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“Drinks? Ahoy!” From tinnies to rosé, what we’re uncorking onboard. By Ralph Hersom
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124 Dining Guide
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125 Restaurant Review Joshua’s, Colonial landmark house turned restaurant, is the opening act in Wells. By Colin W. Sargent
Personalities 78 Stage Sight
Author Susan Minot writes for a lifelong love–North Haven Island. Interview by Olivia Gunn Kotsishevskaya
Meet the K9s down on the docks. By Sofia Voltin
129 House of the Month Intown river farmhouse has it all in Kennebunkport. By Colin W. Sargent
134 New England Home & Living
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65 After Dark
“Résonance” An online journal opens new doors for artists. By Rhea Côté Robbins
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73 Blast From the Past
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Designed in 1879 by William Ralph Emerson, “the father of the Shingle-Style house,” Redwood, Bar Harbor’s earliest ShingleStyle ‘cottage,’ is on the market. Original owner C.J. Morrill was “a man who made his fortune in the China trade,” according to historian Brad Emerson of the Downeast Dilettante. In 1978, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Emerson considers it a breakthrough because “It was the start of architecture going out of the box with an open floor plan.” For $5.2M, Redwood could be your summer escape.
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beloved pizzeria on Washington Avenue is set to close its doors this summer, leaving us just one Angelone’s Pizza in Westbrook. Jack Angelone opened his first Angelone’s on Veranda Street in 1947 before buying three gas stations in Portland: one on Washington, Westbrook, and a third in South Portland. Another location was opened in Monument Square in the 60s. Owner Laura Angelone says her favorite part of running the shop was meeting people. “I met a lot of good people in the 50 years I’ve been doing this. A lot of my customers became my friends.” The Press Herald reports the location is set to become Monte’s Fine Foods, a market, bakery, and restaurant all in one from coowners Steve Quattrucci and Neil Rouda.
Move Over, Vermont Organic Maine maple syrup is pouring in from the North Maine Woods. Each year, the Passamaquoddy Tribe harvests maple syrup from the Mahgan trees (sugar maple) covering 65,000 acres of tribal land. In 2014, the tribe was able to purchase sustainable tapping equipment and open a bottling facility where they have since produced over a thousand gallons of pure, organic Passamaquoddy Maple Syrup.
Pitching a Dream
Imagine Airbnb stretched on a different canvas. The company Tentrr now offers semi-permanent campsites on private land you can discover via their website, www.tentrr.com. One of the sites, Tranquil Hideaway in Windham, is a 19-minute drive from Portland. For $100 a night, a group of five campers gets a large canvas tent, a five-person dome tent, and a queen-sized cot. Bob, Carol, Ted, Alice…and a Stephen King novel.
Mainer Rhys Cote, of Wells, appears in the summer blockbuster The Equalizer 2, alongside Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Melissa Leo. The eight-year-old says working with Washington was “amazing.” Cote plays a kidnapped girl who’s ultimately rescued by Washington in a neck-cracking, gut-punching sequence. “I’m excited for her and excited to see what unfolds from this,” Christina Cote, Rhys’s mother, says. “It’s nice to see these kids get their chance. You see a lot of L.A. kids but not so many from New England.” Cote’s scenes were filmed in Boston.
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60 Years of Hoofing
For six decades, Maine State Music Theatre has brought “Broadway to Brunswick.” Be part of the 60th Anniversary celebration this summer with two shows that are sure to bring you to your feet. Saturday Night Fever runs through August 4, followed by Singin’ in the Rain, Aug. 8-25. Visit www.msmt.org for tickets.
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Portland singer VIVA takes over Congress Square Park the evening of August 1. Slip on your best dancing heels and sway with some talented jazz artists as they swing you into the night. VIVA & the Reinforcements play from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., making this the perfect screening before moving on to tapas and sherry at the Top of the East with your date.
An Island Stage If you’re looking for an excuse for a North Haven Island getaway, look no further. From August 2-5, catch writer Susan Minot’s play, On Island, at Waterman’s Community Center. Follow two families–one year-round islanders, the other summer visitors– as they navigate island life and community. Tickets are $20 (student discount $10) and can be bought at www.watermans.org. See our interview with Susan Minot in this issue, page 78.
Maine Festivals Guide 2018
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Acton Fair, 550 Rte. 109, Acton. A parade, live entertainment, horse and oxen pulling, tractor pull, vintage car show, baking competition, women’s skillet toss, a pig scramble and more, Aug. 23-26. 636-2068. Bangor State Fair, Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., Bangor. Rides and games, live music and eating competitions. Attractions include a demolition derby, Kenyan acrobats act, frisbee dogs, agricultural exhibitions and demonstrations, and much more, Jul. 27-Aug. 5. 561-8300. Bay Day, downtown Eastport. Food vendors, live
music, beer and wine, and the annual children’s hunt for the golden rock, Aug. 4. 853-3120.
Blue Hill Fair, 233 Ellsworth Rd., Blue Hill. A true classic country fair including farm animal demonstrations and shows, eating and cooking contests, a horseshoe tournament and live entertainment, Aug. 30-Sep. 3. 374-3701.
Boothbay Harbor Fest, Boothbay Harbor. A 10 day immersion into the food, culture, arts and music of Boothbay Harbor celebrated in a non-traditional festival around the Boothbay peninsula, Aug. 31-Sep. 9. 671-7676. Casco Days, 948 Meadow
Rd., Casco. Road race, parade, fireworks, midway, live music and more, Jul. 26-28. 627-2154.
Clinton Lions Fair, 1450 Bangor Rd., Clinton. Family fair of rides, farm contests and displays, pie contests, arts and crafts exhibits, woodsmen’s events and fireworks, Sep. 6-9. 4268013.
Cumberland County Fair, Cumberland Fairgrounds, 197 Blanchard Rd. Exhibition halls, midway, livestock, animal pulls, demolition derby, barbecue, and pumpkin and squash weigh-offs and harness racing, Sep. 23-29. 829-5531. Eliot Festival Day, Hammond Park and Eliot
Elementary School, 1298 State Rd. Community event featuring a 5K road race, crafts, food, parade, and colonial reenactment, Sep. 29. eliotfestivaland5k.com.
Fall Foliage Festival, Railway Village, 586 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay. Train rides, music, and a children’s corner. Oct. 6-8. 633-4727. Farmington Fair, 292 High St. Large midway, exhibit halls, livestock exhibits, animal pulling events and harness racing, Sep. 16-22. 778-6083. Fryeburg Fair, 1154 Main St. Considered one of the best agricultural fairs in the nation, features livestock, agriculture and farming exhibitions with over 3,000 large animals, as well as rides and food, Sep. 30Oct. 7. 935-3268. Harmony Free Fair, Route 154. Parade, horse show, rides, sheepdog demonstration, animal barn, and more, Aug. 31- Sep. 3. 683-5873.
Litchfield Fair, 44 Plains Rd. Agricultural fair with rides, a new wrestling event, and fireworks, Sep. 7-9. 268-4981.
Maine Farm Days, Misty Meadows Farm, 71 McKenney Rd., Clinton. Extravaganza of animals, equipment dealers, food and displays including, wagon tours, children’s learning center, craft tent, farmers market, educational presenters, and more, Aug. 22-23. 622-7847. Monmouth Fair, 79 Academy Rd. A small family oriented fair featuring agricultural shows, displays, demonstrations, and overall celebration of rural life. Aug. 1-4. 632-8730. New Portland Lion’s Fair, 280 School St., New Portland. Demolition derby, truck and tractor pulls, midway rides, petting zoo, live entertainment and a lumberjack show, Sep. 1416. 628-3171. Northern Maine Fair
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Festivals and Music Festival, 84 Mechanic St., Presque Isle. Annually since 1851, the fair features both modern entertainment– live music and rides–along with traditional events, such as 4-H competitions, Jul. 27-Aug. 4. 764-1884.
The 147th Union Fair sweetens those mid-summer blues.
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Ron Hawe’s family has deep roots in the annual Union Fair and Maine Wild Blueberry Festival. “My grandfather was the president, my father was the president, and my sister was crowned Blueberry Queen,” he says. “Probably about 2010, they needed additional volunteer help, so I stepped up and have been president since 2012.” Founded by The North Knox Agricultural and Horticultural Society in 1869, the Union Fair has taken place every year with the exception of 1943 and 1944, during World War II. Propelled by generations of volunteers, the fair exists to promote and improve agricultural practices in Maine. While still grounded in those ideals, the week of the fair is now packed with contests (you won’t want to miss lawn-mower drag racing), live music, demonstrations, food, and exhibits. This year, fea-
tured acts include the hosts of the DIY Network show Maine Cabin Masters on August 22. The “holler-folk” band The Ghost of Paul Revere takes the stage August 25. But the real draw for nearly 3,000 expected visitors is the Blueberry Festival held on Friday–more specifically, the delicious miniature blueberry pies each attendant receives. Since 1960, the Blueberry Festival has held a “Best Pie Maker” contest (originally won by Mrs. George Cole) and a blueberry-pieeating contest. In 1961, the first Blueberry Queen, Monalee Smith, was crowned. How does a town of 2,234 people pull this off? “We have over 200 volunteers who help us during fair week,” says Hawes. “It’s for the love of the fair. It’s why I do it. We grew up with it. It’s a lot of work. Sometimes I question myself, ‘What the heck am I doing?’ But I love this fair.”
Oxford County Fair, 67 Pottle Rd. Livestock shows, horse pulling, traditional farming and crafting demonstrations, live music, food and more, Sep. 12-15. 739-2204. Piscataquis Valley Fair, 77 Fairview Ave., DoverFoxcroft. Figure 8 Race and He-Man competition, Tuff Truck, demolition derby and more, Aug. 23-26. 717-9100. Pittston Fair, 995 East Pittston Rd., Pittston. “Maine’s Friendliest Fair,” boasts a strawberry pageant, live music, loader/ backhoe competition, historical museum, goat fun show, pig scramble, horse shows, exhibitions, mad science, and much more, Jul. 26-29. pittstonfair.com
Redneck “Blank” Pig Roast & Music Fest, 12 Harold Ln., Hebron. Featuring bands Fire in the Hole, Stolen Mojo, Country Roads and more, with eight olympic style events and a mud run, this fest sponsors the Lewiston Vet Center Family Day, Aug. 2-5. 966-3333. Skowhegan State Fair, Constitution Ave. The nation’s oldest continuously run agricultural fair celebrates its 200th year and will feature truck pulls, demolition derby, harness racing, midway, agricultural exhibits, live music and more, Aug. 9-18. 474-2947. Southern Maine Steampunk Fair, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Maine’s only steampunk fair with vendors of Victorian-futuristic arts and crafts and Victorian lawn games. New this year the fair will include a steampunk high tea service, how-to corset fittings, tea duel, and book signings featuring authors Joy Reed and Leanna Renee Hieber. Family-friendly costumes
Blueberry Queen The Maine Wild Blueberry Festival wouldn’t be complete without the coronation of the Maine Wild Blueberry Queen on August 20. The first queen, Monalee Smith Pritchard, was crowned in 1961, the same year the first humans ventured into space and construction began on the Berlin Wall. “I’d just started a nursing position at Mass General Hospital when my father insisted I come home for the Blueberry Queen contest. He’d ‘lost’ me as collateral in a bet with a local blueberry business, Herrick and Company. I said, ‘Dad I’m not the type,’ but he said, ‘I lost the bet, and that’s what he wants to do with you.’” Despite her initial indifference, Smith won the title. “I had a wonderful time representing Maine… It was a really fun experience.” Each contestant is sponsored by a blueberry packer or processor, and the queen represents the Maine blueberry industry for the next year. Krisandra McNichol, the 2017 Maine Wild Blueberry Queen, was sponsored by Spruce Mountain Blueberries of West Rockport. McNichol spent many August days of her childhood attending Union Fair. “I looked forward to pig scrambles and flying high frisbee dogs,” McNichol says. “What I really loved to see were the Maine Wild Blueberry Princesses and Queen… I looked up to these young ladies and was anxious to grow up and fill their roles.” j u l y / august 2 0 1 8 2 7
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Springfield Fair, 91 Park St., Springfield. David Allan Coe concert, laser tag, agricultural event, monster trucks, and crafts, Sept. 1-2. 738-4134. Topsham Fair, Rt. 196 Coastal Connector. Sheep herding, blueberry pie contest, live bluegrass music, agricultural show, demolition derby, fireworks, truck pulls, and more, Aug. 7-12. 729-1943. Union Fair, 175 Fairgrounds Ln. Blueberry festival, crowning of the Blueberry Queen, talent show, fireworks, pig scramble, live music, and fireworks, Aug. 18-25. 785-3281. Waterford World’s Fair, 36 Green Rd., North Waterford. Showcasing rural heritage with livestock, crafts,
Apple Pumpkin Festival, Livermore Falls. Food, music, kids’ activities, crafts, Sep. 29. 500-2464.
demonstrations, exhibits, music, food, and overall fun, Jul. 20-22. 595-1601.
Windsor Fair, 82 Ridge Rd., Windsor. A tradition since 1888 encompassing 275 acres, with livestock, a pumpkin contest, harness racing, woodsman day, and barrel racing, Aug. 26-Sep. 3. 549-7911. York Days, Short Sands Beach. Concerts, crafts, 5k road race, and other events all week, Jul. 28-Aug. 5.
