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Cover: Constructed with Vinalhaven granite, Ram Island Ledge Light has guarded Portland Harbor since 1905. It’s currently owned by Dr. Jeffrey Florman of Windham, who bought it at auction in 2010 for $190,000. By the way, it has a twin: Graves Light in Boston Harbor. Photo by Chris Lawrence.
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19 Love in a Cold Climate Maine’s relationship status. By Sofia Voltin
25 Two Centuries of Intellectual Breakthroughs in Maine
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magine a piece of furniture that’s kept its lively eyes open in the same house for most of Maine’s statehood. Such is the magnetism of Henry Longfellow’s Rainy Day desk in the Wadsworth-Longfellow House at 489 Congress Street. “It was at this desk that Longfellow wrote ‘The Rainy Day’ poem,” says John Babin of Maine Historical Society. “It’s mahogany and mahogany veneer.” Gazing at the garden through the window, “He would have seen the wall and the vine both mentioned in the poem.” The desk is so charged a touchstone I’d be afraid to vacuum under it. The haunting line “Into each life some rain must fall” sounds like a Hallmark card today. Imagine writing it for the first time. The inspiration was fresh a century later when The Ink Spots sang “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall”—a duet with Ella Fitzgerald. When it hit the charts on August 30, 1944, my Dad was flying B-17s during World War II, through flak. How far away the Forest City must have seemed! When I was 11, my Mom, Dad, two sisters, and I watched Steve McQueen in Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) at Portland Twin Drive-In. Like many a local kid, I’d toured the Longfellow House, memorized the poem in school. (Remember memorization?) Here was McQueen strumming a guitar and singing the title song. It struck me. “Hey, shouldn’t he give Longfellow credit for this?” When he wrote “The Rainy Day,” Longfellow was mourning his first wife, Mary, who died while he looked down into her eyes after a miscarriage in Europe. His diary entry vows to “live a life of goodness and purity like hers.” In “The Rainy Day,” he promises to keep going. So near and dear to us, at this desk, he dares the sun to come out. Let’s see what we can do with the next 200 years, Maine. This is our chance.
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The Blind Tiger Guesthouse and Gathering Space is flashing its stripes in the spot of the previous Danforth Inn. “‘The Blind Tiger’ is a nod to the Danforth’s history,” says Rob Blood of Lark Hotels, the new owners. “The billiard room was once a speakeasy.” A ‘blind tiger’ is a gone-by term for a hidden bar. So can we expect a new restaurant here, too? “No. We’ll open the old restaurant and common area on the first floor for others—for a pop-up dinner, to host gatherings, weddings, and events like that.”
“The Israel Demeritt house (1808), from Durham, New Hampshire, is currently stored in Maine,” says Arron Sturgis of Preservation Timber Framing. The Federal-style, center chimney, two-story “house was going to be crushed. It was such a good example of timber framing
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Lobsters in the period that I bought it for a dollar and dismantled it piece by piece.” His company preserves and dismantles historic homes, then rebuilds them in new locations. Sturgis won’t sell the Demeritt home to just anyone. “I’m looking for someone who appreciates
the home’s history, character, and story. We don’t want to go back to 1804. Instead, we pair a home’s inherent beauty—the big windows, the six fireplaces—with modernity. It’s closer to crafting a sculpture.” The full estimated cost of the rebuild is between $800k and $1.1 million.
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Bath Antique Sale, Bath Middle School, 6 Old Brunswick Rd., Furniture, jewelry, toys, dolls, paintings, & art, Mar. 15, Apr. 19. 832-7798. Boston Flower & Garden, Seaport World Trade Center, Seaport Ln., MA. Garden Party, with lectures, demonstrations, workshops, garden marketplace, and Little Sprouts activity center, Mar. 11–15. 781-343-1569. Burlington Home Show, DoubleTree by Hilton, 870 Williston Rd., VT. Regional home-improvement show, Mar. 14–15. Daffodil Days Begin, Newport, RI. Festival with free events across the city and over 1 million donated daffodils to bloom this spring, Apr. 24–May 3. Home, Garden & Recreation, Prospect Mountain High School, 242 Suncook Valley Rd., Alton, NH. Exhibitions for homeowners, gardening, & recreational activities, May 2. 805-727-3376. Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival, The Wells Reserve at Laudholm, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd., Over 100 artisans,
music, & food, gift items, & $8,000 in raffle prizes, Sep. 12–13. 646-1555. Maine Antiques Festival, 1 Fairgrounds Ln., Union. Over 150 antiques dealers, indoors & outdoors displays, art, jewelry, rugs, vintage clothing, and toys, Jul. 31– Aug 2. 221-3108. Maine Flower Show, 8 Thompson’s Point Rd., Display Garden Competition, creative planting showcases, outdoor living & entertaining displays, water features, and gardening products, Mar. 25–29. 623-6430. The Maine Home Show, Androscoggin Bank Colisée, 190 Birch St., Lewiston. Over 100 booths, with show-only
discounts & giveaways, Mar. 21–22. 577-2721. Home Garden Flower Show with Cannabis, Fryeburg Fairgrounds, 1154 Main St., Music, food, seminars, 150 exhibitors, cannabis vendors & products, May 15–17. 603-733-5808. Newport Flower Show, 548 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI. Floral designs, horticulture competition, garden displays, Afternoon Tea, Champagne & Jazz Brunch, lectures & demonstrations, Jun. 19–21. 401-847-1000. Pioneer Valley Home Expo, Smith Vocational High School, Northampton, MA. Landscape, flower & garden exhibits, with builders, re-
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Seal Harbor opens for the season July 14. This extraordinary view was created by garden designer Beatrix Farrand with Abby Aldrich Rockefeller between 1926 and 1930. The floral peak of the garden is in August. Visits are by reservation only.
Watch for the April 15 opening date of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. Visitors exceed 200,000. This attraction combines breathtaking glass and shingle architecture exhibit spaces with innovative shows. Of special note is the sensory garden, the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses, where nature comes close enough to touch you. Feel like you’re flying on the sweeping discovery bridge. Channel your childhood at the Bibby & Harold Alfond Children’s Garden. A film about bees on February 27 at Harbor Theater in Boothbay Harbor kicks off a year of surprises. modelers & local businesses, Mar. 9–10. 413-585-5000. Portland Home Show, Portland Expo, 239 Park Ave., Over 200 booths featuring local & national businesses, Apr. 17–19. 800-237-6024. Rhode Island Home, Flower & Garden, Rhode Island Convention Center, 1 Sabin St., Providence. New England’s largest & longestrunning show of its kind, Apr.
2–5. 401-438-7400. Seacoast Home & Garden, Whittemore Center Arena, 128 Main St., Durham, NH. Over 200 exhibitors, seminars & clinics, and “Meet the Chefs” cooking series, March 28–29. 603-862-4057. Vermont Home & Garden, Champlain Valley Expo, 3625, 105 Pearl St., Essex Junction. Show theme: Home Hi-Tech Solutions, Apr. 4–5. 802-878-5545. Wells Outdoor Antiques Show and Sale, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd., Over 75 exhibitors selling antiques like furniture, china, & jewelry, Jun. 28. 800-641-6908. Western Massachusetts Home & Garden, Eastern States Expo, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. Beauty In Motion Mobile Showroom & cooking shows, Mar. 26–29. 413-733-8158.
