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Giclee prints by Dana Heacock Fine art reproductions on paper and canvas More images and a variety of sizes available in stores and online

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Saturday night, standing in line to buy a theater ticket, phone rings. Voice says, “This is Jeff, we hit a pocket this afternoon, thought you might like to come up.” I said, “What time?” He said, “8:30.”

Sunday morning at the mine. First photograph: SparHawk tourmaline and watermelon crystals in place (1924 silver dollar for reference). After that, the day just kept getting better. Jeff won’t allow us to talk about quantity, but someone said to him mid-day, “You can stop smiling now.”

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Fit For a King

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Freshened up in Portland, the Amistad charts a course for the unknown.

By Stacy Sullivan If there’s one thing we’ve got, it’s festivals.

From Staff & Wire Reports The nine lives of the BIW-built staysail schooner Black Douglas.

By Colin W. Sargent

Supply-side Gastronomics Hardworking retailer/wholesalers make Portland a great place to eat.

By Claire Z. Cramer

62 Members Only

Blue blazers, please; we’re going to the yacht club.

From Staff & Wire Reports

69 Rainy-Day Weird

Get your freak on by poking around Maine’s little museums of this and that.

From Staff & Wire Reports

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Do these ladies ever have a past!

Step into the glamor days when Bath Iron Works created yachts as well as Navy combatants.

By Andrew Toppan

Departments 20 From the Editor 22 Letters 24 Imperatífs 26 Goings On 36 Chowder Special advertising sections

38 All Things Lobster 87 Casco Bay Experience 89 Dining Guide 89 Restaurant Review The Dolphin, Harpswell

99 House of the Month “Pineapple House,” Kennebunkport, 1735

108 New England

Homes & Living

119 Fiction

“Identity Theft”

By Barbara F. Lefcowitz

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Dock Shadows

by Bruce Habowski 5"x4" oil on panel

Featuring original works of fine art, photography and limited-edition prints by regional and local artists.

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Even with all the traffic zooming along the coast this summer, it isn’t every day the image of a 1968 Mustang Fastback with BULLITT on its Maine license plate rises into view in your rear-view mirror.

“I bought this car the same year the Steve McQueen movie came out,” says Rich Whittlesey, 72. “I’m the original owner.”

Though he has “a small business repairing and selling vintage guitars,” his career was “working on the Hubble Space Telescope as well as spy satellites,” in Danbury, Connecticut, for firms like Hughes and Raytheon.

“They’ve just declassified what I did. I’m not a spook anymore!”

Mystery car aside. “People pull in my driveway in Blue Hill and ask to look at it.”

As for what his second-favorite McQueen movie is, he says, “Baby the Rain Must Fall.”

McQueen, guitars, we get it.

Is muscle-car lover Whittlesey’s other car a bland econobox like a Nissan Leaf? Naw...

“It’s a 2008 Mustang GT.” To view a PowerPoint graphic of his 2005 keynote address at the The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’s Third Responsive Space Conference (something right out of The Big Bang Theory), see “Reconnaissance Payloads for Responsive Space,” http://www.responsivespace. com/Papers/RS3/SESSION%20PAPERS/ SESSION%205/5004-COX/5004C.pdf.

On top of everything else, Whittlesey has come up with an algorithm for blending into Maine if you weren’t born here, the book A Flatlander’s Guide to Surviving in the State of Maine: Scientific Methods for Determining If You Are From Away, available on Amazon.

It’s essential reading– we hear there’s a monstah re-entry burn in Blue Hill.

To view the chase scene from Bullitt, visit youtube.com/watch?v=-Lbs_nYW3-o.

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Achin’ for some bacon? Jay Villani has the answer. The man behind Local 188, Sonny’s, and the upcoming Ideal Bakery is opening Salvage BBQ & Smokehouse in late July on Congress Street, about a block from Hadlock Field.

His plan: “Simple menu, by the pound. Ribs, brisket, chopped pork, and homemade sausages. Classic sides and extensive Maine beer tap list…

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See up to nine famous Maine beacons during the Eastern Trail Alliance’s10th annual Maine Lighthouse Ride on September 7. Cyclists can choose a 25-, 40-, 62-, or 100-mile course. Everyone begins and ends at the waterfront SMCC campus in South Portland to pick up maps and cue sheets. The self-guided, fully supported tour includes rest stops with clam chowder and chili. “It’s our most popular event, a way to see some of the Southern Maine Greenway and some of the coast,” says the ETA’s Scott Marcoux. The ride is $45 for ETA members and $60 for non-members. easterntrail.org

Three sheets to the Wind You’ve heard of a boat in a bottle. This sloop sculpture

by Germany’s H & K Sculptures is decidedly outside the bottle! “When people love them, they love them,” says Connie Koengeter of the Cork & Barrel, 204 US Route 1 in Falmouth. The question is, but red wine or white? “Use any kind of bottle you’d like.” Fair wines and following seas. mainecorkandbarrel.com

This sacred cod is down-home New England with homefries. The Downeast Benedict is the legacy of the late Myles Henry, longtime owner of the Maine Diner on Route 1 in Wells. A pair of house-made cod cakes riding English muffin halves is topped with two poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. This old-fashioned specialty was “one of Myles’s favorites…everybody loves it,” says waitress Diane Couture. $8.95, mainediner.com

sunday night at the Movies See you on the rooftop of the Spring Street Parking Garage for an alfresco night of movies! Bring your blanket or lawn chair and a pizza at sunset for a short work by a local filmmaker followed by Close Encounters of the Third Kind (July 28) and Dr. Strangelove (August 18).

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SUZANNE NANCE & FRIENDS Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick, 7:30 pm, $30. msmt.org

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MAINE LOBSTER FESTIVAL, through Aug.4. Crustacean heaven, races, contests, parade, pageant, and nightly concerts including the Mallett Bros. and David Cassidy. Rockland’s Harbor Park, 12pm-10pm, $5 adults/$2 children (ages 6-12). mainelobsterfestival.com

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SCOTT WEILAND concert, Asylum, Portland, 9pm, $35 in advance/$38 day of, portlandasylum.com

MAINE ANTIQUES FESTIVAL Aug. 9-11, Union, 9am-4pm, $10. maineantiquefest.com

HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSES of Maine Motor Coach Tour, Aug. 12-15, $595 includes transportation and lodging. mysteriousdestinations.com

YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN Camden Opera House, 2pm, $14 adults/$12 students & seniors. camdenoperahouse.com

PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO State Theatre, doors 7pm, show 8pm, $46/$56/$66. statetheatreportland.com

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Theater Acadia Repertory Theater, 1154 Main St., Mt. Desert. A Couple of Blaguards, Jul. 16-28; Cinderella, Jul. 3-Aug. 31; Unnecessary Farce, Jul. 30-Aug.11; Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced, Aug. 13-Sept. 1.

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854-0064, acorn-productions.org Arundel Barn Playhouse, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. Shrek the Musical, Jul. 16-Aug. 3; All Shook Up, Aug. 6-17; Always Patsy Cline, Aug. 2031. 985-5222 arundelbarnplayhouse.com Belfast Maskers/Cold Comfort Theater, The Fantasticks, Jul. 16-21; 42nd Street, Aug. 6-11. Call for specific venues. 930-7090, coldcomforttheater.com Camden Civic Theater, 29 Elm St., Camden. You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, summer; The Miracle Worker, fall. 236-2281 camdencivictheatre.com

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City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Nine to Five, Jul. 19- Aug. 4; Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Aug. 23-Sept. 1. 282-0849 citytheater.org Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Call for summer schedule.

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865-6355 fenixtheatre.com Freeport Community Players, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook Rd., Freeport. The 39 Steps, Jul. 18-Aug. 4; Indoor Outdoor, Sept. 12 - 29.

865-5505 fcponline.org Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5 Depot St., Freeport. The Tardy Brothers, Jul. 14 & 28, Aug. 4, 11 &18; AudioBody, Fri. & Sat. during July & Aug. 518-8839, awesometheater.com Frontier, Fort Andross, Brunswick. Call for schedule.725-5222 explorefrontier.com Gaslight Theater, 1 Winthrop St., Hallowell.

Picnic, Aug. 23-31; Promises Promises, Nov. 14-23.

626-3698 gaslighttheater.org Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St., Berwick.

Sound of Music, Jul. 10-27; Les Miserables, Jul. 31-Aug. 17; Driving Miss Daisy, Aug. 21-30. 698-1807 hackmatack.org Heartwood Regional Theater Company, 420 Biscay Rd., Damariscotta. The Legend of Jim Cullen, Jul. 19-Aug 3. 563-1373 heartwoodtheater.org Lakewood Theatre, 76 Theater Rd., Madison. InLaws, Outlaws and Other People That Should Be Shot, Jul. 18-27; Footloose: The Musical, Aug. 1-10; Mama Won’t Fly, Aug. 15-24; Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, Aug. 29-Sept. 7; Too Many Cooks, Sept.

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646-5511 ogunquitplayhouse.org Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland.

Jesus Christ Superstar, Sept. 13-29; The Sound of Music, Nov. 22-Dec. 8. 799-7337 portlandplayers.org Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Ave. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sep. 24-Oct. 20.

774-0465 portlandstage.org Schoolhouse Arts Center, Rte. 114, Sebago Lake Village. Music Man, Jul. 18-Aug. 4; Comedy of Errors, Aug. 16-18; Little Mermaid Junior, Aug. 23-25; Barefoot in the Park, Sep. 13-22; Arsenic and Old Lace, Oct. 11-27.

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Stonington Opera House, 1 School St., Stonington.

The Millay Sisters: A Cabaret, Jul. 14; Shakespeare in Stonington: Cymbeline, Jul. 19-28; Live for $5!-Top Hat Toy Theater, Jul. 25; Live for $5!-Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Company, Aug. 1. 367-2788 operahousearts.org

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The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Jul. 5-Aug. 16; The Year of Magical Thinking, Jul. 26-Aug. 18; The Taming of the Shrew, Jul. 12-Aug. 18; Our Town, Jul. 19-Aug. 17; The Velveteen Rabbit; Jun. 21-Aug. 15; Patience, Sep. 19-30.

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Giselle, Jul. 26-27; Rapunzel, Aug. 3; Robinson Crusoe, Aug. 10; Equus, Aug.14-17; The Princess and the Pea, Aug. 17. 873-7000 operahouse.org

Music Asylum, 121 Center St., Portland. Karaoke, every W; Retro Night, every Th.; Plague: Goth/Industrial Night, Every F; The Outlaws, Jul. 27; Ted Nugent, Aug. 12; Donovan Frankenreiter, Aug. 17; Ed Roland & The Sweet Tea Project, Oct. 11. 772-8274 portlandasylum.com Blue, 650 Congress St., Portland. Open Rounds at Blue, every Tu.; Traditional Irish Session, every W; Jazz at the Blue, every F.; Bob Rasero, Maina Evans, Jul. 26; Steve Wark Jazz Ensemble, Hardy Brothers Trio, Jazz Jam, Jul. 27; Jennie Backstrom, OKBARI, Evan King Group, Aug. 2; Mike Beling Trio, Aug. 3; Darlin’ Corey, Aug. 7; Barn Swallows, Bluegrass Jam, Aug. 8; Britt Connors & Bourbon Revival, Aug. 9; Lincoln Allen Jazz, John Funkhouser Trio, Roving Soul, Aug. 10; Night with SORCHA & Friends, Aug. 15; Shanna in the Round, Matt Meyer & The Gumption Junction, Aug. 16; Hee Hawk, Sean Mencher & His Rhythm Kings, Mark Tipton’s Duo Improv, Aug. 17; Samuel James &

Dana Gross, Aug. 22; Bob Rasero, Martin England, LQH, Aug. 23; Hardy Brothers Trio, Jazz Jam, Aug. 24; Gunther Brown, Eric Ott, Builder of the House, Aug. 30; Hattie Simon Trio, Wurlibird Jazz, Amory Raymond Trio, Aug. 31; Evening with the Bloomers, Sept.

5; Jon Aasastad, OKBARI, Evan King Group, Sept. 6; Abram Taylor, Domino Jazz, Sept. 7; Barn Swallows, Bluegrass Jam, Sept. 12; Martin England, The Burners, Welterweight, Sept. 13. 774-4111 portcityblue.com Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Waterfront Park, Bangor. Barenaked Ladies, Jul. 21; Big Time Rush, Jul. 24; MPBN presents A Prairie Home Companion, Jul. 27; Miranda Lambert, Aug. 2; Kenny Chesney, Aug. 7; Larry the Cable Guy, Aug. 17; Toby Keith & the Mallett Brothers, Sept. 2. 1-800-745-3000 waterfrontconcerts.com Dogfish Bar and Grille, 128 Free St., Portland. Acoustic Open Mic, every W; Happy Hour with Travis James Humphrey, live jazz every F; Griffin Sherry and the Ghost of Paul Revere, Jul. 25, Aug. 22; Bridge Walkers, Jul. 27, Aug. 24; Shanna Underwood, Aug. 1; Matt Meyer and the Gumption Junction, Aug. 3; Sean Mencher and his Rhythm Kings, Aug. 10; Dapper Gents Acoustic Trio, Aug. 15; Silent Sams and Evan, Aug. 17; Larson, Aug. 29; Shanna Underwood, Sept. 5.