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Acadia’s Oktoberfest & Food Festival, 20 Main St., Southwest Harbor. Mainebased brewfest, locally sourced food, and crafts, Oct. 5-6. acadiaoktoberfest. com. Apple Festival, 18-24 Main St., Cornish. Craft and produce vendors, applepie baking competition,
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Artisan Bread Fair, Skowhegan State Fairgrounds, 33 Constitution Ave. Over 60 vendors offering delicious breads and pastries, handmade pizza, kitchen wares, halvah, maple syrup and jams, butter and cheese, professional bakers, demos, live music and much more, Jul. 28. kneadingconference.com. Cornish Community Harvest & Bazaar, Fairgrounds Drive, Cornish. Fresh harvested organic local produce, flea market finds, and food & tempting treats, Jul. 28. 625-0950. Craft Brew Race, Edward Payson Park, 700 Baxter Blvd., Portland. Featuring dozens of local breweries, a relaxed 5k - walkers welcome - around Back Cove followed by a beer festival with over 40 craft breweries, Aug. 18. (401) 856-9197. Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta, Damariscotta. Pumpkinboat regatta and derby, pumpkin catapulting, giant pumpkin art, pumpkin-pie eating, and parade, Sep. 22-Oct. 8. 677-3087. East Benton Fiddlers Fest, 270 Richards Rd. Maine’s oldest music festival showcases bluegrass talents from across Maine with a fiddler’s showcase, adult and children’s fiddle
contest, fiddler’s workshop, a grand march and more. Featuring Half Moon Jug Band, Old Grey Goose, Country Choir, and East Benton Jug Band, Jul. 29. 453-2017.
Frenchboro Lobster Festival, Bass Harbor Ferry Terminal. Live music, raffles, and lobster, Aug. 11. frenchboro-dinner.org. Gray Blueberry Festival, 24 Main St. A day of familyfriendly festivities for all ages, including live music, food trucks and vendors, make and take workshops, wild blueberry contests, bean bag toss golf course, horse-drawn wagon rides, kids fun run, face painting, climbing wall, dunk tank and much more, Aug. 11. 657-3339. Harvestfest, Short Sands Beach, York. Traditional fall harvest food, kids activities, crafts, and music, Oct. 13. 363-4422. Harvest on the Harbor, Ocean Gateway, Portland. 9th annual food and wine festival (21+ only). Chef demonstrations, lobster chef competition, Brews & Blues BBQ, tasting events, Oct. 18-21. harvestontheharbor.com. Machias Wild Blueberry Festival, Congressional Church, Centre St., Machias. Dedication to Maine’s berry of choice is done up in syrup, a pie eating contest, tours of a blueberry farm, and Blueberry Musical, Aug. 17-19. 255-6665. Maine BBQ Challenge, Hollywood Casino and Raceway, Bangor. A weekend celebration of barbecue, great music, and beer,
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Maine Brew Fest September Session, Sunday River Resort, 15 South Ridge Rd., Newry. Kicks off with a beer dinner at the mid-mountain Peak Lodge, followed by beer sampling from as many as 100 Maine craft brews, oyster tasting event, more food and family-friendly activities, Sep. 14-16. (800) 543-2754. Maine Cheese Festival, Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Rd., Freeport. Festival celebrating and showcasing Maine cheese, bringing together over 30 Maine cheesemakers to sample and sell their cheeses. Also featuring workshops and cooking demos, live music, local craft beer and Maine wine, food trucks and Maine artisan food vendors, Sep. 9. (978) 471-8399. Maine Harvest Festival, Cross Insurance Ctr., Bangor. A delicious celebration of Maine’s small farms and their bounty, Nov. 17-18. 561-8300. Maine Lakes Brew Fest, 261 Point Sebago Rd., Casco. The area’s largest annual sampling event and Oktoberfest features Maine-made beers, microbrews, and wine; with food, live music, and the Artisan’s Craft Show, Sep. 29. mainelakesbrewfest.com. Maine Lobster Festival, Harbor Park, Rockland. Steamed lobsters, seafood cooking contest, family activities and races, arts and crafts, live entertainment and parade, Aug. 1-5. 800576-7512. Pemaquid Oyster Fes-
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Rails, Tails & Ales, Boothbay Railway Village, 586 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay Craft beer from Maine breweries with food vendors, an outdoor car show, steam train rides, educational booths and live music all in a family-friendly setting, Jul. 21. 633-4727.
Rangeley Lakes Blueberry Festival, 6 Park Rd. Annual festival in celebration of the blueberry season featuring pies, crafts and gifts, vendors, and kidfriendly activities, Aug. 16. 864-5571. Salmon and Seafood Festival, downtown Eastport. End of summer festivity in honor of the local resources of Eastport, especially the Atlantic salmon of Passamaquoddy Bay. Centered around the salmon barbecue, enjoy live music, walking tours, local food and craft vendors,
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St. Peter’s Italian Bazaar, 72 Federal St., Portland. Features authentic Italian food, desserts, lots of games and contests, and of course the famous greased pole climbing competition, Aug. 10-12. 733-7746. Summer Session Beer Festival, 10 Thompson’s Point, Portland. Annual summer beer festival featuring Maine and out-of-state breweries, food trucks, and live music, Jul. 28. mainebrewersguild.org Taste of Greater Waterville, Downtown Waterville. Food booths and fine dining, sidewalk sales, craft vendors, live music, kids events, face painting, and a petting zoo, Aug. 8. 680-4200. Wells Chili-Fest, Wells Junior High School, Rte. 1. 18th year of traditional event with chili cook-offs in three categories with cash prizes, Aug. 25. 646-2451. Wilton Blueberry Festival, 25 Pleasant View Hts.,
Wilton. Blueberry-themed parades, live music, food, bingo, boat tours, and crafts, Aug. 3-4. 778-4726.
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor. 54th annual Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, featuring blueberry pancake breakfast, craft fair, lobster boat races, lobster dinner and parade, Aug. 11. 546-2960. Yarmouth Clam Festival, 162 Main St. A yearly event celebrating community with arts and crafts, food, activities, a parade, and more. Jul. 20-22. 846-3984.
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American Folk Festival, Bangor waterfront. A music lover’s weekend complete with music from Annika Chambers, Open the Door for Three, Tuba Skinny, and more, Aug. 24-26. 262-7765. Art in the Park, Mill Creek Park, South Portland. Featuring original art and photography by up to 170 artists in styles, sizes, and prices to suit all tastes and
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Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show, Rockland. 16th annual event featuring Maine’s finest artists, architects, boatbuilders, craftsmen, designers furniture makers, jewelers, and marine gear vendors accompanied by live music and food, Aug. 10-12. maineboats.com/ boatshow. Maine Crafts Guild Scarborough Show, Camp Ketcha, 336 Black Point Rd. Approximately 40 of Maine’s artisans present their heirloom quality crafts, Sep. 15-16. mainecraftsguild.com. Maine Summer Outdoor Art Show, Gallery on the Green, 329 Main St., Southwest Harbor. More than 50 artists showcasing their work in multiple media including acrylics, oils, watercolors, pastels, etchings, and more, Aug. 11-12. MDI Directions Fine Craft Show, Mount Desert Island High School, 1081 Eagle Lake Rd., Bar Harbor. Maine Craft Guild presents its 43rd annual show with approximately 60 of Maine’s finest craftspeople. Come meet extraordinary artists and purchase work handmade in Maine, Jul. 27. mainecraftsguild.com. Medomak Fiberarts Retreat, 307 Liberty Rd., Washington. A week of fiber-filled fun, whether it is knit, crochet, spin, felt, dye or weave, enjoy the company of fellow fiber enthusiasts, Jul. 29-Aug. 4. 845-6001. Mind Body Spirit Festival, Point Sebago Resort, 261 Point Sebago Rd., Casco. Featuring holistic health practitioners, energy healers, psychics and mediums, herbs and organic products, metaphysical supplies, enlightening workshops and more, Sep. 8. mindbodyspiritfestival.org. Music on the Mall, 191-195 Maine St., Brunswick. Free summer concert series Wednesdays at 6pm throughout the summer, through Aug. 29. 729-4439. Ossipee Valley Music Festival, Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, 291 South Hiram Rd., Hiram. A celebration of good food, good people, and good music. Offering children’s activities, farm to table food, yoga, craft beer, swimming, camping, music, instructional workshops, barn dances and more, Jul. 26-29. 710-8322. Portland Chamber Music Festival, Hannaford Hall, University of Southern Maine Portland campus. Opening Night Celebration, Aug. 9; Romantic Visions: Falla, Primosch, and Dvořák, Aug. 11; Family Concert: All About the Violin, Aug. 12; Bach, Brahms, and ‘Paganiniana,’ Aug. 16; Season Finale: Passing the Torch, Aug. 18. 320-0257. Portland Fine Craft Show, Congress St. Free street craft show features over 100 juried exhibitors from Maine and New England exhibiting fine crafts including baskets, ceramics, fiber, jewelry, furniture, and more, Aug. 25. 205-0791. Rangeley Art in August, Village Park, Oquossoc. Over 50 artists and craftsmen enter pieces in a juried art competition. Paintings, photography, jewelry, woodwork, pottery, and glass pieces available for sale, Aug. 2. rangeleyarts.org. River Jam, various locations in Biddeford and Saco. When two cities come together, beautiful things happen. Biddeford and Saco celebrate a combined festival with a 5k race, fringe fest, live
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Schoodic Arts Festival, 427 Main St., Winter Harbor. Packed full of performances, with programs in film, music, theater and dance, Jul. 30-Aug. 12. 963-2569. Screen Door Summer Music Festival, locations in Rockport and Camden, A five-day musical extravaganza featuring fresh performances by world-renowned musicians presented in intimate venues, Aug. 15-19. 236-2823. Sebago Long Lake Music Festival, Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison. Now celebrating its 46th season, this chamber music series features performers from around the country and abroad, Jul. 17, 24, 31, & Aug. 7, 14. sebagomusicfestival.org. Somerset Family Arts Festival, Coburn Park, Skowhegan. Celebrate the arts with food, beer, local music, art, dancing and children’s art activities, 612-2571. Summer Solstice Craft Show, Wells Junior High, 1470 Post Rd., Wells. The September Summer Solstice craft show features over 70 Maine and New England artists and crafters offering traditional, contemporary and country crafts, Sep. 8-9. 646-5172. Summerkeys, Lubec locations, A musical vacation for adults, take part in a summer of weekly concerts, workshops for violin, piano, photography, creative writing, and more, through Aug. 31. 733-2316. Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, 29 Meadow Rd., Brunswick. World-class bluegrass on the shores of Mid-coast Maine, Aug. 30-Sep. 2. 725-6009. Windham Parks & Recreation Summer Concert Series, Dundee Park, 79 Presumpscot Rd. A free summer concert series under the pavillion, The 121 Band, Jul. 11; The Hurricanes, Jul. 18; Downeast Soul Coalition, Jul. 25; Rick Sharett, Aug. 1. 892-1905. York County Blues Fest, Friendship Park, Old Alfred Rd., Waterboro. Headlined by Paul Nelson with an afternoon of great blues acts including Nathan Michaud, Andy Schoenfeld, DeejSC and Company, and Mike Hayward’s Blue Lions, Jul. 28. 247-6166.
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Festivals Harpswell Lobster Boat Races, Potts Harbor, Harpswell. They are best watched by water, and will feature 31 race classes with a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finish, Jul. 29. 798-1725. Heritage Day, Clubhouse, Old Skiway Rd., Oquossoc. Fly-casting competition, game meals, interactive exhibits, kids’ activities, and ecology education, Aug. 7. 864-2485. Piscataquis River Festival, Guilford. This year’s theme is “Up the Creek” and will feature a parade, food and craft vendors, live music, and fireworks, Jul. 28. 876-2202. Punkinfiddle Family Festival and National Estuaries Day Celebration, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells. Live music, traditional
arts demonstrations, sheepdogs, and farm animals gather to celebrate the beauty and value of Maine’s estuaries, and to foster environmental stewardship, Sep. 29. 646-1555.
Skowhegan River Fest, 93B Water St. Annual event that celebrates recreation and life on the Kennebec, including a chicken barbecue, classic car cruise-in, bed races, craft fair, lobster bake, raft rides, fireworks and more, Aug. 1-5. 612-2571. Summerfest, Wiscasset Common. Live music, crafts, dog show and parade, food, and community enjoyment of high summer, to benefit local charities, Jul. 28. 882-7544. Tough Mountain, Sunday River Resort, 15 South Ridge Rd., Newry. An adventure obstacle 5k race with both natural and man-
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Camden Windjammer Festival, Camden waterfront. Celebration of maritime heritage and traditions including exhibits, food, fireworks, lobster crate racing, and educational seafaring stories. Cruising schooners are open for tours, or take a smaller schooner out on the water for a sail, Aug. 31-Sep. 1. 236-3438. Crown of Maine Balloon Fest, 84 Mechanic St., Presque Isle. Balloon rides, balloon flights, meet the crews and captains, crafts, and entertainment, Aug. 21-26. crownofmaineballoonfest.org. Lobsterman Triathlon, Freeport. One of the top triathlons in the country,
Logging Festival, 221 Stratton Rd., Rangeley. The festival includes artists and crafters, children’s activities, Lumberjack and Lumberjill competitions, cloggers, live music, refreshments, a traditional “Bean-Hole” dinner, and more, Jul. 27-28. 864-3939.
New England Couples Golf Championship, Bethel Inn Resort, 21 Broad St., Bethel. Now in it’s 18th year, a fun-filled weekend where couples around New England compete in a light-hearted two day golf tournament, Jul. 27-29. (800) 654-0125. MS Regatta & Harborfest, Portland waterfront. A weekend festival with sailboats, power boats, tugboats, and lobster boats
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Woodlawn Croquet Mini Lobster Tournament, Woodlawn Museum, 19 Black House Dr., Ellsworth. Open to all USCA members and is a 6 Wicket Singles USCA sanctioned tournament, spectators are welcome, Sep. 5-9. 667-8671.
Learning Festivals
Acadia Night Sky Festival, various locations in Bar Harbor. Night hikes, paddling in a bioluminescent bay, science presentations, and themed movies in this 10th annual celebration of the starlit skies of Downeast Maine, Sep. 5-9. 801-2566. Antique Auto Days,
Which one of your hits most surprised you?
We sent “Over My Head” to the local radio station… I was so sure they weren’t going to play it, and they played it at like 9:15 at night. We all listened to it in my mom’s minivan. Three days later, they kept getting so many requests they called and put it into ‘power rotation.’ That’s reserved for huge artists and bands. It started taking off.
