a cleaning business; James Johnson, an inventor and educator who was a founding member of Maine Vocational Technical Institute, currently known as Southern Maine Community College; and the Most Rev. James A. Healy, the first black Catholic bishop in the country. Then there are people like James Sheppard, a Tuskegee Airman; Victoria Rowell, a renowned actress and dancer whose foundation [The Rowell Foster Children’s Positive Plan] gives emotional and financial support to foster children; John Jenkins, mayor and first black state senator; and me–I helped reorganize the Portland chapter of the NAACP in 1964, became the first black legislator in the state, and coauthored the first historical depiction of black history in Maine. There are also other proud and successful black Mainers who work hard and have the same aspirations as my ancestors and I. Increasingly more and more black families are relocating to Maine because of its rich history and inspiring rocky coast. Maine has a lot
to offer, so why wouldn’t black families want to live here? I was taught how to fish, build a campfire, and pitch a tent. I learned the importance of my family’s history and a sense of community. Even though I have traveled all over the would, I love to call Maine my home.
Are there any black people in Maine?
William Pope.L, artist and former lecturer at Bates College, replies: For the longest time there was only one black person in Maine. Me, yours truly! It was lonely being the only one of my kind. I talked to the lobsters. I talked to the trees and the giant puffy white clouds you see in the summer, but it wasn’t very satisfying. One day I began to pretend all the people at Walmart, The Lobster Shack, the county fair, the liberal arts college, and the methadone clinic were black. Yes, I know, I know–it was very childish of me to make every person in Maine black– but they seemed to like it. A lot! And I didn’t make everybody black. I made some people Thai and a few others Somali. They seemed to like that too.
Aren’t the women of Maine too…outdoorsy?
Ashley Lauren Kerr, fashion entrepreneur and designer from Old Orchard Beach, replies: Who’d think of former Waynflete student Liv Tyler as too outdoorsy? She wears Givenchy. Liv’s grandmother, Falmouth resident Dorothea Johnson, founder of The Protocol School of Washington, is a leader in etiquette training and appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Not that we can’t shift gears from girlygirls to athletes: Ashley Underwood, Miss Maine 2009 and a professional basketball player, had a successful run on Survivor. Her comfort in nature was a great benefit. My company, ASHLEYlaurenKerr, brings international beauty pageant contestants to Old Orchard Beach to train, and let’s just say they’re all intrigued by the L.L. Bean boot. Maine women set the trend for grace, style, beauty, and fashion. Maine’s natural beauty sets the stage for women to project their inner beauty and to be comfortable in any surrounding.
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David Hodgkins, owner of David Wood Clothiers in Portland, replies: Maine is not a fashion wasteland as some from away might perceive it. I think there’s as much style and fashion awareness per capita as in Boston or New York City. Testimony would be four fine, independent menswear retailers right here in Portland: David Wood, Joseph’s, Peter Renney’s, and Bertini. There’s not that many in Boston. I’d also mention (at the risk of blowing our horn) that David Wood was recognized by MR Menswear Retailer for excellence in retail menswear. This speaks to the sophistication that exists in our market.
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Paul S. Schonewolf, area vice president of Time Warner Cable New England, replies: Not only will your Wi-Fi work up here, but Time Warner Cable pioneered high-speed Internet in Maine. In fact, Presque Isle had access to high-speed Internet service (courtesy of Time Warner Cable, of course) before it was available in Boston. How cool is that? Since then, we’ve continued to invest in our network in the Pine Tree State. In Maine alone, Time Warner Cable owns more than 13,000 miles of coaxial and fiber-optic cable providing high-speed Internet access to more than 600,000 homes and businesses in 270 cities and towns, from York to Madawaska. Last month we boosted Internet speeds for all customers and launched new speed tiers of up to 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream. Whether you’re playing games online from Long Lake, downloading video to your iPad on North Haven, or telecommuting from Arabica Coffee in Portland, you should find plenty of Wi-Fi in Maine to meet your needs.
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William David Barry, cultural mercenary and author of Maine: The Wilder Half of New England, replies: From July 4, 1776, to March 15, 1820, the correct answer was, “Maine is a District of the State of Massachusetts.” Maine first started as a colony of its own in 1635, with Downeasters developing unique atSummerguide
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Rattanaphorn “Pom” Boobphachati, restaurateur, replies: Why don’t you come out to my four Thai restaurants, each with a different location and different clientele: Thai Taste on Cottage Road near Cape Elizabeth; Pom Thai on Western Avenue near the Maine Mall; Pom’s Noodle House on Congress Street in the Arts District; and Top Thai by Pom on St. John Street–and see for yourselves!
It’s too bad there aren’t any professional sports in Maine, right? Bill Burke, chairman of the Portland Sea Dogs, replies: We do have professional teams in Maine, and they provide some of the most exciting, affordable, and accessible sporting events around. With the Sea Dogs, Pirates, and Red Claws, fans have a chance to see some of the finest athletes around–skilled professionals who are hungry and working hard to get to the next level. At Hadlock Field, for less than it costs to go to the movies, fans have a chance to see future big leaguers, up close and personal. Future all-stars like Josh Beckett, Jacoby Ellsbury, Adrian Gonzalez, Jon Lester, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, and many others have passed through our hometown ballpark. The presence of the Sea Dogs, Pirates, and Red Claws led the Sports Business Journal to rank Portland as the 5th best out of 241 minor league cities in America, and it’s yet another reason why Maine is such a great place to live.
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Is Stephen King the only writer in Maine?
Gary Lawless, poet and cocreator of Gulf of Maine Books, replies: Stephen King represents Maine and America on bookshelves all over the world. Sometimes he’s joined by Tess Gerritsen, Richard Russo, Richard Ford, and Anne Beatty, but Stephen King is different. He’s from Maine. He grew up without much money, went to Maine schools and a state university, and has become one of the best selling authors in the history of the book. This gives younger Maine writers hope and inspiration. Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance has a long list of contemporary Maine writers, as well as a long historical chronology of writers– from Longfellow and Hawthorne to the present vital and exciting writing scene. It may seem to the world that Stephen King is our only writer, but he’s the tip of the iceberg, and our writers shine as they move through the light and the waters of contemporary literature.
Do all Mainers use outhouses?
Jeff McBurnie, president of Maine Wastewater Control Association, replies: Despite the popularity of these structures at campgrounds, much of Maine is served by “indoor comfort facilities,” municipal wastewater treatment plants, and engineered subsurface disposal systems (septic tanks and leach fields). Mainers like open space and remoteness from neighbors; we also like our creature comforts. Billions of dollars worth of treatment works and collection systems have been created to afford us this convenience as well as to protect public health and the environment. There are 164 Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) in Maine; these facilities not only provide service to the communities they represent, but also manage discharges from commercial businesses and industries and receive materials collected by companies that clean septic tanks. As Maine goes, so goes the nation, and we go inside! n
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elcome to my camp. Willie Garson, 48, star of White Collar and Sex and the City, spent 11 of his Wonder Bread years at Camp Wekeela on Bear Pond near Lewiston. He had an unforgettable time here–and not just because Patrick Dempsey, pre-McDreamy, clowned around at the same site. You’ve shared 11 of our summers with us, first as a camper and later as a counselor, at Camp Wekeela. What was it like when you first arrived?
I was terrified, nine years old. Luckily, my brother came to camp with me. But what was great about it was, it’s an oldfashioned camp, idyllic, which means something even more now than when I was a kid.
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Cabins on a lake, hiking, amazing air, and a deep forest. Help us taste the pleasures of camp.
I always loved cafeteria food, and I still do. I loved their burgers and drinking all that sweet juice we called “bug juice”–and the pies. We went to camp near Bear Mountain, and it was covered with wild blueberries. You could pick them, and the kitchen would make a pie for your table. Maine blueberries are so sweet. Every camp has its bullies. Tell us about a time you were under pressure.
Never really, but you could definitely pick out the kids early on who were troublemakers. Which is one of the things camp is great for. Any excursions to metropolitan destinations?
When we got to go to the big city–Portland–it was the most exciting thing ever. It was a big deal to go to Carbur’s. How did Wekeela change you?
There’s things you do in camp like archery, pottery, and sailing. When you have the chance to do any of these things in your life, it changes you–like in August when Maine has all those crazy meteor showers. You definitely come home from camp talking like a sailor. My mother never appreciated that. Has camp changed since you shared your summers with us?
We know there were black flies. But did you get the acting bug at camp?
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When I was a counselor and we had bad kids, I’d make them stand out on the porch at night in the pitch black in their underwear for five minutes. If you did that now, you’d be arrested for child abuse.
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The most important thing I try and get him away from is anything electronic. The problem with modern camps and kids is, they actually have computers at camps. One of the reasons I chose the camp he goes to is because they say “no electronics.” Last year, when I talked to Nathen on the phone, I found out they were allowed to play with them for an hour a day on break, and he asked me to send him his Nintendo. I said, “No. That’s not why you’re at camp.”
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Have you and Patrick Dempsey, who also visited Camp Wekeela, ever shared stories from the good old days?
Patrick went to a clown camp that was a Wekeela rental, before camp was in session. He never actually went to Camp Wekeela. I did go to camp with Henry Garfield, who became [musician, author, and performance artist] Henry Rollins, though, and we’ve talked about it.
Our favorite line of yours in Sex and the City is when Carrie falls on the runway and you say, “Oh, my God, she’s fashion roadkill!” Did Jenny Bicks write that? She grew up in Castine, on the ocean, and still spends her summers there.
It was probably our executive producer Michael Patrick. The cleverer the quip, the more likely it was his, and that was a perfect episode of Sex and the City. I did know Jenny was from Maine. We’ve talked about it before–I’ve been sniffing around for a vacation home.