772-5483 thedogfishbarandgrille.com Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland. Stesha Cano, Jul. 24; Birdland Jazz, Jul. 25; Travis James Humphrey & the Retro Rockets, Jul. 26; Poor Howard & Bullfrog, Jul. 27; Charles Brown, Jul. 31. 541-9190 gingkoblue.com Jonathan’s, 92 Bournes Ln., Ogunquit. James Montgomery Band, Jul. 26; Jonathan Edwards, Jul. 27; Sarah Jarosz, Jul. 28; Peter Yarrow, Aug. 3; Ryan Montbleau Band, Aug. 9; Jimmy Keys, Aug. 10; Tuck and Patti, Aug. 11; J. Geils, Jeff Pitchell, Gerry Beaudoin and Texas Flood, Aug. 16; Buckwheat Zydeco, Aug. 18; Leon Redbone, Aug. 23; Tom Rush, Sept. 1; David Wilcox, Sept. 13; Judy Collins, Sept. 21. 646-4526 jonathansrestaurant.com Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Puccini’s La Bohème, Jul. 24 - 28; Elvis Tribute, Aug. 17; Daniel O’Donnell, Sept. 9. 842-0800 porttix.com One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland. Celtic Fiddle Festival, Oct. 11; Aztec Two Step, Oct. 26; visit website for more summer listings.

761-1757 onelongfellowsquare.com Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave., Boothbay. Delfeayo Marsalis & the New American Songbook, Jul. 26; David Wilcox, Jul. 27; Danny Beals Downeast Goodtime Hour & Half, Jul. 31; Maine Pro Musica, Aug. 7; Bill Harley Songs & Stories, Aug. 8; Francine Reed, Aug. 10; Ed Gerhard, Aug. 15; Kathy Mattea, Aug. 16; Livingston Taylor, Aug. 17 Bob Milne Ragtime Piano, Aug. 22; Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul Aug. 23; Novel Jazz Septet, Aug. 29; Downeast Brass Quintet, Sept. 21; The Bo Deans, Sept. 27. 633-5159 boothbayoperahouse.com State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. Father John Misty, Jul. 26; Tegan and Sarah, Jul. 27; Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls (PCMH), Jul. 28; Beach House, Jul. 31; Beck, Aug. 1; Jimmy Eat World, Aug. 4; Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Aug. 25; One More Time (Daft Punk Tribute), Sept. 14; Delta Rae, Sept. 20; Strangefolk, Sept. 28; Ian Anderson, Oct. 13. 956-6000 statetheatreportland.com j u ly / a u g u s t

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Maine Women Pioneers III, through Jul.Jul. Portland.

Maine Women Pioneers III, through 21.21.

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786-6259 bates.edu/museum Sep. – Dec. 786-6259 bates.edu/museum Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1 Bath Rd., Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Maurice Prendergast, Jun, 29 – Brunswick. Maurice Prendergast, Jun, 29 – Oct. 13; Imago and Persona, opens Aug. 8.

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Every Picture Tells a Story–N.C. Wyeth Illustrations, thru Dec. 29; Andrew Wyeth–Her Room, thru Nov. 14; American Treasures, thru Feb. 2, 2014; A Wondrous Journey, thru Jan. 5, 2014. 596-6457, farnsworthmuseum.org First Friday Art Walk, downtown Portland.

Visit local galleries, studios, and museums, Aug. 2; Sept. 6. firstfridayartwalk.com Maine Historical Society Museum, 489 Congress St., Portland. See website for upcoming exhibits. 774-1822 mainehistory.org Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Portland.

Shangaa: Art of Tanzania, opens Jun. 8; Ahmed Alsoudani, opens Sept. 7; Winslow Homer’s Civil War, opens Sept. 7. 775-6148 portlandmuseum.org

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Old Port Wine Merchants, 223 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tasting every third W, 4-7:30pm. 7729463 oldportwine.com Salt Exchange, 245 Commercial St., Portland. Bourbon tastings, first F of every month. 347-5687 thesaltexchange.net The West End Deli & Catering, 133 Spring St., Portland. Wine tastings every first F, 6-8pm.

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Don’t Miss Homes of Wayne Tour, Wayne. Annual “charm, farm, and whimsy” showcase of nine antique & new village and lakeside homes, and classic wooden boat exhibit at the Androscoggin Yacht Club, Sept. 14.

685-5598, www.cary-memorial.lib.me.us Maine Lobsterboat Races, various locations. See website for details. www.mainescoast.com/lbr Maine Windjammer Parade, Park Drive, Rockland. Full fleet of tall ships, Jul. 12.

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Stonington Opera House, 1 School St., Stonington. The Hancock Quartet–Burnt Cove Church Community Center Chamber Concerts, Jun. 26-

Research a Great Retirement Former Washington DC area residents who own a summer farmhouse in Waldoboro, Carolyn Bryant and Don Sarles bought a cottage at Thornton Oaks in early 2010 as their winter home.

Carolyn says “Bowdoin College provides a fine library that I can use for musicological research (though officially retired, I’ve continued editing and writing for Oxford University Press). The local public library has also been extremely helpful in finding abstruse journals and scholarly books for me.” Don, a long-time choral singer, has joined an excellent choir.

“We especially appreciate the strong sense of community at Thornton Oaks. We have formed close friendships and feel very much at home.”

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Aug. 31; Samba Meets Jazz, Jul. 24; Adrien Reju concert, Jul. 30; 13th Annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival: My Coma Dreams-Special Film, Aug. 2, 13th Annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival -Yosvany Terry Quintet, Aug. 3; 13th Annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival-Fred Hersch Trio, Aug. 4; Hymn for Her Concert, Aug. 7, Live for $5!–Bill Harley; Aug. 11; Guitar MastersConcert, Aug. 13; Live for $5!–Maranacook String Band, Aug. 15; Bridgman/Packer Dance, Aug. 1420; Live for $5! - Hilary Chaplain, Aug. 22; Poetry Evening, Aug. 24; Jonathan Edwards, Sept. 14.

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Sugarloaf, 5092 Access Rd., Carrabassett Valley. Nike Jr. Golf Camp, Jul. 21-25, Aug. 4-8; Coca-Cola Junior Championship, Jul. 28-31. 1-800-843-5623, sugarloaf.com Sunday River, 15 South Ridge Rd., Newry.

Full Moon Dinner, Jul. 19; Tough Mudder Challenge, Jul. 20; Mollyockett Festival, Jul. 20 - 21; England Forest Rally, Jul. 26-27; Eastern States Cup Enduro, Aug. 4; Maine State Kids’ Triathlon, Aug. 10; Maine Triathlon, Aug. 11; Full Moon Dinner, Aug. 23; Sunday River Open Dart Tournament, Sept. 15. 824-3000, sundayriver.com WoodenBoat Sail-In, WoodenBoat campus, Brooklin. Sept. 10, annual gathering of the schooner fleet, with live music, refreshments, and free boat tours, sailmainecoast.com –Compiled by Jeanee Dudley

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This wistful sign outside South Beach Bar & Grille in Boca Grande, FL, tickled a group of “New England expatriates having mint juleps, conch fritters, grouper sandwiches, and a raucous time,” says Chris Riccardo of Portland. “Talk of the Sox and Fenway Paaahk obviously came up after a few shooters.”

A big moment for two worldfamous Deering High School alumnae in slinky black evening gowns took place at the 2013 Tony Awards. Anna Kendrick (DHS ’03) presented Andrea Martin (DHS ’65) with a Tony for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for her performance in the Broadway revival of Pippin. Be loyal to the purple.

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Musically speaking, The Great Gatsby is 21st-century fantastic, but might real jazz hits from the 1920s have struck a deeper chord in the movie & sizzled for a new generation of listeners? James Woodman Brown of Yarmouth’s WYAR-FM 88.3 offers “songs from 1922 that still have cultural presence and recognizable relevance to a modern audience”: 1) Carolina in the Morning. “If you follow collegiate sports, this one speaks for itself.“ 2) Chicago. “In 1922, ’toddling’ was slang for gritty and hard drinking.” 3) A Kiss in the Dark. 4) My Buddy. Covered by everyone from Sinatra “to Glen Frey of the Eagles.” 5) Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean. 6) Runnin’ Wild. 7) Somebody Stole My Gal. 8) Way Down Yonder in New Orleans. 9) My Man and Second Hand Rose. “Both are associated with vaudeville star Fanny Brice and famously covered by Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl.” Then there’s the Downton Abbey hit “If You Were the Only Girl in the World and I Were the Only Boy,” made a world fave by Westbrook crooner Rudy Vallee. For some Valentino cool, try “The Hoodoo Man” by Nacio Herb Brown.

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Deliciously smarmy, Vincent Price not only starred in Leave Her To Heaven by Maine novelist Ben Ames Williams (see “Cinematic Mainers,” Summerguide 2013), he trod the boards at Lakewood Theatre in Skowhegan in Penrod (by Kennebunkport novelist Booth Tarkington). From a 1937 Lakewood programme: “Here are Vincent Price and Edith Barrett studying their roles between rehearsals.”

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Wreckage from the sunken SS Paula Deen is washing up on our shores, prices slashed.

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t’s 9:30 a.m. in a light drizzle in Portland, and the ship still hasn’t sailed. Our photographer sees the crew gathered together for a moment and closes in for a shot. “No! No, no, no, no!” says Captain Greg Bailey, rushing over. “You never shoot a picture of the entire crew just before a ship leaves.”

Bad luck. And this girl has had her share of that...

Which is not to say this beautiful topsail schooner is only illstarred. There’s simply more to her than meets the eye.

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No, she wasn’t in the movie. Steven Spielberg’s haunting 1997 film Amistad, depicting the true story of 53 Africans who mutinied against their Spanish slavetraders in 1839, was filmed aboard two other schooners, Pride of Baltimore II and Californian. Inspired, the state of Connecticut sank $2.5 million to fund the construction of Amistad in 1998, intending her to serve as the state’s flagship.

Amistad had her barnacles scraped and a propeller repaired at Gowen Marine from June 4 to July 3 on Portland’s waterfront.

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Although her home port is New Haven, she hasn’t spent a lot of time there. She’s spent a lot of time laid up at Mystic Seaport.

Maine has a big connection to her. Amistad is crewed by Ocean Classroom Foundation of Damariscotta, who have three other educational sailing vessels in their fleet, says O.C.’s marine superintendent J.B. Smith.

Amistad America and Ocean Classroom have had a “collaborative agreement to co-manage the vessel” since the fall of 2012, says Hanifa Washington, Amistad America’s new executive director as of July 1, 2013. Washington got her start with Amistad as the ship’s cook for the cruise to Cuba in 2010.

“Their organization doesn’t have anyone who knows how to sail or maintain a ship,” says Smith. “We haul our boats every year for maintenance. Amistad had some propeller and tankage work done as well.” This work was done at Portland’s Gowen Marine and Portland Yacht Services instead of New Haven or New London because “you do it where you can get the best work done.”

“Centralizing repairs in Maine for Ocean Classroom’s fleet [the Amistad, Harvey Gamage, the Westward, and the Spirit of Massachusetts] is much more economical,” says O.C.’s executive director Greg Belanger,

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Amistad America, Inc., which owns the ship, failed to file non-profit tax returns for three consecutive years. This resulted in the IRS revoking the foundation’s non-profit status in August 2012.

Washington blames the tax issues on “financial disarray the organization’s been going through…and critical clerical errors. [It was] quite a surprise…when that happened.”

“We were told we had until August 2013 to sort out and file non-profit tax forms,” says Belanger. This turned out not to be so, but the tax paperwork is “being completed this summer, and this should be worked out. Amistad has a new office in New Haven.”

Amistad’s rig was damaged after the Cuba trip, so she spent time “and a great amount of money in Mystic for repairs,” Belanger says.

“When we couldn’t sail, we lost revenue.

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Connecticut wants to straighten this out.

“The state’s auditors have begun their audit,” says state representative Diana Urban, D-Stonington, who inherited Amistad’s financial issues because the ship was built in her district at Mystic Seaport. “My position is, I’ve stopped digging. I’ve already spoken with the

auditors, and it’s worrisome. Going forward, we need to put the Amistad organization on a Results-Based Accountability system.”

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“The ship’s reason for being is to tell the Amistad’s story at dockside open houses and day sails,” at educational events and to function as an icon of social justice, says Smith.

Rep. Urban: “I want the Amistad to do what she’s supposed to do. But here’s one of my concerns. If they say, ‘We went to Philadelphia for an educational event,’ I want data–how many people came aboard? What events? The three rules of RBA are: How much? How well? And is anyone better off?”

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Amistad is slated to be used in NBC’s pirate mini-series Crossbones, about Blackbeard, although no one’s sure precisely when.

“They’ve paid us some of the advance, and we’re not giving it back,” Smith laughs.

“Doing what the Amistad is supposed to be doing is not John Malkovich in Puerto Rico,” says Urban. “I really believe this confuses the educational mission. Amistad is not a pirate ship–wrong century–and Blackbeard was not African-American. I don’t want Connecticut students taking the SATs thinking this ship, so important to Connecticut’s history and its part in the abolitionist movement, is Blackbeard’s pirate ship.”

“Of course Blackbeard [1680-1718] preceded Amistad by [over a century],” Belanger says, “but when pirate ships raided slave ships, they freed the slaves, some of who joined the pirates,” says Belanger. Regardless, “Amistad’s identity will be changed in the miniseries and then restored afterward.”

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Amistad America plans to sail on. “The story of a struggling non-profit is not new and we need support. We haven’t given up on the ship and her mission and will stand by her,” Washington says in the face of a controversy that has yet to be resolved.

Connecticut is sympathetic but determined. “I do not want to sink the Amistad,” says Rep. Urban, a former economics professor. “But Amistad America must provide accountability, and the organization must start raising private funds.”n

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hat better spot to experience a film festival of outdoor ad­venture than along­side the Kennebec River on a pitch-dark night in the wild with the stars above you? The Maine Outdoor Film Festival at Three Rivers Whitewater in West Forks is the second annual film rendezvous for hearty outdoorspeople and whitewater groupies, and it’s way, way up there in Somerset County. The high-energy footage–a curated selection of short films from many adventure photographers– is focused on Maine.

“We have a fantastic jury this year selecting the films we’ll

show–Ryan Brod, who made the award-winnng ice-fishing film Hardwater; Tom Gerencer, whose Foam Boater was feature-length; and Jane Koopman–she’s a whitewater kayak instructor and a Sugarloaf ski patroller,” says festival organizer Nick Callanan.