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urns out, we didn’t invent the weekend. Die-hard revelers used to look forward to “Saint Monday” to recover from Sunday-night partying. In their memory, we have historic taverns, restaurants, and bars to remind us our ancestors knew how to cut loose. History, Mystery Local legends love to tell how Maine became a state within the very walls of Jameson Tavern in Freeport. A plaque next to the front door placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1914 states how commissioners met on the second floor of the tavern to sign the final papers granting Maine independence from Massachusetts. It’s a perfect place to dine while shopping the Freeport outlets. Certainly, exuberant voices for and against statehood took place here. But… “No verification for this claim has been found,” reports the Freeport Historical Society. “Freeport voted against separation [from Massachussetts] at least five times, doubtless due to local shipping interests… In addition, some of Freeport’s leading citizens signed a petition against separation just prior to the final vote.” That being said, the tavern was already up and running for almost 20 years by the time Maine became a state. The home was first built in 1779 and became a tavern after it was purchased by Captain Samuel Jameson in 1801. Even if “the birthplace of Maine” is more than a bit exaggerated, the Jameson Tavern remains a landmark and one of the
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oldest operating taverns in Maine. With a dose of history, great steaks, seafood, rich onion soup, and a happy hour that starts at 2:30 p.m. every day ($4 draft beer, well drinks, and house wine), we’ve got our first stop on a night of partying like it’s 1820. To the Sea! Down the Moulton Street side of the historic 1828 Mariner’s Church Building lies the Old Port Tavern. The building was damaged in the 1866 Great Fire, but it survived and clings to its reputation as “the oldest establishment of Portland.” The landmark was first meant to serve as a place of worship and education for seamen. Today it’s a popular nightlife spot with live music, karaoke, dancing, with a pool hall on the second floor (Old Port Tavern Billiards). Prior to the 1850s, Fore Street was our city’s working waterfront. Maps from Maine Historical Society show the Mariner’s Church Building perched along the shore next to Long Wharf. In the Old Port Tavern you can still see the former sea wall where the waves once lapped against our shore behind the small stage and disco balls. Two salt-water fish tanks and a hanging bronze mermaid remind you that
where you’re standing was once underwater. What better place to toast to our historic working waterfront? Light Up Free Street At 5 o’clock on Saint Monday, we take a stroll to the “oldest pub in Portland” at 133 Free Street. The sign out front boasts that Mathew’s was founded in 1872. “Businesses and publications that make these claims— first, last, oldest, only—generally use their own criteria, so it’s difficult to truly verify these claims,” says Tiffany Link at Maine Historical Society. “In 1924, 133 Free Street was Lyman B. Chipman’s grocery store. All I can really say is that it was not a pub at that time.” Still, why not give credit for zeitgeist? We settle at a few stools at the central circle bar. The televisions are playing either ‘80s music videos—first on is Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,”—or Live PD. It’s tough not to be entranced by the car chases and dramatic arrests directly beside men rocking waist-length permed hair. We order a couple of happy-hour specials: $1.50 Busch and a $2 Budweiser. Behind us, a few barflies help themselves to the minipopcorn maker. They chase their salty snacks with a round of Jell-O shots. A checkered dance floor lies in wait for the late-night crowd—or maybe this crowd after a few more boozy treats. A sip of beer and I already feel like I’m winding down after a six-day workweek on Portland’s docks along Fore Street. Drink up. We’ve still got 31 more years before Maine bans liquor. n February/March 2020 17
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ond a woman said “I do,” her husband received absolute ownership of his wife—and her property. Same-sex couples had to remain in the shadows. Divorce was nearimpossible. How lucky are we today? Don’t get too cocky. We aren’t without our intimate struggles. Gettin’ Hitched “Marriage used to be essential for a woman’s economic security,” says Ron Feintech, Ph.D., licensed psychologist and sex therapy diplomate at The Couples Center in Portland. “It was a social institution with the purpose of raising kids. Today, we marry for love.” While love matches had started to spark the desire of young men and women by the 1800s, the Victorian Era brought marrying for romantic love into style. Seventy-two percent of adult Mainers have given marriage a shot (52 percent are married, 20 percent divorced or widowed). Only 28 percent of us never married. Since we don’t have to marry for economic support, to start a family, or be with the person
we love, why are we still doing it? “Marriage is often used as a way to legitimize a relationship,” says Cumberland’s Jennifer Weissner, licensed clinical social worker and certified sex therapist. “But I see more and more couples making the mindful choice that it’s not what they need. Some look to marriage for stability, but you need to look to stability for stability—in yourself, your life, and relationships.” “There’s a big increase today in people living together without the benefit of clergy. It wasn’t so long ago when unmarried couples living together were publicly ostracised. Now it’s mainstream,” Feintech says. "You wanted to know if I married
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And if ever you marry, marry for love and nothing else.”
—Lucy Collins (White River, Missouri) to Persis Blanchard (Cumberland, Maine), 1854.
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s Maine too frigid to be hot? A recent survey by Big 7 Travel ranks us as the country’s 46th sexiest state. At least we weren’t 50th—sorry, Nebraska. Slate magazine suggests the same: “According to research on embodied cognition, humans are primed to conflate temperature with emotional perception of relationships.” What does that say to a state that has, at best, a short spring? The unfair caricature of us is that we’re cold, reticent, laconic, shut off. But here’s our secret. We’re all naked under our snowsuits. Besides, it’s not just the temperature; it’s the times. Whatever our geography, we look back on marriage and sexuality of the past with pity, even condescension. Marriage laws enforced a world where the sec-
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romance Work vs. Love “Corporate America demands more from people than ever before,” says Feintech. “There’s more pressure toward productivity—to do more high-pressure work and commit to 60-plus hours a week.” Weissner says, “We want more from relationships but have less time and less energy. Yet we wonder why we’re not having sex. With the stress of people’s real worldresponsibilities—work, taking care of kids, home—where does the romantic relationship fit in? On top of that, couples tend to pull away from their communities after marriage and lose outer support. Generally, LGBTQ couples are much better about remaining connected to their community after marriage than heterosexual couples.”
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t’s not a new problem, but it’s worse now,” Feintech says. “All this pressure displaces sex. I wonder how anybody’s romantic life survives kids. Kids come first; the relationship winds up last. Parents are on their own now more than ever before with less extended family near-
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by to help. Then they struggle when they become emotionally disconnected after all the pressure. I tell them, ‘What you’re trying to do is impossible. Now go do it.’” Weissner currently has a five-month waiting period for clients. “I receive five calls a week I can’t take, and I know it’s the same for the other sex therapists in the area. People all over are unprepared to understand how the domestication of the relationship can impact their sex lives.” Monogamy Both Weissner and Feintech have noticed
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an upturn in curiosity about non-monogamy among their Maine clients. “Non-monogamy, swinging, polyamory—it’s not new,” Feintech says. “I was in Boston in the 1970s during the period of revolutions— sexual, psychedelic, feminist, and anti-war. I had an open marriage. I’ve noticed a spike in interest again, and a whole lot of roadkill. My own marriage went that way, too. With non-monogamy, any and all insecurities and jealousies come out. The risks are very high, but they’re also high with monogamy. Couples get into a rhythm of what works, then keep doing the same thing over and over to holy monotony until they eventually hit a sexual gridlock. “Experimenting with non-monogamy isn’t going to fix a broken marriage; it’s going to make it worse. The same goes for having kids or affairs. Marriages are fragile.” Sleep Divorce Washingtonian says, “Twelve percent of married couples sleep in separate beds. A mattress company’s recent survey of 3,000 people found that 31 percent of married
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— Henry Poor in a letter to Mary Pierce, 1840.
Americans wished they could ‘file for a sleep divorce.’” Dr. Oz, who has a connection to Maine [see “Ten Most Intriguing: Playing the Oz,” November 2010], has weighed in on the benefits of sleep divorce, too. Feintech says, “I’m not seeing any trend of a return to twin beds. More often I see young people suffering from anxiety, depression, and insomnia. This tension usually shapes into couples sleeping in separate bedrooms or with one on the couch.” “One size doesn’t fit all,” Weissner says. “If two people are in a vibrant, healthy relationship outside the bedroom, it doesn’t matter where they sleep.” Knowledge is Sexy “It’s Looney Toons out there,” Feintech says.