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Freeport summer concerts are rocking the L.L. Bean park, and Americana kings Old Crow Medicine Show (July 21), singer-songwriter Passenger (July 28), and The Revivalists (August 4) are all gearing up to take the stage. The free concerts, paired with a few rounds at Maine Brewing Company or Gritty McDuff’s, make for a hot summer night, but a show from the The Fray (September 1) is the perfect chaser this season. We caught up with lead singer Isaac Slade to make sure he won’t be skipping any Maine musts on this visit. What do you think of Maine?
We’ve played here a handful of times. All I remember is that it’s beautiful, we ate a bunch of lobster rolls, and ran outside somewhere.
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Well, that’s pretty much what we do up here.
Ha! Okay, good. You do like lobster?
I like it enough that I read about the history and really nerded out. Any personal Maine connections?
My grandma lived here for 15 years when I was a little kid, so I’ve always heard stories about Maine. We opened for Weezer up here in 2005 [at the Colisee in Lewiston]. We have this song called “You Found Me.” I was up the hill while Weezer was soundchecking, and that’s where I wrote the lyric [“I found God on the corner of First and Amistad”] for one of our biggest songs. It’s not a real street, but that’s where I wrote it.
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You know, I think motive is really important, and that gets overlooked. Everyone thinks your motives are to “make it.” When that’s your only goal, you end up burning out or you do make it at any cost and scoop out who you really are to do it. Hash out why you’re doing it. The free summer concerts bring a lot of people out to see shows they might not normally get to. What can they look forward to when you play in September?
We’ve always tried to make music that people of all different ages and walks of life can connect to. I grew up with a religious background and music that applied to one out of 10 people. That was so limiting. I wanted to write music that of 10 people at a coffee shop, at least seven could listen to. We’ve welded that into the structure of the band. Do you have some time in Maine after the show?
My wife and I bought a school bus, and we’re converting it into a family RV. If it’s done in time… You have to drive to Acadia!
That’s the plan. Look for the school bus!
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You guys are from Denver, which seems like it would pair well with the lifestyle, culture, and people of Maine. Any advice to creatives wanting to ‘make it big’ living in cities that aren’t New York or L.A.?
Boothbay Railway Village, 586 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay. See dozens of classic, vintage, antique cars and much more, with a swap meet and flea market, parade, valve cover racing and more, Jul. 21-22. 633-4727.
Attean Memorial Pow Wow, Maine Wildlife Park, 56 Game Farm Rd., Gray. An exciting opportunity to learn more about Native American culture and heritage, tribal representatives from Maine, New England and around the country take part in this event with native dancers, drummers, craft vendors, singers and traditional food booths. Aug. 11-12. 657-4977. Common Ground Country Fair, 294 Crosby Brook Rd., Unity. Celebrate the organic and rural version of the good life and learn new things about farming. Agricultural demonstrations, donkey and mule show, sheepdog demonstrations, a 5k race, and draft horse show, plus produce and crafts vendors, food, music and more, Sep. 21-23. 568-4142.
Festival of Nations, Deering Oaks Park, Portland. Maine’s cultural diversity celebrity in Portland’s prettiest park. Featuring food, crafts, and music from around the world, Jul. 28. 536-0800. International Homecoming Festival, Calais and St. Stephen, New Brunswick, CA. During this festival, the two communities of Calais and St. Stephen join together, hosting and attending events on both sides of the border in celebration of the American-Canadian border. Enjoy the street fair, children’s games and activities, concerts, craft shows, fireworks and much more, Aug. 8-12. 506-466-7703. Life Happens Outside Festival, L.L. Bean, 95 Main St., Freeport. A celebration of active and outdoor lifestyles in Maine communities, with guided hikes, nature walks, biking and paddle outings, a storytelling event, film festival, outdoor demonstrations and workshops, happy hour and more, Aug. 17-19. 725-0800. Maine Highland Games and Scottish Festival, Topsham Fairgrounds, Topsham. 40th Annual Highland Games featuring parade of the clans, music, athletic and dancing competitions, food, sheep dog demonstrations, workshops and more, Aug. 18. 626-7007. New England Auto Auction, Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St., Owls Head. The nation’s largest and longest-running event in its class that solely operates to preserve the legacy of transportation’s earliest pioneers, Aug. 15-18. 594-4418. Save a Stray 5K and Festival, L.L. Bean, 95 Main St., Freeport. Benefits Coastal Humane Society and Lincoln County Animal Shelter. 5K race, and festival which features food trucks, dog demos, an Ask A Vet booth, an Amateur “Worst in Show,” face painting and much more, Aug. 25. (877) 755-2326. Sea & Sky at Schoodic, Schoodic Institute, Acadia National Park. A painting workshop with Carol Douglas. Meals, snacks and accommodations included. Aug. 5-10. (585) 201-1558. Vintage Motorcycle Meet & Antique Aeroplane Show, Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St., Owls Head. Special event to see more than 250 antique and classic motorcycles on display with hundreds more modern bikes. Event includes vehicle demonstrations, biplane ride auction, children’s activities, and more. Weather permitting, museum planes will be flown, Sep. 1-2. 594-4418.
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Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Andrew Wyeth: Temperas and Studies from the Wyeth Collection, through Feb. 3, 2019; Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/ Zodiac Heads, through Dec. 30; Andrew Wyeth in Rockland, through Feb. 17, 2019; Maine: The Farnsworth Collection, through Mar. 14, 2021; Stories of the Land and its People 2018, through Sep. 9; N.C. Wyeth: Poems of American Patriotism, through Oct. 28; On a Mountain in Maine, through Oct. 7. 596-6457.
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Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. BIW: Building America’s Navy, through Dec. 2020; You Sank My Battleship: Maritime Games and Pop Culture, through Oct. 17. 443-1316. Monhegan Museum, 1 Light House Hill Rd., Monhegan. Celebrating Fifty Years 19682018, featuring works by some 70 artists including George Bellows, James Fitzgerald, Robert Henry, Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Louise Nevelson, Andrew Wyeth and more, through Sep. 30. 596-7003.
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Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. Mike Miclon’s The Early Evening Show, Jul. 7, Aug. 4, Sep. 1; Michael Burgos’ The Eulogy, Jul. 14; A Night of New Works, Jul. 20; The Spectacular - A Fundraiser for Celebration Barn Theater, Jul. 21; Steven Ragatz’s Under the Umbrella, Life is a Circus, Aug. 11; Happenstance Theater’s Pinot and Augustine, Aug. 18. 743-8452. Cold Comfort Theater, Belfast. An Original Musical Adaptation of The Tempest, Jul. 20-22, Jul. 27-29; Love Letters, Aug. 29. 930-7244. Deertrees Theater, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison. The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont, Jul. 14, 19, 27, Aug. 4; Turn of the Screw, Aug. 9, 12, 17. 583-6747. Fenix Theatre Company, at Deering Oaks Park, Portland. Eurydice, Jul. 13-22, 27, 29. 400-6223. Footlights Theater, 190 US-1, Falmouth. The Ladies’ Guide to Life & Laughter, through Aug. 30. 747-5434. Freeport Community Players, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport. One-Act Showcase, Jul. 12-29. 865-2220. Gaslight Theater, 1 Winthrop St., Hallowell.
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Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St., Berwick. The Bridges of Madison County, Jul. 25-Aug. 11; Dial M for Murder, Aug. 15-Sept. 1. 698-1807. Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Ln., South Berwick. The 39 Steps Live Radio Play, Aug. 10-12. 384-2454. Heartwood Regional Theater Company, Parker B. Poe Theater, 81 Academy Hill Rd., Newcastle. The Secret Garden, Jul. 20- 22, 2528. 563-1373. Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Rd., Madison. The Irish…and How They Got That Way, Jul. 1922, Jul. 25-28; The Legend of Georgia McBride, Aug. 2-5, 8-11; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Aug. 16-19, 22-25; Anne of Green Gables, Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 5-8. 474-7176. Lewiston-Auburn Little Theatre, 30 Academy St., Auburn. Young Frankenstein, Aug. 10-19. 783-0958. Little Theatre at Nasson Community Center, 457 Main St., Springvale. Good Theater Presents Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Jul. 28-29; DIO Disciples, Aug. 2; Nasson Senior Theater Presents Finding Glady’s, Aug. 10-17; Stranger Than Fiction Presents a Night of Improv, Aug. 25. 324-5657. Maine State Ballet Theater, 348 U.S. Rte. 1, Falmouth. Hansel and Gretel, August 9-11, 1618. 781-7672. Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Saturday Night Fever, Jul. 18-Aug. 4; Bye Bye Birdie, Jul. 30; Singin’ in the Rain, Aug. 8-25; Nunsense, Aug. 14-26. 725-8769. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. The Marriage of Figaro, Jul. 25, 27. 842-0800. Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St., Ogunquit. An American in Paris, Jul. 11-Aug. 4; Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, Aug. 8-Sep. 1. 646-5511. Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Shear Madness, through Jul. 8. 942-3333. Saco River Theater, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Accomplice, Jul. 20-28. 929-6615. Saint Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland. Mother Jones in Heaven, Aug. 9-12. 775-5568. Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Rd., Standish. Seussical: The Musical, Jul. 12-29; Aladdin KIDS, Aug. 3-5; Mary Poppins Jr., Aug. 17-19. 642-3743. Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main St., Monmouth. Pride @ Prejudice, through Aug. 17; The True Story of Little Red, through Aug. 16; Twelfth Night, through Aug. 19; Richard III, through Aug. 18; Enchanted April, through Aug. 16; Dial “M” for Murder, Jul. 26-Aug. 17. 933-9999. Waterman’s Community Center, 12 Main St., North Haven. Bestselling author Susan Minot debuts original play, On Island, Aug. 2, Aug. 5. 867-2100.
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Seed Money Wildlife illustrator Jada Fitch, of Addison, is taking birdhouses to new heights. She and husband Philipp Willey are behind Home Tweet Home, intricately designed, wooden retreats for our feathered friends. For $99 you can buy one of two models, each adorned with bird portraits framed on the walls. Further evolutions are under discussion. “My husband and I are currently working on a new design that has a chimney that you’ll be able to drop the bird seed into, and it will come out the fireplace,” Fitch says.
A 19-year-old emu named Ralphie “The Bird” made a break for it at the Rocking T Equine Sanctuary in Lisbon. At five feet, four and weighing in at 100 pounds, this fugitive would be hard to miss, but executive director Janet Tuttle says this isn’t The Bird’s first escape. “This time, she turned around, clawed, and then ran across the river,” Tuttle says. “She swam back and went to visit the neighbors. That’s where we found her.” Really. What have the neighbors got that we haven’t got?
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The Seattle Sounders FC, a professional soccer club based in Washington state, professed their love and adoration for the city of Portland, Maine, on a billboard they’ve rented in their rival’s hometown–Portland, Oregon. They even have Portland (ME) native and U.S. soccer star Roger Levesque on their side. The Sounders and Portland Timbers have been at it since the 1970s, but the “Seattle loves Portland, Maine” billboard was installed ahead of a game, which the Timbers won 3-2. The next game is on August 26th at 3:30 p.m. EST. We know who we’re rooting for.
A rare sunflower-yellow lobster has been caught off the coast of Maine by the crew of the Short Fuse. Instead of the usual muddy brown shade, the lobster’s shell is a bright, sunflower yellow. The University of Maine Lobster Institute considers it a “one-in-30-million” catch. The Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association says, “The shell color is determined by pigment astaxanthin, which usually creates a brownish green color that turns bright red when cooked, but when it binds with certain proteins it can appear blue or yellow.” J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 6 3
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ment on the list from Palace Playland to midnight chili dogs, each balancing a fine line between the best and (sometimes even more fun) the worst decision of the evening. InstaPerfect ur first stop is the Pier Patio Pub for an Old Orchard-style happy hour: steamers, Coronas, and a multi-vodka concoction dubbed “The Fish Bowl.” Bad decision number one? We’ll find out. “All right, everyone in on this,” Stephan says as each of us snags a straw, bumping foreheads while trying for a decent selfie. “I can’t do this. You’re too close.” “You’ve touched every straw.” “Smile.” After two baskets of clams, we walk to the very end of The Pier, which, come sundown, transitions into the nightclub Top of The Pier with a DJ. For a moment, as the sun drops over the Electra Wheel and an
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ocean breeze rushes past, an edgeof-the-world feeling settles over us. It’s a snapshot for the soul–the four of us, Stephan and Meghan newly engaged, Fil and I newlyweds. I consider the many friends who’ve existed in this very moment since The Pier’s opening in 1898. Can you imagine the Pier Casino Ballroom in its heyday? Snazzy cocktail dresses and creased slacks galore! With featured acts like Duke Ellington and Sinatra, the mid-century presented an Old Orchard Beach that’s hard to fathom–especially as two barely legal girls donning barely there bikinis pose for their cache of Instagram strangers on the beach below. Wild Child “We have to ride the Sea Viper,” Meaghan says as we make our way to the amusement park. “It sounds dangerous.” I look up at the looming roller coaster. “Stop. It’s brand new.” She
bee-lines it for the ticket booth. Fil, ever-reassuring, pipes up, “You know, I‘ve never put something together without missing at least one screw.” The Sea Viper is a new Old Orchard Beach attraction. Standing 70 feet tall, the roller coaster is in no way the wildest ride I’ve taken, but I’m just not a thrills kind of girl. A spin on a wobbly bar stool after a shot or two is about as much as I need.