“The films cover everything from snowboarding and skiing to runner sledding, whitewater kayaking, fly fishing, salmon fishing, mountain biking, and skydiving.”

Deadline for submissions from outdoor filmmakers is August 1–see maineoutdoorfilm.com.

And this is only one of the festivals out there, all over Maine, all summer long. Find the adventure, the food, the art, or the county fair for you on the following pages, and then hit the open road.

Night moves Acadian Night Sky Festival, Sept. 26-30

Bar Harbor. An evening of star-gazing and picnicking. acadianightskyfestival.com

Camden International Film Festival, Sept. 26-29

Camden, Rockport, and Rockland. Small towns, big films.

593-6593, camdenfilmfest.org

Lobsterman Triathlon Sept 14 Freeport. This popular annual tri features a 1,500-meter swim, 24.9k bike, and 6.2k run in and alongside Casco Bay–and a lobster bake. mainestatetriathlon.com

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Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium, Jul. 25-27

85 Main St. Bucksport. Lectures, films, discussions, and meals accompanying the theme of wonderkino, or “wonder cinema.”

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Cotton candy Bangor State Fair, Jul. 26-Aug. 4

Animals, pony ride, midway, Paul Bunyan lumberjack show, flower show. bangorfair.com

Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival Jul. 27-28

Grand Lake Stream. If you’ve needed an excuse to explore the greater Moosehead region and Maine woods, this traditional folk arts festival might get you in gear. Artisans and traditional craftsmen converge in this pretty town with their canoes and other boats, handmade musical instruments, fabric and fiber creations, carved decoys and lures, bees wax and honey, cheese, and other artisinal goods–and there’s plenty of folk music and dance. grandlakestreamfolkartfestival.com

Bethel MollyOckett Days Festival, July 20-21

Bethel Village. Parade, contests, race, crafts, car and motorcycle show, parade, live animal show, fireworks, Native American drumming and dancing, raffles, frog-jumping contest. 824-2282, mollyockettdays.com

Blue Hill Fair, Aug. 29-Sept. 2

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Fairview Ave., Dover Foxcroft. Homemade ice cream, milking parlor, agricultural exhibits, crafts, midway, animal pulling. 943-2650, piscataquisvalley.com

Pittston Fair, Jul. 25-28

Pittston. Livestock, music, rides, family fun. pittstonfair.com

International Seaplane Fly-in, Sept. 5-8

Greenville. On the sparkling shores of Moosehead Lake, enjoy the 40th anniversary of this festival weekend, with a lake cruise, flying, fly-bys all day, craft fairs, a steak-and-lobster cookout, raffles, and contests. 6952928, seaplanefly-in.org

fireworks, music. 374-3701, bluehillfair.com

Casco Days, Jul. 25-27

Casco. Road race, parade, food vendors. cascodays.com

Clinton Lions Fair, Sept. 5-8

Clinton. Agricultural fair with livestock, live music, demonstrations, and family fun. clintonlionsfair.com

Great Little Bear Show, live animal shows, harness racing, food, live music. northernmainefair.com

Oxford County Fair, Sept. 11-14

Pottle Rd., Oxford. Livestock shows, horse pulling, pig scramble, youth shows, ATV and lawnmower pulls, educational demonstrations, live music, and food. 739-2204, oxfordcountyfair.com

Skowhegan State Fair, Aug. 8-17

The oldest continuously run agricultural fair in the nation. Truck pulls, demolition derbies, harness racing, grizzly bear show, pig scramble, midway, agricultural exhibits, laser tag, magic show, live music, food. skowheganstatefair.com

Springfield Fair, Aug. 29-Sept. 2

Fairgrounds on Rte. 169, Springfield. Midway, monster trucks, performances by Travis James and Tim Humphrey and American Idol finalist Ayla Brown, agricultural events, crafts. springfieldfair.com

Machias Wild Blueberry Festival, Aug. 16-18

Cumberland County Fair, Sept. 22-28

Cumberland Fairgrounds. Large exhibit halls, midway, livestock, animal pulls, harness racing. 829-5531, cumberlandfair.com

Eliot Festival Days, Sept. 27-28

Antique auto show, parade, 5K road race, and chili cook-off. eliot5kandfestival.com

Farmington Fair, Sept. 15-21

Livestock, midway, harness racing, animal pulling. farmingtonfairmaine.com

Fryeburg Fair, Sept. 29-Oct. 6

Fryeburg. “Maine’s blue ribbon classic” is a big one, and a tradition since 1851. In addition to the livestock, pig scramble, midway, rides, entertainment, and harness racing, you’ll find a commitment to live performances–music, magicians, storytelling, and puppets.

935-3268, fryeburgfair.com

Harmony Free Fair, Aug. 31-.Sept. 3

Parade, horse show, midway, contests, games, demolition derby, and animal barn. harmonyfreefair.org

Litchfield Fair, Sept. 6-8

44 Plains Rd., Litchfield. Animal pulling event, truck pull, agricultural exhibits, and a historic fair museum. litchfieldfair.com

Monmouth Fair, Jul. 31-Aug. 3

375 Academy Rd., Monmouth. Live bands and performances, horse and steer pulling, barrel racing, bicycle raffle, sheep dog demonstrations, and pig scramble. monmouthfair.com

Northern Maine Fair and Music Festival, Jul. 26-Aug. 3

Presque Isle. Freestyle MX & BMX bicycle stunt show, Jeanette Rix

Centre St. Congregational Church, Machias. Here is the Downeast harvest celebration par excellence of Maine’s famously tasty wild berry.

The total-immersion festival has a parade, a blueberry musical comedy, a Black Fly ball, kids’ activities and a puppet show, a fun run and road race, and a blueberry quilt raffle. For the competitive, there are banner and T-shirt design contests, a pieeating contest, and pie-, muffin-, and cake-baking contests. Feast on a blueberry pancake breakfast, a fish fry, a bean supper, and a blueberry dessert bar.

Tour a blueberry farm. Humorist Tim Sample performs August 18. Watch for the sight of rakers harvesting berries out on the barrens on your drive in Washington County. machiasblueberry.com

Topsham Fairgrounds. The clans gather every summer for a day of Scottish music and games, and it can get loud. Look for competing pipe bands, fiddling concerts, dance demonstrations and a step dance workshop, a parade of tartans, kilt-making and bodhran workshops, sheepdog trials, sporting contests, a clan village with genealogy information, reenactments, feasting on Scottish food and beer, and Scottish import vendors. thehighlandgames.org

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St. Matthew Parish Funshine Fair, Jul. 27-28

St. Matthew Church, Limerick. Flea market, fun run, bingo, chicken BBQ, raffle, entertainment. funshinefair.org

Topsham Fair, Aug. 4-11

Harness racing, bingo, steer and oxen pulling, pie contest, pig scramble, demolition derby, live music, motocross jumping show, livestock, midway, parade, fireworks. topshamfair.net

Union Fair, Aug. 17-24

Union fairgrounds. Parade, demolition derby, harness racing, pig scramble, bluberry festival, livestock, fireworks show, country music. unionfair.org

windsor fair, Aug. 25-Sept. 2

A historic landmark offering elegant and charming settings for any occasion.

207-373-1824 10 Water St., Brunswick, ME www.captaindanielstone.com

A tradition since 1888, with livestock, pumpkin contest, harness racing, woodsman day. windsorfair.com

York Days, Jul. 27-Aug.4

Concerts, tournaments, fairs, and other events all week at Short

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Acton Fair,Aug. 22-25

Route 109, Acton. Savor the Maine country fair experience in a 3-day nutshell: live entertainment, 4-H animal events, horse and oxen pulling, livestock, tractor pull, midway with rides and games, magic shows, King Arthur flour baking competition, a Miss Acton Fair pageant, women’s skillet toss, woodsmen’s day of competitions, and a beloved pig scramble. actonfair.net

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Venue Menu Ploye Festival & Muskie Derby Aug. 9-11

Fort Kent. Heavenly match: Traditional Acadian buckwheat griddle cakes meet a popular and highly competitive 3-day annual fishing derby.

Muskellunges are considered to be among the most challenging of freshwater sport fish, and the St. John River has 225 miles of muskie habitat.

Sands Beach. parksandrec. yorkmaine.org

Food. Wine. Maine.

i’m hungry Acadia’s Oktoberfest and Food Festival, Oct. 11-12

Smuggler’s Den Campground, Southwest Harbor. Maine brew masters, wine, food, entertainment. acadiaoktoberfest.com

Apple Pumpkin Festival, Sept. 28

Livermore Falls. Food, music, kids stuff, crafts. applepumpkinfestival.org

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Cornish Apple Festival, Sept. 28

Thompson Park, Cornish Village. 625-4993, cornish-maine.org/ about_cornish_apple_festival

Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta, Oct. 5-14

Pumpkin regatta, derby, carving, pie eating, and a parade. damariscottapumpkinfest.com

Food. Wine. Maine.

Harvest on the Harbor celebrates its sixth year as Maine’s Food + Wine Festival. Eat, drink and enjoy local food, exceptional beer, wine, and spirits from Maine and around the world. Award-winning chefs, epicurean presentations, and live entertainment — all happening on Portland’s waterfront.

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Eastport Salmon Festival, Labor Day Weekend

Salmon and chowder, boat tours, crafts, music. Celebrate the Atlantic salmon and its kindred city. eastportsalmonfestival.com

Foliage Food & Wine Festival, Oct. 11-20 Blue Hill. Six peninsula towns’ bakers, farmers, fishermen, and chefs celebrate autumn. bluehillpeninsula.org/resources/ foliage-food-wine-festival

MS Regatta & Harborfest Aug. 16-18

Portland Harbor. It began 31 years ago as a friendly competition for a good cause among local sailors, and it has grown into a 3-day festival of events on land and sea. There’s a skippers’ meeting, reception, and benefit auction on Friday; the Saturday regatta is a day on the water that starts colorfully with a parade of sail in Portland Harbor; and on Sunday, waterfront spectators can check out tugboat and lobsterboat races in the harbor right after they compete in the 5K race that starts in Fort Allen Park. nationalmssociety.org

ing overlooking Penobscot Bay. 596-0376, mainelobsterfestival.com

open winery day, Sept. 15 See fortkent-muskie.com for the derby rules and regs and note the whopping $35,000 in prize money for the biggest fish. 834-5354, fortkentchamber.com

Participating wineries throughout Maine. The members of the Maine Winery Guild open their doors to visitors for tours and tastings. Events vary, but will include live music, local food, art exhibits, and winemaking demonstrations. The guild’s website provides a handy map so you can plan your route. mainewinetrail.com

redneck pig roast and music festival, Aug. 1-4

Rt. 124, Hebron. Feasting with music by the Mallett Bros., Skosh, and others, plus a charity derby. redneckblank.eventbrite.com

midcoast auto show,Aug. 25

McMann Recreational Complex, Bath. Roam the lawns at this rendezvous, ogle the paint jobs, and by all means look under the hoods. Now in its 19th year, the event attracts about 100 cars–and hundreds of car buffs–of assorted vintage. Prizes are awarded for every decade back to the 1920s, and there are categories for foreign autos and hot makes like Mustangs and ’Vettes. Vote for your favorites. midcoastautoshow.com

Taste of Greater Waterville, Aug. 7 Frenchboro Lobster Festival, Aug. 10

Downtown Waterville. Food, garden, sidewalk sales, crafts vendors, live music, children’s events. midmainechamber.com

Bass Harbor Ferry Terminal, Frenchboro. Live music, raffles, and lobster. frenchboroonline.com

Georgetown Working League Fair & Luncheon, Aug. 10

Georgetown. “One of the state’s oldest, briefest, and most popular community events” is celebrating its 100th birthday with fine arts and crafts, a raffle, quilting, and lobster lunch. georgetownworkingleague. org/gwl-fair

Harvest Fest & Chowder Cookoff, Sept. 21

Wells ChiliFest, Aug. 24-25

Bethel Village Common. An annual tradition with chowder and apple pie. 800-442-5826, bethelharvestfest.com.

Harvestfest, Oct. 19-20

York Beach. Traditional fall harvest food, activities, crafts, music. www. maineoktoberfest.org

Harvest on the harbor, Oct. 23-26

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Ocean Gateway Pier, Portland. 6th annual chefs and food festival, demonstrations, lobster chef competition, Brews & Blues BBQ, tasting events. harvestontheharbor.com

Kahbang music festival

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wilton blueberry festival, Aug. 2-3 Wilton. Parades, live music, food, bingo, boat tours, crafts. wiltonbbf.com

winter harbor lobster festival, Aug. 10

Lewiston/Auburn Greek Festival Sept. 6-8

A downeast celebration with blueberry pancake breakfast, lobsterboat races, 5K road race, lobster dinner. acadia-schoodic.org

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Lewiston. Music and food to celebrate showcase Greek culture. 783-6795, laitshappeninghere.com

Yarmouth Clam Festival, July 19-21

All things clam–fried, chowder, cakes, shucking contest, all for good causes. 846-3984, clamfestival.com

Maine Lobster Festival, Jul. 31Aug. 4

Rockland waterfront.

Behold 20,000 lbs. of the mighty crustacean, with a parade, contests, performances by the Mallett Bros., David Cassidy, and the Spin Doctors, coronation of the sea goddess, and feast-

Two days, two contests, lots of chili–and prizes. 646-2451, wellschilifest.com

the Great outdoors Beach Olympics, Aug. 16-18

Old Orchard Beach. 30th annual beach event, three days of competition, music, and displays to benefit Maine Special Olympics.