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Two Centuries of
Intellectual Breakthroughs in Maine By Troy Bennett
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aine is a small place. It’s out of the way, on the edge of the map. Nobody comes here by chance. If you’re in Maine, you were either born here or arrived on purpose. However, for its size and geography, the Pine Tree State has drawn—and produced—more than its fair share of dazzling dreamers, doers, and thinkers in its 200-year history. Poets, painters, statesmen, and entrepreneurs have all called Maine home. Civ-
“We can make Portland an Athens in the wilderness.” —John Neal
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here’s a legend that John Calvin Stevens created the world’s first “picture window” when he designed the 1914 Shingle Style mansion Channelside at the mouth of Portland Harbor. We have written, “Stevens added another wrinkle to the design, too— the world’s first picture window, visible in construction photos in 1914 and well ahead of the cottage on nearby Clapboard Island, which would claim the same distinction (“Channelside,” July/August, 1996).” Author Earle G. Shettleworth offers an earlier Maine claim: “The William C. Johnson House (1899) in Hallowell—also designed by Stevens—used a picture window in a turret. “It’s on the bottom floor and was designed to look out on downtown Hallowell and the river. Since its
construction, there has been significant tree growth and the view isn’t the same.” “Commercially, the Poland Spring House (1886),” designed by John Calvin Stevens and Albert Winslow Cobb, “featured one in the dining room. As people would dine they’d look out on the landscape of the White Mountains.” This image still exists of “The Great Window in Dining Room—Poland Spring House.” It unveils the breakthrough perspective from Stevens’s point of view. It was revolutionary. Your window isn’t all business—it doesn’t just exist to ventilate, let you check out intruders, or see if your ships in the harbor are on fire. It’s a pleasure portal, the calling card of a Maine re-imagined as Vacationland. February/March 2020 25
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il rights leaders, designers, movie stars and scientists have recharged their batteries here. This is the place where ideas are focused and amplified before radiating out into the universe, to see if anyone is listening. As Maine celebrates its birthday, here are some of the brightest stars in its galaxy. John Neptune The Penobscot Nation’s Old John Neptune (1767–1865) likely got his English name because he came from a powerful family in the Eel Clan. Some people believe Neptune was magic—he could talk to salamanders and do battle with underwater monsters. 2 6 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
He was elected lifetime Lt. Governor of his nation in 1816. When Maine became a state in 1820, Neptune helped map the Penobscot and St. John Rivers. Molly Molasses ary Pelagie (1775–1867) was a member of the Penobscot Nation and better known as Molly Molasses. Pelagie was a shrewd businesswoman, selling baskets and animal skins. Like her partner, John Neptune, she was thought to have supernatural powers by some. Later in life, Pelagie sold remarkable photos of herself as a wrinkled, stern, and unbroken woman.
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John Neal Portlander John Neal (1793–1876) was a lawyer, magazine publisher, proto-feminist, and novelist. A longtime boxer, he dropped a cigar-puffing ruffian who refused to snuff out his smoke when he was 79. Neal was the country’s first art critic, too. His greatest contribution to intellectual history was his ardent belief in, and promotion of, American literature. Neal thought it rivaled and even surpassed England’s. He was the first critic to praise and encourage Edgar Allen Poe. The two remained friends until Poe’s untimely demise.
John Brown Russwurm orn in Jamaica, the son of a white planter and a black slave, John Brown Russwurm (1799–1851) eventually graduated from Bowdoin College where his classmates included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne. In 1827, Russwurm became co-editor of Freedom’s Journal, the first AfricanAmerican owned newspaper in the United States. He quit his editing job and sailed for Liberia the very next year. By 1836, he was the first black governor of the neighboring colony of Maryland-in-Africa. Though he lived the rest of his life in Africa, he enrolled his children in Maine’s North Yarmouth Academy.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) started the civil war from a church pew in Brunswick. Not really, of course, but that’s where she first got the idea to write her incendiary 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Ten years later, President Abraham Lincoln referred to her as, “The little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.” Winslow Homer Painter Winslow Homer’s (1836–1910) studio was less than 100 feet from the sea on Prouts Neck. Maybe that’s why you can almost hear the waves crashing in the wild, energetic wavescapes Homer painted there. Born in Boston, he first gained fame as a battlefield magazine illustrator during the Civil War. By the time he started spending summers in Maine in 1883, he was well known and almost 50 years old. Homer died in his studio at age
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Weatherbeaten, 1894, by Winslow Homer at his studio on Prouts Neck, is considered the prototypical seascape. Every other seascape is a footnote to it.
74, his final, unfinished painting still on the easel. Later, N.C. and Andrew Wyeth would name him a key influence. Hiram Maxim Nobody much remembers how Hiram Maxim (1840–1916) of Sangerville invented the curling iron, steam inhaler, the first sprinkler system, and a host of other nondeadly items. Instead, Maxim is remembered for perfecting the first portable, fully automatic machine gun. His company gleefully sold variants of the weapon to both sides in WWI. Maxim died in the middle of the war, a very rich man.
Sarah Orne Jewett outh Berwick’s Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909) was a writer with a gifted ear for local dialogue. As a child, Jewett made the rounds with her father, a country doctor, soaking up the local color. Her precise short stories would often reproduce the Downeast accent phonetically. In 2019, screenwriter and director Robert Eggers cited Jewett’s work as a major influence on his critically acclaimed, and Oscar-nominated film, The Lighthouse.
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“There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else.” —Cyrus Curtis, Born in Portland. Publisher, The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer. See “Musical Retreat,” page 45.
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People from all around the world have immigrated to Maine over the centuries. In the 19th century, most came from Canada and Ireland, but Maine has also seen new residents from Sweden, China, Eastern Europe, Russia, Italy, Finland and Africa.
Today, over 9 percent of Mainers have at least one immigrant parent. More than half are naturalized U.S. citizens and most have pursued education beyond the high school level.
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Hoshea & Sylvia Lifshitz Horodok, Poland Adam Lee’s great grandparents
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“Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.” –W.E.B. Du Bois
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W.E.B. Du Bois aine is where civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) came every summer to get away from it all—including the FBI. The bureau tailed Du Bois for 30 years, compiling a 927-page file, presumably because of his ties to the Communist Party. But for two weeks each July, when he visited The Cambridge Gun & Rod Club in West Gardiner, the FBI
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went on vacation, too. Perhaps they thought Du Bois couldn’t be seditious and sedentary at the same time. Fannie Hardy Eckstorm The daughter of a Brewer fur trader and taxidermist, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm (1865–1946) began publishing an astonishing series of books about Maine folklore and folklife when she was nearly 50. Eck-
Not-so-fun fact: Maine’s Native Americans were not allowed to vote until September 13, 1954. Even so, their voting rights were hardly
enforced or protected until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Stay tuned for the rest of this story in a future issue.
Author, intellectual, and NAACP founder W.E.B. Du Bois was an annual visitor to the Gun & Rod Club on the shore of Cobbosseecontee Lake.
storm collected and preserved the vanishing songs and tales of river-driving lumbermen, as well as seafaring coastal sailors. Her final works chronicled Maine’s Native Americans and their languages, including Indian Place-Names of the Penobscot Valley and the Maine Coast and Old John Neptune and Other Maine Indian Shamans. February/March 2020 31
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Carl Jung arl Jung (1876–1961) helped invent modern psychoanalysis. In 1936, Jung spent a working vacation lecturing on Bailey Island. An attendee named Mildred Harris asked if his techniques could cure her epilepsy. Jung told her to stick out her tongue, thought about it a minute, then said, “No.” When her symptoms subsided years later, she attributed it to his work anyway. In 1988, Harris founded the Maine C.G. Jung Center. It still operates, to this day, in Brunswick.
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Two-hundred years of Maine women who made a difference.