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I did not know that. I speak to her almost every day–I’ll bring that up. When was the last time you were in Maine?
Last summer, taking Nathen to camp. We fly in and head up to Boothbay Harbor and spend the night. We have a great lobster dinner at the Lobster Dock and go duckpin bowling. There’s a place called Monkey C Monkey Do [in Wiscasset] that we like to go to. I drop him off and go back to work. I don’t know why kids get to go to camp– grown-ups should get to go.
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an obsession. They’d have to check out Acadia National Park for sure, and I’m a big fan of Boothbay Harbor. They’d spend some time on a lake, any lake in a much less populated area. And I’d hit anywhere you can find a high mountain on the Appalachian Trail. The reality is, I would do Freeport if you’ve never been to Maine, to see what goes on around L.L. Bean and all the fishing villages. The problem you have with Maine, I tell people, is everywhere you are is a great place to be. Brunswick, Augusta, Portland, it’s all great. Judd Nelson is just a couple of years older than you. He’s from Portland. Is there a Camp Wekeela connection there, too?
I know him rather well. He went to Waynflete School with a number of people from my summer camp.
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What you learn mostly at camp is interpersonal relationships. Camp’s a gentler environment that builds that over time. I know kids who went off to college, and it was their first time ever not standing next to their parents. You certainly don’t read in the paper about the axe murderer who spent seven seasons in a Maine camp. When people recognize you on the street, do they call you Stanford Blatch, or are you Mozzie now?
It’s getting to be about fifty-fifty. The iconic, ridiculous success of Sex and the City is hard to get away from–not that I want to; it’s just there. But it’s very satisfying to see how into the new show people are getting. Tell us about White Collar and the directions it’s taking.
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Some actors get cast as a particular figure over and over, like Ed Herrmann as FDR, or Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln. What’s with you and Lee Harvey Oswald?
I had auditions for JFK, and I knew they weren’t going to hire me because I wasn’t famous at all. Of course they hired Gary Oldman, who was wonderful. As soon as I was done I got a call. They heard I looked like Oswald. So I went in for Ruby, and they were dying to have me–a wonderful feeling for an actor. The executive producer told me he’d been in Korea with Lee Harvey Oswald [and that] I was the definitive Oswald. So I did it. After that, Mad TV was just starting, and they wanted to do a Lee Harvey Oswald sketch. They thought it would be funny if the guy who was playing Oswald all over the place did it as a joke. If you’re a Mets fan, what made them cast you in Fever Pitch?
I do all of the Farrelly brothers’ movies. Fever Pitch is the first they did where it wasn’t their movie–they were hired guns. I was the only one of their regular players they were allowed to sneak in, mostly because of my friendship with Drew Barrymore. Is there any chance an episode will take place in Maine?
I’d love it. Unfortunately, the way the economics work, it ends up being about credits. It seems right now Louisiana is winning the battle for the highest credit, so everything is shooting there right now. If White Collar were to shoot an episode up here, what Maine art would Mozzie and Neal be interested in “acquiring?” Maybe a Wyeth or an Indiana?
Possibly. I think they’d actually go for an entire ocean-front mansion if there were a way to steal it. Now you have us thinking. What twist might have brought NYPD Blue here? Could you have taken Star Trek: Voyager to Maine?
I’d love to have seen [gruff NYPD Blue star] Henry Caulfield in Maine. He was such a city, horse-gambler type. I know nothing about [Star Trek], other than my episode. And to be honest, I had no idea what I was talking about! It was all in Star Trek talk. n 1 5 4 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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From bumper stickers to balsam pillows to bottle openers at Renys, images of Maine wildlife hunt you down. But, really, where can you go to see a moose, seal, or lobster in the wild, guaranteed?
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“I had no idea they’re so big!” says Debbie Clausen. Call it serendipity, call it drive-by wildlife, but something magic is happening in front of her eyes as a moose cow raises her head to a full seven-feet high. As a calf floats over to his mother, Clausen, 52, jumps in her seat, and reaches for her camera. “My kids aren’t going to believe this! “When I heard we were going to Moose Alley, I never thought we’d see them like this!” It’s long been a secret among Maine wildlife officials that the stretch of Route 16 between Rangeley and Stratton is as hot to trot for moose as a paranormal hotspot is for ghosts. Less than a mile past Rangeley Lakes Logging Museum, where an expansive field opens to the left side of the road, this area is a perfect onetwo punch for visitors. “Get out of town!” Clausen, a tennis instructor from Madison, Wisconsin, exclaims as more silhouettes of North America’s tallest land mammal step through the twilight into view. “I’m counting 13 cows and calves, and a fullrack bull.” Also extremely likely at this site: scourges of mosquitoes, rafters of turkeys, and a skulk of foxes. “You can see moose around sunset almost any night in Moose Alley,” Rangeley Chamber of Commerce’s Gail Spaulding 1 5 6 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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“Where Can I See a…” says. “They come out of the woods when it cools down, especially summer nights through August. Then there’s the run from Route 4 to Farmington, Bald Mountain, driving up at Height of the Land–you never know when they might pop out.” But what if you insist on an absolutely solid-gold guarantee to see a moose and have just two hours until you catch your plane? Though moose occasionally delight crowds at the Castle visitor center in Deering Oaks Park, “the sure fire answer is Gray’s Maine Wildlife Park. You know you’re going to see one there,” says one of the travel associates. Drive to Gray’s town center and head out Route 26 to Shaker Village near Poland Spring for some unforgettable contact with many of Maine’s wild creatures, some of them rescues under the protection of the Department of inland Fisheries and Wildlife. mainewildlifepark.com
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The fastest way to see a bald eagle is on the back of a dollar bill. Second fastest? A sweeping glide over Swan Island Wildlife Management Area on the Kennebec River in Richmond. Since their population is booming in Maine, you’re likely to see one if you spend the day at any of Maine’s lakes or major rivers. It almost too easy to “send people to Eagle Lake,”says Acadia National Park ranger True Muzzy. “Especially Connors Nubble. Eagles dive into the water, grabbing fish.” You see these incredible splashes. “They like the high pines and stay near water, so you often see them by Thunder Hole.
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“White-tailed deer and coyotes” are part of Acadia’s mysteries, too, Muzzy says. “They stay out of the heat,” but in the gray hours of evening frequently make an appearance, emerging to feed. “You’ll see them crossing Park Loop Road in groups between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Their eyes reflect headlights, so you’ll see them well in the dark…and should be able to stop in time,” he says, conscientiously adding, “if you’re following the 35-mph speed limit.” Summerguide
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summer love. In Aroostook County, look for them munching in Caswell’s roadside oat fields along Route 1A.
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Mention the 12-pound lobster at Maine State Aquarium in West Boothbay and watch the bibs come out. But the sure-fire way to see Homarus americanus is only a feast for the eyes. “Children, especially, are always intrigued to see the various color combinations of our lobsters and some with abnormalities, like our four-clawed Dozer,” Aimee Hayden-Roderiques says. Of course, the Old Port’s Harbor Fish Market, Portland Lobster Company, and Cape Elizabeth’s Lobster Shack at Two Lights are
more than happy to introduce people to their evening entrée. The crustaceans’ wild side is year-round, but three-dimensionally it’s best seen aboard Lucky Catch as it steams from Portland’s Long Wharf through Columbus Day. The two-hour harbor tour of lobster traps informs novices how and where the bottom dwellers live. Passengers can even pull a trap to the surface for some face (and antennae) time.
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Cap’n Fish’s from the beginning. Today, a biologist narrates the seabirds’ saga to landlubbers aboard the 100-foot Pink Lady II and Island Lady through August 25. Still considered a threatened species, this southernmost colony “is very successful,” bouncing back with 90 nesting pairs. “We’ve seen them 100 percent of the time the last two years,” Taylor says. Guaranteed. “The best views of puffins are when they’re in the water. They get real close to the boat–less than 30 feet–and they’re real friendly.”
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If you will it, they will come to you. This particularly happens on Seal Island, the shoals of Jeffrey’s Ledge, and Matinicus Rock. Minke, finback, humpback, and right whales all migrate through the Gulf of Maine until turning to warmer waters in October. As for promising you’ll see a whale, Cap’n Fish’s ups the ante again with their whale watch 100 percent guarantee: If you don’t see a whale, you get a ticket for another trip until you do. Bring
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The Jameson Tavern in Freeport invites you to experience first-hand the culinary mastery and rich history of what has been noted “The Birthplace of Maine.” Whether you are looking for the traditional Maine delicacy of lobster in one of our many dining rooms, or the casual atmosphere of our Taproom, the Jameson Tavern is sure to leave you delighted, as it has many visitors since 1779.
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Relax on the Garden Patio with our signature Jumbo 12 inch lobster roll featuring fresh, wild caught, hand-picked Pott’s Harbor Maine lobster. What better way to celebrate summer in Maine? Afterwards, why not toast some marshmallows or pop some popcorn at our outdoor firepit.
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Add us to your travel plans. Every visit to Maine should include our rocky beaches, picturesque lighthouses, and the most delicious seafood imaginable. At Hannaford, we offer only the freshest quality seafood – harvested from responsibly managed fisheries and farms.
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Arrows in Ogunquit entices with flavors of the sea in their Crab Parfait, an artistic medley of mango, crabmeat, tomato concassé, scallions, and a citrus vinaigrette, garnished with nasturtium leaves and pea tendrils.
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Oysters, clams, shrimp, and lobster tails light up Petite Jacqueline’s Seafood Eiffel Tower.