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On the way over, we pass a sobbing child, light-up sneakers flashing as she bolts for it. “But I want to ride THAT one! It’s not fair!” Her mother chases after her, assuring her the day will soon come. Back straightened, I step up the metal ramp. For you, little one. The four of us line up, taking over the gate of the lead car as the riders before us pull in. “Hope you didn’t eat your pier fries yet,” a barrel-chested man laughs as he steps out. His wife rolls her eyes. Before I know it, I’m stuck. The safety bar is down; the ride attendant doublechecks. Is he sure? Can he check again? “He seems distracted.” “He’s not.” Too late, anyway. The cars are slowly pulled up the incline, inching us to our J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 6 7
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Strangeland equila Frogs is next on the list. It’s closing in on 8 p.m. but the bar is mostly empty, so we don’t waste much time. After requesting four shots of tequila and housing an order of chips and salsa, it’s time to roll. We’ve got moles to whack and prizes to win, and Stephan has been pretty cocky about his gaming skills. The arcade is by far the busiest area in Old Orchard. It’s an equalizing zone where grown men can be Evil Knievel on a sta-
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tionary crotch rocket while 10-year-olds become pinball wizards. After a brief game of Whac-A-Mole (that Stephan unashamedly cheats at), we make our way to the Skee-ball ramps. Here we all thrive. Among the dings, whistles, lights, and bells, the tickets pile up earning us one bouncy ball, 15 erasers, and a duck whistle for, well, duck whistling. We march on, satisfied with our bounty and ready to mix and mingle. The Night is Young The street energy has picked up, and crowds begin to form in front of the bars along E. Grand Avenue. Music from the deck of Weekend at Bernie’s lures us in, and, although no one among the patrons is actually dancing, there’s a general consensus on the floor that “No Diggity” is a great dance song. We take to the deck for a bit of fresh air, our giant, aluminum Budweiser bottles in tow. No sooner do we score the perfect table does a group of middle-aged women sad-
dle up next to us–one clearly tipsier than the others. “The kids call me Mama Kath.” She scans our foursome. “I can’t find my husband.” Her friends mouth apologies over her shoulders while coaxing her back to the corner, but Mama Kath is content right where she is. Looks like we’ve made a new friend. The bartender approaches with a tray of Jell-O shots. “We’re going to do Jell-O shots,” I tell Kath. “Would you all like one as well?” “I’ve no idea what that is.”
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t some point, Kath’s husband, Papa Dan, as the kids call him, arrives, and before we even think to ask for it, we’re gifted with the 30-minute version of their story. After another round, I’m past wondering why they’re exposing these intimate details of their lives. Instead, I’ve accepted that tonight they’ve escaped. They’ve escaped their home in New Hampshire, their three grown kids, their jobs, and here in Old Orchard Beach, away from it all, they can do Jell-O shots with a group of twenty-somethings and not be Mama Kath and Papa Dan. Purple Haze We all agree on one last round before heading back toward The Pier, and, according to our guide, Meaghan, we can’t not visit The Brunswick. Boasting the “largest oceanfront patio bar” in town, it’s a must. We order our beers inside before pushing our way through the large crowd. Outside, the patio drinkers mill about in purple light and the cool ocean air gives everyone a new burst of energy. The plan was to grab a quick dinner here, but our rendezvous at Bernie’s went even longer than realized. It’s already after 10 p.m. The Brunswick has stopped serving dinner. “I told you we should have eaten at The Pier.” “I didn’t know it was this late.” “I’m not missing out on a chili dog.” We down the rest of our beers and set out across the beach in search of the greasiest food we can find. Ahead, I see two fig-
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ures standing in the dark. A familiar smell wafts through the air. If anyone knows where to find a chili dog, these two do. “Hi, guys. How much further for food?” They laugh, not realizing the severity of my hunger. I’ve lost the others but push on. One for the Road… The sign glows heavenly. “Mile Long Franks” is written across the silhouette of a wiener dog. Beauty. I bask in its glow as the others emerge from the beach. Fil and I order two large chili dogs and a cup brimming with fries doused in cheese sauce. Meaghan and Stephan cross the street for a slice at Bill’s Pizza. While I love a fine dining experience as much as anyone, this chili dog satisfies something deep in the pit of my gut that can’t be put into words. Forget farm-to-table, fresh catch of the day. This mile-longdog is where it’s at, heartburn be damned. I
want another. No longer hangry and tired, Meaghan and I consider one more round. The guys go along for a minute or two before vetoing the idea. Apparently, one more round isn’t always necessary, a belief I’m still not quite convinced of. I’m still a trashy twenty-something, guys. We’re at Old Orchard Beach. Life is short. The train isn’t here for another 40 minutes. The night is young. “And the Uber is here.” The ride home is smooth enough that Meaghan and I fall asleep, leaving Fil and Stephan to regale our driver with stories of our night in OOB. Back home, sand sprinkles across the floor and I take off my shoes to crawl into bed as Ferris wheels, Skee-balls, and chili dogs dance in my head. n J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 7 1
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Blast from the Past The ambassador from Maine stuns the Puerto de Mahón.
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he fog slowly clears. An impossibly tall sloop emerges from the mist. It can’t be the J Class Ranger, adrift in time. She was scrapped in 1941. But here she is. J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 7 3
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uilt in Skagen, Denmark, in 2003, the new Ranger, a full-scale replica of the 1937 America’s Cup winner, glides across the yacht universe like a starlet on a runway. We don’t see the new Ranger in Maine much because she’s home-ported in Georgetown, Bahamas, with frequent voyages to glamor ports in the Mediterranean. As the summer of 2017 opened, she was racing in Bermuda with a crew from England, Scotland, and Ireland. She’s fast, maybe the fastest of the new class of J-sloops that people with ‘roaring plenitude’ are creating to tack into the past. On first learning about the new Ranger, I felt a lump in my throat. If only co-designer Olin J. Stephens (1908-2008) could have lived to see his incredible inspiration rise again from the drawing boards. Imagine Stephens looking up at the doppelgänger of the super J that beat Thomas Sopwith’s Endeavour II to win the Cup. Imagine the 180-foot mast, the 64-foot boom. “He did see J5 [the new Ranger] during construction, and he visited her again once it was commissioned,” says J5’s manager, Dan Jackson. “Ours was the first new JClass yacht to be built since the 1930s.” Today, a J Class is built for around $16.5 million. Though both the first and the more recent Ranger had steel hulls, the “carbon-fiber mast and rigging” are improvements, and the salon is a good deal more comfortable, with custom mahogany furniture from Sardinia. “The last time she was in Maine was Summer 2017.” As for when her next visit here will be: “Unknown due to [the] recent passing of the owner,” who died at 75 on April 16, 2018.
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hich begs the question, who was the mysterious owner? Who’d have had the means to fall in love with a lost Maine yacht design to this degree? John Williams was nicknamed “The Apartment King” of Atlanta, according to his obituary. The Atlanta JournalConstitution hailed him as a “visionary Atlanta developer who managed multi-billion dollar businesses in re-
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It was a moment stopped in time when we asked Peter Lacey, Supervisor of Naval Architecture at Bath Iron Works, to interview legendary yacht designer Olin J. Stephens II—who helped design the famed racing sloop Ranger, built at BIW for Harold S. Vanderbilt. The original Ranger, designed by W. Starling Burgess and Stephens, swept the 1937 America’s Cup Series in four races. From the interview: Peter Lacey: I noticed that there was an aluminum strut on the Ranger’s boom; was it used to bend the boom to an airfoil shape? Olin Stephens II: That was the idea. It was kind of amusing because the Enterprise, the first Vanderbilt/Burgess boat, had what was called a Park Avenue boom which you probably are familiar with. Lacey: Yes, like six-foot wide!
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Stephens: Very wide. The idea was to get curvature into the foot of the sail, and the Shamrock, which Enterprise raced against, had a bending boom more or less like the Ranger’s, and they would swap back from year to year– the English boat would have a bending boom and the American would have the Park Avenue boom, and then the next time they raced, it was liable to be the other. I don’t know whether either one meant very much.”
From left: Olin & Rod Stephens, Harold S. Vanderbilt, and W. Starling Burgess aboard Ranger.
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isn ’ t t h at… al estate” and a “minority owner of the Atlanta Falcons.” What a jolt it would be if the new Ranger were bought and brought back here to Maine.
“A lake…is the earth’s eye.” Henry David Thoreau
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he original Ranger cost $164,628.30 in 1937 (including one mast replacement). In 2016, the new Ranger was up for sale for $7.9M, according to Boat International. Today, she’s listed by Northrop & Johnson in Newport, Rhode Island, for $6.9M–priced for a quick summer sale. “There are only nine of these in the world,” broker Ann Avery says of the J-Class sloops. “Here, suddenly, is a boat with a crew and plans, and they’ve all been canceled.” Prospective U.S. buyers will need to make the trip to Palma de Mallorca in Spain to have a look at this incredible looker. n For more information on the new Ranger’s past races and events, visit the online story at www.portlandmonthly.com/ portmag/2018/07/blast-from-the-past-extras/.
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Stage Sight North Haven Island’s novelist and screenwriter Susan Minot debuts a new play this August that hits very close to home. I nterview by olivia Gunn kotsishevskaya
How did the story of On Island come to you?
I’m on the drama committee at Waterman’s [Community Center on North Haven], and David Hopkins, a committee member, had the idea of doing something oriented toward the island much like Islands: The Musical that was done. It’s very much rooted in the experience of the peo7 8 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
ple on the island. The idea was to take some of the history of North Haven, some of the myths on the island, and put them into a dramatic collage-like story. I’ve always wanted to write a play. In fact, I did write a one-woman show based on a memoir called The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway starring Linda Hunt [The Year of Living Dangerously, Solo: A Star Wars Story, NCIS: Los Angeles]. [Putting The Little Locksmith on stage] had
“I’ve been visiting the island since I was born.”
been suggested to me by the famous John Wulp, who was the force behind North Haven theater for a long time. He was a Broadway producer who came to North Haven in the 1980s and put on the shows there. So, this isn’t technically my first play, but it’s the first one that’s more of a proper play. I found that for me to really get behind it, my orientation is more to the personal and the present. Since I’ve lived both on the island as a year-rounder and a summer person, I know a lot of aspects of the island. I decided to do a story that takes place on the island today in the summer. The day is August 3rd. It focuses on two island families; one is a year-round family and the other is a summer family. Is there a conflict between the two families?
It’s not between the two families at all. It’s more about seeing the different versions of family conflict. They both have different versions of the same thing going on.
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n her third novel, Evening (made into the 2007 film starring Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, and Claire Danes), Susan Minot tells the story of a dying woman whose memories whisk her back to a weekend spent on an island off the coast of Maine in her twenties. It’s a world familiar to Minot, who grew up summering with her family on North Haven, eventually living there full-time as a new mother. The island has been a constant in her life and today, at 61, she’s written a play for it. On Island will run from August 2-5 at Waterman’s Community Center.
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perspective Life on North Haven may seem a little mysterious to everyone who isn’t on North Haven. How do you connect a story that takes place on an island to the rest of Maine?
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Minot’s (second from the left) three sisters (left to right), Carrie, Dinah, and Eliza, lead creative lives as well. Carrie Minot Bell is a jewelry designer, while Dinah Minot is executive director of Creative Portland and one of Portland Monthly’s 2017 “10 Most Intriguing.” Eliza Minot, the youngest sister, is an author (The Tiny One, Vintage Books; The Brambles, Knopf Doubleday).
That could be very divisive language.
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t can be, yes. Part of my assignment was to celebrate the island. It would be probably easier and more dramatic to do a piercing expose of the underbelly, but this is a PG effort. Children are in it; anyone can see it.
Both are local?
They are. Courtney lives on-island and the Toughcats have lived on-island; some are off-island at the moment. If you live on an island, and I go into this in the play, there is a very refined sense of who’s an islander, who’s a year-rounder, who’s a transplant.
Were you tempted to go to the underbelly?
I couldn’t. That was never going to be. That’s usually where I am tempted to go, but this was an interesting challenge for me. I wanted to do something moving, celebratory, and entertaining.
“People are the same wherever you go. An island just accentuates behaviors in people more than a city. The city accentuates different ones, too. “
On that note, how do you keep a story like this relevant to everything that is happening in our headlines?
Family and life is always relevant. That’s the bottom line. Being able to exist in a family, on a small island, that couldn’t be more relevant. What has your experience on North Haven been from childhood through today?
I’ve been visiting the island since I was born. Every summer of my life. Maybe I missed a few in my twenties, but certainly growing up we’d go for the month of August. My six brothers, sisters, and I would go with my parents. We’d stay in part of a house my father’s parents lived in. Cousins would be there. It was the fun place to go. The beauty of the island, picnics, boats, the smells, nature. When you’re young, you don’t notice that so much. What you notice is that you can walk barefoot everywhere you go starting at age ten… I grew up in Massachusetts and have always felt that North Haven was more of a hometown. When I was in my forties, I fell in love with a man, Charlie Pingree, who lived on the island, and married him. We had a child, and lived there for nine years year-round. Going from visiting to living there full-time, did you ever feel a little crazy or stuck?
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always feel a little crazy wherever I am, so hard to tell. I went from living in New York City and traveling a lot to living on a small island with three ferries a day. It has another kind of adventure to it. You’re faced with the challenges of living with the same people and the acceptance of peo-
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I think you’ll find it will connect with people in Sri Lanka. It’s not about the strangeness of people who live on an island. It’s about people who happen to live on an island. There are some aspects that are encouraged. Isolation may be something people who live on the island deal with more. One of the through lines of the play is a stranger on the island. He gets on the wrong ferry. He was to go to Vinalhaven, which to North Haven seems like the other side of the world. He acts as a kind of catalyst. Also, North Haven has a very active theater community because of John Wulp. The children act in school, the Christmas shows–they’re used to performing. One of the things I love is seeing the musicals there. People are happy to hear songs, so I’ve inserted existing songs in the play. Two of the artists are from the island: Courtney Naliboff and the band the Toughcats.
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You’re going to be directing a film adaptation of your first book, Monkeys. What has been the most difficult part of that process?
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ell, it’s the fourth script I’ve written. Two of the movies have been made [Stealing Beauty, Evening], and I’ve adapted another one of my books and am developing that as a movie. Difficulty? It’s just the logistics. Instead of it being all up to you to finish the last page at your desk, you need a hundred things to be lined up before the making of the movie happens.
English woman writer to give credence to the main character point-of-view; a mutual writer friend mentioned me as a cinephile. My books had recently come out in Italy, and he read Lust & Other Stories. Was Bertolucci aware of the Maine connection that you and Liv Tyler share? Has Tyler ever visited North Haven with you? Bertolucci (The Last Emperor, Last Tango in Paris), so I have to ask, what was it like co-writing Stealing Beauty with him?
