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219 Personalities 40 I Fooled Around and Fell in Love…With Maine Blues legend Elvin Bishop talks Maine, music, and Japanese ahead of his stop at Rockland’s North Atlantic Blues Festival July 17. Interview by Colin W. Sargent
191 The Last Picture Show? Drama behind the silver screen at Pride’s Corner and Bridgton Drive-Ins. By Michael Schoch
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212 Everyday Sommelier This summer, everything’s coming up rosés. By Ralph Hersom 218 Dining Guide 219 Restaurant Review Scales: On the Portland waterfront, slide into the city’s most hyped new restaurant. By Diane Hudson
Art&Style 277 Fiction
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Shelter&Design 249 House of the Month For Sale: The Mark Twain House on the York River. By Colin W. Sargent
254 New England Homes & Living
Perspectives 30 From the Editor 32 Letters 170 Eye in the Sky
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203 “Oversexed, Overfed, Over Here” Why, oh, why does Sweden hate Maine lobster, and why have they proposed an EU ban on the invasion? From Staff & Wire Reports
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Maine life 34 Maine Classics 37 Summerguide 67 Chowder 68 Portland After Dark: Where’s the Party? Late nights, loud music. By Karen Hofreiter
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179 Journey Without Maps & Hacking Maine An insider guide to Vacationland. From Staff & Wire Reports
197 Shipping News
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209 Extraordinary Maine Disinterring Maine’s haunted history. By Loren & Jenny Coleman
217 L’Esprit de l’Escalier “Lucky Cob” By Rhea Côté Robbins
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More intimately, the reason why we luxuriate in our fiction section is, we care about writing, and we care about you. Reading is an out-of-body experience. It’s fun to travel with writers who think long and deep about Maine. And every Summerguide, we go all out to grab a big name. Writers up in lights in Portland Magazine’s pantheon include Christina Baker Kline (Orphan Train), Rick Moody (The Ice Storm), Mameve Medwed, Jack Driscoll, Morgan Callan Rogers, Andrew McCarthy, Gwen Thompson, Michael C. White, John Buffalo Mailer, Lewis Turco, Jason Brown, Ann Hood, Kate Christensen, and on and on. Because we’re driven by writing, our interns become stars. Our first intern, Hannah Holmes, is the author of The Secret Life of Dust. Intern Jason Brown wrote fiction for us before W.W. Norton published his Driving the Heart and he won a visiting writer’s chair at Stanford. Don’t miss Gwen Thompson’s prize-winning novella Men Beware Women. So who’s the über talent in this issue? Dan Domench has written for us a record 42 times in our just over 300 issues. The fiction section is a private squash court to him, a box full of tension, a place of exactness. The second I started reading his story “Perhaps You Can’t Help Yourself,” a shiver ran through me. Here, I send that shiver to you.
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Paget Brewster (as “Kathy,” she dated Joey and Chandler in Season 4 of Friends) is starring in the Kyle Rankin movie The Witch Files which has been filming in Brunswick, Bath, and Portland since May. She recently tweeted: “Tip: If you shoot a movie out of town, eat only local food. Tip 2: Always shoot in Maine…” We think she’s on to something.
Rankin’s other Maine horror flick, screening in Europe (see Madrid Film Festival poster, right), just won its U.S. distribution rights. Night of the Living Deb, the zombie spoof based in Portland, will be available for purchase this September. Look out for local landmarks. 3 4 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
Maine a Shoe-in in Rio
At the Rio Olympics this August, every Team USA athlete will represent Maine, from heel to toe. Ralph Lauren, official U.S. opening ceremony outfitters, enlisted Lewiston’s Rancourt & Co Shoemakers to design the bespoke footwear. The third-generation fatherson duo was “incredibly honored and pleased to showcase the shoemaking heritage that still exists in Maine.” Look for these all-American red, white, and blue leather boat shoes on your favorite Olympic stars. You can own them, too: $350, ralphlauren.com
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Brown Bag Lunch Series at Portland Public Library Downtown workers, grab your lunchbox and head over to the library for one of the bi-weekly free lectures and Q&A sessions, starring authors from here and away. The event is an excellent excuse to escape your desk, enjoy some free CBD coffee, and get inspired by their line up of speakers. June 29 Susan Conley and Winky Lewis speak about their new book, Stop Here This is the Place: A Year in Motherland. July 13 Matthew Langdon Cost speaks about his new book, Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War: At Every Hazard. July 27 Roger Guay and Kate Clark Flora speak about their new book A Good Man with a Dog. Aug. 10 Portland Magazine Founding Editor, Colin W. Sargent, speaks about his new book, The Boston Castrato. Aug 24 Adam Hochschild to speak about his new book, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Civil War.
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I Fooled Around and Fell in Love…With Maine This summer for Elvin Bishop, it’s Toronto; then Rockland, Maine; then California. Among a million places. I n t e r v ie w B y C o l i n W. S a r g e n t
Have you ever been to Maine before?
Yeah, I have! Oh, I don’t know when the first time was. I’ve been to the North Atlantic Maine Blues Festival before and got some good lobster and met a lot of nice people and had a nice time. I’ve been to Orono, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After the first 10,000 shows, some seem to slip away.
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With New Orleans, it’s jazz. With Memphis and Chicago, it’s blues. Do you think of Maine as having a sound you can hook into?
You’re a brainiac, a National Merit Finalist who studied physics at the University of Chicago. Exactly how many Elvin Bishops are there?
Well, I don’t know about the brainiac thing. I was always just a good test taker, you know? Basically the college was a cover for getting to where the blues was. My family was poor, from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Black people played the blues in Tulsa, but hanging out between different races was highly discouraged back then, in the 1950s. I went to Chicago to look for the blues.
Your carefree sound isn’t afraid of silence between the notes. How did you get there?
Come on. That would put the musical ‘you’ into Wilt Chamberlain territory.
When you first start out you try and cram everything in. My heroes have always been people who were saying something meaningful and definite, and there’s only so much of that in life.