934-2500, oldorchardbeachmaine.com BBangor Waterfront. Bangor puts on one heck of a weekend with 65 bands–The Knocks, Paper Diamond, and Lady Lamb to name three–plus 30 films, art installations, camping, brewfest, food fight, bake-off. kahbang.com

Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival, Aug. 17 Art sale, street performers, kids’ activities. brunswickdowntown.com

Bucksport Bay Festival, Jul. 26-27

Bucksport waterfront. Parade, 5K, games, fireworks. 469-6818

Common Ground Country Fair, Sept. 20-22

Unity. Celebrate the organic and rural version of the good life and learn some new things about traditional farming. Agricultural demonstrations–milking, blacksmithing, composting, stone working, cooking, tree-felling, orchard-growing; plus produce and crafts vendors, food, music, and camping. mofga.org/theFair

Cornish Horseman’s Day, Sept. 7

On the Cornish common. Crafts, entertainment, animal petting. mainefairs.org/fairs j u ly / a u g u s t

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venue menu Crown of Maine Balloon Fest, Aug. 22-25

Presque Isle. Crafts, entertainment, balloon rides, and demonstrations. crownofmaineballoonfest.org

Forest Heritage Days, Aug. 9-10

Greenville. Food, exhibitions, logging games. forestheritagedays.org

Great Falls Balloon Festival, Aug. 16-18 Simard-Payne Memorial Park, Lewiston. Graceful balloons, wacky cartoon balloons, balloon rides, parade, crafts, entertainers, and a photo contest. greatfallsballoonfestival.org

Hempstock Fest, Aug. 15-18

Freedom Field, Carson Hill Rd., Harmony. Live music, cannabis legalization advocacy and prohibition protest, and lots of live music and fresh air. 696-4444, mainevocals.net

Eastport Pirate Festival, Sept. 6-8

They take their pirates with a grain of salt in Maine’s easternmost city. This 3-day celebration has a pirate parade, reenactments, races, cutlass fights, and a costumed pet show. Pirate ships include the 118-foot downeast schooner Ada C. Lore and a visit from the Pirates of the Dark Rose aboard Must Roos, their rakish, cannon-equipped, 57-foot gaff yawl.

“The ocean’s their life up there in Eastport,” says the Dark Rose pirate known as ‘The Scribe,’ “and they’ve got a lotta pirate in them even when they’re not in costume.”

853-4343, eastportpiratefestival.com

maine boats, homes & harbors show, Aug. 9-11

Rockland waterfront. The only in-water boat show accompanied by exhibitions on land, with live music, food, and crafts stands. 594-8622, maineboats.com/boatshow

orland river day, Jul. 29

Celebrate the river and town that share a name. Start with the Alewife Run, a 3.5-mile paddle from the fish hatchery to Orland village, and then check out a raft race, duck dash, a kayak capsize-and-rescue workshop, fly-tying and falconry demonstrations, food and craft vendors, live music, and a magic show. orlandme.org

Outdoor Sporting Heritage Day, Aug. 13

Oquossoc. Flycasting competition, game dinner, interactive exhibits,

Stonington Opera House, Deer Isle. Cuban saxophone player Yosvany Terry applies his Caribbean roots to American musical traditions; the New Yorkbased bandleader and composer Fred Hersh brings his trio; and Maine’s Noel Brennan Quartet and Lucy & the Diamonds serve as opening acts. In addition, two documentary films are screened. 367-2788, operahousearts.org/calendar

kids’ activities, ecology education. 864-5647, rangeleymaine.com

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Piscataquis River Festival, Jul. 27

Attean memorial Pow Wow, Aug. 10-11

Guilford. Parade, food and craft vendors, live music, Miss Lilac pageant, duck race, classic car cruise-in, pie eating contest. townofguilford.com

trails end festival, Sept. 13-15

Downtown Millinocket. Chili cookoff, Appalachian Trail walk in Baxter State Park, parade, pie auction, moonlit kayak ride, live music. trailsendfestival.org

Vintage Motorcycle meet & antique aeroplane show, Aug. 31- Sept. 1 Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St., Owls Head.

Up to 250 antique and classic bikes on display (pre-1993). Also vehicle demonstrations, Model T rides, family fun. ohtm.org

Maine Wildlife Park, 56 Game Farm Rd., Gray. Here is a chance to learn more about Native American culture firsthand. Tribal representatives from Maine, New England, and beyond bring dancers, drummers, singers, crafts, and traditional foods. Grand Entry is presented both days. The Wildlife Park serves as a home to injured, orphaned, or human-dependent animals that cannot otherwise survive on their own in the wild. This is the place to see raptors, ground birds, deer, and many other wild species, some of which you may feed. 657-4977, www.maine.gov/ifw/ education/wildlifepark

Maine Harvest Festival, Nov. 16-17

Cross Insurance Center, Bangor. A gourmet utopia, with food from growers and producers across the state including wineries and brewers. Also, demonstrations from Maine chefs and music by the band Evergreen. maineharvestfestival.com

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Deer Isle Jazz Festival,Aug. 1-4

oosoola park fun day, Sept. 2

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Norridgewock’s Oosoola Park celebrates the 36th year of this day of family fun. Start at the Norridgewock Elementary School at 9 a.m. with a parade down Main St. to the park. The fire department is there with a dunk tank, and there are many activities for kids–face painting, frog-making– plus food. The Fun Day was originally called Oosoola Frog Day because the big fun comes with a frog-jumping contest. 474-4471, norridgewockareachamber.com

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Festival of Nations, Jul. 28

Deering Oaks Park, Portland. Maine’s cultural diversity is celebrated with a good time in the city’s prettiest park, with authentic ethnic food, crafts, music, and education. 420-1277

International Homecoming Festival, Aug. 2-11

Calais. Celebrating the American/Canadian border with arts and crafts fair, Maine Jump bounce houses for kids, music, waterfront events, raft race, Passamaquoddy Native American demonstrations, Celtic music, lumberjack contest. calaisevents.com (Continued on page 90)

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She is a cabin sloop that can sleep four with classic lines above water and a modern fin keel. She’s easily loaded on a trailer with a lift keel and removable rudder cassette. Finished with gorgeous mahogany, no other vessel afloat built to these standards can match Joy’s price of $95,000.

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King Excuse me, Your Majesty King Mohammed VI, Amir Al-Muminin (Commander of the Faithful).

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ost of the ghostly society yachts built by Bath Iron Works in the 1920s and 1930s have been summarily sunk, scuttled, scrapped, smelted, or smashed to smithereens.

Most.

An extraordinary exception–a royal surprise–is owned and operated by a king.

The luxury 53-meter staysail schooner formerly known as Black Douglas, built in 1930 for the great-grandson of John A. Roebling, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, has surfaced out of obscurity and is now the toast of the Mediterranean as the Royal Yacht of His Royal Highness, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, dubbed “The Cool King” by Time Magazine.

Registered in the Cayman Islands, homeported in Nice, and named El Boughaz I, which refers to the eastern Alexandrian portal to the Mediterranean, she was a wedding present to King Mohammed from “the Fire Sheikh Zayed, president of the United Arab

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Emirates,”according to the international blogsite forummarine.forumactif.com.

The yacht is significant because she’s one of the first pleasure schooners of her type ever to boast a steel hull.

With the help of Sen. Collins’s office, we’re navigating some diplomatic straits and hope to catch up with His Royal Highness to ask him how the old girl sails. Stay tuned.

Says Sen. Collins: “From the great sailing vessels of the past to the most advanced warships of today, ‘Bath Built is Best Built.’ The long, 83-year life of the schooner Black Douglas and her fascinating career demonstrate that those words are not merely a slogan, but an

ongoing commitment to excellence by the skilled men and women of Bath Iron Works.”

King Mohammed VI was named the “Heir Apparent and Crown Prince” at birth, according to royalark.net. Mohammed “attended Mohammed V University at Agdal, achieving a bachelor’s in law in 1985,” as the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco’s online site reports. “In 1988, he gained a Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies in public law,” with further study in Brussels, Belgium. Next stop, the south coast of France, where “he was graduated from the French University of Nice Sophia Antipolis with a Ph.D. in law in October 1993...He was given

Clockwise from top right: far-maroc.forumpro.fr; coutesy Palmer Stevens (3); pogovorim.ru. Sources for references include Wikipedia.

Clockwise from top left: Dining is formal aboard El Boughaz I; tied up in Casablanca harbor with the Grand Mosque of Hassan II towering above; wood paneling surrounds the salon; the snazzy Maine yacht has been spotted tooling around such Mediterranean hot spots as Nice and Marseilles; sink into the cushions for breakfast on the aft deck; His Royal Highness King Mohammed VI of Morocco and bride Princess Lalla Salma.

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the title of Major General on July 12, 1994.”

Royalark.net confirms “on July 23, 1999, he succeeded his father, Hassan II, as King of Morocco...Mohammed is married to Salma Bennani (H.R.H. Princess Lalla Salma) as of March 21, 2002.”

The BBC fills in the family: “They have two children together, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan (b. 2003) and Princess Lalla Khadija (b. 2007).”

At 10 and 6, the young brother and sister must love the breeze El Boughaz I kicks up as she races around the Med. Reconditioned to the moon in a manner appropriate to the King of Morocco, this

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Pauper: Dismasted by the Navy, by the time she made it through the war and two tours with U.S. Fisheries, she was a shadow of her former self.

Pirate: Whisked away to the Caribbean, she spent eight years picking the coral reefs looking for pirate treasure.

Poet: One of the first luxury sail yacht designs ever created with an all-steel hull, at her best she is poetry in motion.

Pawn: Her short-lived career in education ended when the floating university she worked for went out of business.

King: What a royal dénouement–to end up as the state yacht for King Mohammed IV of Morocco.

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cool schooner has been seen hanging out in Marseilles and other tropical points of interest in the Mediterranean along the Côte d’Azur, according to NavSource. (Maybe BIW should also adopt the motto, “Build Locally, Sail Globally.”)

What a fantastic advertisement for Made in Maine–a ship fit for a king.

At press time, NavSource reports she’s for sale: “$7 million to $8 million.” n

>> For more history about this yacht, see our related story “Sophisticated Ladies,” p. 77. Photos: visit www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2013/07/fit-for-a-king-extras.

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“In late 2013, we’re moving our roastery to a larger space” in East Bayside.

–Mary Allen Lindemann

I

In food-crazy Portland, where do the restaurateurs get their food?

t’s no secret that one of the best things about Maine’s biggest city is our food. Portland is a distribution center for fresh seafood and locally raised meat, eggs, dairy products, and produce. We’re a hub of imported specialties. We’re also home to a lot of food-crazy citizen-gourmets. We love our restaurants but we also love to cook and we want the best ingredients. We have exceptional access to great ingredients at the retail level. We can buy justoff-the-boat seafood, Maine-raised chicken, foraged mushrooms, and haricots just like the chefs do. And if we want imported caviar, pasta, or cheese, we can have that, too.

A decent cup of coffee

Mary Allen Lindemann and Alan Spear are celebrating their 19th year of Coffee By Design in Portland. “When we opened our first CBD on Congress Street, there was 40 percent vacancy downtown. No L.L. Bean, no MECA. We’re so lucky to have been there for all that followed. The State Theatre was renovated, Bella Bella opened. We are co-founders of Portland Buy Local.”

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A little bite of luxury: picking up a jar of caviar and a bottle of wine at Browne Trading.

dim Lindemann’s enthusiasm for the coffee business. “We buy coffee from all over the world–Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Sumatra, Ethiopia. Our decisions are all based on what we sample and 100 percent traceability of the farming practices. Coffee is an agricultural product. Taste may vary.”

Later this year, the roastery operation currently within the Washington Avenue retail store will move to a larger warehouse space in Portland’s latest hot frontier, East Bayside.

“It’ll be the first time we can really display and demonstrate equipment for our wholesale customers to buy,” says Lindemann. A restaurant “really has to have a good machine. And you really have to have a grinder.” CBD supplies many restaurants. “Fore Street Restaurant was our first account–way back when. We were so thrilled, so honored to work with a chef like Sam Hayward. But you know, there are chefs out there who are very big coffee drinkers with very particular tastes: Sam, Rob

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“We’re an old school Italian supplier…a local family business,” says Rick Micucci of the Micucci Grocery Co. and Micucci Wholesale Foods on India Street. The store was opened in 1965 by his parents, Leo and Iris Micucci.

“We were pretty well known in the Italian community–people knew they could find exceptional products here.”

Today, everyone knows it. Home cooks never tire of what Rick Micucci calls “Italian staples and specialties”–gleaming bottles of olive oil from Italy (and Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Lebanon); canned San Marzano tomatoes and imported tuna in olive oil; anchovies, neatly rolled around capers in jars; cheese and salumi in the deli case; and many brands of imported pasta at every price point.

There’s a selection of produce such as tomatoes, broccoli rabe, onions, lemons, and fresh basil. It’s just the place to dream up something

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The Rosemont Market on Munjoy Hill may be small, but it’s got the goods. Previous page, an avalanche of coffee beans are roasted every week at Coffee by Design.

Evans [of Duckfat, and former chef/owner of Hugo’s], and Stephen Lanzalotta when he had his restaurant Sophia’s on Market St. He knew exactly what he wanted. We roast proprietary blends for restaurants, decaf, too. We hear over and over that customers don’t believe it’s decaf because it tastes too good. Decaf is good!”

The company has no wholesale sales force.

“It’s literally word of mouth. Restaurants come to us. We’re not the perfect coffee for every account, and that’s fine.

We’re firm believers that there’s a bean for everyone, and it’s not always us. There’s room for all of us.

Maine has real coffee quality.”

Word of mouth put Coffee by Design in all the Rí Rá pubs around the country, and in Cardullo’s specialty foods in Cambridge, Mass. Many Portland offices run on CBD. “And we’re in a good number of churches. They tell us people stay longer for coffee hour after the service if the coffee’s good.”

fabulous to make for dinner, because the ingredients–from the prosecco to the biscotti and espresso–are all right there. Micucci’s wholesale operation delivers all over the state, but the grocery store–with Iris Micucci often right there at the cash register –remains a friendly neighborhood treasure.