It was fantastic. It was a wonderful time. I wrote the movie based on an idea of his, and then I would write some ideas and we’d meet again and confer. He’d say, “Oh, I want to have three generations in the story,” so I’d go back and write something else. He’d say, “This should happen here,” and I’d say, “No, I don’t think a girl would do that.” It was that kind of conversation. Then I was on set all summer. That was my master class. How did you get the assignment to write with him?
My husband was a film student and is a big fan of
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No awareness at all. Liv’s childhood was in Portland. She has rented houses a couple of summers on North Haven and loves it. Did you write any of the Stealing Beauty script in North Haven?
I wrote the script in New York, Rome, and Sabaudia, a seaside town south of Rome. You come from a family of writers, so do you play off of one another’s work?
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merica’s famed night boats regularly sailed between New York, Boston, and Portland for nearly a century until World War II. During the summer, Maine’s coastal cities, towns, and resorts rivaled Boston as the preferred ports of call. The premier night boat company was The Fall River Line, operating the most famous steamboats, on which generations of New Yorkers and Bostonians traveled. After robber baron James “Diamond Jim” Fisk took over the Fall River Line in the 1880s, he put his money where his mouth was, and the glory days of night boats began. As the new president, Fisk built two gleaming white, ornamental, and luxurious steamers–the best that big money could buy. The Bristol and Providence possessed the glitter of a Trump Tower afloat, rivaling the finest transatlantic liners sailing from New York to Europe. If Cornelius Vanderbilt could call himself Commodore, Fisk would crown himself Admiral, and he deserved it. Fall River Line’s steamers were soon sold out and the talk of the town. The Boston Globe declared, “If you went on a trip to New York and didn’t travel the Fall River Line, you simply didn’t go at all.” While the Baltimore Sun predicted, “If the present unprecedented rush continues on the Fall River Line, Admiral Fisk will be obliged to build his 500-stateroom night boat.” In their society pages, Portland’s newspapers reported prominent citizens traveling to New York and Boston via the Fall River Line. Every man during the Gilded Age was a potential Andrew Carnegie, and Amer-
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icans who achieved wealth celebrated it as never before. With their bulging purses much in evidence, the new millionaires booked frequent passage to “crash their way” into the old money regulars braving the waves. They might rub shoulders with a Van Rensselaer, Astor, or Vanderbilt. Theatre folk regularly sailed on the Fall River Line, heading for engagements in
Boston and New England tours. Passengers could have a ship’s menu autographed by such celebrities as Mrs. Fisk, Billie Burke, Eugene O’Brien, Lillian Russell, Maurice Barrymore, and maybe even Bette Davis, sailing on the Priscilla in the 1920s. The young actress had been chosen by the famous Broadway star Blanche Yurka to appear with her in Henrick Ibsen’s The Wild J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 8 5
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ew York’s Fall River Line Pier 28, at the foot of Murray Street for nearly a century, was the doorway to New England and points north. Across the pier’s main building, a banner-sized sign read “the Fall River Line to Boston,” with Portland and Bangor advertised over the main entrance as connecting destinations. As Fall River Line headed into the 1890s, it was soon running the largest and most magnificently equipped vessels in the world for interior navigation–lighted by electricity, steered by steam, enlivened by orchestral music, and garnished with meals à la carte in the elegant dining salon gleaming with silver and white linen. During the heavy travel days from 1900 to World War I, the steamers transported 1,500 or more passengers nightly. Hundreds of bountiful dinners were served. The four-page menus included an extensive wine list. 8 6 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
An excellent tip to the ship’s purser would provide an adjoining cabin, all in the name of Yankee hanky-panky.
The steamer’s pantry was copious. A passenger might desire “Cape Cod Oysters: Half Shell 35¢; Euchred Figs 25¢; Mock Turtle Soup 25¢; Roast Spring Lamb 50¢; Sweet Breads Broiled with Bacon 75¢; Porterhouse Steak for two $1,50; English Plum Pudding 25¢,” or, well, you name it. There were 237 items on the a la carte dinner menu and a selection of over 100 wines. One could hardly ask for more, except perhaps a moon. And the Fall River line had that, too, as much as anyone, along with sunsets that silhouetted Manhattan’s skyscrapers and dawns that burst triumphantly over the water. Even though the fare once sank to as little as 50 cents (from New York to Providence, including berth and two meals on board), the lines paid stockholders handsomely. Nineteenth-century steamboat men looked down on the railroads as mere “feeders,” and even after through trains ran rapidly along the shore from Boston to New York, the boats maintained, for some time, preeminence with travelers.
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any of these New Englanders would take their wives to celebrate a marital milestone or treat their secretaries for a trip to accomplish a little business. An excellent tip to the ship’s purser would provide an adjoining cabin, all in the name of
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Duck at Boston’s Plymouth Theatre. The Fall River Line’s passengers were even celebrated in Jarrett & Rice’s satirical musical Fun on the Bristol or a Night on the Sound, with the steamboat Bristol being the setting. The New York Herald called it “The funniest play on record,” and the Tribune proclaimed it “The greatest hit in years.” The musical ran a year in New York and toured 25 cities from Boston to Saint Louis.
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insights Yankee hanky-panky. With ship’s officers and personnel looking the other way–strict “Puritanical” privacy was the rule. Nearly all the Presidents, and most of the great men and women of that extended period, traveled aboard such magnificent steamers as the Puritan and the Commodore. Excited southbound passengers destined for New York would catch the famous boat train from Boston in the late afternoon, then step off the parlor cars and into the steamboat at the Fall River wharf, just in time to dine in the beautiful sea air while steaming down Narragansett. After dinner, there would be dancing to the band’s quick rhythm of the latest tunes in the ballroom, perhaps a rubber of bridge, or just relaxing with newfound friends in the lounges or verandas, where a late supper was served. Best of all, a deep sleep would follow in your cozy cabin with the tingle of sea air. Into the night, the steamer would call at Newport in the early morning hours; then head around treacherous Point Judith, and
then westward through the Race into the Long Island Sound. In the morning, after being awakened early by a steward with coffee, you might take a glance out the porthole at the Hell Gate Bridge before heading down to the dining salon to enjoy a hearty breakfast. The “mammoth palace steamer” steamed around the Battery, swung into her Hudson River berth and into New York in time for business, sightseeing, or social engagements in the morning. Following the Great War, all of this endless press agentry ballyhoo and grandstanding about the good old days of steamboatin’ refused to address the unwelcome facts that the dated Fall River fleet were becoming palatial dinosaurs, vulnerable to extinction. The growth of through-rail service at low prices were cutting into Fall River’s market. But the private automobile was causing the deepest inroads of all. Still, there were many loyal New Englanders who continued to travel on the Fall River Line. After all, it was an institution.
But for Portland businessmen, there was little New England sentiment because using the Fall River Line was never practical. It involved leaving Portland in the early afternoon to connect with the Fall River boat train out of Boston. Besides, the overnight through Pullman service aboard The State of Maine Limited from Portland to New York was far more convenient and cheaper in the long run.
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rom artisanal small-batch farmers to the largest indoor aquaculture facilities in the world, Maine is emerging as a hotspot for locally-and-globally conceived fish-farming projects. Nordic Aquafarms, headquartered in Fredrikstad, Norway, already has two projects in Denmark beyond their flagship local plant. In Maine, Nordic plans to build a $450M, 33,000-ton solar-powered indoor salmon farm that will be one of the largest in the world. The salmon will be raised in massive indoor tanks in the planned 40-acre facility carefully filtered by cutting-edge equipment. Why go to all this trouble? It’s all about trying to stay one step ahead of parasites–in fact, a Norwegian marine science lab has even created a laser-armed drone that zaps sea lice at short range, chemical free. We caught up with Erik Heim, CEO of Nordic Aquafarms, at his rocky-coast site just across the border from Sweden to
get an answer for why these big, new indoor fish-farming concepts are attracting big investments to Maine coastal sites from Belfast to Bucksport. PROOF IS IN THE WATER “We started with a scientific approach, working hand in hand with an engineering firm from Norfolk [Virginia],” Heim says. “We looked at elevation, water quality, and other environmental factors. Maine’s
established brand in quality seafood was also a great fit for us. It’s difficult to find both clean, fresh water and access to seawater, in a place where it’s nice for people working there to live, where you have services and so on. Belfast clearly stood out as the best place to pursue. It turns out, there was a property located ideally that had both freshwater and seawater access. “In regard to challenges that we’ve faced, we know aquaculture has been controversial in the U.S. We’re not involved in sea-pen farming, which has been the major source of objections. The land-based systems can neither be invaded by nor contribute to the host populations for sea lice. We have full control of everything that comes in and out of the facility.” Sophisticated recirculation systems conserve water and allow for careful monitoring of the inflow to the fish. “We invest in environmental technologies that preserve as many of J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 9 3
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do farming in places where it hadn’t been considered before. In Norway, you see, we’re subject to very strict regulations to what we can discharge, so that is how we are used to doing business. “Aquaculture is a major growth industry. The academic institutions in Maine are very interested in expanding the scope of their programs. We’re going to be doing our part to contribute to that, and so we’re very excited to see how it develops. That’s going to create great opportunities for Mainers both here and abroad. I’m moving to Maine in three months, so I see this investment as a partnership between Maine and Norway. I can say already that we’ve been working with the resource institution down by the harbor, and opened up connections between them and various educational programs in Norway. We hope to pro-
vide support and exchange programs as a part of our strategy.” A NEW VISION obert Piasio, CEO of Whole Oceans, concurs when announcing the purchase of the former Verso paper mill in Bucksport, and also placed Whole Oceans’ $250M project within the context of Maine’s economic history. “This story is also about the resiliency and determination of towns throughout Maine that make projects like this possible,” he says. “Whole Oceans is entering a long-term partnership with the community of Bucksport, a responsibility we accept with the greatest care, and together we will strive to make Whole Oceans a source of pride every single day.”
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A MAINE VOICE Leslie Harrow at Sullivan Harbor Farm offers an artisanal perspective on these new products. “The science of land-based aquaculture has become a significant way to grow large quantities of fish. I went to one
of the meetings down in Bucksport for the Whole Oceans proposal. My view of it, after it all was said and done, was that they could have gone anywhere else in the world in the United States, but because of the proximity to the fresh water and tidal water, they chose Bucksport, and also because a lot of discharge permits were already given to the paper companies there. For my business, one of the advantages of land-based salmon is that because it’s a science-based methodology, there is a reduced risk of microbiological contaminants, [whereas in] aquaculture that’s raised out in the sea, like in Norway, Scotland, or wherever, depending on the stocking density of the pens, the fish run a much higher risk for sea lice, for listeria, or other microbiological challenges. “I’ve tasted land-based fish, and it’s just not the same taste as a salmon that’s raised actually in the sea,” says Harrow. “There is a difference. When we’re shopping around for fish, one of the things that we inquire about is the feed, [along with] what the stocking density is, and what the mortality rate is.
“On another level, the reality of these land-based fish is that they’re not going to process it here in Maine. If they’re going to make it here in Maine, they should fillet it here and sell some of it here in Maine as a land-based product. We have enough advantages in Maine to attract these businesses, so we should make sure the state is aggressive to make sure these jobs are beneficial to Mainers and the New England market. Especially if we’re going to give them tax breaks, we should make sure the person who has to pull the guts out of the fish gets a share with a chance
to help process here in Maine. Their fish is sent to an out-of-state processing facility where it’s then filleted and then packed. Why can’t we do more of the processing here, if we’re going to make a national product? At least for us, though, for a quality, Maine value-added product, landbased is not there yet for us at Sullivan Harbor Farm.” Given the ever-increasing market in the U.S. for salmon (over 500,000 tons annually and growing), it looks like there’s room for all of the possible production that can happen. n
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rafted in 1931 from Maine white oak, the 70-foot Portland Pilot served heavy shipping traffic in Portland Harbor for nearly 40 years before being sold for a passenger schooner in Penobscot Bay. But before moving Downeast to begin a new life with a new name (the Timberwind), she exhibited bold heroism countless times in deadly weather when she was tapped by the Coast Guard to serve as an auxiliary patrol that protected the Maine coast from German U-boats during
World War II. Thanks to a recent purchase by the Portland Schooner Company this summer, Timberwind has returned to her birthplace for the first time since 1969 and rekindled memories throughout the maritime community. Sailing Through Minefields It was the winter of 1943. The crew of the schooner Portland Pilot had sailed into snotty weather. After navigating a tank-
er through the harbor’s shallow waters to a point 10 miles offshore, a pilot needed to be picked up. Despite 40-knot winds, Portland Pilot pulled him safely aboard. Getting to port would be another matter. The sea heaved 20-25 foot waves. The mainsail– printed with PILOT on both sides in large letters–was close hauled. Lines and cables of the 70-foot vessel doubled in thickness with ice buildup. Waves broke over the stern, glazing the deck with treacherous ice. Pilots who served in these times told CapJ u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 1 0 3
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isibility in the driving snow was so poor that Captain George Lubee sent Coast Guard signalman Daniel Ward forward to spot navigational buoys. Years later, Ward remembered, “I took my station but could not see the stern. My rubber gear was starting to freeze solid. I could not hear the bell buoys. I saw through the snow surf breaking in front of the boat.” The deadly shoreline of Portland Head. Yelling “Rocks ahead!” Ward slid back to the helm and pulled hard to starboard, knocking the Captain onto the slippery deck. Lucky to have missed a wreck, the crew faced an even greater problem in the snowstorm. Before Portland Pilot could return safely to port, she had to navigate anti-submarine defenses–underwater nets and buoyant minefields designed to snare the German U-boats that lurked offshore and terrorized the Atlantic seaboard. In the wild snow and wind, the crew blasted the horn, hoping to alert the minesweeper guarding the protection zone. Would they run afoul of the floating mines? The minesweeper heard the Portland Pilot, opened the nets, let the schooner pass into the harbor, and closed the nets behind her.