An intense, flavorful broth is co-star of the fish stew at The Farmer’s Table in the Old Port. Fresh Maine lobster, shrimp, mussels, crab, and fish are enhanced with lobster stock, tomatoes, sherry, red pepper, carrots, white aromatics of garlic, fennel, leeks, and onion. The luscious broth has smoky undertones and tastes like it’s been slow-cooked for hours. The sherry contributes a subtle softness and balances the acidic tomatoes beautifully. It’s a triple utensil event (fork, spoon, and bread) to savor every drop of this elegant comfort food. The Farmer’s Table chef Jeff Landry says classic Ligurian fish stew is about “clean flavors that speak for themselves.” He believes in “fresh, simple, Mediterranean food, as local and sustainable as possible.” The fish stew’s been on the menu since they opened three years ago. It’s a good “goto dish” for his patrons, Landry says, particSummerguide
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A bountiful array of Maine mussels, clams, seared scallops, white fish, and half of a lobster atop saffron-scented rice arrives in a large, hot, cast-iron skillet. Roasted red peppers, onions, a lemon wedge for brightness, fresh herbs, and just the right amount of flavorful broth adorn this Spanish comfort food. The cast iron keeps the food hot from the first to last bite. Local 188 offers their two variations: all seafood or mixed seafood with house-made chorizo, meats, and other ingredients that vary based on what’s fresh and in season.
Chef Jay Villani loves that his patrons often feel “as if they’re at a dinner party in my house,” offering a vibrant and eclectic mix of Spanish and Mediterranean flavors, hip music, local art, and sounds of laughter and conversation. Villani grew up working in restaurant kitchens from a young age and recalls eating staff meals together, consisting of huge vessels of paella, enhancing a sense of a family gathering over food. From an Italian family, Villani says that “on Sundays we’d start at noon, then rest for a bit, then eat some
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“Prior to opening Caiola’s, we traveled for inspiration because we try to keep Spain, Italy, and France represented on the menu. I like us to be a little Mediterranean. “I love Spain. We went to Rio Mar, and our paella is a result of that trip. I really wanted something that highlighted rice. We make Valencastyle paella, meaning it has seafood and chicken. We wanted to get the crust on the paella. To make it, you need high heat for the great crust on the bottom of your pan. And it’s the crunch on the side of the pan
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that’s so delicious. “We cook it all together. We put the seafood in at different times: mussels, clams, and shrimp go in as they open. The sauce reduces down, and there’s a little bit of olive oil and smoked paprika to go in. “It gives you the smell of the sea. The shellfish and saffron–it’s magical. It’s sweet, peppery, almost like tobacco. It’s a little mysterious. “We finish the paella with grilled chicken. It adds to the burst of flavors from the shellfish broth, clams, mussels, and sweetness from the shrimp. “Chorizo is an ingredient that I don’t think we could go without for our paella, to make it as authentic as we like. It also all comes from our travels to Spain and one of our popular items. It’s never been off the menu. We sell at least 6 to 10 a day. The most we’ve done is 15 or 16. Guests looking for a complementing wine should have Albariño. It’s a terrific Spanish white to go with the dish.” –Katie J. Johnson
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Cacciucco (pronounced cat-chooko) is a fish stew from the port city of Livorno, Italy, and Portland’s neighborhood gem Ribollita prepares a fantastic version. Chianti and a fish stock-infused tomato brodo (broth) serves as the base. Kevin Quiet’s version always includes at least five types of seafood–“Five fishes from the five seas,” he says–to stay true to the authentic version. Quiet varies his dish
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Add the fish racks, tomatoes, vegetables, garlic, and peppercorns to a small stockpot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer lightly for 1 hour or until the vegetables are soft. Once cool enough to handle, pass through a food mill. Salt to taste. For the Stew Extra virgin olive oil ¼ red onion, sliced Italian parsley, chopped Basil, chopped 1 t red pepper flakes 1 c red wine 12 clams 12 mussels ¼ lb scallops ¼ lb shrimp ¼ lb calamari 1 small piece of salmon or whitefish (optional)
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Rusty Gold Mike Wolfe from American Pickers has a glimmer in his eye–because he wants to ransack your attic.
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What could you guys see in a garage full of scary, rusty junk that the Keno brothers might miss on Antiques Roadshow?
The Keno bothers wouldn’t want to get dirty like I do. (Laughs) Many items people deem “trash” are treasure to me. That’s why we call it rusty gold. Most antiques dealers are used to going to an auction where items are cleaned up and displayed nicely. I’m always on the hunt for the clever and different. I do buy a lot of dirty and broken items as long as they look interesting. The East Coast is the treasure trove, Maine specifically, because of all the seaports where products flowed in. Maine is the catalyst of picking. Early transportation-related items, furniture, and pottery from the 1700s and 1800s. What was it like negotiating with Billy Johnson at his antique palace in Wells? (We can’t believe you bought those monkey links [old tire chains] from him for $100.)
He has an amazing eye. It was an absolute honor to look through Billy’s collection. He’s collected his whole life. And it was such an amazing thing that he’s made his place into a museum to share his collection with visitors. 1 8 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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One of the bikes I picked was a 1913 Harley. I found it in an old 1969 classified ad years ago. The father had passed away, and the son had it in his garage. I called the son one day to ask if he’d sell it, and he said no. I got on the road and drove all night to upstate New York from Iowa. The guy was insulted I wanted to make an offer. So, I laid out $25K on the ground next to the bike and made an offer counting out all the $100 dol lar bills. He took my offer. The bike is worth $65K or more. I keep it in my living room as a decorative piece. What do you think of the Titanic’s collection having to stay with one buyer?
I don’t mind when collections stay with one buyer, as long as they display it versus keeping it wrapped up in their home. In this world of “instant nostalgia,” how soon will a Justin Bieber action figure take on value for its age?
We’re in a world of information overload, with everything like Facebook and Twitter. Collectibles are moving at a faster pace than they did in the past. Danielle is like Charlie in Charlie’s Angels. She directs your activities from a distance. What’s the funniest prank she’s pulled on you?
She’s threatened to quit a few times but was joking.
Beyond rusty gold, what’s attracted you here in the last year?
Lisbon Falls, Andover, and Portland. Portland was my favorite area. We stayed downtown, and the whole production crew, Frank, and I ate an amazing dinner at Fore Street. Perfect ambience, food, and service. We walked around down town after dinner and loved the cobble stone streets.
You’ve eaten crab and lobsters on your show. Do we make you hungry?
Maine is beautiful. The roads are mysteri ous. The food is amazing. And the people were great to us.
During your episode at George’s Marine, there was some rope from the USS Constitution. How much was that worth, really?
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$10 off every bottle of wine on W, a Tasting Menu (3 courses/$30 from 5 to 6:30pm) & Sunday Brunch. Discover our award-winning wine list, house-made pastries, signature cocktails & extraordinary five-star New England Cuisine. Dock Square, Kennebunkport, 967-9111, hurricanerestaurant.com Jameson Tavern, one of the oldest historic taverns in Maine, is said to be the site of the signing of the papers separating Maine from Massachusetts. The Tavern has a bar, dining room and serves Maine lobster, steaks, pasta, and award-winning clam chowder. Our lobster stew was featured on FoodNation with Bobby Flay. 115 Main St., Freeport, 865-4196, jamesontavern.com *
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LFK features New American cuisine, beer, wine & full spirits in the heart of Longfellow Square with a literary theme. Stop in for a drink, bite to eat, or relax with your favorite book. 188A State St., Portland, lfkportland.com The Lobster Dock treats you to the pleasures of casual dining with a panoramic view of Boothbay Harbor’s east-side waterfront. Our seafood is fresh and the atmosphere’s friendly. “The only thing better than the view is the food.” Featured on Food Network’s Throwdown with Bobby Flay. Daily, 11:29 to 8:31pm. 633-7120 thelobsterdock.com Lotus Chinese and Japanese Restaurant We feature fullservice bar and lounge area, sushi bar, Chinese traditional food not available outside of Boston, friendly atmosphere and courteous service. 251 U.S. Rte. 1, Falmouth (Falmouth Shopping Plaza), 781-3453 Maria’s Restaurant and Catering Neapolitan Italian cooking at its finest. Maine Sunday Telegram four-star restaurant. Homemade Cavitelli Pasta, Zuppa Di Pesce Fradiavolo, New England’s best Eggplant Parmigiana, Pistachio Gelato, Italian-Style cakes, Neapolitan five-star wines. Come see Tony and Gregorio; they’ll take excellent care of you. Entrées start at $10. Open Tu–Sa. 337 Cumberland Ave, Portland, 772-9232, 233-9232, mariasrestaurant.com The Muddy Rudder has been serving guests since 1976 and has evolved into one of the most popular destinations for fresh seafood in Maine. In the spirit of the tugboat Portland, we continue to provide our guests with great food, drink and, sometimes at low tide, a glimpse of the hearty old tugboat cabin itself. 1335 Rte. 1, Yarmouth, 846-3082, muddyrudder.com One Dock Creative, contemporary New England Cuisine & traditional Maine favorites in a relaxed setting overlooking the Kennebunk River. The menu offers “small plates,” such as Duck Confit Empanada, Grilled Flatbread, Pan-Seared Sea Scallop & Mac and Cheese with Andouille Sausage, proving to be fan favorites. W-Sa 5:30-9pm. Kennebunkport Inn, Kennebunkport, 967-2621, onedock.com Pedro’s focuses on simple yet full-flavored Mexican and Latino food. Offering tacos, burritos and an impressive array of margaritas, sangria, beer and wine. Especiales de la semana (specials of the week) keep the menu varied and fresh and showcase different Latino cultures. Seasonal outdoor dining available. Open daily, 12-10. 181 Port Rd., Kennebunk. 967-5544, pedrosmaine.com The Pepperclub/Good Egg Café Two favorites, same location! Pepperclub’s (see Frommer’s Guide to N.E.) 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. Free parking. Pepperclub, daily from 5pm; Good Egg Café, Tu-F 7-11am, Sa-Su 8am-1pm. 78 Middle St., 772-0531, pepperclubrestaurant.com Pier 77 & The Ramp Bar & Grill are owned & managed by Kate & Chef Peter Morency. Pier 77 has a formal dining room w/ stunning views of Cape Porpoise Harbor & live music each weekend, while the Ramp is more casual, w/its own bar menu at hard-to-beat prices. 967-8500, pier77restaurant.com * Silly’s & Silly’s with a Twist, chosen “Best Bargain” by Yankee Magazine now features something for everyone, including weekend brunch along with vegan & gluten-free options. Silly’s staff, voted “Best Service” by Phoenix readers, presents all-scratch kitchen food in a whimsical setting either inside or in the garden patio. Open Tu-F, 11am, and Sa-Su, 9am. 40 Washington Ave., 772-0360, sillys.com