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The Alfiero brothers–Ben, Nick, and Mike– at Harbor Fish Market are another founding family of Portland’s food landscape. Opened in 1969 by Ben Sr. on Custom House Wharf, Harbor Fish was supplying seafood to the original Porthole and Boone’s restaurants then as it is today. “We’ve been reminiscing lately about the growth of the restaurants over the years,”says Nick. “There used to be just a few decent ones. Now!” He laughs. “And we handle almost all of them.” For home cooks, Harbor Fish’s strengths are in the variety available–and the friendly service. Anyone you ask offers useful information about the fish and even suggestions on cooking.

“In our early days we owned two fishing vessels, but we realized that’s not our principle expertise.” The market’s first cookbook debuts this summer. Harbor Fish Market: Seafood Recipes From Maine (Down East Books $29.99) contains recipes from the Alfieros and others, with narrative and stories.

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“Pat’s Meat Market opened on Stevens Ave. in 1951,” says Elliot Vacchiano, 27. “My great-grandfather Pat and his brother Sam. Then Pat’s son, Joe–my grandfather–ran it.

Now my brother Nick and I are here with my father, Jamie. We’re all butchers.”

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cerning seekers of good steaks, lamb, and veal shanks, and they make eight popular varieties of sausages “almost every day.” The comments you hear most often from Pat’s legions of loyal customers run along the same line: “They sliced my steaks/ground my beef/cut my tenderloin right then.” The mark old-fashioned charm is sincere, and it’s irresistible.

The butcher shop is an all-male enclave, but the deli side of Pat’s is Frances “Cissy” Conley’s territory. Included are sandwiches and prepared food like homemade soups and lasagna to take home for dinner. Cissy makes all the deli chicken, potato, and slaw salads, too.

The wholesale meat includes “just about every burger place in the area. We even supply the Fisherman’s Grill with their burger and chicken,” says Elliot.

The little market that could

The Rosemont Markets on Brighton Ave., Munjoy Hill, and in Yarmouth evolved from the old Portland Greengrocer that we all used to take for granted 10 years ago on Commercial Street, run by Nick Witte, John Naylor, and baker Scott Anderson. After the Greengrocer closed, Naylor and Anderson started the Rosemont in 2005 in a small storefront on Brighton Avenue. Despite the tight quarters and tricky parking, the place was a hit. The excellent local vegetables, produce, eggs, cheese, fresh bread and pastries, squares of pizza for lunch, delicious locally raised meat and chicken that really tasted like chicken, thoughtful wine selection, wine tastings, and still-warm baked goods at the cash register that the Greengrocer was known for were back, and bigger and better. Eventually, the market outgrew the space and jumped across Brighton Ave. to a much larger space, with the bakery operation remaining in place.

Even now, with three Rosemonts and the Rosemont Produce storefront on Commercial St., the business seems to just keep growing: a bank of new fridge cases and butcher, fish, deli meats, and cheese counters on Brighton; wine advice from Joe Appel and regular wine tastings; never-ending seasonal surprises like ramps and fresh fava beans; artisinal linguiça and andouille; shiny salt-flecked pretzel burger buns; the best pizza dough for home cooks; and an expanded catering business. “I love it,” says Naylor. “I’m working like six days a week and I don’t even care. It’s great.”

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Foods when the bygone Portland Public Market debuted in 1998. The original intent had been to sell smoked seafood from her father’s smokehouse. Cheese and crackers were included as other appetizers. The cheese took off, and today Horton is the go-to expert and source for many Maine cheesemakers like Silvery Moon, Sunset Acres, and Nezinscot Farm, and she stocks a fascinating imported selection. When the Public Market closed, Horton was the organizer who got the Market House going in Monument Square, where there are now nine food and drink businesses on two floors. She still carries smoked seafood and meat, house-made spreads, and other select goodies. She does a bit of trade with restaurants. “Fore Street has the same commitment we do to Maine cheesemakers.”

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Rod Mitchell’s successful wholesale seafood business, Browne Trading Co., which supplies some of this country’s most famous restaurants, opened a retail shop on Commercial Street in 2000. It was and is, in a word, deluxe.

Beautiful seafood, including house-smoked offerings, cheese, pâté, fine wine, carefully curated condiments, and caviar and roe. A line of Scottish salmon smoked on the premises is labeled as French chef Daniel Boulud’s brand.

The store dispels any perception of elitism by offering a takeout menu for lunch, holding free wine tastings twice a month and sometimes even free caviar tastings.

Rod Mitchell got ahead of the dwindling available supply of wild-harvested caviar and started sampling and researching the traceability of farmed caviar. “Right now we have Alaskan salmon roe for $10 an ounce, freshwater hackleback caviar for $20 an ounce, and spoonbill caviar for $30 an ounce,” says Keith Hebert, at Browne’s seafood counter. The most expensive caviar? “Right now, imperial caviar, farmed in China. A 20-gram jar is $130.” n

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Arundel Yacht Club sailing instructors Nolan Bell, Sam Seribner, and Ian Lawson, along with steward Lindsay Keezer enjoy a quick break in the Rope Walk.

on’t mistake the Arundel Yacht Club boathouse at 51 Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport for a dark-shingled Motel 6. Long on all things long, this singular structure dates to the early 19th century, when sailors called it the Rope Walk. Few surviving early Federal structures so aptly match form with function: “The Rope Walk has been standing guard on the Kennebunk River for more than 200 years,” longtime AYC member Debbie Tuller says. “Thomas Goodwin, a rope maker, came here in 1806 and saw the need” for this warehouse.

“Back then, shipbuilding was thriving and wharves were springing up along the Kennebunk River as ship masters, sail makers, blacksmiths, and merchants were moving into town.

It was Goodwin who built the head house where great bundles of fiber were twisted into rope.”

Just after launching on the Kennebunk River, new sailing ships had to be outfitted with this cordage. Rope was carefully measured and “flaked” back and forth along the length of the Rope Walk, valuable to mariners as a giant yardstick.

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classics end,” Tuller says. After it was purchased by “the Buckland family as a boathouse,” it fell into gradual disrepair, its mystical career largely unknown. “Sold to the Arundel Yacht Club in 1962, the building has twice been turned 90 degrees and now sits nearly at its original setting, parallel to Ocean Ave.” Hanging from its russet rafters, the yacht club’s burgees and pennants from visiting craft make it a gracious host for soirées.

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Camden Yacht Club

What in the world does the Camden Yacht Club have to do with the city of Portland, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Saturday Evening Post?

Cyrus H.K. Curtis built the Camden Yacht Club. He personally donated 1.5 acres of waterfront in 1926 on which it stands, including the clubhouse, which he had built in 1911-1912.

Born in Portland, he was just a callow high school boy when the Great Fire of 1866 incinerated his family’s home. This nightmare conflagration may have put the fire in his heart. The former local newspaper boy rose to become a national media magnate.

Factoring in inflation, Wikipedia claims he’s still the 51st richest person in world history, with a personal fortune of $43 billion adjusted 2008 dollars. Above J.P. Morgan. Steve Jobs’s fortune was $6.7 billion.

Inside Curtis’s gift to Maine, vaulted ceilings in white braced by huge dark beams supported by ships’ knees reveal an indooroutdoor crow’s nest where guests can sit and take in the harbor view. One of Curtis’s

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Rainy-Day “Into each life some rain must fall,” as Portlander Henry Wadsworth Longfellow observed. So when the clouds come out, take the party indoors.

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From top: The imposing L.C. Bates Museum; keepin’ it unreal with the guys at the Cryptozoology Museum.

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ired of the usual suspects? If you’re touring Maine and dare to look for something a little different, we recommend these museums–a feast of the unexpected.

Strange Maine

“This is more than a used-record store, even though that’s what it is,” says Strange Maine owner Brendan Evans. “It’s a cross between a museum and an art installation. We’re not trying to preserve or teach anything. It’s just an aesthetic experience.”

A museum of the retail persuasion, this 10-year-old Congress Street shop sells what they call “antiquated media,” which translates to extinct VHS, VCR, cassettes, tapes, vinyl LPs, and game systems like Atari and Nintendo, along with a good selection of used DVDs and books. Old toys serve as decor. Leave your preconceptions at the door. Strange Maine was named for an out-of-print 1986 anthology of short horror fiction of the same name; there are a couple of copies on display in the store. The website calls the store “a performance venue interested in promoting the unusual, the beautiful, marginalized, amazing, ignored, experimental, overlooked, etc., etc…”

“We hold shows–avant garde musical acts, sound-collage artists, noise artists, sound poets,” says illustrator Michael Connor, who works at Strange Maine when he’s not producing issues of his comic book series Coelacanthus. Copies are for sale at the desk. 578 Congress St, Portland; daily 11am-7pm; 771-9997, kraag.org/strange

The African Center for the Sacred Arts at the Museum of African Culture

Oscar Mokeme has run this Portland museum of Sub-Saharan African art and culture–paintings, masks, bronze, and ivory pieces–for 16 years.

“I’ve tried to connect the collection to the African diaspora here in Maine, in a contemporary fashion.” For this reason, there are pieces from Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo, among others. There is a room full of spectacular carved and decorated figures, most from Oba, Nigeria. Mokeme calls them masks although most are entire figures. A python skin at least 15 feet long, pressed flat and varnished to a high gloss, descends from the ceiling to the floor. “The python connects heaven and earth. It’s a symbol of motherhood, birth, regeneration, and protection of j u ly / a u g u s t

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13 Brown St., Portland; Tues.-Fri. 10:30am-4pm; Sat 12-4pm; Admission: $5; 871-7188, museumafricanculture.org

glass case that turns out to be nothing more than a hairless raccoon. Coleman has written 10 books on his subject, including a collaboration with Mark Bessire of art and text titled Cryptozoology, Out of Time Place Scale. Yes, that Mark Bessire, director of the Portland Museum of Art. “He’s a closet cryptozoologist.”

The museum is a trip.Why would you want to miss it?

11 Avon St., Portland; Sun. 11-3:30pm; Mon. 12-4pm; Wed.-Sat. 11am-4pm; Adults $7,Kids $5; cryptozoologymuseum.com

Castle Tucker

When this 1807 Wiscasset house overlooking the Sheepscot River became the home of Mollie and Richard Tucker and their five children in 1858, it was on its way to becoming Castle Tucker. Initially prosperous, the Tuckers refurbished extensively to their Victorian tastes.

Castle Tucker documents the life of a successful family that later struggled economically.

Because of the family’s financial decline, the house remains largely unchanged from its 19th-century Victorian style.

2 Lee St., Wiscasset; June 1-Oct.15: Wed.-Sun. 11–5pm; historicnewengland.org

International Cryptozoology Museum

Loren Coleman’s artifact-packed, 10-year-old Portland museum may be the world’s epicenter of cryptozoology, which he defines as the study of hidden or unknown animals, as yet unverified by science, such as Yeti, Bigfoot, and sea serpents.

“Remember, although many tried, no white Westerner had ever seen, documented, or captured a Chinese giant panda bear until Ruth Harkness brought one back to New York in 1936. Before that, there were only accounts of sightings,” says Coleman.

“Ruth tried something different–unlike the men, when she got to China she asked directions.” He points to a glass case containing a photo and a stylish Barbie-sized Ruth Harkness statuette with a panda cub at her feet.

The museum contains many such wacky dioramas of the real and not-yet-real, plus assorted taxidermied animals and taxidermyesque crypto-creatures, including a towering furry fellow in the center of the store. Coleman’s been collecting for 50 years, and his TV appearances on shows like Monster Quest and CBS Sunday Morning have resulted in donated items coming in from all over. There are plaster casts of Bigfoot prints, a casting of a 3-million-year-old Gigantopithecus skull, and a hideous mounted monstrosity in a 7 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e

Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society

Located in the 1830 home of the daughter of a soldier in the American Revolution, the Historical Society exhibits artifacts, Native American arrowheads, fossils, ship models, fishing gear, and historical books and photographs. It is an extensive archive of the history–native, colonized, nautical, commercial, and gen­ ea­l ogical–of one Maine island.

416 Sunset Rd, Deer Isle; Mid-Jun. to mid-Sept: Wed., Fri., Sat. 1-4pm; 348-6400, dishistoricalsociety.org

Fawcett’s Art and Antique Toys

John Fawcett opened up shop on Rt. 1 in Waldoboro in 1996. He collects “original art relating to toys” and “very rare comic strip art” from artists like Charles Schulz–what he calls “the kind of thing people’s parents and grandparents would remember.”

In other words, retro stuff rather than kid stuff.

Here you’ll find many little Betty Boop dolls, Gene Autry’s shirt, a full-sized Yoda, and an army of little bygone cereal box figurines. Of his collection, Fawcett says, “They’re all my favorites or they wouldn’t be in here.”

Route 1, Waldoboro; Memorial Day to Columbus Day; Mon., Thurs., Fri., 10am-4pm; Sat. & Sun., 12-4pm; home.gwi.net/~fawcetoy/ moremuseum.htm

Montpelier: The General Henry Knox Museum

Henry Knox was born into poverty in 1750 in Boston; with hustle and wit he became a bookseller who caught the eye of General George Washington in 1776. Knox served as his Secre-

tary of War; upon retirement in 1795, he and his wife Lucy retreated to Maine and built the 19-room mansion Montpelier. Knox’s golden years were spent dabbling in gentleman-merchant enterprises until he died in 1806, allegedly from choking on a chicken bone. The family fortunes had begun to dissipate; land was sold, the family scattered, possessions were dispersed, and the mansion was razed in 1871.

That would have been that if not for the Henry Knox chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the 1920s. They enlisted the resources of Henry Thatcher Fowler, Knox’s great-great-grandson, and publishing magnate Cyrus Curtis. In 1929, construction of

From left: Neal Dow lived into his 90s, and his death mask is displayed in a glass case in the library; Nancy 3.