Hold on a second. The line is, “I must have been through about a million girls.” Everyone says million when it doesn’t mean a million. And “through” does not mean “made love to!” It’s knowing people, talking with them, agreeing or disagreeing with them. Back then, I did what a young man did. Now, I’m happily married!
Here’s a question from the women in our office. In “I Fooled Around & Fell In Love,” you have the line “I must have made love to a thousand girls.”
Sept. 4; Renaissance Rivalries: Painting and its Sister Arts, through Nov. 27; This is a Portrait if I Say So: Identity in American Art, 1912 to Today, Jun. 25-Oct. 23. 725-3275 bowdoin.edu/art-museum
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165 State Street, Portland Magazine Headquarters. Author Michael White reads from Resting Places, his latest novel, on Aug. 12, 7 p.m.
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I think of lobster and blueberries. Very few places have their own sound these days. New Orleans is one of them. Radio was a smoothing-out influence. The world keeps changing and you have to roll with it.
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I’ve loved ’em all, or I wouldn’t have ended up writing ’em. I don’t think I’m great in any aspect, but I like to take situations and nail them in a song. They come from my own experience. If I don’t pick cotton, I don’t write songs about picking cotton. Have you ever ventured far afield? Opera? Punk?
I have a pretty lively appreciation of my limitations, and I kind of know what to leave alone. I’m mildly interested in jazz, I like country, but what I love is blues. When everything’s going right, my songs use my strong points and avoid my weak points. Blues helps you get through hard places. But you’ve been to some very dark, very hard places personally. How has your music evolved across time?
If you do something for 40 or 50 years and you don’t get any better at it, shame on you. I’ve always had a feeling of what I’m on that stage for. I want to be asked back. I’ve always done as much blues as the traffic would bear, and that was damn little in the 1970s and 1980s.
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If there’s something I want to do that people don’t want to hear, I play it on my own back porch, under the stars.
Yvette Torres Fine Art, 464 Main Street, Rockland. Francis Grant: A Painting Is Something You Cannot Do. Through Jun. 26
Most of my vices happened when I was younger, I think. As for my secrets, I spend a lot of time reading and writing Japanese. I was in Japan five or six times before I started to do it. I’d see signs flash by while we were driving during a tour, and I was always asking Japanese musicians, what does that say? To start off, I learned two syllabaries of 50 characters each. But you need two thousand characters to read the newspapers, so I learned those. Every night I just sit down and write Kanji. I have friends in Japan and write letters back and forth. You’re asking me how many Elvin Bishops there are? I’m a maniac gardener and canner. My kiwi jam is good. I have a pretty good hot sauce.
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Quebe Sisters –The trio of fiddle-playing sisters transfix with their harmonies. Port City Music Hall, July 23. local galleries, studios, and museums, Jul. 8, Aug. 5. firstfridayartwalk.com Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Margaret Gerding: Maine Light through Jul. 2. 772-2693 greenhutgalleries.me Mayo Street Arts, 110 Mayo St., Hilary Irons: Petrouchka, images from the 1911 Ballet Russes Ballet. May through Aug. 26. 879-4629 mayostreetarts.org PhoPa Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., Portland.
See website for upcoming events. phopagallery.com Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Portland. Duncan Hewitt: Turning Strange, through Sep. 4; Georges Braque: Surface and Space, Jun. 21-Sep. 11; Skowhegan at Seventy, Jun. 4-Oct. 10; O’Keeffe, Stettheimer, Torr, Zorach, Jun. 23-Sep. 18. 775-6148 portlandmuseum.org Richard Boyd Pottery, Epps Street, Peaks Island. Rob Anderson: Solo exhibi-
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What new music will you be busting out with in Maine?
I’m recording a new CD right now with a bunch of original tunes on it. It’s called... I don’t know yet. We’ll see. I don’t know if it’ll be ready for the show in Maine, but the band I’m bringing to Maine will be. n The North Atlantic Blues Festival, Rockland. July 16-17. 207-5966055 northatlanticbluesfestival.com
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One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland. The Portland Jazz Orchestra, Jun. 16, Jul. 21; Barrule, Jun.21; Miles Nielsen & the Rusted Hearts, Jun. 23; Miss Tess & the Talkbacks, Jun. 24; The DuPont Brothers, Jun. 30; Lula Wiles, Jul. 5; Makem & Spain, Jul. 19; Mary Fahl, Jul. 23; Matthew Logan Vasquez, Jul. 25; Shel, Jul. 29. 761-1757 onelongfellowsquare.com Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland. The Low Anthem, Jun. 22; Delta Rae, Jun. 25; SWMRS, Jun. 27; The Movement, Jun. 30; Cats Under the Stars, Jul. 6; The Record Company, Jul. 21; Intronaut, Jul. 22; The Quebe Sisters, Jul. 23; Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Jul. 25; The Paper Kites, Jul. 29; The Struts, Aug. 1. 956-6000 portcitymusichall.com
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Salt Bay Chamberfest, Damariscotta. Looking Forward, Looking Back: the early masterworks by Mendelssohn, Schoenberg and Brahms. Aug. 9-20. 522-3749 saltbaychamberfest.org State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. Rodrigo y Gabriela, Jun. 22; Sleep, Jun. 24; Tommy Emmanuel, Jun. 25; Emblem3, Jun. 28; The Tallest Man On Earth with Lady Lamb, Jul.