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Twenty Milk Street serves Piedmontese beef from our farm in Cumberland. Fresh, local seafood, and produce, prepared in classic American style. Enjoy a glass of wine by the fireplace in our remodeled dining room. Daily breakfast, lunch, Sunday brunch, and dinner. Join us in the summer in our European El Fresco Café. Complimentary valet parking. Portland Regency Hotel, 774-4200, theregency.com Walter’s Chef Owner Jeff Buerhaus is inspired by global influences. Seasonal menus are accented by creative daily specials. Bar Manager Steven Lovenguths’ extensive wine list and inventive cocktail creations complement menu offerings. Lunch M-F 11:30am-2:30pm. Dinner M-Sa, 5pm-CL. Bar menu M-F 2:30pm-CL, Sa 5pm-CL. Two Portland Square on Union St., 871-9258, waltersportland.com *reservations recommended
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solo Bistro 128 Front St., Bath Tues-Sat, Lunch, 11:30-2 p.m. Dinner, 5 to close, 443-3373 milk, red curry, and basil. Don’t forget to order the grilled flatbread with these– lightly salted and perfect for dipping into the curry sauce. Pillar Box Red ($26), a fine Australian Cabernet Shiraz, strikes a perfect balance with these bold flavors. The grilled swordfish ($23), inventively skewered on rosemary stalks, is a smashing success. Add the counterpoint of tangy sultana-and-pine-nut chutney, and you’re approaching a singular sensation. Tonight’s nightly sides are gorgeous garlic-mashed Keuka Gold potatoes from Goranson Farm in Dresden and grilled asparagus spears. My partner lands a lobster pot pie ($26). Created from the delicious fresh meat of a whole lobster, this feast is lavished with potatoes, carrot and tarragon cream sauce topped with a round pastry. He mentions he’d prefer the crust a bit flakier, but is there a smidgen left on his plate? Dessert, a rustic fruit tartlet made with raspberries, peaches, and topped with wonderful homemade vanilla ice cream ($7), sends us to the stars. n
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northeast shore is Sprague Neck, designated in 1990 as the Department of Defense’s first Watchable Wildlife site and now a U.S. Navy Ecological Reserve. Chance is all about open fields with luscious raspberry and blueberry bushes. Rocky cliffs provide a place to climb, and on the eastern shore at high tide, the ocean roars up a spume hole–a tiny version of Acadia’s Thunder Hole. The family has erected two buildings on the north side overlooking the sand and gravel beach: a camp with a deck, and a larger two-story house that’s unfinished. You might even be able to get the brothers to include the 25-foot Grady-White they use to access the island from Bucks Harbor. 44 acres, taxes $4,995.
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Scabby Island Chain Machiasport, $510,000
Sure, an island’s fun. But how about three? United at low tide, the treeless islands that make up Scabby–Petrel, Haul Out, and Laridae–become wild and individual with the rising tide. Petrel, the largest and highest with a 93-foot elevation, has a small freshwater pond as well as the most sheltered landing spot on its western shore. “Their allure is their remoteness and utter privacy; they’re true wilderness islands,” list ing agent Jeff Allen of Downeast Properties says. 18 acres, taxes $4,131.
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Life on Bob and Barbara MacDonald’s island in Pleasant Bay is idyllic. “Everything you could want is here, except milk,” Bob says. “There are fruit trees, high-bush blueberries, and raspberries. When we lived in the East and could spend more time here, we even had a vegetable garden. You can dig mussels and clams, and if you want lobster and crab, just flag down one of the local lobsterman.” Barbara, who often spent time alone on the island, says, “You get into a rhythm with nature. You watch the tide to see when you can cross to the little island. Sometimes early in the season I’d see some of the herd of deer that spent the winter on the island before they’d swim to the island just north of us for the warmer months.” There’s already a stalwart solar-powered
post-and-beam house on the larger of the two islands, and Bob says the smaller island can be built on as well. Both islands and the mainland lot offer deep water anchorage. 23.6 and 4.4 acre islands, three mainland acres, taxes $7,416.
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Separated from Bar Island by a short paddle (or in low tide, a short walk), Narrows, the larger of these two islands, is spruceclad with a rocky shoreline, three sand beaches, and trails that wind throughout. The main cottage–more like a camp, since there’s no power or electricity–sits on a bluff at the southern end of the island, looking straight out on open waters, while two guest cottages perch above one of the protected beaches overlooking the mainland and Ripley Point. According to George West of Drop Anchor Realty, conservation easements are in place.
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Norton Island Addison, $3.25M
“You find a different experience on each beach,” Steve Shelton of Acadia Realty Group says. “Two are sandy, others are rocky–and the weather you see is awe-inspiring.” There’s a protected mooring on the island’s north side, stony cliffs to the southwest, and golden fields with raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, cranberries, and blueberries in between. The island comes complete with a solarpowered post-and-beam main house with sunroom and floor-to-ceiling windows. Not a bad place to pull the stars over your head. A guest house is tucked amid the spruce as well. Included in the price is a mainland lot with private boathouse. 60 island acres and five mainland acres, taxes $13,001.
Fisherman’s Island Beals, $699,000
Just off the southern tip of Great Wass Island, Fisherman’s Island is a blank slate: a level island just 19 feet high with a mile of coastline and beaches–and not one tree. Stand at any point on the island for unobstructed views of the mountains of Acadia National Park and the islands of Western Bay. Experienced sea kayakers call the beautiful and wild Great Wass Archipelago the best place in Maine to paddle, but warning: it’s not for novices.
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Nautilus Island Brooksville, $7.995M
Named for a British sloop of war and once a stronghold for the Brits who used it to control the mouth of the harbor, Nautilus Island was wrested from their grasp during the American Revolution by Continental Marines led by the Midnight Rider, Paul Revere. Today, five minutes off Castine, the 37-acre island is a mini-kingdom that’s as luxurious as many a world-class island resort. Built in 1906, the gracious six-bedroom main house–with its stone palazzo and infinity pool–provides royal, sweeping views of Penobscot Bay. A two-bedroom farmhouse overlooks the vineyard, while the guest cottage is set on the island’s protected harbor. Tennis courts, perennial gardens, lighted walking paths, a converted boathouse, and a 300-foot dock with moorings confirm the status: it’s your island. But make no mistake: This is a working saltwater farm. Its vineyard will produce 100 cases of wine this year. Maple sap is gathered in buckets, then boiled in the sugar shack to make gallons of maple
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Joe’s Island Friendship, $659,000
“It’s 2.4 acres,” says former Ford executive Cam Marshall, who’s spent 20 years building and maintaining a summer house, guesthouse, and outbuildings out here, complete with solar power and rainwater collection. “But, then, I like building things.” It’s a turnkey situation, with “a 55-gallon lobster cooker and two boats–a 17-foot Boston Whaler with a 115-hp Mercury engine and a fiber-
glass skiff–included.” Joe’s is unnamed on the charts; it’s barely a speck off Cranberry Island in Muscongus Bay. “We call it Green Island, because that’s how we’ve tried to live. It’s so close to Cranberry Island you can holler across–we used to shoot off a cannon to let folks on Cranberry know they were invited for cocktails.” 2.4 acres, taxes $2,242.
Brown Island Nicatous Lake, $699,000
Even with its four guest cottages, built in the 1920s, you’re guaranteed the deepest sense of privacy at Brown Island, once owned by the Butterfield family, whose dominions swallowed the northern twothirds of the lake. Outside of your main cottage, with its classic log walls and cast iron stove heating from the middle of the living room, everywhere else around is uninhabited. As John Colannino of ERA Dawson Bradford explains, “Nicatous Lake has 76 state-owned islands and nearly 50,000 acres of private and state conservation lands.”
Back in the day, the Butterfields knew how to live the life out here. They used a barge to bring cows over to the island so they’d have fresh milk in the summer. Still there’s a sense of how civilized the island is. A caretaker is available who’ll have the island fully stocked for your arrival. And with power, running water, cell phone service, and bathrooms, this is the Hilton for rusticators. Take the 18-foot outboard motor boat (included) for a 5-mile spin to the northern end of the lake past virgin forests and loons skimming the water’s surface. Five acres, taxes $697.
White’s Island Big Lake, Washington County $1.995M
Unless you see it from the air, it can be tough to grasp just how big White’s Island is, so picture this: It’s bigger than the world’s smallest country, the Vatican. Covered in virgin oldgrowth timber, it has more than two miles of water frontage. It’s so big, there are miles of hiking trails to get lost on. “Much of the land and islands around Big
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Ram Island Saco Bay $495,000
East of Camp Ellis and northwest of Wood Island Lighthouse lies an island that was once rife with murder and mayhem–at least that’s what was in the mind of Walter B. Gibson (author of the radio program “The Shadow”), who secluded himself on Ram Island one summer to write. His cottage with stone fireplace remains, as does a nine-hole putting green. Charlene Farley of Maine Coast Properties can’t get over it. “I come out here, and I never want to leave. It’s so tranquil, so calm–but you realize it’s not isolated when you hear the bell from the ice cream truck on the mainland.” One acre, taxes $2,700.