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a Montpelier replica began near the original site. Fowler donated Knox family antiques. Visit August 10 and catch Knoxfest, a history celebration with a film about Knox jazzed up with a live steel band and a chicken barbecue and ice cream social.

Route 1, Thomaston; May 25-Oct. 14: Thurs. & Fri. 10am-4pm; Adults $10, Kids $4, Under 5 Free; knoxmuseum.org

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The former mayor of Portland and 1880 presidential candidate Neal Dow (1804-1897) was the “father of prohibition” who helped craft it into law in 1851. Interestingly, though, Dow himself authorized the shipment and stockpiling of a large supply of “medicinal” alcohol for use by “doctors.” Discovery of this fact triggered Portland’s rum riot of 1855. Prohibition was repealed in 1856. So was Dow a hypocrite, or a closet tippler? “I think personally he never touched a drop,” says Dow museum docent David Perkins.

Dow served in the Civil War; his 1829 federal-style Congress St. mansion was a link on the Underground Railroad. After the war, Dow and his wife Maria lived there with their five children. Dow’s son Fred inherited the

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the village.” And you were thinking serpent in the garden of Eden. On the floor is a stitched, checkerboard floor mat of goat and cow hide.

Framed illustrations by Maine artists Ashley Bryan, Rohan Henry, and Daniel Minter are on exhibit. There are two large murals by Cornelius Aringu,”the African Picasso.” Art is a “sacred and healing medium,” says Mokeme.

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Fred willed the house, as the Neal Dow Memorial, to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and upon his death in 1971, the WCTU took over the building.

Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the frivolity-free Dow home provides insight into the life and times of a very soberVictorian-era scholar. Oil and photographic portraits of Dow abound; the man was positively shaggy with muttonchop whiskers. A ceramic death mask sits in a glass case in his library among his extensive book collection.

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L.C. Bates Museum

In 1860, when George Hinckley was six, he was given three rocks. “He claimed that these were the start of Maine’s natural history museum,” says curator Deborah Staber. Hinckley founded the Good WillHinckley Orphanage for boys in 1889 in a town now called Hinckley, halfway between Fairfield and Skowhegan. In 1911, he opened the Bates museum on the same campus to house his collection of rocks, minerals, fossils, Native American artifacts, and many donated items.

The orphanage is no more; today, Good Will-Hinckley is a charter school offering an education aimed at a future in farming, forestry, and clean energy, taught hands-on at the riverfront campus of woodland and organic gardens. The museum is autonomous.

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discovery cause it’s so old,” says Staber. “We have 32 dioramas of Maine landscapes and animals, including many birds and a caribou. There’s a mounted blue marlin donated by Ernest Hemingway. We have Maine artists exhibited every summer, and this summer’s theme is ‘The Gift of the Glacier.’ We have a glacierscratched rock right outside the museum.”

Staber says visitors often tour the museum, have a picnic outside, and then walk the campus trails. She acknowledges that the museum is not heated in winter. “We’re the coolest museum in central Maine.”

16 Prescott Dr., Hinckley; Apr.-mid.-Nov: Wed.-Sat.10am-4:30pm; Sun. 1-4:30pm; Adults $3, Kids up to 17 $1; 238-4000, gwh.org

Wilhelm Reich Museum

The 160-acre Rangeley farm called Orgonon was the home, observatory and research laboratory of Dr. Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), who came here in 1942.

Born in Austria and a lapsed colleague of Sigmund Freud, Reich came to America in the 1930s to teach at New York’s New School. His research focused on harnessing the energy he believed was inherent and available in animals and objects. His “orgone accumulator“ boxes supposedly stored energy to treat “neurosis” and terminal disease. Experiments were on mice; later, he built a humansized accumulator.

An article published in 1947 in The New Republic by writer Mildred Brady alleged, with distortion and innuendo, that Reich’s orgone energy was being used for “orgastic” sexual purposes. This led to the FDA banning Reich’s equipment and a lawsuit resulting in a judgment ordering Reich to destroy his equipment. He refused, his appeals failed, and he was sentenced to two years in federal prison. Reich wrote a will before his incarceration to establish the trust that maintains his Rangeley farm as the museum it is today. He died of heart failure in prison. The controversy that dogged him in life ironically contributed to his enduring legacy as an early icon of the sexual revolution.

The museum showcases Reich’s research and scholarship, holds conferences, maintains the property and bookstore, and “administers the Reich archive.” Two cottages are available for rental on the grounds.

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The Umbrella Cover Museum on Peaks Island is the brainchild of Nancy 3.

Hoffmanm who began collecting 20 years ago because she was fascinated by the stories that accompanied each cover. Whether a donor claims a cover is from the Sahara desert or was the only umbrella cover design allowed in Cold War-era Czechoslovakia, each has a story. Last summer, Hoffman achieved the Guinness World Record for the most umbrella covers, at 730. So what’s next?

“I’d like to take the exhibit to England and then to other parts of the world. The British deserve to see the umbrella cover museum.”

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Thompson Ice house Museum

Calling itself a “working museum dedicated to traditional ice-harvesting methods,” this modest, focused museum is named for Herbert Thompson (1905-1991) of South Bristol. It claims to be the only ice house on the National Register of Historic Places still in use.

In the pre-electrified 19th century, Maine’s harvested ice was big business; ice was shipped to the West Indies and even to China. As electricity diminished demand, harvested ice dwindled to just crushed ice for local fishermen.

These days, the annual President’s Day weekend ice harvest in February is the Thompson Ice House’s tribute to a tradition begun in 1826.

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Before you reach the beach in the Kennebunks, check out the Seashore Trolley Museum. With more than 250 vehicles including subway cars and buses, the museum has trolleys from New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Germany, Hungary, and England. One was used in the 1981 cop thriller Nighthawks, starring a young Sylvester Stallone, and another in Spike Lee’s 1992 biopic Malcolm X. “This past March, an Emerson College student filmed for her senior project here. That a college senior would find our site relevant in 2013 is impressive,” says executive director Sally Bates.

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n the early years of the 20th century, America’s wealthiest industrialists and financiers commissioned Bath Iron Works to build opulent yachts, the ultimate status symbol of their day. BIW, on the banks of the Kennebec River in Bath since 1884, has long been known as a cutting-edge military shipbuilder. BIW’s lesser-known yacht building business reached its peak in the Roaring 20s and into the 1930s, when the largest and most luxurious yachts in the world were launched in Bath. The yachts and their owners traveled in the highest social circles and voyaged around the world in splendor, but this golden era soon came to an end. With the coming of World War II, most of these yachts were taken into military From top: Guests enjoy a Gatsby moment on the stern divan aboard J. P. Morgan’s Corsair IV; Louis Papaluca (1890-1934) gouache painting depicts Hi Esmaro cruising a volcanic coastline; dining in spacious style aboard Aras. j u ly / a u g u s t

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The speedy turbine-powered vessel was designed by the firm of Cox & Stevens.

Her owner, heir to the Winchester arms fortune, used her as a true commuter yacht,

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traveling to New York City from his summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. Her yachting career was short as she was soon purchased by the U.S. Navy for World War I service, where her high speed–nearly equal to the fastest warships of her era–was put to good use. Following the war, she was eventually sold to Cornelius Vanderbilt, who traveled aboard between Newport and Florida. Later joining the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Renaud during World War II, the former Winchester sailed until 1957 before vanishing from the records.

Vanda

The 240-foot Vanda of 1929 was built for Ernest B. Dane at a cost of $634,000. She was the first BIW-built vessel designed by Henry Gielow Company of New York, a relationship that would continue for many

EllEn KornEtsKy, lCsW subsequent yachts. Her owner, president of the Brookline Savings and Trust, enjoyed Vanda for several years, mostly cruising the East Coast and the Caribbean.

She probably visited Maine often during these years, as the Danes maintained a summer home at Seal Harbor. During World War II, Vanda joined the Navy as USS San Bernardino, serving as a weather patrol ship in the Pacific.

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Clockwise from top: Ernest Dane’s graceful yacht Vanda under way; a paneled and furnished stateroom aboard Vanda; and Haida’s formal dining room evoke bygone movie sets.

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Paragon

Paragon followed Vanda in 1930. She was built at a modest cost–under $200,000–for Charles Davol, whose family had earned its fortune in the rubber industry. Designed by Loring Swasey, she was a smaller yacht, equally suited to entertaining and cruising.

Few details of her career are recorded, but she probably spent much of her time near the Davol family estate at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. After Charles Davol passed away in 1937 she was apparently sold, and in 1941 she was wrecked on the Pacific coast.

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Hiram Manville, president of Johns Manville Corporation. Manville cruised to Europe aboard Hi-Esmaro twice and hosted the Swedish royal family on more than one occasion, including a state visit to New York. During World War II, Hi-Esmaro became USS Niagara, a patrol gunboat.

She served as a tender to small motor torpedo boats similar to JFK’s famed PT-109.

She was sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Solomon Islands in 1943, miraculously without any fatalities among her crew.

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largest yacht, and the largest yacht built in the U.S. in that era. The Gielow-designed, 343-foot masterpiece was launched in 1930.

Although her $1.45-million price tag may seem high for an era when the average salary was under $1,400 annually, an equivalent yacht today would cost $150 to $200 million.

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From top: William Henry Bishop’s painting John Pierpont Morgan’s Yacht Corsair IV Observing the 1934 Cup Races off Newport, Rhode Island depicts the dream boat in its heyday; Morgan, in banker’s threads, boards his megayacht Corsair IV.

Corsair cruised with high society to Europe, the Caribbean, and even to the Galapagos Islands in the remote Pacific. With the coming of war, Corsair became a flagship in the Royal Navy, based in Bermuda for most of the war. Following the war she was sold and refitted as a cruise ship, with 42 luxurious staterooms for 82 pampered guests, a pioneer of today’s worldwide cruise industry.

Sadly, this career was cut short in 1949 when she ran aground off Acapulco, Mexico, and became a total loss.

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Clockwise from top right: christie’s/ William Henry Bishop, John Pierpont Morgan’s yacht Corsair IV Observing the 1934 Cup Races off Newport, Rhode Island; file

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States Government to do seal research in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska,”according to Wayne Foster, Sr., writing in Dubh Ghlase in 1996; the monograph appears in www. douglashistory.co.uk/history/ships/schoonerblackdouglas.htm. “She was in San Pedro, California when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. So she was immediately impressed into the Navy as a patrol craft. On her way to Seattle, a Japanese submarine lobbed a couple of shells across her bow off the Oregon coast, but she escaped.

She even had a torpedo fired at her but came out unscathed!

“She was stripped of her sails, sailing tackle, masts, spar, and the Black Douglas figurehead. Guns and sonar (underwater detection gear) were mounted on her...From 1942 through part of 1944, she patrolled the water of Neah Bay, Washington” as the Navy’s USS Black Douglas, commissioned on 19 April, 1943.

Homeported in Puget Sound, she was assigned to brilliant first skipper LCDR Robert Copeland, USN, who

I sailed her in 1962

My first trip on the Black Douglas in the summer of 1962 set my course going forward [as a future merchant marine captain], says Wally Slough.

I was just 16. My bunk was up in the forecastle, and I’ll never forget the panic I felt when I was sound asleep and they dropped anchor near Los Angeles to rendezvous with another Fish and Wildlife Service vessel. It sounded like a bomb had gone off next to my bunk when they let go the anchor!

She was a workboat, plain and simple, and her accommodations reflected that and were Spartan to be sure. She was certainly seaworthy enough from my perspective as a 16-year-old kid, but I was in no position at the time to judge how she handled under power, although it seemed fine to me.

It’s remarkable that after 83 years she’s still in service. –Capt. S. W. Slough

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To learn what the yacht formerly known as the steel-hulled staysail schooner Black Douglas (1930) is up to these days as the royal yacht of King Mohammed V of Morocco, please see our feature story on page 52.

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Designed by Gielow & Orr, the thoroughly modern, 175-foot Black Douglas was created with an all-steel hull at a cost of $256,000 for Robert Roebling, grandson of the man who designed the Brooklyn Bridge.

She was christened Black Douglas in honor of Lord James Douglas, so fierce a Scottish revolutionary that according to legend, English mothers used to whisper to their babies, “You’d better be good, or when you’re sleeping the Black Douglas will come and eat you.”

Who could have resisted sailing her below Manhattan’s skyscrapers for a photoop under the Brooklyn Bridge! For decades, the Roeblings kept her at their island near Savannah, Georgia, before selling her in September 1941 to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for duty from California to Alaska, per U.S. Navy records.

“In 1941, she was sold to the United

had quite a brave heart himself. Though he faced little action aboard the Black Douglas, future Rear Admiral Copeland would become a legend of the Pacific Theater as captain of the Samuel B. Roberts, winning the Navy Cross for his leadership in a hair-raising torpedo attack against a vastly superior force of Japanese cruisers during Leyte Invasion.

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It is here she slips out of view for 16 years or so until 1960, when we see her working from Alaska to California as a research vessel with the Bureau of Fisheries.

“When I worked on her in 1962 and 1963, any sense of her opulent beginnings were long gone,” says Capt. S. W. (Wally) Slough, who began his maritime career aboard her “as a 16-year-old kid.” He’s “amazed” to find she’s still afloat in 2013 and hasn’t “been transformed into razor blades or become a fishing reef somewhere!”

If there were a movie about this vessel, who’d play the part of Louis Black, the adventurer who snapped her up at auction and took her through the Panama Canal to the Bahamas, where he sailed her among the coral reefs of the Turks and Caicos for nearly a decade, looking for pirate treasure?

After her interlude in Margaritaville, she was sold to Captain George Stoll and served as a seagoing classroom off Saratoga, Florida, as part of the former Flint School.