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argaret Chase Smith, Augusta Hunt, Olympia Snowe, Janet Mills, and Susan Collins dared to make history. But they’re not the only Maine women to bust the glass ceiling. Barbara Nichols (b. 1939) was born in Gardiner but later moved and graduated from Portland High School. Her early involvement with the Children’s Theater sparked an interest in acting. African-American actors were limited to minor roles, so Nichols changed course. Massachusetts Memorial Hospital accepted her into a nursing program. Nichols says, “they took in three Jewish girls on even-numbered years and two blacks on odd-numbered years.” She exceeded expectations, and her long career led to many firsts. She served as the first minority president of the American Nurses Association from 1978–1982. Nichols published over 200 manuscripts on nursing and health care delivery and made significant contributions to the profession. In 2010, the American Academy of Nursing named Nichols a “Living Legend.” At 12, Gail Laughlin (1868–1952) dedicated herself to “the freeing of women and establishing their proper place in this ‘man’s world.’” She started with herself. After graduating from Wellesley College and Cornell Law School, she became the first Maine woman to practice law. For the United States Industrial Commission, she spent two years documenting how rural, immigrant, and black women working in domestic service were underpaid and overworked. This led to her later campaign work for women’s voting rights with the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman’s Party. Following her return to Maine in 1924, she served in both the State House and the Senate. Her successful legislations raised the marriage age for girls from 13 to 16, prevented men from committing their wives to mental institutions on their own testimony, and ensured women could serve on juries (she argued this before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1931). Laughlin
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strived for women to have “absolute equality in custom and law.” Mabel Antoinette Sine Wadsworth (1910–2006) was a nurse and lifelong activist for birth control and women’s health education. Born in Rochester, New York, Wadsworth moved to Maine in 1946. In the 1950s and 1960s, she sent organizers into Maine’s rural areas to educate women about birth control. She helped found the Maine Family Planning Association in 1971 and served as its first president. In 1984 she co-founded what became the Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center in Bangor. It remains the state’s only non-profit, feminist health center. “We’re inspired by Mabel’s belief in women’s empowerment as a driving force in all that we do,” executive director Andrea L. Irwin says. “We work daily to carry out her vision of reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy for all people and expect she’d be thrilled to see Maine’s recent policy changes to protect and expand abortion access.” Wadsworth’s progressive work helped women throughout Maine gain control over their bodies. She was in the first class of inductees into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame, in March 1990. Molly Spotted Elk was born Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud (or Molly Dellis in Penobscot) (1903–1977) on Indian Island in Old Town. Descended from tribal leaders on
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both sides of her family, she was steeped in the old stories and traditions. At 13 she began to learn the traditional dances she performed to help support her family. Throughout her life, Molly Spotted Elk defied expectations. Her dancing career led her across the United States and to Paris. There, she met and married French journalist Jean Archambaud. She danced all over Europe, including once for King Alfonso XIII of Spain. She was also a prolific writer. She authored children’s books, adventure stories, and a Penobscot language dictionary (with English and French translations). Mary L. Bonauto (b. 1961) was born in Newburgh, New York. She graduated from Hamilton College and Northeastern University School of Law. Portland is now her home. Since 1990 she served as the civil rights project director at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD). She first focused to end discrimination against LGBTQ people in employment, public accommodations, adoption, and parenting. She worked on censorship, policing, and hate crimes, too. Later, she lead efforts to achieve marriage equality both in Maine and nationwide. In 2003 she and GLAD won the first case—Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health—extending marriage to same-sex couples in Massachusetts. In 2015 she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges. The case led to the nationwide legalization of marriage for same-sex couples. She was recognized with a MacArthur award in 2014. Because of Bonauto, same-sex couples in America “are able to marry the person they love” and enjoy the dignity and protections of marriage. “The fight for marriage was about recognition of the equal dignity and equal citizenship of LGBTQ people,” Bonauto says. She continues her advocacy in Maine and elsewhere for LGBTQ families and youth, and is working to end the transgender military ban. “Marriage made a tremendous difference—and there’s still more to do. The work is about ensuring people can be more secure and more free.” n February/March 2020 33
Buckminster Fuller Tireless geodesic dome promoter, Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was known as “Bucky” to his neighbors on Bear Island in Penobscot Bay. Fuller spent a good chunk of his childhood there as well as his adult summers. His most visible dome towers above Disney’s Epcot Center in Florida. Fuller once drew up plans for a domed “glass university” at the University of Maine. It never got built but the plans are still on file—and you never know.
Marsden Hartley merican modernist painter, poet and essayist Marsden Hartley (1877–1943) was born in Lewiston and died in Ellsworth 66 years later. In between, Hartley worked all over the United States, Canada, and Europe. He never stayed anywhere for long. In 2008, his painting Lighthouse sold at auction for $6.3 million.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay hen she was 20, Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) recited her long poem “Renascence” in the Camden restaurant where she waited tables. A wealthy diner was so impressed with the local girl’s literary flair, she paid Millay’s tuition to Vassar College. Upon graduation, Millay launched herself into the bohemian fervor of New York City’s Greenwich Village where she courted scandal and wrote more poetry. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1923 and later bought an island in Casco Bay. For years, local lobstermen swore they’d see Millay on the shore, in the nude.
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Wilhem Reich epending on who you ask, Wilhem Reich (1897–1957) was either a kook, a genius, or a kooky genius. Born in Vienna and trained in psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud, Reich moved to Rangeley in 1950. That’s where he developed his theory of “orgone,” invisible cosmic sex energy emanating from the human libido. The feds pinched him for selling “orgone accumulator” boxes in 1957. Reich died a few months later in federal prison. His customer list included Sean Connery, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, J. D. Salinger, and Norman Mailer.
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Margaret Chase Smith Skowhegan’s own Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) served in Congress for 33 years. In 1957, the 60-year-old Republican senator climbed into an Air Force Super Sabre Jet and became the first woman in Congress to fly faster than the speed of sound. Smith is better known, however, for delivering her famous “Declaration of Con-
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B i c e n t ennial science” speech in 1950, aimed at halting Senator Joseph McCarthy and his communist witch hunts. Rachel Carson hen Rachel Carson (1907–1964) published her book Silent Spring in 1962, she sparked the modern environmental movement. Carson’s book warned against the indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides and questioned the very direction of modern science. It led to the ban on DDT and the creation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. When she died from cancer in 1964, some of her cremated remains were spread along the coast, near her summer home on Southport Island.
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te Davis (1908–1989) and Gary Merrill (1915–1990) spent part of the 1950s living in Cape Elizabeth. Neither was from Maine but both had connections here. In her younger years, Davis was the first female lifeguard on Ogunquit beach. Likewise, Merrill summered at Black Point as a child and later attended Bowdoin College. After they divorced in 1960, Merrill lived in Falmouth and could often be spotted in Portland, wearing a kilt.
Margaret Wise Brown hildren’s book giant Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952) lived in a former quarry-master’s home on Vinalhaven in Penobscot Bay. It’s where she wrote kiddie classics like Goodnight Moon and The Little Island. Margaret Edson’s 1999 Pulitzer Prizewinning play Wit ends with a character reading from Brown’s soothing and bestknown book, Runaway Bunny. After she died in 1952, at just 42, Brown’s ashes
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yrus H.K. Curtis was just a high school student when the Great Fire of 1866 burned his beloved Portland down. His family’s house was a pile of ashes. School was out. The plucky kid grabbed a local job as a newsboy before upshifting to Boston, then Philadelphia. He found he had a knack for publishing. At his peak, Curtis owned The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Saturday Evening Post (which he snapped up for a reported $1,000), Ladies’ Home Journal, and Holiday. If you make it that big, the next generation has it made. His house Lyndonwood, built in Rockport on the oceanfront, has been a family treasure ever since he commissioned Shingle Style architect Cyrus Porter Brown to design it in 1902. “Lyndonwood was once three-and-a-half stories high,” Curtis’s great-granddaughter Shannon Orestis, a full-time Mainer, says. It was the pride of dreamy Beauchamp Point, with views of Rockport
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club. In 1917, Curtis donated Lyndonia to the U.S. Navy, where she was commissioned the USS Lyndonia during World War I. More than a Muse Curtis’s rocket ride to fortune was lifted by deft decisions by his first wife, Louisa Knapp. In 1883, she “contributed a onepage supplement to the Tribune and Farmer, a magazine published by Curtis,” according to Wikipedia. “The following year, the supplement was expanded as an independent publication with Louisa as the editor. Its original name was The Ladies’ Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper, but Knapp dropped the last three words in 1888. Ladies’ Home Journal rapidly became the leading magazine of its type, reaching a circulation of one million subscriptions within ten years. It was the first American magazine to do so.” A closer look Shannon Orestis hopes 21st-century history will better recognize the achievements of her great-grandmother. “I was kind of fascinated by Louisa,” who married Curtis in 1875 while he published The Peoples Lodge in Boston—before fire razed that dream February/March 2020 51
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Presidential Sweet resident Taft was one of Lyndonwood’s visitors. “Eleanor Roosevelt came up during World War II for a performance. I don’t think she stayed overnight.” With its stained-glass windows celebrating musical performances, Lyndonwood was both an intimate retreat and an astonishing venue for music (a longtime family passion—Cyrus Curtis’s middle initials H.K. stand for Hermann Kotzschmar, Portland’s world-famous organist). After Edward Bok died, Mary Louise married the internationally celebrated violinist Efrem Zimbalist, director of the Curtis Institute. (Remember Efrem’s granddaughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist, star of Remington Steele, who was quiet and bad-ass at the same time?)
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We were living in New York then. Our son Asa–he’s six-and-a-half years older than Claire–went to Hidden Valley first. He likes to tell about the llamas. He was walking a llama with a rope around her neck when she decided to run away. Asa forgot to drop the rope. He was dragged through camp. Now there’s a word picture.
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es over the stones, streams, and trees he saw at the camp so he could learn his way around faster. This bush is a store… He also loved that they had a rope swing like at boot camp. We all know what Claire is up to (finishing up Season 8 of Homeland). How about Asa?
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you don’t want them to know. I was a textile designer, earning money to pay for camp. I really believe it’s a great way for children to separate and grow up. Our kids were in New York City. They needed nature. Kids need to be in the country. They actually needed it to have a more rounded picture of things. You want to be close. You want to be near enough. Maine was just right. Lessons learned?