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Craft beer tastings every Fri. 956-7322 craftbeercellar.com Flanagan Farm, 668 Narragansett Trail (Rt. 202), Buxton. Benefit dinners prepared by local chefs to benefit Maine Farmland Trust. 2016 is “Word Play: The Color Series.” Green: Rob Evans of Duckfat and Masa Miyake of Miyake and Pai Men Miyake, Jun. 26; Pink: Wilson Rothschild of Terlingua and Anders Tallberg of Roustabout, Jul. 31; Black: Sous-per Crew, Aug. 7. flanaganstable.com Local Sprouts, 649 Congress St., Portland. Music Brunch with Sean Mencher and friends, every Sun. localsproutscooperative.com Lolita Vinoteca + Asador, 90 Congress St., Portland. Tapas Mondays, every Mon. 3-11 p.m.; wines & small plates pairings. 775-5652 lolita-portland.com Maine Whoopie Pie Festival, Dover-Foxcroft. Celebrate Maine’s favorite dessert with $.25 samples from Maine bakers. “Earn Your Whoopie Pie” with children’s and adult road races organized by the Piscataquis Regional YMCA. Music, contests and rummage sales as well as other fun family activities keep the fun going well beyond the sugar high, Jun. 25. mainewhoopiepiefestival.com Old Port Wine Merchants, 223 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tastings every third Wed. 7729463 oldportwine.com
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Biddeford Boat Building Festival, 32 Main Street, Biddeford. Six participant teams will each build their own Compass Skiff, a 10-foot motorboat, over the course of the weekend. The festival will also include nautical-themed exhibitors, local youth non-profits, a Saturday evening event at Engine with special guests the Lowell Brothers, kids’ activities, food and music, and more. compassproject.org Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 132 Botanical Gardens Dr., Boothbay. Classic Plantastic! Plant Sale, Jun. 18 & 19. mainegardens.org Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Center St., Portland. Jim Gaffigan, Jul. 14. 775-3458 crossarenaportland.com Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., Bangor. Cirque du Soleil: OVO, Jun. 2-5; WWE Live Summerslam Tour, Jul. 16; Ron White, Jul. 30. 561-8300 crossinsurancecenter.com Cumberland Arts & Crafts Show, Cumberland Fairgrounds, 197 Blanchard Road. Aug. 11-14. 200 talented Maine artisans will be exhibiting at one of Maine’s largest art and crafts shows. unitedmainecraftsmen.com
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Summerguide Berwick. 1785 Georgian mansion on the Salmon Falls River purchased by Mrs. Emily Tyson in 1989, and restored to its former glory through the influence of the writings of Sarah Orne Jewett. W-Su, to Oct. 15. 384-2454 historicnewengland.org International Cryptozoology Museum, 11 Avon St., Portland & Thompson’s Point. Explore hidden and unknown animals like Yetis and Bigfoot and other worldwide cryptids. M, W-Sun. Cryptozoologymuseum.com Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, 226 Maine St., Brunswick. Built in 1824 and briefly occupied by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, long-term home of the Civil War hero Chamberlain, fourterm Maine governor, and president of Bowdoin College. Tu-Su, to Columbus Day. 729-6606 pejepscothistorical.org L.C. Bates Museum, 16 Prescott Dr., Hinckley. Maine’s early 20th-century natural history museum includes a mounted blue marlin donated by Ernest Hemingway. Apr-Sept, W-Sun. 2384350 gwh.org Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Exhibits, interaction, replicas, river cruises. Daily.443-1416 mainemaritimemuseum.org Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland. Down the Allagash, through Jun. 26; see website for upcoming exhibitions. 774-1822 mainehistory.org
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Tate House, 1267 Westbrook St., Portland. Capt. George Tate’s 1755 house with an unusual clerestory in the gambrel roof and an herb garden overlooking Stroudwater River. Jun.-Oct., W-Sat. 774-6177 tatehouse.org Thompson Ice House Museum, Rte. 129, South Bristol. Traditional methods of ice harvesting are employed at this historic national site. Jul-Aug. W, F, Sat. 644-8808 thompsonicehouse.com Umbrella Cover Museum, 62-B Island Ave., Peaks Island. World record holder of umbrella covers, each with a story of its own. Tu-Sun, to Labor Day. 939-0301, umbrellacovermuseum.org Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland. Historic house with collections from the High Victorian period. Built 1858-1860 for New Orleans hotelier Ruggles Morse, the mansion’s interiors boast original furniture and décor. Daily, group tours by reservation. 772-4841 victoriamansion.org
Choose an adventure to fit your style. Casco Bay Lines offers scenic cruises to the islands off Portland’s shore–choices range from a family outing to a romantic dinner get-away. Bring your bike, kayak, or walking shoes. Explore the islands. There truly is something for everybody! Visit www.cascobaylines.com/portlandmagoffer to download a money saving coupon.
Wadsworth-Longfellow House, 489 Congress St., Portland. Childhood home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, open daily to Oct. 31. 774-1822 mainehistory.org Wilhelm Reich Museum, 19 Orgonon Circle, Dodge Pond Rd., Rangeley. Research and living space of a colleague of Sigmund Freud, famous promoter of “orgones.” W-Sun, Jul.-Aug. 8643443, wilhelmreichtrust.org Compiled by Jeanee Dudley.
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The video game Fallout 4, currently grossing over $750M, now stars Maine. Enter Far Harbor, a small town on an island off the coast of Maine, overrun with ghouls, monsters and…giant mutant crabs. Far Harbor is the latest downloadable expansion ($24.99) of the popular video game, which takes place in the dystopian future of the year 2287. You can explore Mount Desert’s doppelgänger and go up against the terrifying creatures that inhabit its waters, deciding the fate of the Acadian island.
Music on Mt. Desert
This summer marks the 50th summer of the Bar Harbor Music Festival, July 3-31. International musicians wow with piano solos, pops concerts, even opera theater. Inset (l-r): Cara Chowning, pianist; Janinah Burnett, soprano; and Keith Harris, baritone will perform “Dinner at Don Juan’s” July 10 at the Bar Harbor Club.
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Blame it on the map-makers. Even though Maine’s Sugarloaf Mountain (4,237 feet) is known worldwide, it’ll be overshadowed by its diminutive counterpart in Brazil this summer, thanks to the Rio Olympics. Sheila Tosta of the Rio de Janeiro Tourism Authority goes so far as to deny the existence of Maine’s mountain: “There is no Sugarloaf in the United States. It’s only in Rio de Janeiro.”