The first of her series of serious makeovers to transform her to the superyacht she is today began in 1983. –Colin W. Sargent j u ly / a u g u s t

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Caroline

The 279-foot, $1.2-million Caroline followed in 1931 for Eldridge Johnson, founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company, best known for its Victrola phonographs. Caroline was a cruising yacht designed to carry an archeological expedition to explore Easter Island.

Also designed by Gielow, she was the first BIW-built vessel with an electric elevator, a true novelty at the time. Like Hi-Esmaro, wartime saw her serving as a tender to PT boats, renamed Hilo. She survived the war operating from many island bases along the front lines in the Pacific, and was sold postwar.

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Although smaller at 244 feet, Aras of 1931 was no less luxurious. This was the second Aras built by BIW for Hugh Chisholm, president of the Oxford Paper company. BIW designed the vessel in-house rather than turning to an outside design agency. Like many of her contemporaries, Aras was purchased by the US Navy and renamed Williamsburg, operating as a flagship and command ship in the Atlantic during the war. Postwar, the ship became the Presidential yacht for Harry Truman, then an oceanographic research ship, then a floating restaurant, and eventually made her way to Italy. Today Williamsburg is a rusted ruin in La Spezia, Italy, a mere shadow of her former self, and is advertised for sale at $11.7 million for, seeking a wealthy and adventurous new owner to restore her. [See our feature story “Dream Boat,” May 2012.]

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Seapine

Seapine, 154 feet in length and completed in 1931, holds the distinction of being the largest vessel built entirely indoors at BIW, and of having two owners before she left the shipyard. Frank Goodyear ordered the yacht but passed away before her completion. She was sold to a Mr. Hollander, and later to a Mr. Larsh, from whom she was purchased by the Navy in 1941. Renamed Rhodolite, she served as a patrol ship off Hawaii during the war. Little is known of her later career, but she was rebuilt in the 1980s and is still in service today, named Yanbu and registered in South­amp­ton, England.

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The magnificent J-class racing sloop Ranger closed out the era of great yachts in 1937. Designed by Starling Burgess and Olin Stephens [see our Stephens interview “The Magnificent J,” July/August 1989], she was built for Harold Vanderbilt’s defense of the famed America’s Cup, the oldest active trophy in international sport (1851). The 135-foot sloop sported a 165-foot mast and was built with painstaking care and attention to detail. BIW’s pride in Ranger became even more evident when she was dismasted and the shipyard constructed an entirely new mast in only three weeks, working around the clock. Ranger successfully defended the America’s Cup in 1937, but her career ended the same year. There were no further races due to the coming war, and Ranger was soon broken up for scrap.

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Barnacle Billy’s, known for luxury lobster, steamed clams, large lusty drinks, barbecued chicken, homemade clam chowder & of course, the lobster roll & lobster stew. Features extensive indoor & sundeck seating where guests can enjoy both the beauty of the harbor & the ocean beyond. Perkins Cove. barnbilly.com, 646-5575 Brea Lu Cafe has been serving up breakfast & lunch for 23 years! Favorite menu choices include 12 specialty omelets, build-your-own breakfast burritos, Belgian waffles with fruit, eggs Benedict & homemade corned beef hash. Lunch features homemade chili, fresh made-to-order sandwiches, burgers & wraps. Open daily, 7am-2pm. 428 Forest Ave., Portland, 772-9202

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Bull Feeney’s Authentic Irish pub & restaurant, serving delicious scratch-made sandwiches, steaks, seafood & hearty Irish fare, pouring local craft & premium imported brews, as well as Maine’s most extensive selection of single malt Scotch & Irish whiskeys. Live music five nights. Open 7 days 11:30am-1am. Kitchen closes at 10pm. 375 Fore St., Old Port, 773-7210, bullfeeneys.com

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Commercial St., Old Port, 772-2216, dimillos.com Eve’s at the Garden offers an oasis of calm and great food in the middle of the bustling Old Port. Serving three meals a day, it’s the perfect spot for meetings, special occasions, and a cocktail. The restaurant uses ingredients from Maine’s waters and farms: jumbo scallops, naturally raised pork and beef, sustainably raised fish and shellfish, and Maine lobster. Home to the annual Ice Bar, the garden at Eve’s is also perfect for outdoor dining in the warmer months. Happy Hour Monday Friday; free valet parking with meals. Lunch 11:30-2, Dinner 5-9:30. 468 Fore St., Portland, 775-9090, Evesatthegarden.com Fish Bones American Grill A casual upscale restaurant offering creative American cuisine. Specialties include grilled wheat crust crostones, unique entrée salads & creative dinner offerings.

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Hurricane Restaurant’s lunch and dinner menus feature the finest seafood on Maine’s coast seven days a week. Enjoy $10 off every bottle of wine on Wednesdays.

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ne of Maine’s magical places is the vista to be savored at the Dolphin Restaurant in Harpswell, looking out toward Potts Harbor. Established by the Saxton family in 1966, the Dolphin Restaurant and Marina is much expanded today, with a new (2011) dining room boasting a sweeping 180-degree view of Casco Bay. Everything here speaks to what we wish for in such a destination: a genuine local connection, a feeling that this is where the natives as well as tourists and yachtsmen eat, and where the mostly seafood menu is locally bought and served by local wait staff.

We begin and could almost end with the classic fish chowder ($12.95 bowl, $7.95 cup), accompanied by the Dolphin’s signature homemade blueberry muffin. There is so much fish in this bowl we are already packing up our to-goes. The bygone splendors of the simple–holy smokes, just some good fresh fish, lots of butter, and surely a bit of salt pork–pulls on our heart strings. This chowder alone is worth the meandering but eye-goggling trip down Route 123 from Brunswick, with its teasing peeks at the water and architectural gems including a perfect 1790 meeting house.

Surrounded by all that sea, fish seems the right choice (although no doubt the chargrilled New York strip, $25.95, would suffice) so we continue with some of the best crab cakes ($12.95) we’ve seen around. Near-

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Sips of Cline Zinfandel ($24) round out the experience nicely.

A fine finish to our fish fest is the fried haddock ($11.95, basket, $19.95 dinner). The dinner option features a choice of potato and vegetable, and includes a blueberry muffin.

Having already indulged in two of these filling delights, we opt for the basket. With not a hint of grease, the freshly caught haddock stars. The basket includes satisfyingly crisp coleslaw and hand-cut fries.

Dessert seems to have been addressed with the muffins; we do, however, muster up an interest in the chocolate orange mousse and, for nostalgic reasons, grapenut pudding ($5). A suitably light finish, but we look forward next time to trying homemade pie or fruit cobbler.

Offering the way to celebrate all the splendor that we know as Maine in the unique and oh-so-short-lived summer months, the Dolphin really is a “must do.” n

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Route 16, Rangeley. Miss/Mr. Woodchip contest, Loggers Hall of Fame, biscuit bake-off, entertainment and parade.

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Bates Dance Festival, Jul. 12-Aug. 10

Bates College, Lewiston. Nejla Yatkin/NY2 Dance, Varone Performance, Bebe Miller Performances, Musician’s Concert, Bridgman| Packer Dance, Moving in the Moment, Different Voices.

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Madawaska Acadian Festival, Aug. 8-15 Food, crafts, music, parade, heritage. 728-7000, greatermadawaskachamber.com

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In 1998, Frank Pendola and a few friends held a barbecue to celebrate Frank’s garlic harvest. Fifteen years later, the event has evolved into an annual Woodstock of garlic homage. Now you’ll find garlic bread, garlic brownies, garlic cotton candy; participating local restaurants include Nostrano’s BBQ, Cleonice, Chippers, and 86 This; live music with the Chris Humphrey Big Band; Maine brewers; craft vendors; and a huge farmers’ market. The $5 gate fee benefits local non-profit organizations. nostrano.com

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Bar Harbor Music Festival, Jun. 30-Jul. 28 Angela Mannino, Brass Venture, Janinah Burnett, Joseph Li, Synchronicity, Edmund Cionek, Andrew Gray, Jaime Van Eyck, Antonio Galera-Lopez, Ardelia Trio, Bar Harbor Festival String Orchestra. barharbormusicfestival.org

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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. Tracy Kane, author of the Fairy Houses trilogy, appears for a book signing, and a fairy house building workshop follows in the surrounding woods. 633-4333, mainegardens.org.

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Littlefield Farm, East Benton. An annual tradition of performance and workshops. eastbentonfiddlers.com

Frantasia, Aug. 22-24

Livermore Falls. The “largest festival of out music and arts in Maine” features performances of music and visual arts and workshops. 8976158, frantasiafestival.com

Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Jun. 23-Aug.11 Blue Hill. The annual intensive summer school and concert series by faculty and guest artists is a quiet tradition and treasure in this pretty village. kneisel.org

Mt. Desert Chamber Music festival, Jul. 23 &30; Aug.6&13 Northeast Harbor. 50th anniversary of this series of five concerts with the Borromeo String Quartet, the Shaghai Quartet, the Miami String Quartet, and the Brentano String Quartet, with guest performers.mtdesertfestival.org

Ossipee Music Festival, Jul. 25-28

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Portland Chamber Music Festival, Aug. 8-17

Abromson Center at USM, Portland. Vivaldi, Ravel, Brahms, and Mozart are among the composers whose works will be performed; there is also a children’s concert, and a 20th anniversary raffle is a chance to win a getaway weekend in Rockland. pcmf.org

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Owls Head Transportation Museum. This museum is all about wings and wheels, and this show will highlight military aircraft, highwheel bicycles, classic cars, antique planes, and a high-speed aerobatic air show. Pre-1993 vehicles of any make or model are invited to exhibit. There will be vehicle demonstrations, Model T rides, and family fun. ohtm.org

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Darrows Barn, Round Top. Chamber music performance of works by composers including Dvorak, Stravinsky, Schubert, and Schumann. saltbaychamberfest.org

Sebago long Lake music festival, Jul. 16-Aug. 13

Deertrees Theatre, Harrison. Chamber music performances from visiting performers every Tues. at 7:30. Off-site events also held in Fryeburg, South Paris, Bridgton, Chebeague Island. sllmf.org

Sweet Chariot Music Festival, Aug. 6-8 Swan’s Island. David Dodson, Denny Williams, Dean Stevens, Doug Day, Daisy Nell & Capt. Stan Collinson, the Jenkins, the Backboners, and many more. sweetchariotmusicfestival.com

Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Special, Aug. 29-Sept. 1

Meadow Rd., Brunswick. Many bluegrass bands perform; $1,000 band contest. thomaspointbeach. com

Arts & Crafts Art and Fine Crafts Show, Aug. 17-18 Gilsland Farm, Falmouth. Exhibit and sale. audubonshow.com

Art in the park, Aug. 10

Mill Creek Park, South Portland. Art show and sale; food, music, kids’ art. artinthepark.com

Cumberland Arts and Crafts Show, Aug. 8-11

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Greater Brunswick Peace Fair, Aug. 3

Brunswick Mall. Music, poetry, writing, crafts, and exhibitions from local non-profit organizations. peaceworksbrunswickme.org

Maine Antiques Festival, Aug. 9-11

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Season 1 of Mad Men was twenty-two years away, but much of America was deep in the love affair with Colonial Revival that had begun in the 1920s. Many Betty Drapers were still sneaking cigarettes in their knotty-pine kitchen havens, and Federal pieces were fetching stratospheric prices at auction. But it was no longer enough to just build a snug copy of a Cape. The real bragging rights came with full architectural rescue and salvage.

“By the mid-1980s, I was at the forefront of all that,” Edward Cave says. “When I purchased Pineapple House, I was thinking of living in it. What people see from the street is actually a Federal house–the original tworoom structure that dates to the 1730s was a wing to the right.”

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seven Kennebunkport houses to benefit from a restoration overseen by Cave.“Everything was falling down. The roof was supported not by logs but branches!”

Visitors to Pineapple House today will be pleased to see what he did with the place.

Though his reinterpretation is nearly three decades old, it’s a signature stamp that continues to balance past with present.

“I’d planned a life in Kennebunkport (one of my homes, the gray 1806 Federal with the burgundy door across the street from the library, was featured in Architectural Digest). But the town of Kennebunkport was very high-handed and arrogant regarding a tax matter, so I sold all seven of the houses. It’s too bad, because I like Kennebunkport and would have restored more homes there. I have apartments in New York, Paris, etc., and I respect the properties I restore. I’m a former board member at Historic New England.”

Cave, the art connoisseur and real estate mogul who “founded Sotheby’s Real Estate in 1980,” is, to say the least, exacting. As he’s told The Real Deal magazine, “I had

naughty pine–January Jones reawakens the sensation on Mad Men, above, right. “I don’t know about things like that,” Cave says of the TV show. To order your Betty Draper kitchen online, visit retrorenovation.com. Above, left: the kitchen at Pineapple House; center, the owner’s studio above the barn; above, the burnished pumpkin-pine floors.

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However you split the pineapple, this manse and barn at 59 Maine Street is a peach, with original pumpkin-pine floors, hand-adzed beams, and views from the crest of a hill to the Kennebunk River and the Atlantic beyond.

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Nicklaus pal) Richard Reminger, an influential Ohio trial and defense lawyer turned artist. “We bought Pineapple House in July, 2005. Eric Molson,” heir to the Canadian beer fortune, “lived next door.”

Researching her new property with élan, “We have records to 1775, when it was called the James Gould Farm.”

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So close to Booth Tarkington’s “Seawood,” Pineapple House is also just steps from the Chick family seat (Booth Chick founded Chick’s Marina on Ocean Avenue).

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Visitors will find themselves knocked out by the “seven fireplaces and three sets of stairs,” Billie says.

The window treatments swoop through the dramatic first-floor entertainment spaces in deep, rich champagne-colored silk. In the salon, you feel as if you’ve just walked into a glass of champagne.