Blackout orders required residents to cover windows, car headlights–even lighthouses–at night. Disgruntled lobstermen endured the bisecting of their fishing grounds by submarine nets. Petroleum rationing allowed more tankers to convoy across the Atlantic and supply the Allied effort. Thousands of workers in the South Portland shipyards churned out Liberty Ships as fast as they could. A Daring Quartet The four captains of the Portland Pilot Association–Captains Lubee, McLain, Dorsey, and Martin–considered these “the terrible times when the military ran the harbor” during World War II. The military handed out radios to fishermen. The Coast Guard commissioned yachts, fishing boats, and sailboats to fortify coastal patrols. Ferries were commandeered to shuttle personnel between mainland and island military reservations. Each Portland harbor pilot was given the honorary commission of Lieutenant Commander (a “two-and-a-half striper”). The glossy black Portland Pilot with a red bottom was painted wartime gray and worked double duty–shuttling pilots and patrolling the harbor. Even in normal times, “these were rugged Maine characters,” Captain Walker says. Harbor pilots worked year round–all hours, all weather, and always clad in white shirts and ties. They stationed themselves 10 miles offshore at a “lightship”–think floating lighthouse–to rendezvous with ships scheduled to sail into Portland. Deadly Ice, Slapping Waves A pilot, a bowman, and a sternman would climb from Portland Pilot into their dory. “In the winter,” Walker explains, “they’d
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have to break ice off of the dory to use it.” Then they rowed frantically to keep pace with the tanker, looking for the moment when the dory rose high on a wave. “It was a fair jump from the gunwale to the shipside rope ladder. You either made it or you didn’t,” he says. If the timing was off, the pilot could be crushed between the two vessels or lost to the waves. A heavily-laden tanker meant only a five-foot rope ladder climb. An empty tanker? As much as a 30to-40 foot climb. It’s All Up Here he pilots trusted each other–and Portland Pilot–with their lives. According to Walker, before they could earn their pilot’s license, “We had to draw a nautical chart from memory on an exam–the least depths along courses, the locations of anchorages, ledges, bell buoys. Everything. From memory. The chart has to be in a harbor pilot’s head.”
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roof–if you even need it–that Portland is a seafood paradise requires just a stroll around town. The high count of seafood markets, seafood shacks, sushi restaurants, and uber seafood restaurants is something truly impressive. We are one lucky city. But are we fresh? One measure is, the faster the turnover, the fresher the fish.
TO MARKET Snoop into the fish markets to check out summer best sellers. Cullen Burke manages Free Range Fish and Seafood on Commercial Street, at the far western edge of the Old Port. “In the summer, we’re selling 400 to 500 pounds of haddock a day. Salmon, tuna, and sword are the big summer grillers–everyone wants to grill fish at this time of year.” J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 1 0 9
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At Browne Trading Company’s seafood counter, Alex Murphy says, “Atlantic salmon is our biggest seller, and tuna. We’ve got great crabmeat from the midcoast. But you’d be surprised how much
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“Very few local things in fish markets come off the boats anymore, other than occasionally tuna,” says Jasmine Miller at Browne Trading’s retail seafood counter. “It’s all auction.” The auction means the Fish Exchange on the sprawling waterfront Portland Fish Pier. “It ensures that the fishermen don’t get undercut. The fishermen bring their catch to the auction house, and there are auctions on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, plus a huge one on Sunday. And people think you can’t get fish on Monday! It’s a real auction—how much will you bid for 50 pounds of haddock? All the fish markets here go to these auctions.” Miller offers an analogy. “It’s a tiered system, similar to wine and beer distribution.” In addition to the busy retail business at Browne, “We’re a distributor of local seafood we get at the auction, plus we import from small-scale, sustainable farmed operations all over the world, like salmon from Scotland and the Faroe Islands, and a land-based salmon farm in Sarasota called Sapphire. It’s better for the environment. We get salmon from True North in Eastport, too, and there’s a land-based Maine salmon farm in the planning stage. If we want to keep eating fish, we’ve got to figure out ways to raise it.” She adds, “If a Portland restaurant serves caviar—say, Central Provisions, Tipo, or Lio—they probably get it from us.”
local skate, monkfish, cod, and halibut the restaurants buy.” Maybe it’s not that surprising considering Portland chefs’ commitment to the local and the sustainable, to say nothing of our own endless quests to discover what they do with them. “We smoke a lot of salmon and trout here. We’ve got two smokers—hot and cold, and we cure salmon, too, with no smoke.“Everyone’s into uni pasta sauces,” Murphy says. “The Maine urchin season is
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when the water’s colder, though, so at this time of year we’re mostly getting it from Japan.” And although it was a very hot menu item in years past, “We don’t have much going on with octopus at the moment.” SECRET SOURCE Upstream Trucking is tucked in a warehouse down the wharf from Scales restaurant. It has no sign and there is no shop, but they move a lot of seafood. Upstream began 16 years ago as a partnership between George Parr and Dana Street and his partners in Street & Company, Fore Street– and, more recently, Scales–restaurants as a means to supply these places with seafood. “That’s how it started, anyway,” says Parr, “but I keep picking up new accounts. They find me. I’m supplying Eventide with 10,000 pounds of oysters a week. Emelitsa comes down, Petite Jacqueline, Izakaya Minato, Mr. Tuna. Paolo [Laboa] walks down from Solo [Italiano]. And 555 and 188, and Cara Stadler’s [Bao Bao and Lio in Portland, and Tao Yuan in Brunswick] are here almost every day; she’s great. Anybody who owns three restaurants in town comes here. Some of these accounts are fairly small, but they’re very particular about their seafood. I’m honored to supply these young artists. It’s what really makes the whole food scene. “I only get a few things directly off the boat. In winter, a scalloper can tie up right here,” says Parr, stepping out the west side of his warehouse and indicating a perfect spot to dock with a view of the harbor and the patios of the Porthole and Boone’s. “Don’t I have the best office in town?” “Guys like Bangs Island Mussels who
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here’s plenty of shellfish here, too– oysters, littlenecks, and mussels are heaped on crushed ice. With oysters on so many menus around town, do people really buy them and take them home to shuck them themselves? “Oh, sure,” Burke says. And if they don’t know how, “We give them a little tutorial” and sell them a shucking knife and protective glove if they need them. Harbor Fish Market seems to have the oyster market cornered, with a zillion varieties identified with hand-written signs dug into a vast case of crushed ice.
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deliver direct come by truck, not boat. And the mackerel, squid, and bluefish I get from the Richmond Island fish weir come by truck, too. I go to the auction here, and I go to Boston twice a week.” Unlike Browne Trading, Harbor Fish Market, and Free Range, Upstream has no retail market. “Yet,” says Parr, leading the way to a bright room where a market is planned. TIME TO EAT bout that octopus… It’s best if you have more than one line of position to make a fix. We enter Scales, a shining, shipshape place of golden evening summer sunlight. A bustling wait-staff transports drinks and platters. The first thing to catch our eye is a huge octopus in a bin of crushed ice, its tentacles dramatically arranged. At Scales, octopus is going on. “I think it’s our most popular hot appetizer,” one of the cooks says as he plates plump pieces of grilled tentacle and chorizo glistening with sauce. Octopus is that popular?
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Aburi Shime Saba at Izakaya Minato showcases fresh Maine mackerel.
Chef Fred Eliot walks by, so we ask him. “Yes, it is,” he says with a smile, and confirms the provenance of the beast on the ice: “Portugal.” Don’t miss the salt cod croquettes, here, either. They’re crisp, crumb-coated, and fried, served on a spicy pool of roasted red pepper aioli, a perfect cocktail bite.
It’s Mr. Tuna, the mobile sushi cart manned by chef Graham Botto. He deftly assembles bits of spicy raw tuna, umeboshi pickled plum paste, seasoned sushi rice, and matchsticks of cucumber, all of which he rolls into a slim cone of dried nori sea-
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weed and dusts with crunchy tempura flakes. It’s a $6 masterpiece. “I was a sous-chef at Back Bay Grill,” he says. “But I’m happier doing this than being in any kitchen.” A few days later, we find Mr. Tuna’s cart in the patio seating area outside Sagamore Hill, the new cocktail bar in the Lafayette building at the corner of Congress and Park streets. Botto is joined by Mr. Tuna owner, Jordan Rubin, who makes us a roll of spicy salmon with avocado, scallions, and sweet chili sauce that’s got sweet/salty/ spicy in irresistible balance. There are in fact three Mr. Tunas manning the carts around town–Rubin, Botto, and Kyle Reynolds. The enterprise will soon have a space in the Public Market House on the first floor. “I went to Johnson & Wales,” Rubin says. “I learned sushi at Uni in Boston [one of chef Ken Oringer’s spots in the Eliot Hotel]. That’s where I met Chris Gould [who owns Central Provisions with his wife, Paige]. Kyle and Graham and I met at Central Provisions–we all cooked there.”
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Hun g ry e y e Of the clever sushi cones that eliminate the need for chopsticks, he says, “In bigger cities like Boston and New York, these hand-rolls are everywhere.” Mr. Tuna’s edge comes from Rubin’s custom recipes–bright combinations of sauces and garnishes–that showcase each type of seafood. You’ll never miss the wasabi, pickled ginger, and soy-dipping. EXOTIC LITTLE BITES Really, it’s who you know. There’s a delicious fillet served as an appetizer at Izakaya Minato on Washington Avenue. “We have Aburi Shime Saba whenever our guy in Cape Elizabeth can bring us mackerel,” says Elaine Alden, who owns Minato with her husband, chef Thomas Takashi Cooke. “Saba is Japanese for mackerel, shime means we vinegar-cure it, and Aburi means it’s torched,” to crisp the skin. “Thomas does something similar with Portuguese sardines when we can get them from Browne Trading,” Alden says. “But he also double-fries the bones and serves them on the side for crunch.” SUMMER SPECIALS It never hurts to compare experiences and increase your bandwidth. Bolster, Snow & Co.’s summer menu has a lobster crostini on the appetizer roster, along with an even more jazzy app of “just-poached lobster,” says Anthony DeLois, who co-owns the restaurant and the Francis hotel that houses it with his two brothers. “The meat’s minced and formed into an egg-shaped quenelle. This sits on a pool of sauce made of Aji Amarillo pepper with mango and yuzu,” and it’s topped with a lacy house-made cracker.
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H u n g ry e y e DRIFT WITH THE SEASONS hat’s the secret of fresh seafood? Timing. “I moved here almost three years ago and learned very quickly the ephemerality of the growing season and bounty of warmer weather seafood,” says chef Ben Jackson at Drifters Wife. “I like to pair things happening at the same time, land or sea. And I like the odd bits…say, marinated bluefish with cucumbers and mint, or smoked mackerel with potatoes and ramp remoulade. We smoke the fish in-house and cure the smaller fish for use in vinaigrettes and whatnot. We save other fish scraps, belly and trim, to poach in olive oil and make mayo.” Jackson is a chef who can make you love turnips, so trust him with that fish mayo. Recently, Drifter’s Wife has offered “steamer clams with garlic scapes and rye bread; halibut with nettle broth and periwinkles; and frisee lettuce w ith smoked alewife vinaigrette and soft egg. Everything deserves a chance to shine.” n
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to encourage, showcase, and disseminate creative works by established and emerging writers, primarily by and/or about the Franco-American communities of the United States. As the journal’s drama editor Greg Chabot says, “Until recently, Franco-Americans have focused their efforts almost exclusively on preserving and maintaining their language and culture. This is a past-oriented strategy that is useless if we hope to build a future. The future cannot be maintained or preserved. It must be created. To do that, we must ask questions, embrace change, take chances, be different, explore the banned and the damned, discard as needed, and embrace–as it benefits who we want to be.” With Résonance, editor-in-chief Steven Riel says he hopes to “make visible what has historically been rendered invisible.” The e-journal will provide Franco-American writers an accessible opportunity to reach readers. It’s a tangible solution to the
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arrier or creator of the heritage culture, or both? As I continue my quest to find the modern definition of my French ancestry (to be Franco-American, French-Canadian–however you describe your bloodline), “the rejected stone becomes the cornerstone” is my mantra. We are not defined by French Canada since we have immigrated to the U.S. for generations, so we do not fit the Quebec model of a language-based identity. Insisting that individuals possess the French language as entry into the modern definition only serves to alienate the much-needed members to publicly identify as belonging to the heritage. We are not to be defined exclusively by those not of the culture, but we define ourselves from within and by speaking on our own behalf through creativity. The newly launched Résonance, an online, curated, editorial-reviewed literary journal published by the University of Maine, seeks
lack of work being distributed. “Social and economic pressure to assimilate into mainstream American culture caused many Franco-Americans to loosen ties with their ethnic roots and with the French language,” says Riel. “It will hopefully include not just literary works created by the descendants of French colonists in North America, but also those colonized by the French (i.e., Native Americans, and Americans who immigrated from other former French colonies), as well as those (like the Haitians) whose ancestors were enslaved by French colonists, when such writers’ work addresses in some way French culture and/or language.” As the editors say, “We do hope this journal will be one of the places where Franco-American creativity feels very much at home, and where you feel welcomed.” As the editor of the Creative Nonfiction section of Résonance, I invite you to submit your creativity. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/resonance n
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BlueFin North Atlantic Seafood in the Old Port harnesses all that Maine is, and positions it into a delicious dish. Executive Chef Tim Labonte creates new and unexpected meals using fresh, locallycaught seafood and seasonal ingredients. From breakfast through dinner and anything in-between, your next adventure may just be your next dish. 468 Fore Street 775-9090. bluefinportland.com Bolster, Snow & Co., is located in the
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Restaurant Review spectacularly reincarnated brick mansion, The Francis (formerly the Mellen E. Bolster House). With executive Chef Nicolas Verdisco at the helm, Bolster Snow provides guests with warm, genuine hospitality, gracious service, and fiercely seasonal food and drink that are representative of the Northeast Region. 747 Congress St. Portland, 7727485, thefrancismaine.com Bruno’s Voted Portland’s Best Italian Restaurant by Market Surveys of America, Bruno’s offers a delicious variety of classic Italian, American, and seafood dishes–and they make all of their pasta in-house. Great sandwiches, pizza, calzones, soups, chowders, and salads. Enjoy lunch or dinner in the dining room or the Tavern. Casual dining at its best. 33 Allen Ave., 878-9511. Bull Feeney’s Authentic Irish pub & restaurant, serving delicious from-scratch sandwiches, steaks, seafood & hearty Irish fare, pouring local craft & premium imported brews, plus Maine’s most extensive selection of single malt Scotch & Irish whiskeys. Live music five nights. Open 7 days, 11:30 a.m. - 1 a.m. Kitchen closes at 10 p.m. 375 Fore St. 773-7210, bullfeeneys.com. Congress Bar and Grill Serving Portlanders delicious food and beers for years! Fully embrace Portland’s laid back, no frills attitude. Try Thai chili wings and the best fries in the city while vintage game shows play on-screen. Happy hour everyday 4 p.m.- 6 p.m. & 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Late night menu Fri & Sat. Open 7 days, 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m., 617 Congress St., Portland 828-9944 The Corner Room features bright, wideopen space complemented by handcrafted woodwork. Patrons can expect a warm, comfortable atmosphere, marked by the rich aromas of house-made pastas, pizzas, antipasti and artisanal breads. Enjoy the taste of Venice in the heart of Portland, ME! 879-4747, 110 Exchange Street. Visit thecornerroomkitchenandbar.com.