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If something deep inside you dreams of being a tipsy galley slave, you can gratify that wish (and still enjoy a cold beer on the ocean this summer), thanks to Maine Baycycles. Peaks Island’s Neil Kinner has brought this specially designed booze cruise to our waters after spending time in Portland, Oregon on a similar contraption, the “Brew Barge.” Part pedalo, part boat, the cruiser has individual pedal stations (think teamwork, bro) as well as bench seating for those who’d rather sit back and watch the others do the work. Since it’s a booze cruise, quick question: Where’s the head? Visit mainebaycycle.com. Summerguide 2016 67
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Summer city classics In Portland, it’s not always at the trendy newcomer locales that you’ll find the really good times. Some of the city’s most tried-and-true do it best, with the characteristic warmth and laid-back atmospheres most conducive to high spirits and hedonism. Remember those illicit backyard parties of your underage youth, the ones your friends threw while their overly trusting parents were vacationing in Italy? Blaring and rambunctious with stale Doritos and warm, flat beer in red Solo
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here’s something about those long and languid summer days that makes seizing the cooler nights an imperative. Portland’s Old Port offers a plethora of opportunities (despite the complaints of a few killjoy guests at nearby hotels) to get loose and loud well into the witching hours.
Party? Where the music’s hot, where the beer’s cold, where everybody is. By karen hofreiter
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Old Orchard Beach is an epicenter of loud music and dancing every night of the summer. The Brunswick pub deck is the place for live music. Line-up includes: Hello Newman, June 17; Quiet Riot Act, June 19; Dan Merrill, June 24; Tickle!, July 1; Stolen Mojo, July 3; Sons of the Beach, July 10; The Inflatables, July 16; Diezel, July 23; Mitch Alden, August 1; Stolen Mojo, August 6; The Dapper Gents Duo, August 9; MB Padfield, August 16; Jodie Cunningham, August 20; The Hurricanes, August 27; Alex Roy, August 31.
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On the Pier The Maine State Pier lineup for this summer includes: Dashboard Confessional, June 15; Awolnation, June 21; Barenaked Ladies, June 24; Josh Turner, June 25; Whitesnake, June 26; Melissa Etheridge, July 2; The Beach Boys, July 7; Lee Brice, July 8; 311, July 17; Slightly Stoopid, July 21; Joe Walsh, July 28; George Thorogood, August 5; Pilip Philips and Matt Nathanson, August 7; Gov’t Mule and Blackberry Smoke, August 11; Hunter Hayes, August 12; Bush and Chevelle, August 13; Dark Star Orchestra, August 14; Flogging Molly, August 16; Goo Goo Dolls, August 17; The Band Perry, August 18; Bonnie Raitt, August 19; and Blues Traveler and The Wallflowers, August 28.
February 2016). Head just around the corner and you’ll find another deck for dancing at The Porthole (20 Custom House Wharf, Portland, (773-4653, portholemaine.com). The expansive wharf-side patio draws high-spirited hordes on balmy summer nights with live local acts, plates
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the Mallett Brothers Band, July 4 at he nightly live jams 7:30pm, followed by fireswork around coming from the 9pm; Frankie Ballard, July 23; Grace wharf-side deck at Potter, July 30; Lyle Lovett and His the Portland Lobster ComLarge Band, August 6; The Lone Bellow, August 13; The Ballroom pany (180 Commercial Street, Thieves, August 20. Portland, 775-2112, portlandlobstercompany.com) liven up this long stretch of Commercial Street. It’s hard not to be lured over for a beer, bite, and perhaps a little boogie–if there’s space, that is–in the “crowded, hectic atmosphere” (Tripadvisor reviewer, Killington, VT, De7 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
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cember 2015). The incredibly popular lobcups? Swap these out for authentic toastster and seafood joint is almost always ed tortilla chips and local craft beer and packed with locals and tourists alike, cramthat’s exactly the vibe you’ll find on a summing in to crack lobsters and sip Mainemer’s eve at Amigos Mexican Restaurant (9 brewed summer ales, while soaking up the Dana Street, Portland 772-0772). In the outlive music lacing the fragrant sea breeze. door space out back strings of lights along “This place is straight up ROCKING what the high wood fencing, a band tucked in the seems like every day of the week during corner, and the youthful, shoulder-to-shoulpeak season.” (Yelp reviewer, Flushing, NY, der crowd create that homegrown, throwntogether-last-minute atmosphere of an authentic party. As a local party fiend put it: “The name of the place should be ‘The IT bar of the Old Port.’ It’s just dive-bar enough to scare away the high-maintenance types, the whiners, the snobs, the yuppies, and the hipsters… and the patio Every summer L.L.Bean hosts is where it’s at!” (Yelp, Septemfree concerts in Discovery ber 2015). Park, Freeport. This year’s lineup:
Foreigner will be playing in Rangeley on July 30th with the mountains of Western Maine as the back drop.
By the Lake of briny oysters, and no-frills cocktails. From post-work suits ditching their jackets and loosening their ties during happy hour, to slap-happy tourists already on their sixth round, there’s “plenty of people-watching:
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young folks dressed for the clubs, old folks dancing to music...” (Yelp reviewer, El Dorado, CA, August 2013). Another famed Portland patio sits on the rooftop of Brian Boru (57 Center Street,
Portland, 780-1506, brianboruportland. com). At this classic Irish pub, join the sea of sunglasses while guzzling Guinness or sipping cider and listening to live bands (Thursday-Sunday) cranking out everything from reggae to funk to rock and pop covers. While some may not be too keen on the craic–“a really LOUD bar” (Yelp, Wilmington, DE, September 2015)–for the rest of us, that’s the whole point. As a native Irishman raved, “This bar is without doubt one of the reasons I’d return to Portland for a night out. The rooftop bar was busy and with the live band playing the atmosphere was wonderful” (Tripadvisor, August 2015). Really loud and really big ortland’s premier outdoor concert venues offer a slew of national acts for all tastes...as long as your taste is big, bold, and blasting. Join the 3,000 revelers at the Maine State Pier (Commercial and Franklin streets, Portland, Box Office 358-9327, waterfrontconcerts.com) and catch acts like Top-40 rapper Fat Joe (June
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Porthole’s lineup for this summer includes: Ben Kilcollins, June 15; Dapper Duo, June 16; Northern Groove, June 17; Isaiah Bennet, June 22; Ragged Jack, June 25; Scotty Lank, June 28; Slygo Road, July 3; North of Nashville, July 16; The DumBum Show, July 28; Downeast Soul Coalition, July 29; Whiskey Militia, July 31; Marshall Nelson, August 4; Sam Shain, August 8; Jenna Pigney, August 13; Mike Krapovicky, August 16; Jim Gallant, August 19; Best Not Broken, August 25; Dean Ford & The Keepsakes, August 26; Radio Revival, August 28.