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So many campers have found themselves at summer camps in Maine: Stephen Sondheim, Camp Androscoggin; Lauren Bacall, Highland Nature Camp on Sebago Lake; J.D. Salinger, Camp Wigwam on Bear Pond in Waterford. Leonard Nimoy went to West End House Camp. Ben Stiller went to Freedom’s Hidden Valley, too. He had his first kiss here. Allen Jay Lerner (who wrote the words to the musical Gigi) went to camp in Maine. Do you think “If Ever I Would Leave You” started writing itself as a result of a broken Maine camp romance?
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Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul, 122 Ash St., Lewiston. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mar. 29. 333-3386.
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The Rugged and Shirttail Kin, Mar. 14. 236-3154. The Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. David Mallet, Mar. 27. 442-8455. Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq., MercyMe, Feb. 28; Kane Brown, Mar. 5. 791-2200. First Parish Church, 425 Congress St., Harold Stover, Mar. 5. 773-5747. Frog & Turtle, 3 Bridge St., Westbrook. Groove Kings, Mar. 6; Moore Wild & Lynch, Mar. 12; Captain Ray & the Castaways, Mar. 13; Bobba Funk, Mar. 20. 591-4185. Frontier, 14 Maine St., Brunswick. String Tide, Mar. 4; Darlin’ Corey, Mar. 11; Micromassé, Mar. 18; Primo Cubano, Mar. 20; The Henleys, Mar. 25. 725-5222.
Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston. Chiharu Naruse, Mar. 6; Josee Vachon, Mar. 18. 689-2000. Gracie Theatre, 1 College Cir., Bangor. Natural Wonder: Stevie Wonder Experience, Mar. 20. 941-7888. Johnson Hall Theater, 280 Water St., Gardiner. Mallett Brothers Band, Mar. 14. 582-7144. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., International Open Mic Night, Mar. 14; Rasa String Quartet, Mar. 28. 879-4629. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., The Magic of Flight, Mar. 8; Las Cafeteras, Mar. 19; Bach Birthday Bash, Mar. 20; Queens of Soul, Mar. 21, 22; Celtic Women, Mar. 25. 842-0800. One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland
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River Arts, 241 U.S. 1, Damariscotta. Volunteers Show, through Mar. 6. 563-1507.
Wells Jr. High Rt. 1, Wells August 8 & 9
Speedwell Projects, 630 Forest Ave., PARALLAX, through Mar. 7; Abby Shahn, Mar. 11–May 9. 805-1835.
Blue, 650A Congress St., Layne’s Wine Gig, Mar.
Samples, Sugarhouse Tours, Games, and Contests
Axe Women Loggers of Maine March 14 & 21 fun family shows | choppers, sawyers, & axe throwers, shows at approx. 9:30 a.m., 11:00, 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Maine Made Crafts
Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. A Walk in the Woods, Mar. 1–29. 712-1097.
50 Local, 50 Main St., Kennebunk. Class: Mixing and Flavor Combinations, Mar. 22. 985-0850.
Live Music
John Deere Tractors All days/all times
HILLTOP BOILERS MAPLE SYRUP
The Press Hotel, 119 Exchange St., Reggie Burrows Hodges: Intersection of Color, through Mar. 27. 808-8800.
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Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Scenes from Western Culture, through Mar. 1; Stories of Maine: An Incomplete History, Mar. 28–Oct. 15. 775-6148.
University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow St., Bangor. Teresa Dunn: Cover the Waterfront, Deirdre Murphy & Scott White: Oculus, Michael Philip Manheim: Rhythm from Within, through May 2. 581-3300.
Maine Maple Weekend™ March 21 – 22 | 9 a.m – 4 p.m.
EVENTS INCLUDE:
Messler Gallery, 25 Mill St., Rockport. Maine Wood 2020, through Apr. 8. 594-5611.
St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Marc Poirier, through Mar. 31. 775-5568.
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Nestled in the southern Maine town of Newfield, just two hours from Boston and 45 minutes from Portland, Maine, Hilltop Boilers is your ultimate destination for maple lovers. With our all-new sugarhouse, visitors will be amazed at the beautiful array of our award-winning maple syrup. Tempt your taste buds, maybe see a cow or two in one of our pastures, or simply explore the old country roads. Enjoy a short trip to the country and see how maple syrup is made. Indulge in a maple whoopie pie or a piece of creamy maple fudge. Savor your memories and take home a real treat of maple syrup in your choice of plastic, glass, and tin containers.
Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., My Island Home, through Apr. 25. 774-1822. MECA, 522 Congress St., 2020 Faculty Triennial Exhibition, through Mar. 1; Some Things We Can Do Together, Mar. 12–Apr. 24. 699-5025.
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Experience 20. 774-4111. Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. 10 Tips cooking class, Mar. 5, 12. 725-5242. Flavors of Freeport Festival, Ice Bar, chocolate factory tours, lobster brunch, tastings, & demonstrations, Feb. 21–23. visitfreeport.com. Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston. Medieval Feast, Mar. 28. 689-2000. LeRoux Kitchen, 161 Commercial St., Classes: Secrets of Chinese Cooking, Mar. 12; Knife Skills, Mar. 25; Dinner with Zwilling Chef Bernard Janssen, Mar. 26. 553-7665. Maine Restaurant Week, at participating restaurants. Multi-course menus and events including Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off, The Crave Tasting & Competition, & Spirit Quest, Mar. 1–12. Portland Monthly is a proud Maine Restaurant Week Sponsor. Maine Oyster Company, 38 Portland St., Wines Are Forever, Mar. 18. 650-5383. Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. St., Paddy’s Dimming of the Day Dinner, Mar. 14. 935-7292.
Film 491 US Route One, Freeport, Maine 1/2 mile south of Exit 20 (Across from Comfort Suite)
Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., Cabin Fever Film Fest, Feb. 28–Mar. 1. 236-3154.
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BOSTON DUCK TOUR & THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE April 22, 2020 | $182 per person
MISS SAIGON May 31, 2020 | $207 per person (Hanover Theater, Worcester, MA)
BOSTON FLOWER SHOW March 14, 2020 | $143 per person (Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA)
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NEW YORK CITY June 18-21, 2020 | $1,353 per person (DBL occupancy)
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MYRTLE BEACH GETAWAY (Myrtle Beach, SC) March 15-23, 2020 | $1,845 per person (DBL Occupancy)
ESCAPE TO THE CAPE (Cape Cod, MA) May 18-22, 2020 | $925 per person (DBL Occupancy)
ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA INTERNATIONAL TATTOO MUSIC FESTIVAL June 29- July 3, 2020 | $1,968 per person (DBL Occupancy) (Halifax, NS, Canada)
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM & FANEUIL HALL February 17, 2020 | $152 per person (Boston, MA) TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING VS. BOSTON BRUINS March 7, 2020 | $246 per person (TD Garden, Boston, MA)
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Experience Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Inhabit, Mar. 13; Awake, Mar. 24, 31. 725-5242. Frontier, 14 Maine St., Brunswick. Rigoletto On The Lake, Mar. 1; The 2020 Fly Fishing Film Tour, Mar. 13–15. 725-5222. Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath. If Beale Street Could Talk, Mar. 3. 443-5141. Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Women’s Adventure Film Tour, Mar. 8. 956-6000. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., CatVideoFest, through Mar. 4; The Gleaners and I, Mar. 12, 15. 775-6148. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq., Women’s History Series: Citizen Ruth, Mar. 5; The Piano, Mar. 12; On the Basis of Sex, Mar. 19; Selena, Mar. 26. 871-1700.
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Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St., Auburn. Book Group: Susannah Callahan’s Brain on Fire, Mar. 2. 333-6640. Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Emtithal Mahmoud, Mar. 24. 725-5242. Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Naturally Vincent: Millay as Eco-Poet, Mar. 19. 596-6457. Mechanics Hall Library, 519 Congress St., Lily King, Writers & Lovers, Mar. 3; Lucy Knisley, Go to Sleep (I Miss You), Mar. 4; Martha Ackmann, These Fevered Days, Mar. 7. 773-8396. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq. Page to Stage: The Children, Mar. 24. 774-0465. Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St., Pam Muñoz Ryan, Mañanaland, Mar. 2; Elisa Boxer, The Voice that Won the Vote, Mar. 22; Jessica Anthony, Enter the Aardvark, Mar. 24; Lael Jepson, Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire, Mar. 26; Alex Irvine, Anthropocene Rag, Mar. 31. 536-4778.