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El Corazon Mexican food from the heart. Authentic family recipes passed down through generations, plus an “oversized tequila selection.” Try Portland’s own “Marisco”- a Mexican seafood cocktail of shrimp, bay scallops, clams, octopus, and, naturally, Maine lobster. Open lunch and dinner, Mon.-Thur. 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. till 11:00 p.m.;Sun. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 190 State St. Portland. elcorazonportland.com, 536-1354 Fish Bones American Grill offers creatively prepared American cuisine along the canal in the historic Bates Mill complex in the heart of downtown Lewiston. Open seven days, offering dinner Monday through Sunday, lunch Monday through Friday, and brunch on Sundays. Come get hooked at 70 Lincoln Street, Bates Mill No. 6! fishbonesmaine.com, 333-3663. Homage Restaurant dazzles with scratchmade, hand-crafted food and cocktails. Tuck into our mushroom tarts, Mom’s Fried Chicken, Steak “Wellington,” Steak and Scallops, Squash and Beans, Gingersnap
Two for the Show It’s a farm-to-tableto-theater affair at Joshua’s in Wells. By Colin W. S argen t
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e’re driving down Route 1 in the balmy afterglow. It’s one of those precious evenings in Maine when the idea of staying in is just not on the table. We have tickets for an 8 p.m. performance at Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick, but we’re in Wells, on the coast. Earlier in the day, we’d decided to check out Joshua’s–we’d heard good things about this Revolutionary War-era tavern that’s getting raves for its farm-totable fare. But when we called for reservations, we got a message: they’d call us back within 24 hours. Yikes. Who has 24 hours? So we just head down Route 1, figuring we’ll find something along the way, when there it is, perfectly located at 1637 Post Road, right before the turnoff to Route 9 and Berwick. This 1774 Colonial landmark was purchased in 2004 for $372,000, according to the town of Wells, and after extensive renovations was transformed into what is now Joshua’s. Barbara Mather, one of the own-
ers, says the name comes from her son, Joshua Mather, who is the chef and part owner and “why we’re here.” Right away we can see Joshua’s is in ascension, because, early on a Wednesday and early in the season, the parking lot is full. While they have no openings until 7:30 (that isn’t going to work), the bar is open with a full menu and a birds-eye maple counter. We have front-row seats with views of the drinks getting launched by a very efficient bartender, who chats as she works. It’s impossible not to order the delicious fresh Strawberry Cosmo, where she scoops the luscious berries from a bowl and muddles them right in front of us. No premix here. The pale rose elixir lights up the room. Looking around, we see this drink is a big hit. After enjoying the house-made Anadama Bread (molasses, fruit, and nuts) and focaccia, we choose Peekytoe Crab Cakes and the Arugula Salad as starters. The crab cakes are toothsome, with a crunchy crust and dill aioli, but the salad, garnished with bacon, pickled onions, and shaved Parmesan dressed with a truffle-oil vinaigrette, is even better. “The arugula is grown on our farm off Bald Hill Road,” the bartender tells us. “Just eight miles up the road.” It’s a perfect balance of salty, sweet, acid, and pungence, the arugula incredibly fresh. We split a bottle of Argyle pinot noir from Oregon’s WilJ u l y / a u g u st 2 0 1 8 1 2 5
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Dining Guide Creme Brulee, or Blondie Sundae. 9 Mechanic St. Freeport, ME. 869-5139 homagetherestaurant.com Hurricane Restaurant New England cuisine with an international twist. Local produce and seafood, full bar, award-winning wine list, in-house dessert chef. Nurturing the seacoast palate for over 25 years. Good restaurants come and go. Great restaurants get better and better. Lunch and dinner seven days a week. Bar menu always available. 29 Dock Square, Kennebunkport, Maine. 967-9111. hurricanerestaurant.com J’s Oyster is a premier seafood destination and locals’ favorite with indoor and outdoor waterfront seating on one of Portland’s scenic piers. Established in 1977, J’s offers classic favorites and friendly service. Coastal Living claimed J’s one of “America’s Best Seafood Dives 2016.” Find us on Facebook. 772-4828 Maria’s Ristorante is Portland’s original classic Italian Restaurant. Greg and Tony Napolitano prepare classics like Zuppa de Pesce, Eggplant Parmigiana, Grilled Veal Sausages, Veal Chop Milanese, homemade cavatelli pastas, Pistachio Gelato, and Maine’s Best Meatballs. Prices $11.95 $22.95. Tue.-Sat. starting at 5 p.m. Catering always available. 337 Cumberland Ave. 7729232, mariasrestaurant.com. Pearl Kennebunk & Spat Oyster Cellar is Chef Rebecca Charles’s (of Pearl Oyster Bar, New York) newest restaurant. Enjoy elevated beach food, including Charles’s famous reinvention of Maine’s lobster roll. Happy Hour on Wed., Thurs., and Sun. from 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. for $1 oysters, $5 wines, and well cocktails! 27 Western Ave. Kennebunk. pearloysterbar.com/pearlmaine/. 204-0860 Pedro’s focuses on simple yet full-flavored Mexican and Latino food. Offering tacos, burritos and an impressive array of margaritas, sangria, beer, and wine. Especiales de la semana (specials of the week) keep the menu varied and fresh and showcase different Latino cultures. Seasonal outdoor dining available. Open daily, 12 p.m. - 10 p.m. 181 Port Rd., Kennebunk, pedrosmaine.com. 967-5544 Portland Lobster Company Experience “Maine’s Best Lobster Roll,” lobster dinners, steamers, fried claims, chowder, and more before visiting our outdoor bar for an ice-cold local beer or a glass of fine wine. Then relax on our deck overlooking the gorgeous Portland Harbor while listening to daily live music. 180 Commercial Street, 775-2112 portlandlobstercompany.com Ricetta’s Brick Oven Ristorante, a Maine Italian favorite since 1989. Experience a modern, family-friendly atmosphere with a versatile menu filled with award-winning brick oven pizzas, pasta, grill, and Italian entrees, using as many locally sourced ingredients as possible, plus gluten-free options. Sunday - Thursday 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Friday & Saturday: 11:30 a.m. –10 p.m. 240 U.S Route 1, Falmouth. 781-3100.
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Restaurant Review lamette Valley, a yummy match for our generous five-ribbed Rack of Lamb au jus, with mustard crust and mushroom stuffing; fiddleheads; and truffled mashed potatoes. We turn to our perfectly cooked Swordfish (with fiddleheads, broccoli, asparagus, and mashed potatoes) and wonder which dish is better, deciding to return for another shot of the Rack of Lamb after the first chill of fall. The cost for drinks, wine, two appetizers, and two entrees is $150. We take our time enjoying our meal, because all we have to do is turn right on Route 9, relax, and drive. What about dessert? We’ll get to that.
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e reach Hackmatack Playhouse at twilight and find our seats. Tonight, it’s Lend Me A Tenor. Between the acts, they serve fresh Strawberry Shortcake as part of a longtime mystical tradition. “The strawberries were picked this morning,” we’re told. They’re served on flaky biscuits with a double dollop of whipped cream. Under the stars. n
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Dining Guide Rivalries Sports Pub & Grill Now with two fun and comfortable upscale sports bar locations. Known for great casual pub food, Rivalries’ menu has something for everyone. And, with 30+ HD TVs and every major pro and college sports package, you won’t miss a game! Located at 10 Cotton Street in Portland (774-6044) and 2 Hat Trick Drive, just off I-295 in Falmouth (7474020), rivalriesmaine.com Tally’s Kitchen at Bayside, located on 84 Marginal Way in Portland, is a unique breakfast and lunch boutique. Life-long Portlander Julie Taliento Walsh builds on her reputation for quality and affordable classic fare with vegetarian & glutenfree options served in a friendly setting that feels like home. House made baked goods, artisan sandwiches, soups, salads, freshly brewed coffee, and blackboard specials that change daily. Breakfast and lunch: Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. until 3 p.m., 207-400-2533, tallyskitchen.com Twenty Milk Street welcomes diners with warm, intimate décor and a lovely brick fireplace. Located in the Historic Portland Regency Hotel, we offer Sunday brunch, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, specializing in modern American dishes with a New England flourish. We’re proud to serve local produce, seafood and beef, pork, chicken, and turkey from our own farm! 774-4200. J u ly / a u g u s t 2 0 1 8 1 2 7
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master suite. The kitchen is bathed in light. A magnificent stone fireplace in the parlor has doubtless warmed many family holiday gatherings. Guests will also fall in love with the second dining area that looks out the
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Yarmouth Applewood Farms Colonial 5 BR, 3 Full BA $889,000
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One of a kind, architecturally designed brick building on the Riverfront in Auburn. Currently has a hair salon on the first floor, and 2 incredible apartments for excellent income. Zoning allows for a variety of uses. Main St. location with dedicated parking outback. Beamed ceilings and decks overlook the river. Offered at $475,000 with motivated sellers. Call Ann Parker, Broker for more details and a private tour. Ann Parker, Broker/Realtor
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Whitefield - Unique investment property in the country! This expansive multi-use building, formerly a restaurant, now houses four units: a two-bedroom apartment, a one-bedroom apartment, a retail/office space, and a commercial kitchen and event space. Excellent apartmentCafé rental history! The apartments were added in 2011 and Jefferson, are modern and attractive. The retail space can easily be joined with the commercial Beautifully renovated bakery and café in Jefferson is ready for kitchen for use Café as a bakery or cafe. Other include loading dock off the comopening. has everything youfeatures need to startacooking now– mercial kitchen, commercial sized parking lot, basement workshop and storage fryolators, sandwich units, proofer, pizza oven, stove, grill top, space. The refrigerators, property is situated on approximately 3 beautiful acres ofare fenced pasture freezer, walk-in cooler. New tables in place andwith stonewaiting walls and out buildings,perfect for a meals. small farm operation. Commercially fortwo customers to enjoy their $295,000 zoned and located at a high traffic intersection of Rt 126 and Rt 218. . Also, abuts a www.BlackDuckRealty.com large parcel of preserved pastureland. Whitefield is located between Rockland and email: info@blackduckrealty.com Augusta. Located in the heart of Amish country. Motivated Seller! $339,000 www.BlackDuckRealty.com | email: info@blackduckrealty.com
264 acres in New Hampshire’s White Mountains A rocky stream, a tranquil beaver pond, sweeping views to the north from a prominent ridgetop - create a great recreational retreat or second home location. Located in the heart of the White Mountains, minutes to the National Forest and just 20 minutes to Conway and an hour and a half from Portland, Maine. $251,000
224 acres in the Mountains of Western Maine Tucked in the mountains of western Maine, Saddleback Ridge offers ample acreage for a private escape; trailriding; and easy access to the ski areas. This forest features rolling terrain, a young thriving hardwood forest and town road frontage enabling a variety of recreational uses. $199,000 Patrick Hackley 603-491-3649 fountainsland.com
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GEORGETOWN - $825,000 Fabulous "deep water" frontage on protected Harmon Harbor w/ dock and loat. Gorgeous view of the Harbor out to open ocean, water view from every bedroom. 2013 Home built with maintenance free in mind, large sitting covered porch, sitting decks for 1st loor Master and one of the 2nd loor bedrooms. Keep your boat right at your front yard with short run to open ocean. Reed State Park is less than 2 miles away. MLS #1351935
BRUNSWICK - $689,000 This quality craftsmen style home with large open layout and chefs kitchen is inished with quality woodwork and detail. The bright inished basement offers plenty of space for entertaining or extra company. Surrounded by 110 acres of conservation land with walking and snowshoeing trails to be enjoyed year round. A rural escape only minutes from downtown Brunswick, Freeport and the interstate for easy commuting. MLS# 1341864
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Backshore Spacious, contemporary, shingle-style, two story, two+bedrooms, two bath home and carriage house in coveted Round Pond! Guests love to congregate in the fabulous kitchen offering handcrafted cabinetry, high end appliances, both granite and butcher block counter tops. There are handcrafted built ins throughout this home allowing for attractive and convenient storage. A spacious deck; manicured grounds of lovely hardscape, perennials, cutting gardens and Harbor view contribute to the pleasure of Maine’s outdoor living. The carriage house offers: storage for one vehicle, workshop, and woodshed on the first level; on the second level an office and exercise room are perfect for working remotely. This home is an immaculate representation of style, comfort, and functionality. The best of Round Pond! Exclusively offered at $525,000.