Hanneman Island Big Lake, Greenville, $598,000
This is an angler’s dream destination: a dozen acres on one of the largest lakes in Maine, along with an authentic–admittedly rustic– four-bedroom log cabin, all just a mile from the public landing on Big Lake Road. You’re more likely to see bald eagles, moose, and deer than people…and isn’t that a big part of the appeal? A sandy beach cools your toes between casts, and the Saint Croix River keeps the river filled with smallmouth bass. 12.5 acres, taxes $1,012.
Birch Island Moosehead Lake, Greenville, $550,000
Forty years ago, if Mainers said, “We’re going to camp,” you knew just what they meant: They were headed to their family’s cabin on a lake to wake with the loons, spend all day on the water, and fall asleep sated by the sun. Birch Island is that Maine camp: comfortably rustic, with 3,000 feet of waterfront. The house has an even-keeled approach to island living: the log-walled interior harkens to the deepest sentimentality of roughing it, but the deck provides resort-like views of Mount Keno and Moose Mountain. And on top of that, 2 0 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
it’s a bargain-basement stunner: Marge Taggart of Prudential Northeast Properties says,“Three years ago it was listed for $1.5M– it’s a very good value.” Six acres, taxes $2,205.
Murch Island George’s Pond, Franklin, $485,000
Before finished basements, flat-screen TVs, and Sunday football with the guys, there was Murch Island. “The camp–a cabin with a tiny bunkhouse–is the ‘man cave’ of 50 years ago,” listing agent Kim Swan of The Swan Agency says. A weekend on the pinestudded island is like rowing back in time; there’s no electricity, the water comes from the lake, and a Franklin wood stove cuts the chill of a wind-swept night. If 2012 calls (or you need to recharge your iPhone), grab your paddle and kayak to the small mainland lot where there’s a dock and parking. Don’t worry about turning off the lights; they’re taken care of. 8.4 acres, taxes $3,062.
Phoebe Island Sebec Lake, Piscataquis, $549,900
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It looks like a Shel Silverstein illustration: an 800-square-foot white cottage atop a oneeighth acre granite mount just 100 yards from the shores of Sebec Lake. Climb the wooden spiral staircase to the second floor for crow’s nest views of the water. And why not keep an eye out? With a $60,000 barge that conveys with the house, you can ferry supplies across Sebec for your neighbors. Need to stretch a little from the one-bedroom house on the rock? The mainland acreage included with the purchase more than makes up for the tight quarters: 21 acres with spring-fed ponds, free for development. 21 acres, taxes $789.
Burnt Island Saint George Lake, Liberty, $275,000
If The Blue Lagoon were set in Maine–icy thought!–Burnt Island would be the ideal location shoot. “From the cottage’s screen porch you see the shallow lagoon ringed by a beautiful, flat rock wall that was installed in the 1950s,” says Donna Barker of Rock Maple Realty. Shallow and sandy, the lagoon is an ideal spot for children to splash and play, with plenty of deeper water also available around the island for swimming and mooring. Play the castSummerguide
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Genthner Island Pemaquid Pond, Nobleboro $299,000
Is the two-bedroom camp beneath the pines on Genthner Island Neverland? With its screened porch and woodstove in the living room, it’s rustic but comfortable. “If you want ‘simple’–a place where you can turn kids loose–this is it,” says George Feus of Drum & Drum Real Estate. “It’s a peaceful place that hasn’t changed, and it’ll be the same in 100 years.” Timeless indeed, but when the kids grow up and bring the families, Feus says the house can be expanded up to 25 percent–more room to make your picture-perfect getaway. Seven acres, taxes $1,501.
Chasse Island Wadleigh Pond, Lyman, $449,000
A mysterious force draws wildlife to the shores of a shaggy green island in the middle of Wadleigh Pond. It’s a magnet for “deer or moose, who swim out to it,” eponymous island owner Russell Chasse says. “I’ve swum out there myself, with someone rowing alongside.” Leave your car at a private mainland lot 1,200 feet away on Wadleigh Pond Road, included in the price. Slip slowly into the ice-blue water. Do you dare? Two acres, taxes $944.
Foster Island Narraguagus Bay, Harrington, $1.65M
What do you do when you own an undeveloped island that’s nearly three-quarters the size of Monaco? If you’re David Rockefeller Jr., you’ll live aboard your boat and spend days exploring your 300-acre fiefdom. “Each time I come, we turn in a different direction and discover something new,” says listing agent Mia Brown of the Knowles Company. At the southwest end of the island is a protected cove with pier and a sand beach, one of several such beaches on the island. A conservation easement is in place, but up to five homes can be built here. 314 acres, taxes $7,518. n
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The Lodge at Moosehead Lake has a rustic rugged beauty - an ideal private retreat for a complete North woods experience. From the time you step on the lodge grounds till the time you leave, we’ll continue to spoil you! On weekends join us for Up North Cuisine…unique to the Lodge, cocktails in Chloe’s Pub and multi-course breakfasts every morning. Reserve your accommodations online or call us at 207-695-4400.
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June 8-December 15, 2012 Opening reception Saturday, June 9, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Museum of Art Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston, Maine 04240 For directions and programming information: http://www.bates.edu/museum/ or call (207) 786-6158. Follow us on Facebook: on.fb.me/bates_bcma Summer hours: 10 am-5 pm Monday-Saturday
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magine sipping a dark & stormy with half of Two Lights staring into your living room window. Here at 15 Lighthouse Point Road in Cape Elizabeth, the northern tower of one of the world’s most unforgettable monuments follows you from room to room. You’re upstairs in the bath en suite, for example, luxuriating in the jacuzzi. Aha, there it is, looking as if Edward Hopper’s just painted it here, and it’s all yours. Actually, your view of the lighthouse is far better than Hopper’s must have been when he painted it in the summer of 1927. Not to mention the comfort level. Hopper and his bride were stuck near low tide in a stinky bait shack during their extended visits. “If you live here, it’s as if the lighthouse is a family member,” says seller Beth Babcock. “It watches over both of my kids’
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platform of the lighthouse, the sounds carried through the cool air. The original frame house here “was built in the 1950s, with a gambrel roof. In 1994 it took its present shape. The third floor was added, and the first and second floor were expanded.” Naturally, you’re in lobster roll heaven. The Lobster Shack is immediately down the hill. “My favorites are their crab rolls,” Babcock says, “and the onion rings.” The oceanside eatery makes you the world’s best host. “I have a sister in Luxembourg who comes once a summer, and of course we go to The Lobster Shack. I have another sister in
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Vermont, and when she visits, we go. It’s part of coming home.” Beyond the sightseers who can’t resist pulling into the driveway and asking “Can we walk across the lawn and take a picture?” there is interest in your view the world over. “A jelly manufacturing firm from Japan shot photos here. The guy running the show was from L.A. He handed my kids some walkie-talkies so they’d feel they were part of it.” In a way, to live in beauty like this has been part of their education: “To look in front of your house and see these tents and realize they were doing this for one still shot of the lighthouse they were going to use in the last seconds” of a clip seen on the other side of the world, “and to think that last still shot was the one in my head! “I’ll never forget looking out my bedroom window and realizing a moose was walking through my yard, heading along
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the stone wall to the beach.” Then there’s the time Cuddledown rang the doorbell. “‘Hey, we’re scouting locations. We’d like to look at your house,’ they said.” The result? “My son will forever appear on the back cover of their catalog that year, with his red hair and a comforter floating behind him as he’s running across the lawn.” The 4,464-square foot, 10-room house has four bedrooms, three baths, and one partial bath. “My contemplative spot here depends on the season. The den in the back of the house, which probably has the least view of anything, is small, cozy, and looks out at the pool and backyard. The third-floor bedroom is great because you can look at the lighthouse and the ocean, which always change colors. “It’s a great family kitchen with a smaller stove and that great Viking stove. We’ve had family gatherings, and when I have company coming, I use both stoves. The flow of the house is very open. If I’m in the kitchen I can be talking to people in the din-
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True 4 bedroom Garrison in desirable Oakhurst. Must see to truly appreciate! Lg mstr suite w/cath ceilings. Features incl formal LR w/FP, DR w/built-in china, eat-in kitch, HW flrs, den and partially fin bsmt w/FP. Casino Beach rights through association.$399,900
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Gorgeous Colonial on dead-end street. Extras include 4 season sunroom w/radiant ht, finished guest quarters above gar, new kitchen w/granite & beadboard cabinets, mudroom, FP, brick patio & full finished basement. Beach access to Broadcove Beach! $539,900
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Old Orchard Beach motel on East Grand Avenue with separate building for employee housing and manager’s apartment.