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Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage, Mar. 7; Shepherds of the Sea: Civil War Naval Chaplains, Mar. 12. 725-5242. Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Love, Loss, and Longfellow: The Love Story that Launched the Poet, Feb. 27. 774-1822. Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. The Effect of Climate Change on Maine’s Winters, Mar. 5. 443-1316. Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St., Portland. Hello Jello: Updates on Gravitational Wave Detection, Mar. 26. 780-4249.
Maine Bicentennial Events
Williams-Brazier Post 037, 10 Watts Ave., Thomaston. Traditional dinner to celebrate Maine’s birthday, Mar. 14. 354-0399.
From March 28–April 5, the Maine Jewish Film Festival will screen 40 films (features, documentaries, and shorts) and host special events. Among featured guest speakers are awardwinning journalist Mark Potok, filmmaker Aviva Kempner, and comedian H.Alan Scott. Venues include Portland Museum of Art, Eveningstar Cinema in Brunswick, and The Strand Theater in Rockland. See mjff.org on February 17. Augusta Armory, 179 Western Ave., Statehood Day Celebration, Mar. 15. 623-3755. Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St., Bangor 1820: Maine’s Bicentennial, through May. 947-8336. Bowdoin College, 13 South St., Brunswick. Bicentennial Bean Supper, Mar. 14. 725-3433. The Brunswick Inn, 165 Park Row. History Happy Hour: Life in Maine, Mar. 12. 729-4914. Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery, 306 Hatchery Rd., East Orland. 200 Years of Sport Fishing in Maine, first of the month through Dec. 469-6701. Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. State of Mind: Becoming Maine, Mar. 19; First to Hail the Rising Sun: Maine Through the Eyes of its Artists, through Jan. 3, 2021. 596-6457. Gardiner Public Library, 152 Water St., Projection Show: Historic Maine in 3-D, Mar. 5. 582-3312. Historic Fire Station, 11 Church St., Presque Isle. Star Lighting on Statehood Day, Mar. 15. 762-1151. Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St., Augusta. Bluegrass Concert: music of Maine, Feb. 24; The Great Turn-Out of 1841, Mar. 4. 626-2415. Little Meetinghouse, 719 Roosevelt Trail, North Windham. Bicentennial Tea, Mar. 14. 892-9346. Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., State of Mind: Becoming Maine, Mar. 13–Jan. 30, 2021. 774-1822. Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St., Music of Early Maine, Mar. 19. 773-2339.
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Maine State Museum, 230 State St., Augusta. Maine’s Path to Statehood, Mar. 14–Dec. 287-2301. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Bicentennial with Portland Symphony Orchestra, Mar. 15. 842-0800. Old South Congregational Church, 135 2nd St., Hallowell. Lectures: Creation of the State Seal, and A Tale of Two Capitals, Mar. 14. 622-1220.
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Penobscot Marine Museum, 2 Church St., Searsport. Maine-ly a Celebration, Mar. 15. 548-2529. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress St., Marking 200 Years of Maine History, Mar. 28–Oct. 25. 775-6148. Underwood Memorial Library, 2006 Main St., Fayette. Thinking About the Bicentennial with Libby Bischof, Mar. 22. 685-3778.
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Ada’s Portland brings the joy and beauty of fresh pasta, ravioli, and Roman pizza to Portland. With origins in Italy and a start in Rockland, they bring community and authenticity to 642 Congress Street. Enjoy housemade pasta and Italian specialties made-to-order in its quick-service restaurant and pasta, sauces, wine, and more in its retail store. Dine-in or carry-out. Limited seating.
Becky’s Diner has been serving comfort food at a reasonable price on Portland’s historic waterfront since 1991. Located at 390 Commercial Street, we offer all-day breakfast, locally sourced seafood, and diner classics such as our Roast Turkey Dinner. Featured on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives,” come see what all the fuss is about. Becky’s Diner, Nothin Finah! 773-7070.
BlueFin North Atlantic Seafood Chef Gil Plaster creates the quintessential Old Port dining experience: classic, contemporary dishes with fresh, locally caught seafood & seasonal ingredients. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or your favorite cocktail in comfortable elegance or out on the patio w/ fire pit. 468 Fore St. 7759090, bluefinportland.com.
Boone’s Fish House & Oyster Room Native seafood—fresh Maine lobster steamed over rockweed, a variety of oysters & wood-grilled fish, steaks & chops. Baked Stuffed Lobster invented here by Alexander Boone right on the Portland Waterfront in 1898. 86 Commercial St. 774-5725, boonesfishhouse.com. Bull Feeney’s Authentic hearty Irish fare: from-scratch sandwiches, steaks, & seafood. Local craft & premium imported brews. Maine’s most extensive selection of single malt Scotch & Irish whiskeys. Live music 5 nights. Open 7 days, 11:30-1. Kitchen till 10. 375 Fore St. 773-7210, bullfeeneys.com.
East Ender East of the Old Port. Upstairs lounge for date night or afterwork drinks. Casual night with friends or a romantic dinner in our cozy booths. Hand-crafted cocktails, award-winning burger made from cold-smoked beef. 47 Middle St. 879-7669.
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eighteen95 A warm and intimate restaurant w/ a lovely fireplace in the historic Portland Regency Hotel and Spa. Offering Breakfast, Dinner, and Sunday brunch. Specializing in modern American dishes w/ a New England influence. Local seafood, pork, chicken, turkey, with beef & produce from our farm! 774-4200.
El Corazon Mexican food from the heart. Authentic family recipes passed down through generations & “oversized tequila selection.” Try our “Marisco”—a Mexican seafood cocktail of shrimp, bay scallops, clams, octopus & Maine lobster. Lun. & din., Mon.–Thurs. 11–10. Fri.-Sat. till 11. Sun. 9–9. 190 State St. 536-1354, elcorazonportland.com.
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n Old Irish, féile means generosity and hospitality. It also traces to feast day. So let’s celebrate! On 1619 Post Road in Wells, Féile Restaurant and Pub does its inspirations proud. A watering hole has rocked this spot since 1799. When Maine became the newest state in the union in 1820, the Lindsey Tavern was already a 21-year magnet for locals and travelers. It would continue as Lindsey Tavern until at least the 1930s. On a Thursday night with dreams of St. Patrick’s Day making us hungry, we stop in for a taste. Scoring a seat near the 18th-century fireplace in the dining room, memories flicker while we enjoy a pint of Guinness ($6.48) and a Cucumber Martini ($11). By the friendly feel of this place, you can tell it’s a touchstone for local nightlife. At the stroke of seven p.m., we hear a trivia contest begin to rage at the bar. A sample question: “What is the name of the child of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex?” Nothing’s trivial when you’re having fun. They also have karaoke nights here, and live music (Wednesdays and Saturdays, with bands including School’s Out, Deep Trax, Lionheart, On Tap Band, and Party Starters).