Southern Point Post and Beam Home located in Round Pond with 360 feet of frontage on Muscongus Sound. Possibility for private dock. Three bedrooms and two baths are featured with beautiful sunrises, abundant sea life and working lobstermen in your back yard. Row to Granite pier for dingy storage and access to Round Pond Harbor. Beautiful views and plenty of privacy with large lot of 3.69 acres. Exclusively offered at $875,000.00.
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Architect-designed home with stunning easterly views of Casco Bay on 2 acres w/ 300’ of beautiful waterfront. This charming quality-built cottage boasts 2816 sq.ft. w/ 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, high-ceilings, posts & beams, beadboard, HW floors, LR w/ FP, a wrap-around porch & so much more! Enjoy the established gardens in this private location plus a 2-car garage w/ 600 sq.ft. of bonus space. $950,000
Wonderful year-round home built in 2007 offering 2848 sq.ft. of living space with expansive westerly water views from most rooms.This home features a large kitchen & DR, LR with fieldstone FP, a gorgeous covered porch, 4 Bedrooms including two private master suites & 3.5 Baths. You will love the sunsets! Commute to Portland year-round on the ferry & enjoy this wonderful island lifestyle! $799,000
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The original home to the O’Brien Family homestead that is now the Royall Point Association. This 1967 brick Colonial home possesses period charm w/modern amenities, superior workmanship & wonderful natural light throughout. Enjoy roughly 5600+/-SF of living space comprised of 13 rooms, 5 spacious bedrooms, 5 full & 2 half baths, w/mature landscaping, wonderful front & back yards & Royal River views! There is plenty of room for family & guests w/5 generous sized bedrooms, 4 of which are en-suite. Enjoy cooking & entertaining in the remodeled kitchen w/Brazilian granite counters, Sub-Zero & Thermador appliances and custom built cabinetry. Hardwood floors throughout w/3 working fireplaces. Situated on 2.32 acres with private patio overlooking the expansive back yard & Royal River.
List Price: $1,435,000 | MLS 1355330
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3 Hunts Point Road, Cape Elizabeth
Atop a rugged bluff, this incredible home provides panoramic views of Broad Cove and the Atlantic Ocean. The house resonates the pleasures of living at the seashore. With more than 6,000 square feet of luxury living space, this 5 bedroom and 5 ½ bath home is well-designed for multi-generation living. Large, comfortable gathering spaces, perfect for casual entertainment, are coupled with cozy, intimate areas for quiet enjoyment. The property is designed to invite all to enjoy outdoor living. The home curves around gardens, patio and pool to create privacy and sanctuary. Nearly 2 acres include beautifully manicured grounds, patio and hardscaping, heated and lighted Gunite swimming pool, tennis court and observation deck. Central air, security, automatic lighting, and irrigation system, and includes a whole house, on-demand generator.
List Price: $3,195,000 | MLS 1355817
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WHAT A SETTING…Privately Sited on .91 Acres with 160’ Gradual Entry WF, Beach in Sheltered Cove. 2BR Log Chalet Offers Open Floor Plan, Spacious Sleeping Loft, Enclosed Lakeside Porch Just Steps to the Water. $425,000
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3-Season Cottage w/280’ OWNED Frontage in the “Wing Community”. Nicely Maintained 2BR Camp Offers Open Kitchen/Living Area w/Wood Stove, Separate Bunk Room, Multiple Out Buildings. Quiet Location on a Dead-End Road. $165,000
RARE OFFERING on Secluded Smith Cove! Classic Lakeside Cottage Privately Sited on 2.9 Acres with 400’ Shore Frontage. Unobstructed Views, Covered Porch, Flat Lawn to Waterfront and Dock. $529,000
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Custom-built on 1. 5Create Acres w/ 285'lakefront. Living room vaulted Coast of Maine! pasture or gardening fields forw/your wood ceiling, Master en suite w/ walkhome in closet, jetted tub shower organic farm or horses. Spacious remodeled in and 1998. spa. Dining, den, offi ce/laundry, 2nd bath, all on fi rst fl oor. Lower Attached 3 car garage and shop, large barn & outbuilding. level w/ 2 bdrms, living & full bath. 30' x 32' attached, heated A very unique property, zoned for home occupations and garage. business uses. $399,900 $529,900
Swanville Lovely Ranch home on 2.5 Acres w/ 515’ shorefront featuring many updates including new kitchen, waterfront deck, flooring, interior painting, paved drive, and more. 1500 sq. ft on one floor. Expansion possible to full 2nd oor; double Beautifulflproperty boastslot! 700’ lakefront w/sand beach Swan Lake MLS: 1287308 | $299,900 and privacy. Spacious home features chef’s kitchen,
Chalet onlarge 5+ Acres, 330'Cathedral of lakefront. Kitchen w/ Granite dining; ceiling in Great Room island, opens stainless appliances, opens to cathedral living room. features to huge water facing deck. Majestic stoneMaster fireplace. oversized Billiard shower spa, jetted tub, dual vanities & walk-in closet. room. Separate 6 room guest house ideal as Finished lower level w/ full bath, kitchenette & bar. 3-room apartment seasonal & year round rental or for family & guests. +/- Acres, $559,900 over 3-bay10garage. $499,900
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Swanville Notably one of THE most remarkable properties on this desirable lake! Custom built w/3314 sq.ft., Cathedral ceiling in Great Room will awe you. Access to Waterfront deck from both levels & garage. 1.5 Acres w/ 285’ frontage and dock for the boats! Expansion Remarkable Possible. 13 Acres on 2 roads w/ 1000’ frontage, 3 The Captain HenrySwan J. Chaples House. Lake Swan Lake $529,900 Meticulously maintained & updated, Circa 1870 MLS: 1304620 |miles to Belfast Harbor. Build your dream farm on the
Beautiful boasts 700' lakefront w/ sand beach. Spacious home Seaproperty Captains Colonial offering 12 rooms, formal w/ 11 rooms 3 flfront oors! parlor. Chef’s 1st kitchen, dining; Cathedral diningonand Floorspacious bdrm and ceiling den. in Great Room opens to huge water-facing deck Original barn transformed magnificently & stone fireplace. Billiard room. Separate 6-room guest house! $599,900 to lovely studio w/separate entrance. Nearly an acre, walk to town. $425,000.
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Over 5 acres of flat, developable property on State Rt.
business, real estate and inventory. Belfast 4000 Sq.Commanding ft. includes 2 miles downtown waterfront.this Boatlovely building, of in downtown Belfast Waterfront, with frontage on U.S. Built 2003, nothing spared here folks! Custom built 3/2Belfast home features intricate views across 137, onlyOnly 2 to miles toSearsmont downtown, Belfast Searsport fully equipped commercial walk in cooler, boatyard storage, expansive secured impoundfiyard: Route 1 and ME. from Rt. 137. 43+ Surveyed acres withdetails throughout. Captivating views every room, wrapLovely wood floors, kitchen,Penobscot Baybar, from this Contemporary, home has an updated kitchen, replace The diverse Captain income Henry J.properties Chaples House. Meticulously Lovingly renovated 3/3, New England Cape on 2.75 Spacious 9-room split-level home, located only Walk to library, museums and oceanfront parks from Building offers 6000open sq.ft. With retail display, showroom, diningand room, event room, table including a 62’ x 102’ mixed around deck, lower level patio, Great Room seasonal water views easy access onpool/game only 5 section, miles toband downtown Belfast waterin living, porch. Most recently opermaintained & updated; 1870 Sea acres, offering spacious, well-appointed eat-in kitch12 miles from Belfast. Open and spacious kitchen, staging area & dance floor, office.this 100+ interior seating 1850s home on spacious office, automotive bays, mechanical room and more. use, retail potentialCirca building., 44’ Captains x 156’ commercial in-town, 3 bedroom .66 double w/fibuilding replace,equipped Master for En-Suite w/fi replace & the Rail Trail which leads to the Belfast front. Built in 2005, this 1624 sq. ft home ated as a business, located on U.S. Rt. 1the capacity. State Licenses include: Class A Malt Liquor, wine Automotive, waste management, smallfor manufacturing, or and special a Colonial offering 12 rooms,automotive formal dining frontpurpose, en, large dining and living rooms. Laundry & mud dining area, living rm; space the entire family Acre lot, in Historical Sea Captains Village along the jetted tub, family room on lower level with Waterfront. Water facing screened porch features access to oceanfront from every makes this ideal home offi ce, accounting, & spirits; Seat Retailer, Entertainment &spacious dining & living uses are endless. Offered at only $299,900 36’1st x 44’ office building parlor. floorresidential bdrm and or den. Original barn easily trans- converted room w/ entrance to fenced yard100+ for pets & eating; chickens. & guests with bedrooms and baths on both levels. MidLive Coast. Eat-in kitchen, walkout to sales the shore! and spacious deck. Must SEE! room! City utilities, private development. legal medical facility. coin operated machines. Only 3 miles to downtown Belfast to retail and/or executive and a multi-family formed magnifi cently to lovely studiooffices w/ separate Detached heated garage. Circular paved driveway. Lowerorlevel walk-out to lovely yard. Detached rms, detached garage and beautiful lot. $185,000 home with 1536 ft. Gravel pit on rear of property. $425,000 MLS: 1302727 | sq $349,900 MLS:1295111 | Waterfront. $229,900 Enjoy lobster bakes on your own beach! MLS: | $254,900 entrance. Nearly an acre, walk to town. $425,000. Only 3 miles from Belfast Waterfront. $ 189,900 Garage.1290995 Move in ready! $179,900 Airport nearby. $1,200,000 MLS: 1283853 | $549,900
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ate was a devoted women’s studies major with long hair that seemed to have a color and life of its own. A brown built from gold and rust and freshdug earth. She raised money to put a rape whistle in every student’s mailbox; she wrote a thesis analyzing the paternalism inherent in the college’s expansion plans. I was a longhaired peacenik, ex-hockey player—the one who dropped his free ride to study Shakespeare and the Metaphysical Poets. Our lengthy courtship was either one night at a keg party, or two years of subversive work followed by one beautiful night at
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a keg party. I noticed Kate at freshmen orientation. Something about the way she carried herself: her small frame, the angle of her chin and neck, her eyes’ bright secrets. I was distracted plenty by the large-breasted bottle-blondes who hung around the hockey house—the kind of girls I dated in high school—but I kept my eyes on Kate. For two years, I noted where she studied in the library and found chairs not too close but close enough that she might walk by and see me intent on Love in the Time of Cholera or the complete John Donne. After I quit the hockey team, I volunteered to
build houses in Kentucky over spring break but got put in the group Kate wasn’t leading. Sophomore year I brought my own home-made sign to the annual Take Back the Night walk Kate organized: Dudes, No Means No. She never looked twice in my direction. I began to wonder, though, if never looking at me twice was a strategy, something she was proving to herself. That night I was deep into a paper on the lyrical appeal of Satan in Paradise Lost when barbaric hooting and yelling shattered the library’s quiet. It grew louder and louder until three senior defensemen, Big Will, Macky, and Strapdog, rushed J u ly / a u g u s t 2 0 1 8 1 4 9
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couple of hours later, I sat in that same chair on the porch of the hockey house, pumping and pouring from the keg, checking out the star-lidded sky, and thinking this wasn’t so bad, when I looked up and saw Kate standing there with two empty cups. “Double fisting?” I said. She almost smiled. “For my friends. Had to get outside.” I nodded, tried to be cool. “Quieter out here.” “Is it always like this?” “Wait till the Jello shots come out.” “I plan to be long gone by then.” I pointed behind her, above the roofline of a row of three-deckers across the street. “Venus is in the crescent phase, about to disappear.” She looked. “When it’s closest, we can’t see it. Only 27 million miles away.” What the hell am I saying? The light from inside flashed green in her eyes. “Why does it disappear when it’s closest?” “It’s reflecting all the light away from earth. If it was daytime and we had a telescope with a solar filter, we’d see a black dot moving across the sun.” “Hockey player and star gazer?” “I haven’t been a hockey player since we were first years,” I said, patting myself on the back for not saying freshmen. “Must be weird, living here.” “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes.” A dimple flashed in her cheek when she smiled. We talked about classes. I told her about Milton’s blindness, his daughter writing for him, and how my hockey buddies still couldn’t accept that I’d found something that wasn’t on ice. A guttural roar came from inside— probably someone doing a funnel. “Wanna get out of here?” I said. “Where?” I shrugged. “I like to walk at night.” She was still holding the two plastic
cups, now full. “I should bring these in to my friends.” “They could figure it out for themselves.” “And you could walk by yourself.” “Beautiful night, though.” I turned and walked down the stairs, forcing myself not to look back. The screen door slammed. At the corner I stood next to the stop sign for a minute. Loop back to the party or a long, lonely walk? There were more of these walks lately than anything else. “Are you beweeping your outcast state?” I turned and saw Kate walking down the block, her teeth lit by the streetlight. Her thin legs below her jean shorts, her ankles above her black sandals. We walked and talked about books, the right-leaning campus newspaper, the best pastrami sandwich in town, and why Kate drove the Women’s Studies van. She told me about a roommate who was raped two months into freshman year. That night, as we walked and talked, I didn’t so much as hold her hand. A couple of hours later, as we wound our way back to the party, I described how fathers should take turns staying home with the kids. “It’s more equitable,” I said, gesticulating with my right hand, “plus fathers have lessons to impart without the mother around.” “And vice-versa.” “Of course.” It wasn’t a lie. It’s not like I concocted another Sam to convince Kate to invite me along for her end-of-the-night route, dropping several tipsy girls back to their dorms. But I was aware of my audience. The piano and harmonica of “Thunder Road” came on the radio as we drove back up the hill toward the parking lot. Oh, come take my hand, I sang out the window quietly, stars a meager chorus over the streetlights, Riding out tonight to case the promised land. At the left-hand turn at the top of the hill, Kate gunned it an extra block and took a right down a dark cul-de-sac. She pulled over, put the van in park and turned toward me—teeth marks on her lower lip. She grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the long seat in the back. Gibson Fay-LeBlanc was Portland’s poet laureate from 2015 to 2018. “The Talk” is an excerpt from a novel-in-progress, A River Between Us.
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