The wide, pumpkin-pine floors of the newer wing with gourmet kitchen are “indistinguishable from the original boards in the main house,” thanks to Cave’s watchful eye.

The 4,016-square-foot house graciously accommodates with 4.5 baths, and the new buyer will love the year-round sunroom overlooking the English garden to the water.

Did we mention there’s a secret hideaway in this property? It takes you by surprise when you enter the antique barn and ascend a set of stairs. The interior view of the loft reveals ancient timber frames and a massive fireplace–an enchanting and turbulent heated studio for Richard the lawyer turned Richard the serious artist. Climbing the dark stairs, you’ll feel like you’ve just entered painters’ heaven.

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Meticulously cared for. Waterfront views from most rooms, exclusive privacy, 3BR 2.5BA, deck, screened porch, and much more. $439,000 Sugarloaf Area Coplin Plantation, Maine–Just 6 miles north of Sugarloaf is this year-round camp with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, and large open living area. Minutes from skiing, snowmobiling, hiking…Outdoor recreation in 4 seasons. $99,000

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This cottage has sweeping views of Louds Island, Muscongus Sound and open ocean beyond from every room! $490,000

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SoldieR’S Cove

19th Century 3-bedroom Cottage featuring period craftsmanship throughout, wide pine floors, built in hutches, bookcases, cabinets and window seats. $495,000.

Three bedroom waterfront cottage that enjoys westerly views over upper Johns Bay. $389,000

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Chebeague ISLAND

BRUNSWICK: This lovingly restored antique cape is beautiful inside and out and offers three bedrooms and two baths. The newly added ell has a lovely custom kitchen complete with cathedral ceilings, exposed beams, granite counter tops and raised breakfast bar.

The beauty of the home is nicely complemented by the magnificent 17 acres of rolling farm land down to the Pejepscot Fish Park and beyond to the Androscoggin River. This complete horse farm comes with a large barn, outbuilding and movable metal fencing. $499,000.

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Chebeague Island 1905 oceanfront farmhouse on Johnson Cove with spectacular views to open water and offshore islands. Original features, three bedrooms, two baths, lovely perennial gardens and large storage building. This early settlers homestead is a rare find. $600,000

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Rare offering - 4-BR, Open Floor Plan, Rustic Stone FP, 2 Screen Porches, Views. Private, Deep Frontage, Abutting Conservation Lands. $459,000

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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Turn-Key Cottage Situated 10ft From Water’s Edge, Gorgeous Southwesterly Views/Sunsets, Off the Grid. State of Maine Lease. $225,000

Updated 2-BR Cottage & 1-BR Cabin Overlooking Russell Cove. Deeded Boat Slip, Shared WF w/Dock, Walk to Town.$280,000

“Eagle’s Nest” at Historic Upper Dam w/3-BR, Lake Views, Private Dock. Short Walk to “The Pool,” Dam, Richardson Lake. $235,000

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HALLOWELL–This elegant home is one of the most attractive and unusual in an area noted for its New England colonial and post-colonial homes. Located moments from the village of Hallowell, the home was built in 1820 by Samuel Grant, a wealthy merchant, who earlier had sailed as Master on one of Hallowell’s first ships.The plan of the home is a blend of two architectural periods, colonial and federal, and was undoubtedly the first home in Hallowell of this type.This fine colonial federal offers ten rooms (6 bedrooms and 3 ½ baths), 5 working fireplaces, wide pine floors and a two-car garage. Matching marble fireplaces and floor-to-ceiling windows emphasize the spacious formal dining room and living room which has beautiful pumpkin pine floors.A large screened in porch off the dining room overlooks the Kennebec River.The gourmet kitchen, with a built-in granite island and breakfast area, leads to a family room with raised panel woodwork and cabinets and a fireplace.A truly spectacular property! $825,000

BELGRADE WATERFRONT–Own the whole point! Stunning 3 bedroom, 2 bath contemporary ranch on Long Pond.

Gorgeous kitchen with granite, 26' ceilings in living room, master suite, lots of glass, decks, gym, office. Quality built and a one of a kind spot! $850,000

PITTSTON–Spectacular 3-bedroom,2.5bath Colonial.Wood floors, 10' ceilings, office, incredible entry foyer, custom, quality kitchen with island and granite, window seat, master suite, huge family room, columns, wood floors, deck, 2+ acres. Amazing! $435,000

HALLOWELL–Over 3,000 sq. ft. of living space in this historic Federal circa 1810. Features 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, massive family room, pine floors, 2 car attached garage, deck, 12.5 acres of land.

Stunning curb appea! $310,000

LITCHFIELD WATERFRONT– Impeccable 2 bedroom cottage at water’s edge. Stunning views from the enclosed screened porch, fireplaced living room, full bath, front patio, vinyl siding. 52' frontage on Woodbury Pond. Cute as a button! $200,000

SIDNEY WATERFRONT–New in 2001, this one bedroom cottage has a full foundation, maple kitchen, spiral stairs, septic system, walkout basement, spectacular views and 90’ of frontage on Messalonskee Lake. Room for 2nd bedroom. $215,000

WEST GARDINER–Spectacular setting with views for miles! Impressive log home with slate fireplace, lots of glass, soaring ceilings, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, loft, family room, open concept, two car garage, privacy. Just incredible! $385,000

AUGUSTA–Great location! One of the most private lots in Ganneston! Spotless Cape with custom red birch kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 half baths, family room, sunroom, deck, pond, landscaped, 2car garage, 1st floor bedroom.This place is beautiful! $319,900

MONMOUTH WATERFRONT– Impeccable home on Cochnewagon Lake.

2 BRs, 2-1/4 baths, huge living, waterside porch, wrap around deck, spectacular views, separate garage w/guest quarters, master suite. Efficient & maintenance free! $350,000

HALLOWELL COMMERCIAL– Downtown Hallowell’s anchor building. Over 13,000 square feet, sprinkler system, newer rubber roof, elevator, long term tenants, high visibility, large parking lot.This is tough to beat! $595,000

W. GARDINER WATERFRONT– Total quality and seclusion. Custom built contemporary Ranch with loft, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, tiled floors, cathedral ceilings, stunning hickory kitchen with granite, master suite, porch, 210’ of frontage on Cobbossee Stream. $270,000

HALLOWELL WATERFRONT– Breathtaking views from this highly visible 3-story brick building. Large parking lot, 155' of Kennebec River frontage. Large 2-story building in back. Currently 1 Long Term Tenant. 3 apts, 2 storefronts, restaurant and more. $625,000

W. GARDINER WATERFRONT– Incredible spot on Cobbossee Lake! 2 bedroom hipped roof bungalow with lots of glass, oak kitchen, wood floors, deck, 1.5 baths, 2-car garage, boat house in the water, high-end docking system, year around living. $340,000

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Come Home to Brooklin, Maine

Brooklin “Gropius House” Extraordinary chance to own a Walter Gropius House on the Coast of Maine. South facing harbor views with 438’ of shorefront, set on 6.6 acres of rolling fields leading to a dock. A light and open floor plan includes high ceilings and window walls for year round enjoyment. In a perfect setting on sought after Naskeag Point.

MLS# 1065613 $2,200,000

Brooklin Naskeag Point Nicely updated classic Maine Farmhouse offering some of the most treasured views on the Coast of Maine! 4.9 Acres stretch to SW views of the mountains of Isle Au Haut.

MLS#1055393 $695,000

Brooklin Eggemoggin Reach Stunning 3 season shorefront contemporary cottage with an open floor plan on a 20 acre private hillside setting near Wooden Boat. Expansive decks overlooking Eggemoggin Reach and the Islands beyond. A rare offering in Brooklin to create unforgettable family memories.

MLS# 1059884 $795,000

Brooklin Oceanfront Acreage Enjoy long views over peaceful & tidal Herrick Bay with glimpses of Mount Desert Island. 26.2 acres with 1,062’ frontage on Herrick Bay. MLS#835220 $598,000

Brooklin Seaside Contemporary Three season architect designed home set on 5 private acres, within feet of a fine sandy beach.

Window walls and expansive bi-level decks offer sweeping views overlooking the bay to the mountains of Acadia. A nice mix of woods and open field lead to 230'of frontage on beautiful Blue Hill Bay. MLS#1091912 $775,000

Brooklin Oceanfront Four-Season Home Contemporary style home in a private Brooklin location near Wooden Boat and the sailing waters of Eggemoggin Reach. Many fine features such as open floor plan, cathedral ceilings and a 2-car garage with a workshop. This three-bedroom, two-bath home is perfect for entertaining family and guests in a lovely seaside location and would also be great as a year round home or a 4 season get away.

MLS#1098012 $695,000

Brooklin Naskeag Point Lovingly renovated classic home for year round enjoyment on 5 acres. A short distance from Brooklin town center, public landing and beach.

MLS#940347 $325,000

Brooklin “The Red House” Landmark countryside farmhouse. Well maintained yet retaining original charm & features. Nearby deep water ocean access at the tip of Naskeag Point Road & famed Wooden Boat School.

MLS# 1038516 $285,000

Come Home to Sedgwick/Sargentville

Sargentville “The Field” 6.2 acres and 1,130 expansive feet of shore front. Open fields, apple trees and lupine lead to a beach and a potential spot to moor a boat.

Enjoy scenic views down Eggemoggin Reach.

MLS#1040021 $895,000

Sedgwick Caterpillar Hill Ten acres of breathtaking panoramic views.

Considered to be one of America’s premier scenic vistas, consisting of mostly rolling blueberry fields and containing 3 structures.

MLS#1083109 $798,000

Sedgwick Waterfront with Acreage Sited on 90+ac. w/over 2,300’ AHW on the saltwater estuary, Bagaduce River. New roof in 2012. Enjoy scenic country views over blueberry fields and orchards. Limitless possibilities!

MLS#1093186 $499,000

Sedgwick Caterpillar Hill Views!!! Well maintained 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath shingled ranch with w/o daylight basement.

Unparalleled south west panoramic views from Caterpillar Hill over Penobscot Bay. Amazing sunsets!

MLS# 1073476 $349,000

Sargentville Quintessential Maine Cottage Historic family compound in the heart of Sargentville evokes memories of a past era.

The main house “Anchorage” and a quaint rustic guest cottage “The Cabin” offer 9 bedrooms and 5 1/2 baths.

MLS#1074594 $349,000

Sedgwick “Ravens Woods” Built in 2003- Pristine 3 bedroom Cape set on private, nicely wooded 7.71 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac. Three car attached garage. Conveniently located within 5 miles of Blue Hill village and Bucks Harbor.

MLS#931181 $349,000

Sargentville Billing Cove Cottage Quaint seaside cottage with a vast meadow of nearly 4 acres that leads to 200’ frontage on picturesque Billings Cove, which leads to the deep water sailing lanes of Eggemoggin Reach.

MLS#954821 $325,000

Sedgwick “Seawind Farm” Center Chimney Cape, lovingly renovated w/ many modern comforts yet maintaining it’s original charm & woodwork. The private yard w/apple trees is inviting to wildlife and birds.

MLS#1091532 $295,000

Sedgwick On the Shores of Benjamin River.

Enclosed solarium and seasonal room overlooking the ever-changing landscape & bird life of the tidal estuary of the Benjamin River, which leads to Eggemoggin Reach.

MLS#1090654 $268,000

Sedgwick Classic Cape w/ Attached Barn Very near the public boat landing and protected boat moorage at Benjamin River. Pastoral country views over field stone rock wall over meadow and mature apple orchard.

MLS#1090400 $245,000

Sedgwick Water Views Immaculate 3 Bedroom, energy efficient home on nearly 3 private acres, built in 2006. This beautiful home features radiant heat, 1st floor master bedroom suite w/ bath.

MLS#1069452 $214,000

Sedgwick “Acadian Oak” Home sites with 12 acres held in preserve for parkland w/walking paths. Unique wooded setting offering breathtaking panoramic views of scenic rural landscape and island dotted coastal waters . Starting at $98,000

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Yarmouth $585,000 Tish Whipple 523-8104 #1097701

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Cape Elizabeth $1,295,000 Cindy Landrigan 523-8106 #1095564

Scarborough $2,000,000 Mark Fortier 523-8108 #1074727

Falmouth $599,000 Edie Boothby 523-8111 #1094257

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Gray $399,000 Chris Jackson 523-8116 #990983

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Portland $379,500 Steve Parkhurst 523-8102 #1100934

Windham $349,000 Jeff Davis 523-8118 #1097566

Falmouth $1,900,000 Sandy Johnson 523-8110 #1057915

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It had gone missing for over a year, eluding a search by land, sea, and air by the world’s top security agencies, MI-6, CIA, Mossad, et al. Sneaky little thing! How my stolen identity got to that particular lobster trap interests me less than what to do with it now.

I lay it gently in a strainer with a couple of lobsters purchased earlier to boil up for dinner. Except for some minor nicks, my identity seems none the worse for wear. I can, of course, report its recovery on

Facebook. But that would leave it wide open for copycat thieves. Not worth the risk, given my efforts over the past year to replace my credit cards, medical records, PINs, passwords, and, above all, to transform my physical appearance. Once red hair now periwinkle, eyes purple and tripled, breasts mere dots–make that data–as in a pre-kindergartner’s drawing.

A better idea: Introduce it to my replacement self, let them dance amidst the mossy rocks. Like Edna St. Vincent Millay once danced naked with her shadow on nearby Ragged Island–to the delight of the lobstermen.

No, much too Jungian. Photoshop it so it would resemble an old snapshot of my favorite grandmother? The start of a genealogical chart, all those identities lined up in little boxes with dates of birth and death like a perfectly symmetrical cemetery? Too sentimental.

Do something! Slip it into the pot with the dinner lobsters. And hurry: The water is already boiling over the rim, the garlic dip already beginning to congeal. n j u ly / a u g u s t

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