dig music next to the ocean???” (Facebook fan, October 2015).
Weekend wind-down Just because it’s Sunday and you’re back to the grind in 12 hours doesn’t have to mean a dreary night in. Taking in a film at Congress Square Park is the perPortland Lobster Co.’s lineup for this summer fect chilled yet social last call to includes: Eric Bettencourt & Friends (every Wednesday)June a party warrior weekend. Grab 25; The Still, June 27; Conner Garvey & Friends, June 28; your camp chair and drink coolThe Shakes, June 30. July 7, Downeast Soul Coalition; July er and join the audience for classic 15, The Loud Fun; July 18, Muddy Ruckus; July 24, Mitch thrillers like North by Northwest Alden Duo; July 28, The Shakes; July 31, Free Volt. and Psycho; retro rom-coms like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Manhattan; and for event listings) also boasts a stellar linebeloved blockbusters like E.T., Indiana Jones, up this summer. Enjoy acts like progressive and Star Wars. Laugh, cry, and get goose rock group Moe. (June 17) and the feel-good bumps in unison while the weekend slips bereggae tunes of Michael Franti & Spearhind the giant silver screen and the rush of head (June 15) while enjoying the view over traffic and pedestrians on Congress Street the Fore River and feasting on food truck fades to a peaceful lull. Portland Summer favorites from CN Shawarma and FishFilm Series (Congress Square Park, Portin’ Ships. Last summer’s concert-goers alland, portlandsummerfilms.com; see webways mention the incredible sunsets from site for schedules and times). n the open-air venue. After all, “Who doesn’t
Along the Waterfront 4); indie rock band Dashboard Confessional (June 15); and the epitome-of-summer crooners, the Beach Boys (July 7). Beyond the masses and the mammoth steel-frame stage, serene sailboats float through Casco Bay, providing an a picturesque backdrop to the revelry. The recently reopened Thompson’s Point (Thompson’s Point Road, Portland, (207) 747-5288, statetheatreportland.com
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Empire’s Lobster Longevity Noodle (wok-fried in the shell, over housevmade broad rice noodles), which is available year-round, gets a lazy summer makeover: Lobster Lo Mein is fresh-picked lobster meat, stir-fried with soba noodles, bean sprouts, and broccoli. This comfort-food dish is off-menu, so ask your server.
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Grilled Cheese With Benefits “The Lobster Melt’s on the lunch and brunch menu year-round,” says Karl Deuben, who co-owns and co-chefs with Bill Leavy at the East Ender. The popular twostory pub shares the eastern-most and hottest block of Middle Street with Duckfat, Ribollita, and the Hugo’s/Eventide/Honeypaw row. “We do it on the Pullman loaf from Southside Bakery. We make our bacon jam and a peppadew relish with fenSummerguide 2016 75
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Evo’s chef Matt Ginn won the Maine Lobster Chef challenge at last year’s Harvest on the Harbor with this Turkish-style poached lobster with roasted squash and rich, eggy, handmade pasta (left). Among the judges was restaurateur/chef Harding Smith, who pronounced it “remarkable.” At right, Empire’s Lobster Rangoons. Below, Lobster Lo Maine at the Academe Brasserie in Kennebunk is garnished with crisp bits of pork belly.
nel and other things, and there’s Pineland Farms jack cheese. Our mayo has lobster stock reduced down to essence. It’s a nice sandwich.” Imperial Treasures e’re seated alongside a flowerpot forest of jade trees at Empire watching Congress Street’s usual circus parade. Empire runs like a clock; it has to, because it’s almost always busy. The atmosphere
Shelling Out
It’s no secret that Maine is known for its lobster, the red clawed crustacean is practically part of the state’s iconography. Now restaurants around the country are cashing in on our lobster’s sterling provenance. A Portland-based non-profit recently carried out a report based on a survey of over 7,000 American restaurants. Their findings show that eateries listing Maine caught lobster on their menus will charge on average $6.22 more for the dish. With restaurants showing an increased interest in food sourcing, top chefs are drawn to the sustainability and local credentials of the Maine catch. And it seems diners are more than happy to fork out the extra for such a premium product. Now that’s some elite lobster. 7 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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is simple, elegant, and precise. The chopsticks are red lacquer, not disposable. Our waitress sets down a square dish on which four crisp Lobster Rangoons ($8) stand at attention. They’re exceptional, filled with hot, fluffy cream cheese spiked with minced lobster and tiny bits of tobiko roe and scallion. Portland is where everything can be made more fabulous when it’s made with lobster. Our server returns with a bamboo basket holding three steamed Lobster Dumplings ($9). We’re still exclaiming over the tasty rangoons. “You picked some of the best things,” she murmurs, slipping away. Go East “One Maine Roll,” commands Yosaku’s owner and sushi master extraordinaire. Takahiro Sato stands tall, bespectacled, and perfectly straight behind the gleaming sushi bar, working in a line with his minions, deftly rolling, filling, garnishing, and plating seafood. In a moment, a Maine maki sushi roll appears. Summerguide 2016 77
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Eventide on Middle Street serves up a lobster roll a lightas-air bun, filled with lobster that’s been quickly sauteed in brown butter.