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THE HATCHER GROUP KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY View all MLS Listings & sign up for our monthly newsletter at www.JohnHatcher.us or give us a call at our office: (207) 775-2121 Scarborough’s Pine Point
Stunning custom built Oceanfront home designed to afford spectacular water views from most rooms. Open floor plan, gourmet kitchen, 1st & 2nd floor master suites, glowing hardwood floors throughout. Step out your door & onto the beach...4 BR, 6 BA Offered at $1,985,000
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John Hatcher “A House SOLD Name” President of KW Luxury Homes, Maine Division
Oceanfront Estate offering ocean views from most every room. Quality construction using the finest materials, cherry floors, 4 custom fireplaces, gourmet kitchen, 5K bottle wine cellar, guest quarters. See photos at Johnhatcher.us ...5 BR, 6 BA Offered at $2,295,000
Scarborough 1 BR, 1 BA $334,500
Portland’s West End 4 BR, 3 BA $509,000
Saco Waterfront 3 BR, 1 BA $599,000
Scarborough 4 BR, 3 BA $423,900
Portland Pier 2 BR, 2 BA $349,000
Portland’s West End 3 BR, 2 BA $259,900
Paul McKee Buyer Agent
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Keller Williams Realty The Hatcher Group 6 Deering St., Portland, ME 04101
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Ed Gardner
“When I say Ed is accessible I mean I was able to contact him 24/7 and then within 15 minutes I would always have a response. He is a caring facilitator that doesn’t dictate the process but listens carefully to get all of the information then synthesizes it all to assist you in making the right choices and decisions.”
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“I would HIGHLY recommend Kathy as your realtor–she is affable, energetic, goes to the “nth degree,” is a tough, talented, and skilled negotiator for her clients.”
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West End Portland $158,900
West End Portland $765,000
Portland Intown $160,000
Falmouth Waterfront $785,000 Portland Downtown $259,900
Portland Commercial $345,000 Portland USM area $179,850 Yarmouth Waterfront $649,900
Manchester $209,900
Gorham $194,900
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“Working with Chris, I always knew I had a strong and knowledgeable advocate looking out for my needs and goals.”
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WEST GARDINER - Spectacular setting on seven acres with views for miles! Massive log home with slate fireplace, lots of glass, soaring ceilings, three bedrooms, two and a half baths, loft, family room, open concept, two car garage, privacy. Just incredible! Call Chris Vallee 207-242-2041 $425,000
PITTSTON - Absolutely spectacular! One of a kind! Newer post and beam with over 5,000 square feet of incredible living space! Four bedrooms, four and a half baths, thirty acres, Douglas fir doors, chef’s kitchen, stone fireplace, eight-stall horse barn. Pastures, views, in-ground pool! Call Chris Vallee 207-242-2041 $1,900,000
89 Water St., Hallowell, ME 04347 • 207-622-2220 • www.thecapitalchoice.com
N e w En g l a n d H o m e s & L i v i n g ST. GEORGE Spacious Colonial with water views offers living room fireplace, hardwood floors, guest suite with 2 bedrooms and large deck. Private 3.75acre lot close to Port Clyde. Separate studio or guest cottage. $459,900 CUSHING – Private, sunny home features the best Maine has to offer: wide open river vistas, fruit trees, stone walls, wildlife & deep water frontage w/sand beach at low tide. Perfect for year round or seasonal use. $899,000
OWLS HEAD This architecturally designed home sits on Crescent Beach with ocean views and stunning sunrises from every room. Home has a backto-back fireplace, sunroom and master bedroom balcony. $1,599,000 ROCKLAND – Stunning panoramic harbor views. Fully renovated ranch home with oak floors and new kitchen. Bonus in-law apt over garage. Newer mechanicals and a full, dry basement. $295,000
147 Park Street - Rockland, ME 04841 • (207) 596-6095 Website: www.soundvest.com • E-mail: wedosell@soundvest.com Each office independently owned and operated
The Rangeley lakes Region MOOSE WATCH POND -This stunning home is on 11 acres surrounded by meadows & gardensAND a 3 acre pond w/ dock & float for year round recreation. Spacious interior features 5BR & 5 BA, 2 screen porches and a high-end kitchen that blends into an airy sunroom. The LR is the heart of the home w/ a 3-story granite fireplace and huge windows offering picturesque views of the grounds. $1,200,000
F o r S a l e SOUTHERN MAINE GARDEN CENTER NURSERY & LANDSCAPING BUSINESS With a 28-year presence in the Portland community and a reputation for an exceptional selection of quality-grown plants, excellent garden design and landscape services, plus expansive display gardens, this thriving and established Garden Center and Nursery is an ideal investment that offers the buyer a business, a home, a loyal customer base, a developed marketing strategy, and opportunities for the new owner to expand and personalize the business.
RANGELEY LAKE. -Spectacular property on prestigious Eastern Shore of Lake. A 1.5 acre nicely landscaped lot with 155’ of lake frontage, overlooking lake & mtns…a different sunset every night. Spacious 3 BR, 2 BA home with cathedral ceiling, screened porch and deck. Includes 2-car garage, basement, canoes & dock. $799,000 RANGELEY LAKE. Magnificent lodge on Western Shore w/ endless lake & mtn. views and sits on an impeccably landscaped 3 acre lot w/ 350 ft. of shore frontage. Filled with custom woodwork, it has 3 BR & 3.5 BA, LR w/ cathedral ceiling & stone fireplace, master suite w/ steam shower, game room w/ pool table & wet bar. Includes two 1BR guest cottages, barn, 2car attached garage, dock & float. $1,875,000
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Here’s your chance to finish this beautiful post and beam home on 2 acres with well, septic, and underground power in place. This structure has been built for high efficiency by using the insulated
This 1870+/- brick Cape farmhouse with barn on 36 acres and 1800-foot frontage on Sheepscot River maintains its original charm yet has many updates. Home has 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, working fireplace in family room, central vac on a quiet country road. Attached is a full in-law apartment with post and beam construction, separate entrance, and working fireplace. Original attached barn has endless possibilities. A walking path leads to the river frontage where you can swim, canoe, fish, or enjoy the wildlife. $295,000
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A newly built Cape-style waterfront home located in a very private setting. Panoramic water views on both levels. Spacious rooms, pantry, office, first-floor laundry, and master with en suite. Attached two-car garage. Enjoy every sunset with west-facing deck or stroll along the winding path to the shore. Asking $395,000.
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Newcastle Newly constructed hand-hewn cedar log home with 834’ of frontage on the Marsh River. $375,000
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Clark Island $149,000
Tenants Harbor $799,000
Martinsville Waterfront $350,000
Tenants Harbor $295,000
Tenants Harbor $195,000
Cushing Land $99,500
13 Mechanic Street, Tenants Harbor, Maine 04860
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Exceptionally Private Lakeside Home w/ Guest Cottage sited on 3+ Acres with 320' WF and Permanent Dock w/Covered Boat Slip. $990,000
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Spacious 4-BR Condo w/Spectacular Rangeley Lake Views & Sunsets. Many Upgrades, Comfortable Layout, Sold Furnished. $339,000
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Elegant 3-BR Lakeside Home w/Large WrapAround Deck, Open Views & Lawn to the Water’s Edge. Very Private & Quiet Location. $695,000
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Waldo Point area architect designed custom 4 BR home w/quality & character. Set on a beautifully landscaped lot within steps of beach access. Ocean views from many rooms and decks. 3 Outbuildings one 16x20 including potting shed provide excellent storage. $650,000 “Orchard House” was built in 1850, but has been expanded & updated. Location, location in the East End with broad water views from deck, porch, & kitchen. This property with period charm & modern upgrades has it all, near beach, golf course, & tennis. $389,000
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Please visit our website for virtual tours on our listings and access to ALL Maine Real Estate! SWAN LAKE: First Time Offering! This distinctive waterfront home boasts remarkable craftsmanship built w/ Grade A quality throughout. Commanding views of the lake, home rests on 1.5 Acres with 285' waterfront! 3700 sq. ft. on 2 Floors of living space, Boat mooring & dock system convey. $599,900 BELFAST: Nearly 9 acres and over 400' on Penobscot Bay, open landscape all the way to the shorefront for spectacular panorama views. Residence features open floor plan w/ Great Room overlooking the water and balcony off master suite. Moor your yacht on your private estate property. Inquire for details.
SEARSPORT: Gorgeous beachfront Victorian w/130' on the Ocean! Breathtaking water views from nearly every room. 4 bdrm/3 bath and perhaps best of all, a separate ocean front cottage for the family & friends, or, income producer! Renovated & updated! Equitably priced to sell at $349,900
SEARSPORT, MERITHEW BLOCK BUILDING. Ideal combination of space, architecturally renovated, 1st fl. exposed brick walls, tin ceilings & wood floors. Sidewalk entrance unit would make a superb gallery, chiro/massage clinic, health spa, or office. 2nd & 3rd floors for owner/ occupied or income producing. Water views & access. $179,900.
BELFAST: 3/2 Home featuring spacious, open floor plan, fireplace, slider in dining rm to rear deck & patio, master w/private bath. Only 3 miles to downtown waterfront, over 1 acre, landscaped, 1-car heated garage/shop. MOVE IN READY! Unbeatable at $154,900
SEARSMONT: Newly updated throughout, 3/2 home features open floor plan. New appliances &flooring, spacious wrap-around deck facing Quantabacook Lake. Walkout basement w/radiant heat, move-in ready home. Boat launch nearby, walk to shores of Quanty for swimming & fishing. $179,900
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LIVING HERE IS LIKE TAKING A VACATION EVERY DAY! The ever-changing harbor offers painting like sunrises and sunsets; lobster and sailboats pass daily. Enjoy a sandy beach at low tide or take a skiff to your mooring at high tide and cruise some of the best waters in Maine, or canoe up the Nonesuch and Scarborough rivers. Open floor plan to maximize water views. Over 5,000 SF with 5 bedrooms and 5 baths. Detailed custom quality throughout. Proudly offered at $1,985,000.