We order the Corned Beef and Cabbage ($18.99), natch. It’s storybook perfect— “house-brined corned beef made from certified Angus beef brisket,” served with deeply satisfying carrots, butter-braised cabbage, and mashed potatoes. Now here’s a mood setter! Other Irish classics include Shepherd’s Pie, Bangers and Mash Irish Sausages, and Fish & Chips. As a counterpoint, we order tonight’s special, the Citrus Haddock ($23.99). Served with shredded carrots and cabbage, the delicately crusted fish brings to mind Boston Schrod—tender, delicious. What better night-capper than a few Irish coffees? Unless it’s to order the Irish coffee and whisper the trivia-question answer “It’s Archie” across the table to your near and dear one (as they say, “two people shorten the road”). Meghan and Harry’s son, Archie Harrison MountbattenWindsor, is seventh in the line of succession to the British throne. In any great Irish pub, you’re better off as a know-it-all than a Know-Nothing. n Féile Restaurant and Pub, Monday, Wednesday–Saturday, 3 p.m. to 12 a.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. Closed Tuesday. Nightly specials and live music on Saturday. 251-4065. February/March 2020 81
Fish Bones Grill Creative American Cuisine beside the historic Bates Mill canal in the heart of downtown Lewiston. Lun. & din. Mon.-Fri. from 11:30. Din. Sat. from 4. Get hooked at 70 Lincoln St. in Bates Mill No. 6! Reserv.: 333-3663, fishbonesgrill.com. Maria’s Ristorante Portland’s original classic Italian restaurant. Greg & Tony Napolitano prepare classics: Zuppa di Pesce, Eggplant Parmigiana, Grilled Veal Sausages, Veal Chop Milanese, homemade cavatelli pastas, Pistachio Gelato & Maine’s Best Meatballs. See our own sauce in local stores. $11.95-$22.95. Open at 5 Wed.-Sat. Catering always avail. 1335 Congress Street 772-9232, mariasrestaurant.com. Pizzaiolo Authentic New York-style pizzeria with over 3 decades of experience. We use only the freshest local ingredients to give you the best possible product. From our pizza and pasta to meatball subs and salads, you won’t be disappointed. Open weekdays until midnight, Fri. and Sat. until 2 a.m. 360 Cumberland Ave. Eat-in, carry-out and delivery. 536-7210, pizzaioloportland.com. Ricetta’s Brick Oven Ristorante Modern, family-friendly. Award-winning brick oven pizzas, pasta, grill, gluten-free pizza & pasta, seafood, & Italian entrees w/ locally sourced ingredients. Dine-in, take-
home, delivery, or have us cater. Kids eat free Mon. Sun.–Thurs. 11:30–9, Fri. & Sat. 11:30–10. 240 Rte. 1, Falmouth. 781-3100, ricettas.com. Rivalries Sports Pub & Grill Now with two fun, comfortable upscale sports bar locations. Known for great pub food, Rivalries’ menu has something for everyone. With 30+ HD TVs and every major pro and college sports package, you won’t miss a game! Located at 10 Cotton St. in Portland. (774-6044). And 2 Hat Trick Drive, just off I-295 in Falmouth. 747-4020, rivalriesmaine.com. Sea Glass at Inn by the Sea Chef Chadwick’s seasonally sourced, innovative taste of Maine. Spectacular ocean views inside the intimate restaurant or on the decks. Creative vegan dishes w/produce & seafood from local farms & sea. (Wine Spectator “Best of” Award of Excellence) 40 Bowery Beach Rd., Cape Elizabeth. 7993134, innbythesea.com. Shay’s Pub & Grill Heart of Portland. Local favorite since 2005. Pub fare specialities: sweet & spicy chicken sandwich, fish & chips, seasonal salads. Famous $5 martini menu & daily specials. Outdoor seating. M-Tues. 11:30-9, W-Sat. 11:30-10, Sun. closed. Schedule your private event with us! 18 Monument Sq. 772-2626, shaysgrillpub.com.
Scratch-made Nice People Totally Authentic l Feeney’s Bulportland’s pub 773.7210 375 Fore Street in the old Port Facebook.com/bullFeeneyS @bullFeeneyS
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The Isaac Fly House has kept a weather eye on the Fore River for Maine’s entire statehood—and then some. By Col in W. Sargent
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elp me, I think I’m falling… in love again. “This is an estate,” says Debrah Yale of Benchmark Real Estate. One brother died in 2015, and the surviving brother is selling it. “The price is $399,000.” “It’s a bit complicated, but 1227 Westbrook Street, with all its frontage on the Fore River, is listed as having been built in 1730. It’s also one of the oldest houses in Stroudwater.” So it’s older than the Tate House? I’ve always loved this enclave. “The Tate House was built in 1755.” The Isaac Fly House includes a park across Westbrook Street and a large portion of the pond that includes all of Stroudwater Falls. But it’s the Fore River views that enchant. Yale lets us in through a side door while we look at the back porch that takes in the whole river. To the right, as you look
toward the water, you realize that neighbors store their canoes and kayaks way up in the branches of trees. Stroudwater is like no other place in the world. “This is not for everyone. You either love preserving old homes and see their value or you don’t.” Originally built as a single-family home on .61 acres, the 2,250-square-foot house is a crazy quilt of years and styles. Ghost-
ly traces of the 1730 home appear on some first-floor wainscoting. So many spirits, so much remodeling. “Both rental units have longtime tenants—the upper floor brings in $1,500 per month; the lower unit brings in $1,000 to $1,200,” Yale says. Ancient moldings mingle with bulls-eye moldings and 1920s beadboard paneling. Both units have impressive water views.
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s for why this eight-room manse looks like a Revolutionary War-era dwelling outside but has a much older soul, the pithy research site portlandhousestories.com offers clues: Myrtle Lovejoy wrote This Was Stroudwater. During her spadework, she interviewed Leonard Chapman, who explained that “Fly had married Sally Bailey in 1804, and they had ‘moved into a house presumably built for Colonel Westbrook’s workers … standing now on the original site at Stroudwater … it having been turned to front the street, a story added and an ell also.’” Bingo! Every decade, every day, every minute has left its signature on this house. As for the falls, “the City of Portland owns just the dam and maintains it. The house’s owner will own the water and park around it per the survey.” That’s right. You’ll be King or Queen of the Falls. Zillow lists the price history: $595K, Aug. 2018; $495K, June 2019; $469K, Aug. 2019; $425K, Sept. 2019; $399K, Oct. 2019. At press time in 2020, the listing was pending. We may be in bargain territory. n Taxes for 1227 Westbrook Street are $8,086.
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MLS# 1406039 Luxurious home on Rangeley Lake, in Rangeley PLT. Enjoy all summer and winter sports! Wonderfully crafted, high end appliances, fireplace, dining room overlooking the lake, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, dock, and garage. $695,000
MLS#1442910 Rare opportunity on Rangeley Lake! Renovated main home, 4 bedrooms, views, sunsets, master suite, porch and more! At the water, on Greenvale Cove enjoy both a boathouse with upstairs room and a 2 bedroom guest cabin. Affordable at $579,000
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MLS# 1415230 Spacious 5000+ sq.ft, high-quality, energy-efficient home on 9 acres with 12 rooms. Radiant heat, cathedral ceilings, hardwood floors, 2 fireplaces, walk-in closets, 2-car garage and barn. Direct sled trail access. Between Rangeley and Oquossoc $450,000
MLS# 1430533 Charming Maine farmhouse, with 4 bedrooms, completely renovated with spectacular mountain views on 160 acres on Wheeler Hill Rd in Phillips, close to hiking, skiing, ATV trails, and sled trails. In tree growth. $379,000
MLS# 1439002 Great location for a ski or a sled home. Large contemporary New England style home facing Saddleback Mtn. Close to Saddleback Lake. Granite counters, cherry floors, five bedrooms upstairs, room for a downstairs master suite. Full basement.$349,000
MLS #1429700 Mystic Falls Hilltop Haven—a rare offering, charming home with views and your own 30-foot waterfall in low tax Madrid. Soaring ceilings in the large open concept living area. 5 acres and garage with guest bedrooms, above. On the trails!! $329,000
MLS #1442909 Lakehouse Condo, quiet setting, yet walk to downtown Rangeley. Beach access on Rangeley Lake, sled or ATV from your door. Includes large deck, 3 bedrooms and unfinished basement for storage or recreation. Enjoy easy condo living $255,000
MLS# 1422663 Serene setting at Niboban Sporting Camps, association includes 45 acres and 2400 ft of frontage on Rangeley Lake. Cabin # 6 offers 2 bedrooms, dock, and one floor living. Excellent rental income. Let the Condo Association do the work. Access 4 seasons of sports. $279,000
MLS# 1416420 Log home in Wilsons Mills, 3 bedrooms, large living room and partially finished basement.. All season recreation, sledding, fly fishing the Magalloway River, hunting, boating on Aziscohos Lake. Lots of room and charm!! $189,000
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BAILEY BAILEYISLAND ISLANDWATERFRONT WATERFRONT Amazing Bailey Island oceanfront compound. 1850s restored
HARPSWELL HARPSWELL WATERFRONT WATERFRONT Enjoy captivating water views, sun and moon rises from this
Enjoy captivating water views, sun and moon rises from this beautiful oceanside Contemporary Cape. Privately sited on beautiful oceanside Contemporary Cape. Privately sited on 9 acres with 350' of water frontage and private dock system. 9 acres with 350' of water frontage and private dock system. Features of this home and property include: gourmet kitchen, Features of this home and property include: gourmet kitchen, expansive suite, expansiveliving living room, room, first-floor first-floor master master bedroom bedroom suite, waterside bedrooms and and watersidehot hottub tub room, room, second second floor floor guest guest bedrooms baths around porches, porches, bathswith withgreat great room, room, 10' 10' ceilings, ceilings, wrap wrap around oceanside and much much oceansidestone stone patio, patio, attached attached 3-car 3-car garage, garage, and more!!! more!!!