Five perfect cylinders bound with ribbons of black nori seaweed are arranged artfully on a square plate with red-leaf lettuce, pale slices of pickled ginger, and a pyramid of wasabi completing the garnish. Dainty asparagus tips and pincers of lobster claw meat rise up from the rice, avocado, and julienned cucumber in each slice. The perfect Japanese lobster roll is as far east as you can travel from a lobster shack roll–and it’s delicious. It’s $10.50. “We make a lot of these,” says Taka-san.
Try This If you’re lucky enough to run into the guys from High Roller Lobster Co. at one of their usual haunts (hint: it’s probably a brewery), you’ll be torn between the fail-safe classic lobster rolls and the intriguing rotating specials. Look out for lobster cake burgers, lobster bagel, and their delectable “xo buns”– steamed rice buns, tender lobster, and spicy seafood and alioli sauce to garnish.“There’s also our secret menu item, The Big Rig. Our take on a Big Mac, it’s a bun with lobster, bacon, and crab cake!” says co-owner Baxter Key.
The Golden Roll Seafood flies out of Eventide’s kitchen pretty much constantly starting around noon. It’s also around noon that every seat and stool is occupied and will likely remain so until closing time at midnight. It takes a
Bayside American Café makes a mean lobster eggs benedict (left). Harbor Fish Market attracts the tourists, and it’s the go-to spot for locals and chefs to pick up fresh seafood. 7 8 p o r t l a n d mo n thly m a g a z i n e
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Frisky Bisque t’s no secret that Maine Lobster Bisque is one of our rewards for living in a place where it might snow in April. At shiny new Scales on Commercial Street they’ve taken bisque someplace truly exotic. “There’s been a little bit of blow-back,” says chef Michael Smith. “You know, that we’re not making the sludgy version with a ton of cream. Traditional food is like Thanksgiving food–people have their set expectations. “We make the lobster stock with the shells. We use tomatoes. The base is onion, celery root, thyme, bay leaf, a little smoked paprika, and sunchokes [Jerusalem artichoke]. I like what sunchokes and lobster do together. We deglaze with a good fino sherry. We only add a bit of cream before serving.” Scales’s bisque is spicy, nuanced, and more exciting than its simple Yankee forebear–as if the soup pot had snuck off to Marseille on vacation. But it’s served with house-made, hexagonal, flaky-crisp oyster crackers, as if to promise you it hasn’t forgotten where it comes from. It’s $9 a cup.
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fun with the beautiful dishes they create. Their award-winning Lobster Pot Pie has been featured on the Food Network show Best Thing I Ever Ate and the Travel Channel’s Food Paradise. Poached lobster meat, peas, corn, potatoes are topped with pastry. “Yes I do make the puff pastry, and it’s hand rolled–very old school,” says Shanna. “And yes, Lobster Pot Pie will forever be on our menu.” But why stop there? “Now we have our Lobster White Truffle Pizza which was featured in Oprah Magazine. We also have our Lobster Lo Maine–chilled lobster and miso noodles garnished with crispy Asian pork belly.”n
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espite the undeniable beauty of the landscape, Flanagan admits his favorite place on the island is actually “the living room, with that massive stone fireplace and seating all around. It’s a very comfortable place, and we’ve enjoyed a lot of good moments there as a family.” If you can drag yourself away from this cozy den, you’ll be spoiled by the numerous swimming spots and sun-dappled paths through the forest. Keep an eye out for the many deer and their fawns that roam here. “You’ve got the sandy southern beach facing out over Sebago Lake. When it gets stormy and the wind picks up, you can just go to the bay on the north side and you’re totally sheltered,” Flanagan says. With the diverse landscape and luxurious winterized cabin, you’ve truly got a sanctuary for all seasons.
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Casco Bay, Cumberland, 1.5 acres “Location is everything,” Jeff England says. And he should know, as the owner of a private island smack in the middle of Casco Bay for quarter of a century. “Islands this pristine are rare, especially with its sandy beach, rocky coast, and proximity to Portland.” Positioned perfectly between Chebeague and Cliff Islands, Sand Island catches stirring views of the mega-yachts and sailboats bound for Portland Harbor from Harpswell. “Generations can pass by before any island like this becomes available.” With expansive sandy beaches more akin to a Caribbean island than a Maine one, Sand Island has drawn attention from House and Garden magazine, who who dreamed out loud, “What is more deliciously indulgent than…sitting in their shirtsleeves and shorts, sifting the sand with their toes, watching the children discover the joy of piling up rocks?” The island’s deepwater anchorage is ideal for a boat owner. There are no lodgings on the island, apart from the “bomba shack,” a basic wooden structure on the shore. You
can use Sand Island as your $2.5M sunbathing spot and make 30-minute boat trips to the hotels of downtown Portland. According to England, “If Casco Bay is the oyster, then Sand Island is the one and only natural pearl.” So attractive is it, “Once I took my son to the island and saw that some ‘visitors’ had had a bachelor party there” the night before. Carefully, “My son and I went around the north tip of the island. I can’t tell you what we saw.”
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Great Moose Lake, Hartland, 6 acres, $229,900 “To make a long story short, it’d been broken into by a bunch of kids–it was a wreck.” This was how current Rocky Crest Island owner David Dean found the island when he first visited. He convinced the previous owner, who’d been absent from the island for several years, to sell it to
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he sunsets are just rip-your-heartout gorgeous,” Dean says. “At night after twilight, all you can hear is the loons calling from across the lake. It’s very primitive. It’s haunting.” And the loons might not be the only ones haunting the island. One night, Dean and his friends ventured on a fishing trip. One of his pals owned a local brewery, so he brought a keg along. They enjoyed part of it, fell asleep, and woke to find the keg tipped over and empty. “Overnight, the winds must’ve picked up,” he says, a sense of something spooky lingering in the air. If a thirsty ghost doesn’t scare you, Rocky Crest might be just perfect. “People who buy islands are different,” Dean says. “There’s something about an island that can real9 2 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
ly get you in touch nature.” With one of the best environments for bald eagles in Maine, warm and cold-water fish swimming in the waters, and plenty of space for island hikes, getting in touch with nature shouldn’t be too hard. Aptly named “Rocky Crest,” the house is perched just above large, gray rocks that serve as the perfect diving board for a hot August swim. Mid-dive, time stops and you’re there forever. “It’s really something everyone should experience,” Dean said.