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Q Castine Perkins Street Lovely in town home site on prestigious Perkins Street. Artfully designed garden of perennials and herbs lead to expansive gravel/sandy beach and deep water ocean frontage. Daylight ocean side lower level guest quarters. MLS #1002864 $2,495,000
Deer Isle “High Cliff”* Enjoy sweeping views over east Penobscot Bay to the Camden Hills from the windows an decks of a well planned and finely crafted home with a superb artist studio. Set high above the sea, surrounded by spruce woods, imaginative landscaping, an orchard and organic vegetable garden. MLS #1003378 $1,950,000
Little Deer Isle Oceanfront Acreage Expansive1,300 feet of deep water Maine coastline set on 10 fabulous acres. Two sandy beaches flank a point of land where a salt marsh is host to waterfowl. A true 10 in every way! MLS #1030292 $1,200,000
Deer Isle Sunshine Haven w/Guest Cottage Private Peninsula with 1,100’+ of dw ocean frontage. Open concept home with abundant light and western exposure. Family compound w/ garage/office & cabin at water’s edge. MLS #1019934 $895,000
Stonington Sunset Island Retreat w/Guest Cottage Nicely elevated setting offering sweeping Perfectly set high above the sea offering sweeping ever changing vistas over protected Burnt Cove to the Camden Hills. Additional four season cottage is well appointed. MLS #1029519 $820,000
Blue Hill “William Darling House” Circa 1802. 6,000+ sq. feet of living space, expansive grounds and additional buildings make this a great place for a B&B or a wonderful place to call home. MLS #1021929 $795,000
Stonington Oceanview Home and Guest Cottage Home designed by Eric Chase Architecture. Unique contemporary post and beam home blends perfectly with the surrounding landscape and features spectacular panoramic ocean views over the Deer Isle Thorofare and blends perfectly with the surrounding landscape. MLS #1050862 $749,000
Gouldsboro “Sea Ledges”-Jetteau Point Distinctive south facing property with stellar water views and 370’ ocean frontage. Grounds handsomely groomed and landscaped. Light filled rooms with cathedral ceilings. MLS #1050544 $650,000
Brooklin “Naskeag Point”* Immaculately restored home w/classic New England barn and workshop. Pristine property of open fields, fruit trees and perennial gardens. Includes deep water mooring. MLS #1051342 $625,000
Deer Isle On the Reach Beautiful oceanfront lot consisting of 7.1 ac. and 300’ of sandy gravel beach on the shores of the famed sailing lanes of Eggemoggin Reach. Good level access and potential deep water moorage. MLS #1034847 $395,000
Deer Isle Village “The Pickering House” Formerly a B&B. Historic home overlooking New England harbor. Lovingly renovated with attention to detail. Walk to bank, PO and village amenities. MLS #1040130 $349,000
Southern Maine Lakefront for Sale
Unbelievable lakefront parcel with 109 acres and 4,250' of pristine shoreline on a crystal-clear mountain lake for only $499,900.
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BRUNSWICK Comfortable elegance at its best. This high quality, custom Cape has been carefully designed with an open floor plan. All on the first floor are a large kitchen with tiled breakfast bar and pantry, open dining and living room with gas fireplace, bright sunroom with gas stove, designated office/den and a master suite. The second floor provides two additional bedrooms and a full bath. Located not too far from downtown, this perfect package sits on .63 acres in Mere Point Village. It also offers a very well-landscaped, wooded and private back yard. $425,000
FIVE ISLANDS, GEORGETOWN
is concisely MAINE, and this updated, 1795, year-round Cape has one of the very best locations from which to validate the claim. The open kitchen/dining room, adjacent living room and master bedroom all have easy access to the enclosed sun porch and the wide, wide views of the harbor and islands beyond. Two additional bedrooms and bath are upstairs, adjacent is the “Lobster Buoy Cottage” for guests (or tenants), and perched on the 50' of water frontage is an elevated one room studio. All this and more for $489,900.
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On almost six acres of land with views and 306' of frontage on Middle Bay, accessed by a private road just far enough from the “Madding Crowd” to be exceptionally desirable, is a like-new, barn/Cape style home that is most attractively consistent with the other Colonial style homes in Pennellville. The flexible floor plan includes an open living/dining/kitchen area with fireplace, study and full bath down; three bedrooms and full bath upstairs. Priced at $499,000.
Experience in-town living in the A. Lemont House (1838) listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This historic home has been impeccably maintained and carefully updated, while keeping original details such as fireplaces, moldings, wood flooring and interior shutters. Features include double parlors joined by pocket doors, a formal dining room, study, sunroom and large eat-in kitchen with custom cabinetry. Four bedrooms and two and a half baths are augmented by a first-floor, two-room suite with bath. The attached shed and two-story barn provide garage space, workshop and storage, and the potential for so much more! A large side yard with beautiful plantings and a fenced yard space in the rear complete the package. $595,000
DRESDEN This captivating reproduction, center chimney Cape Cod farmhouse built in 2002 has many high-end details that anyone will appreciate. The first floor has a grand kitchen with cherry cabinets, living room with fireplace, dining and family rooms, half bath and master bedroom suite with full bath. The second floor has an additional two bedrooms and full bath. All this in a picture-perfect setting on 75 acres of pasture, pond, fruit trees, vegetable gardens, woods and frontage on the Nequasset Stream. $695,000
HARPSWELL
Location, location, location…Very privately located off the Headland Road at High Head on a large lot with 225' of water frontage, long southerly view out to open water and access to a small beach. A sunny, open floor plan includes a front-to-back living room with fireplace, built-in bookcases, hardwood floors and access to the new sundeck perched over the water’s edge. The first floor also offers a den with fireplace, spacious kitchen and master suite. Upstairs are two large guest rooms and bath. Also included are a full walk-out basement, attached garage and private yacht club. $775,000
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Cape Elizabeth $1,145,000 Cindy Landrigan 523-8106 #1046984
Old Orchard Beach $224,500 Rowan Morse 523-8107 #1052772
Scarborough $825,000 Mark Fortier 523-8108 #1048756
Cumberland $849,000 Tim Kennedy 523-8123 #1013633
Sebec Lake $569,000 Jeff Davis 523-8118 #1051106
Cumberland $349,000 Sandy Johnson 523-8110 #1047650
Yarmouth $449,000 Edie Boothby 523-8111 #1012782
Cape Elizabeth $789,000 Dianne Maskewitz 523-8112 #1047917
Yarmouth $1,950,000 Bob Knecht 523-8114 #1049237
Portland $595,000 Gail Landry 523-8115 #1044195
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South Freeport $575,000 Chris Jackson 523-8116 #1051164
Portland $379,500 Steve Parkhurst 523-8102 #1046955
Portland $395,000 Tish Whipple 523-8104 #1047284
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Outstanding commercial and residential location steeped in history and charm, originally established by a descendant of survivors of the shipwrecked Angel Gabriel. Possibly the most significant 150 feet of crashing surf on all of Maine’s Rockbound Coast: from mystery writers and world famous artists, to shipwrecks, currency web cams, and Wikipedia–utterly charming history. Lovely 5 bedroom main house, 2-bedroom bunkhouse, gift shop/restaurant…maintain as retail and residential location (great rental history and potential), or family compound adjacent to our most precious and famous Pemaquid Point Lighthouse! $1,795,000
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Charming four season cottage right on Long Cove facing the ocean and Monhegan and Eastern Egg Island–home of the puffins! This ‘diamond in the rough’ is ideal for retirement or second home. Great rental potential with all Long Cove Point amenities - tennis, mooring, dock, clubhouse and beach. Extraordinary sunrise views over the open Atlantic. 292' of crashing surf, cove frontage and much more!! $589,000
This Round Pond cottage is one of those rare jewels to grace the marketplace in some time. Situated in a spectacularly dramatic location amid functional and luxurious landscaping, this visual “paradise” encompasses extraordinary views of Muscongus Sound, Louds Island, Bar Island, and Southern Point. The main house offers deck with new awning for those days when the sun reflects so brightly off of the sound, ceiling fans and ocean breezes are enough to cool even the warmest afternoons, separate guest room with balcony overlooks the quarry entered by way of the blue stone patio. $525,000
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Private, serene and peaceful, naturally landscaped 3.01 acres with 324' of frontage on crystal clear waters of McCurdy Pond…a lovely 3-bedroom Cape/art studio, workshop and garden shed. Enjoy great swimming, kayaking or simply swinging in your hammock while enjoying the serenading wildlife. DON’T MISS THIS ONE! $425,000
With stunning westerly views over John’s Bay towards Christmas Cove, this English Tudor style cottage features 2 separate lots as well as a 2-bedroom guest house. This is quintessential Maine at its best and truly the most desired location on coveted Pemaquid Trail. Call for all the details! JUST RENOVATED AND REDUCED! $1,500,000
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Falmouth Land Only $88,900! Picturesque home site in spectacular Falmouth farmland. 10 minutes to Portland Easy access to I-95 & I-295
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Starr Cottage–Dark Harbor Classic 1790s Greek Revival post & beam Cape. 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 4 fireplaces. Glorious sunrise waterview, sunset waterfront. $1,500,000
55 Acres–Sweeping views from this private and serene four-bedroom Cape amidst lawn and open beachfront, ideal for family compound. 1350 feet frontage on Penobscot Bay. JUST REDUCED, NOW ONLY $875,000
Meadow Pond–1840s Four-bedroom home meticulously refreshed. Living room fireplace, elegant eat-in kitchen, cathedral ceilinged master suite or studio, sun porch, large awninged deck, landscaped view. $405,000
Hermits Point Shorefront Lot –Splendid 12 acre parcel offers open woods, cleared home site. Private drive, enchanting cove with 235 feet frontage. Protective covenants. $695,000
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Quintessential 1894 Grand Cottage & Dock–Six bedrooms, 3 baths. Guest cabin, steps to beach, lovely landscaping. Delightful summer enclave. Outstanding ocean views. $940,000
P.O. Box 300, Islesboro, ME 04848 · (207) 734-8809 oldhamip@midcoast.com · www.islesboro.com
Narrows Sunrise Cape–Great views from this waterfront cedar-shingled three-bedroom home. Dining room, living room fireplace, two full baths, deck. Quaint and cozy wooded location. $695,000
Private Beach Front Three-bedroom Home– Wonderful sunsets & water views. Wooded landscaped setting, gardens, perennials. Spacious and gracious living with comfort and convenience. Includes detached shop and two moorings. $1,295,000
Doc’s Harbor–Prime Oceanfront three-bedroom cottage with panoramic sunrise views of Penobscot Bay, easy beach access and deep water. Acreage includes surveyed 3-acre roadfront lot suitable for development. $655,000
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Appreciate the art of relaxing on the Pemaquid Peninsula, the essence of Maine.