Just bring your suitcase. This Contemporary Cape on 2.7 acres on Orr’s Island comes fully furnished and is totally turn acres on Orr’s Island comes fully furnished and is totally turn key. Home was built in 2010 and has been very lightly used key. Home was built in 2010 and has been very lightly used since then. Enjoy over 240' of water frontage on Reed Cove. since then. Enjoy over 240' of water frontage on Reed Cove. Featuresinclude includewhole wholehouse houseautomatic automaticgenerator, generator,central central Features air,wood woodfloors, floors,master masterwith withwalk-in walk-incloset closetand andfull fullbath, bath, air, daylightwalk-out walk-outbasement, basement,2-car 2-carattached attachedgarage, garage, fireplace, daylight fireplace, andmuch muchmore. more. and
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Amazing Bailey Island oceanfront compound. 1850s restored Cape, oceanfront cottage, custom 2-story heated barn with Cape, oceanfront cottage, custom 2-story heated barn with 3/4 bath, fabulously finished 2nd floor using exotic woods 3/4 bath, fabulously finished 2nd floor using exotic woods built in 2003. This tastefully restored home enjoys views into built in 2003. This tastefully restored home enjoys views into Mackerel Cove, Harpswell Mackerel Cove, HarpswellSound Soundand andeast easttotoopen openocean. ocean. This 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath home This 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath homeretains retainsallalloriginal originalcharacter. character. Custom flame birch cabinets, Brazilian Black Marinace Custom flame birch cabinets, Brazilian Black Marinacegranite granite counter tops, Aga oven, Viking counter tops, Aga oven, Vikingrefrigerator, refrigerator,built-in built-inwarming warming drawer, and wine cooler. drawer, and wine cooler.
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ORR’S ISLAND WATERFRONT ORR’S ISLAND WATERFRONT Unique waterfront property on west shore of Orr’s Island.
Unique waterfront property on west shore of Orr’s Island. Two vintage 2-bedroom cottages, each having amazing Two vintage 2-bedroom cottages, each having amazing sunset westerly views across Harpswell Sound. Both cottages sunset views across Harpswell Sound.Road Both frontage cottages have westerly stone fireplaces and screened porches. have stonetown-maintained fireplaces and screened porches. frontage on quiet paved road. Both Road cottages are oncomplete quiet town-maintained paved Both cottages are with kitchen and bath road. facilities. Own your own complete with kitchen and bath facilities. Own your own waterfrontage on Reed Cove opening onto Harpswell Sound. waterfrontage on Reed Cove opening onto Harpswell Sound.
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Uniquelysited sitedCape Cape with with 33 bedrooms bedrooms and 2 baths. House Uniquely House is is orientedtoward toward Quahog Quahog Bay Bay offering protected waterfront oriented waterfront anddeep deepwater. water.Sit Sit on on the the deck deck which is very close to and to the the water’sedge. edge.Water Water views views from from living room, kitchen, water’s kitchen, dining dining room, and master bedroom. Two-car garage under. Cathedral room, and master bedroom. Two-car garage under. Cathedral ceilingliving livingroom room opens opens onto onto waterfront waterfront deck. ceiling deck. New New furnace furnace 2018.Good Goodrental rental history. history. Private Private waterfront waterfront with inin2018. with open open ocean views. ocean views.
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BAILEY ISLAND BAILEY ISLAND On the southern end of Bailey Island you will find this character
On the southern end of Bailey Island you will find this character island home in a quiet neighborhood on a dead-end street. island home in a quiet neighborhood on a dead-end street. Easterly views of Casco Bay and westerly views of Mackerel Easterly views ofinclude Casco hardwood Bay and westerly views of Mackerel Cove. Features floors, woodstove, 2-1/2 Cove. include hardwood floors, woodstove, 2-1/2 bathsFeatures which have all been updated, 1st floor master with bath baths which have all been updated, 1st floor master with bath including a clawfoot tub. The kitchen was tastefully updated with including a clawfoot tub. The kitchen was tastefully updated with granite counters, new appliances, farmers sink, and period wood granite counters, new appliances, farmers sink, and period wood cabinets. Walk to Land’s End, Mackerel Cove or the Post Office. cabinets. Walk to Land’s End, Mackerel Cove or the Post Office.
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Perfect Perfectdeep deepwater waterMaine Maineretreat. retreat.This This1984 1984log loghome homeenjoys enjoys dramatic Well dramaticelevated elevatedwater waterviews viewsofofthe theSheepscot SheepscotRiver. River. Well maintained maintained4-bedroom, 4-bedroom,2.5-bath 2.5-bathhome homewith withattached attached2-car 2-car garage, garage,large large22level levelwater waterview viewdeck deckand andcovered coveredporch porch area. The deep water dock, ramp and float is easily accessed area. The deep water dock, ramp and float is easily accessed by bygravel graveldriveway drivewaylocated locatedon onthe theparcel. parcel.Square Squarefootage footage includes includesaaseparate separateheated heated22story storyfinished finishedstudio studiowith withbath. bath. Additional 2.4 acre waterfront building lot included. Additional 2.4 acre waterfront building lot included.
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BAILEY ISLAND WATERFRONT BAILEY ISLAND WATERFRONT Immaculate one bedroom condo overlooking Mackerel Cove.
Immaculate one bedroom condo overlooking Mackerel Cove. Enjoy the beautiful views as well as all the boating activity in Enjoy the beautiful views as well as all the boating activity in the Cove from either of your two decks. Recently remodeled the Cove from either ofcabinets, your twogranite decks.counters, Recentlystainless remodeled to include new kitchen to include new kitchen granite counters, stainless steel appliances, windowcabinets, treatments and more! Close to local steel appliances, window more! local restaurants, a public beach,treatments the Giant’sand Stairs and Close Land’sto End. restaurants, a public beach, the Giant’s Stairs and Land’s End. Buy fresh lobsters right next door! Condo is seasonal usage Buy fresh right next door! Condo is seasonal usage from April lobsters 15 to November 15. from April 15 to November 15.
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“Final.” “Why not?” “Need a change, Mark.” “Leo’s expecting you.” “He knows.” “Since when?” “Yesterday.” “You’re blowing off ten years of seniority to do what?” “Bang nails.” “For whom, may I ask?” “Fred Wikowski.” “Now I know you’re yanking my chain.” “He made me an offer too good to pass up.” “Billy, you net more on a good Saturday than in a week at what—twenty-five an hour?” “Thirty-five plus four hours at time and a half guaranteed through October.” “Where you going to live?” “Here.” “Alone?” “Wes Brian and Kitty Barnard are renting your room.” “Nichols said he wouldn’t rent this summer because he needed to do some work.” “He hired Wes and Kitty to do it.” “Thought Wes worked maintenance at the golf course.” “Does, but he’s trading his labor for their share of the rent.” “Kitty got a gig?” “She’s at the course too, mowing greens early and waiting tables at lunch.” “Great. I’m just delighted for all of you, but now I have to find a new roommate.” “Leo’s got that covered.” “Now he decides who I live with?” “He’s giving you a single on the third floor, free.” “No way I’m doing that.” “Saves you a bundle, has an efficiency kitchen, and there’s no commute.” “True. But I’ll never see the sun all summer that way.” “That could happen on The Island if you lived outside.” “And who knows who the hell he’ll hire to replace you.” “Ginny Deavers.” “Well, at least that’s cool.” “Leo said he was sure you wouldn’t complain about that.” “But we’ve worked there for years so we 9 6 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
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could ski here without a full-time winter job.” “Mark, I’m thirty-six. I need a change.” “That’s what you said the first winter right? Had to get out of Boston. Hated the bank...” “Been a good run.” “But you’re back in November, right?” “Weekends.” “What?” “Remember Katie Linderman?” “Of course.” “Offered me a job starting November first.” “Why then?” “Current guy retires December first. Katie wants him to break me in.” “Where?” “Her family’s company.” “Yeah, but where?” “Portland.” “Doing what?” “CFO.” “Speak English, Billy.” “Chief financial officer.” “Which means?” “I oversee revenues, cash flow, look to optimize capital assets.” “The money man?” “For the most part.” “And it pays?” “Your best Saturday, multiplied by five.” “A week?” “With full health, dental and eye care benefits, and a performance bonus.” “I get selling out for six figures, but why not enjoy one last blowout summer?” “Thought about it, but I need a change from the bar, the tourists, the hook-ups.” “Hooking up with Katie?” “No.” “I could see that as an added bonus.” “Might ruin it, too.” “How’d you hear about the job?” “She called me.” “When?” “Three weeks ago.” “So you didn’t go to Portland to see Rustic Overtones.” “I did. When she called I said I could come the same day. Two birds, one stone.” “But you’re up to sharing this place next
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