Little Freese Deer Isle, 7 Acres
When Paul and June Farrow took a boat across the water from Deer Isle to Little Freese with their realtor in 1998, it was a bleak and freezing February morning. “The island was entirely ringed with ice,” notes Paul. Regardless, their connection with the place was “spontaneous and emotional.” Visit Little Freese in summer and you’ll find conditions a lot more hospitable. In
2000, the Farrows built an airy, gabled three-bedroom house in a clearing in the heart of the island. Pine-paneled, with large thermal windows, the house needs next to no work to make it ready for a family to move in. Expect the kids to fight over the rights to the mezzanine bedroom, accessible only by ladder. The spacious living and dining areas beg to be filled with guests drinking and feasting on a summer evening. Paul recommends interrupting the festivities at dusk to run to the shoreline. “Looking west, you can see the sun setting on the horizon through a gap in the cove.” The island is also a perfect fit for an artist. The original owner, a sculptor, built what is now the boathouse on the southeastern corner of the island, its second floor devoted entirely to studio space. On the mainland, Little Freese boasts a private boat launch off Sunshine Road. Next to the launch is a large barn with sliding glass doors, which Paul says “would make an ideal gallery space.”
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And it’s just a short drive down the road to take a class at the internationally renowned Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. But you don’t need to be an artist to appreciate the natural beauty of the island. Over 2,600 feet of coastal paths ring the island’s diverse shoreline of pink granite rock, sandy beaches, and muddy mussel beds. A favorite spot is “The Rock,” a granite outcrop jutting from the southwest point of the island. “We carry chairs and sit there watching the sun set, facing the Deer Isle thoroughfare. You’ll see windjammers and sometimes two- or threemasted ships sailing into the bay.” You might even have some impromptu company. “There are loons, eagles, mink. Often, a mother seal will leave her pup on the rocks for hours while she hunts.” Stretch your legs by taking a stroll across the causeway to “Freeselet,” a tiny additional island on the eastern shore. Completely undeveloped, it’s the perfect place to take a picnic break from your painting studio.
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uilt in 1898, the historic estate on Clapboard Island West boasts 10 bedrooms, 13 working fireplaces, seven full baths, two half baths, and a large stone pier. A mere six miles north of downtown Portland, it’s just a short boat ride from Falmouth Town Landing or the Old Port. If you’re traveling from further afield, never fear: The property has its own helipad. Six miles may not seem far from the rest of civilization, but the island is surrounded by 40 sheltered square miles of Casco Bay, perfect for deepwater sailing. According to a 1929 ad for the island, this body of water was recorded as “several degrees warmer than at nearby ocean resorts.” This is Maine, so it’s prob-
ably still pretty cold. Philadelphia philanthropist Samuel F. Houston commissioned 100 artisans to build the home in 1898. His father ran the Pennsylvania Railroad, allowing him access to swift transportation of materials from all over the United States, including beautiful Oregon pine that still glows in the vast structure today. Since then, modern amenities have been added to the property, including solar-powered electricity and a genera-
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tor. But you can still enjoy the original, classic feel of the place with the authentic period furniture that fills the house. Outside, take your pick of five swimming beaches and stretch your legs along the maintained trails that follow the 3,200 feet of shorefront. If one island isn’t enough for you, Little Clapboard Island, accessible from the mainland at low tide, is included in the price. For less than a Manhattan condo, you can own two beautiful islands in Casco Bay.
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wo Mile Island, true to its name, sits just a couple of miles from several boat landings on the shores of Moosehead Lake. Which, incidentally, also lives up to its name: “One day we looked up to see a moose on our lawn. It must’ve swum over,” owner Austin de Groat tells us. “We had to make the dog chase it away. It swam right back across the lake.” Nature comes alive here. “The beavers took down all our white birches one summer. And it was a bat nursery for a long time. It was home to hundreds of bats.” But don’t let that put you off–De Groat assures us the bats are now long gone. The island became a local recreation destination in the 1940s when Al Wheat, a retired Seabee who’d served in the Pacific in World War II, turned it into a camp for hunters and fishermen. Fishing remains a favorite pastime for visitors. “The lake is crystal clear, deep, and a great habitat for lake trout, salm-
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on, and bass, among other species,” de Groat says. The rich waters of this part of the lake, known has Lily Bay, carry the nickname “salmon shoal.” If fishing isn’t your forte, the island’s uniquely sandy shores provide a sunny outdoor alternative, perfect for a midday picnic. The lodge itself boasts solar power, high-speed internet, spacious rooms, and a stone fireplace made up of rocks and shells that the original owner brought back from his tour of duty in the Pacific.
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1.What many think Acadia is:
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“It’s the Roosevelts’ backyard, the most beautiful attraction in the world. It’s completely inside the borders of Acadia National Park, celebrating its 100th birthday this year!”
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2. What Acadia really is: Mi’kmaq suffix: akadie. French: “La Cadie.” “Acadia (French: Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day Maine to the Kennebec River.” –William Williamson The History of the State of Maine. Vol. 2. 1832 Translation: 1) Acadia is the coastal sweep from Bath and north to embrace all of maritime Canada. Seen this way, Acadia is an undiscovered part of yourself.