BunchBeRRy–Walk to one of Maine’s most picturesque harbors, enjoy lobster at the state’s oldest cooperative, play tennis on a regulation court, or simply enjoy the light-filled, sophisticated interior of this Victorian/Cottage-Style home. The thoughtful floor plan embraces both quiet escapes or generous entertaining. First-floor master with private morning porch, open kitchen/dining/living, spacious guest/family accommodations, convenient amenities. Step outside to expansive decks with BBQ area, seating and serene woodland privacy. Association common area, tennis court, 1+ acres. Priced to sell, $295,000.
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Round Pond–A unique opportunity on the Pemaquid Peninsula, with frontage on scenic Round Pond Harbor, just minutes from all peninsula attractions and amenities. Privately nestled into a 3+ acre setting, “Summer Hill” defines tranquility both inside and out. The simplicity of another era, yet updated for today. Generous living/dining area, one bedroom, guest sleeping loft and many original features. Excellent rental history, but wouldn’t you rather be there? Priced to reflect today’s market at just $395,000.
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Enjoy all the East End has to offer in this rare, fully updated 3-4 bedroom, 2 full bath single family. Ample water views, large lot with 4 car parking or room for garage, new high-end kitchen, super efficient heat & much more. Priced right! www.35congressst.com $549,900
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y cat has a Facebook page, and I did not create it for her. She’s always been a copycat–untying my shoelaces (tying them is beyond her), operating the remote control, tapping at the keyboard, but still! The name she uses on the page is Desi, which is what I called her when she followed me home, but I’ve always wondered if she understood. It seemed just as likely she’d assume her name was I love you sweetheart angel girl, the words she hears most often. Desi’s FB status reads: Janie is out of work, and I am out of cat food and litter. Help her find a job! Port land (Maine) preferred. I note that unlike some felineloving humans, she spells it “preferred,” not “purrfurred.” She knows I want to return home. I know cats don’t use computers. Which means someone created this page and asked me to friend it in order to send me a message. Which may mean that someone wants me back. Lee. Who else could have posted Desi’s profile picture– her beautiful, gray tortoiseshell self stretched out on the redpainted wooden kitchen table that used to be ours?
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nstead of remembering the job offer in Boston wasn’t why I left him, and instead of thinking maybe he just missed the cat, I phoned him. He didn’t say, “So how did Boston work out for you?” (He obviously knew the great job was downsized and gone. My search was all over LinkedIn, BranchOut, Twitter, and my own FB page, not just Desi’s. Trying to get the attention of an employer, I got Lee’s.) “I’d love to see you,” he said, and stammered for awhile in an almost charming way until: “How about coming up to the camp for the weekend?” The camp was the lakeside cabin he’d acquired not long before I left. The first time he took me there, I loved it–more than our apartment in Portland (with the red kitchen table) and, truth be
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told, maybe more than Lee himself. I told him I’d have to get back to him. “Angel girl, what do you think?” Her answer wasn’t conclusive, so I called my BFF in Biddeford. “You know you’re still in love with him,” she said. “Why else do you speak of him so often and with such contempt?” Contempt was not fair to Lee. He was clever, he was creative–witness my cat’s FB page. I called him back and said yes. Desi went into her carrier, litter box into
the trunk, both of us into the car, through early rush-hour traffic and then New Hampshire and oh! across the bridge at Kittery where I felt myself breathing freely for the first time in so long, though my stomach did anxious flip-flops. On the back roads, we galloped over rolling hills, up sun-blinded crests. We dipped through fields, past unpainted barns, curved around flat sightings of lake. I needed to make a left turn, but where? Had the road changed so much in two years, or was it me and my memory that had changed? So much new construction, trees cut down, roads paved now that had once been dirt. I passed the rough-hewn
poles with wooden arrows pointing to one camp or another, glad some families had simply posted their family names. (How many Happy Havens and Paradises in the Pines can one lakeside boast?) In among those pines I tried one dirt driveway after another till I got it right and reached the front porch. The carved loon decoy sat beside the welcome mat, as always, but the cabin looked so small. My memory had made it loom so large. And where was Lee? I’d played this scene over and over in my head, what it would be like seeing him again, how we’d embrace and kiss with two years of pent-up passion. Or how he’d open the never-locked door and say “Glad you could make it” before shrinking back against the frame so I could enter without our bodies touching. Flip-flop. Which way would it go? Once inside, it was obvious he had a new woman. New furnishings in the cabin, something he’d never have done for himself. Though maybe she’d left him, too, which might account for his getting in touch but didn’t explain the cigarette butt left in a cup. Lee didn’t smoke, and, unless things had really changed, he didn’t wear lipstick. There was a note on the fridge: Sorry for the change in plans. I had a wedding up in Houlton, and bringing you didn’t feel appropriate. Was the smoker with red lips in Houlton with him? Leaving me here. Hurt, angry– take your pick. Or relieved. You’re welcome to stay. I’m back Sun day night. I’ll be gone by then, I decided. But while I’m here, I intend to enjoy myself. I’d hike and swim and... I opened the refrigerator. Empty. Nothing in the cupboard but stale crackers and a jar of instant. The general store didn’t stay open this late. But along with Desi’s food, I’d brought Summerguide
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a can of tuna as a treat and she’d have to share it with me. (Desi, sweet companion. I’d mistaken her for a him the day she first walked in the front door, jaunty as if she already belonged. Honey, I’m home was the message as she rubbed against my legs, marking me.) I fed her, then helped myself, then the two of us sat on the dock and watched the sky streak with pink and orange and red and the lake returned the favor as the sun came down, burning the water. The loons called, my stomach zinging along with their wild vibrato. When the birds began to wail, Desi panicked and tore back to the cabin. I found her in the bathroom, cowering in her litter box. On the washstand, the soap glowed white and eerie, narrowed in the middle like a bone. And I was still hungry. ee never wanted to go anywhere. Quiet nights at home are nice, but how many games of Scrabble can a person play? Now I was here without him
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and I could check out the roadhouse that advertised the Best Boogie Band North of Portland. When I walked in on my own, there was no boogying going on but a folk duo singing that saddest of French-Canadian songs, about being forced from hearth and home. I felt banished, too, though I was not a political exile. All I did was leave my boyfriend, but like the singer “wandering alien lands in tears,” I cried. “Are you all right?” asked the hostess. “Yes, the music,” I said. “The set’s almost over,” she said. “Relax.” The kitchen was closed, so the buffet– what was left of it–was half-price, and still a feast: steamers and four-bean salad and watermelon slices and blueberry cobbler. The folksingers packed their guitars. I filled my plate. “You’re not from around here.” The guy was young, probably younger than me, and eager. “Looking for action?” “No, I’m looking for work.” The words came out automatically, and wrong, because he grinned and said, “How much?”
I sat at my table, my eyes closed, taking deep breaths, my food untouched in front of me. This whole weekend had gone wrong. But maybe the point was, I should be looking for a job, not for Lee. Why had I limited my search to Boston when what I really wanted was to come home? I took out my phone to check the Monster board. There was no signal at the cabin, but here I had bars...and messages, both voice and text, from Lee. Where are you? Apparently you changed your mind. You could have let me know. My uneasy stomach rose up into my throat. No wonder the cabin looked small, unfamiliar. How could you do this? How could you hurt me again? I never meant to. OK, Janie. Just forget it. Lee was a decent man, a good man, but we both knew–we’d known it two years ago–we were through. Instead of phoning to explain I got lost and ended up at someone else’s cabin, instead of asking him to meet
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me at the roadhouse and lead me back to his, I texted simply, I’m sorry. slept in the stranger’s cabin. I slept in the stranger’s bed. In the morning, I took a cup of instant down to the dock, where Desi and I watched the mist rise off the lake. My BFF in Biddeford would put us up while I looked for a job. “Good work, Desi. Clever, gentle cat, you brought us home.” I stroked her fur. “I love you, sweetheart, angel girl.” A pair of chickadees landed by my side. I held Desi close and warned her to leave them alone though I could not believe that she would want to hurt them. n
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Downtown Worker appreciation day in congress square, from left : 1. Kevin Gaspardi, Emily Broadbent 2. Cindy Rogers, Melinda Shane 3. Brianna Mccabe, Ann Swardlick 4. Jill McMahn, Susan Cote
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2012 Maine Jewish Film festival OPENING reception at AKARI in portland, from left: 1. Natalie & Alyssa Ladd 2. Chris & Carey Rasco 3. Larry Vine, Brenda Garrand 4. Rachel Levy, Anna Levy 5. Tracy Foss, Allan Labos
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Portland Symphony Orchestra WINE DINNER at Harraseeket Inn inFreeport, from left: 1. Dan Kennedy, John Hatcher 2. Debby Hammond, Sam Hayward 3. Bill Thornton, Deb Galarneau 4. Claire Hammen, Amanda Foster 5. Scott Maker, Barbara Furey 6. Gina Vardis, Sue Konkel, Kristen King, Sara Camerson, Donna Bass 7. Leesa Edwards, Tracy Weinric
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