Events Visions of Acadia National Park: July 1-29 Visions of Acadia National Park at Southwest Harbor Public Library shows how artists saw or were interested in the same magnetic vistas, portrayed them differently, or strayed to another area of the park for a stunningly different experience. Includes drawings, engravings, paintings, and photographs from 1864 to this very second. 244-7065
Animals of Acadia in Bronze July 1 Bronze sculptor David Smus shares his love of Acadia in his presentation, “Animals of Acadia in Bronze” at ART on West Gallery. Included will be his latest, entitled “Kit and Caboodle” in a limited edition of only 30: a red fox vixen and kits mounted on Deer Isle Granite that was quarried near Acadia National Park. 288-9428 Miniatures for the Centennial July 1-31 Guest artist Michael Chesley Johnson, noted painter, workshop instructor, and arts writer, has spent the winter creating two dozen small oils of Acadia National Park to commemorate this special year. On show at Argosy II. 288-9226
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The earlier, more cosmopolitan sense of Acadia has been diminished summer by summer, year by year, because of English conquest and, frankly, Francophobia. Before there was a Bar Harbor, the lost settlement of Saint-Saveur, a Jesuit mission, was the dreamy capital of Mount Desert Island. In the deadly raid of 1613, English forces swept over the Jesuit mission. Samuel Argall (who captured and imprisoned Pocahontas) led the bloody attack, resulting in the murder of Saint-Saveur founder 1 0 4 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
Brother Gilbert Du Thet (1575-1613), killing many others in the process. The vanishing of Acadia had begun. Conquering historians are experts at forgetting. Best not to say Acadie above a whisper. It sounded so French, an unpleasant reminder of what the English did to wrest control of the area. Faster than quicklime erases the traces of a dead body, Acadia began to lose traction. But rest assured, before this attack, Acadia was a real and not a fabled place, its incomprehensibly vast dominions extending “roughly between the 40th and
50th parallels,” according to period documents from the French government. Its inhabitants included tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy and French settlers, the Acadian people who would later be deported by the British during the French and Indian War. Some of them made it to New Orleans, where they would become known as “Cajuns,” the very term Cajun a bastardization of “Acadian.” Turns out, we’re all Acadians When you talk about the 40th parallel and
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ost Mainers and visitors think of Acadia as simply Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor. It’s an exquisite jewel parkland of 74.15 square miles, underwritten by the Rockefeller family (mindful of the sweeping views, environmental benefits, and infinite tax-writeoff possibilities). In today’s relaxed geography, a softer definition of Acadia might venture to the borders of Mount Desert Island. That’s because that larger sense of “Acadie” has been endangered for over 400 years. That’s right, Acadia is shrinking.
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north, you’re including a sweep from New Jersey right up the coast into Canada. This was New France, more particularly Acadie. Turns out, Acadia isn’t just a park, it’s a mind-dazzling coastal spirit.
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oing through the Portland public school system, I was never told about the English raid on SaintSauveur. Instead, we learned how horrible it was for the English to have expelled the fictional Evangeline from her home, which thankfully was in Canada, so we United
States survivors of the British narrative didn’t have to feel guilty about it. This shrinking maneuver kept Acadia out of Maine entirely, but for the nominal coincidence of tiny Acadia National Park. This wiping out of Maine’s Frenchness, not to mention its pre-existing Wabanaki identities, is at the bottom of this feature story. At the top of it is fun, because to understand Acadia is a chance to know the place you love as never before.
eet Mark Hedden, 86. He’s the archaeologist who discovered new petroglyph sites in remote corners of Machias Bay that surprise with images of European ships. Inspired by these carvings, he has written exquisitely about “first European contact” between the first Mainers and the trading vessels of the early 17th century. To those who first saw them from Maine’s cliffs and shores, these ships must have seemed more alarming than space ships. Hedden’s vision: With every peck and scratch these shamans made into the stone to create these startling ship pictographs, they were losing magic themselves by documenting that such a thing existed. The concept of “contact,” a precise term for historians and archaeologists, must be particularly dear to Hedden now. He was in the news three years ago for having lost contact himself as he hiked in his 118-acre wilderness tract behind his house in Vienna, Maine, disappearing for hours. He independently found his way home–just ahead of the Warden Service dogs, firefighters, and ATVs that had been called in to comb the woods for him. More recently, he broke his hip and has struggled with a lengthy stay in the hospital, fighting to come home. “I’m getting his study ready and trying to order his materials, in the hope he’ll get back to work here soon,” his wife, Carol, says. What Hedden has already given us is precious. In “Contact Period Petroglyphs in Machias Bay, Maine,” published in the journal Archaeology of Eastern North America, Hedden describes “two previously unrecorded petroglyph sites in Machias Bay containing Native American representations of 17th-century sailing vessels.” They are his discoveries. “To a cultural historian the sites are important because the ships and associated designs give clues to what was going on in the minds of the Native Americans.” Heddon believes the Machias stone engravings are part of an unbroken artistic tradition going back to 3,000 years. Of this “lost picture show starring the European ships,” he writes: “There are good matches for the su(Continued on page 107)
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piscataquis county Picked By Todd Martin, Grassroots Outreach Coordinator Hiking trails run along Little Moose Mountain, offering opportunities including at undeveloped ponds, wildlife watching, and primitive modest day-hiking, fishing hike-in camping in a scenic, Favorite Season(s) to Visit: remote setting. Summer and fall Activities: Hiking, photography Why It’s Special: I hiked Little Moose Mountain for the first time two summers by the views of Moosehead ago and was blown away Lake and the surrounding mountains. The trail is well-maintained beautiful stone staircases leading to the summit. and has Tips: I recommend stopping for a dip in Moosehead Lake at the public dock for an ice cream at the dairy downtown, and swinging bar on Main Street afterwards. by More info and directions: http://www.mainetrailfinde r.com/trails/trail/little-moos e-mountain
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What’s in a Name To chart the evolution of popular understanding, consider: “The origin of the designation Acadia is credited to the explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, who on his 16th century map applied the ancient Greek name ‘Arcadia’ to the entire Atlantic coast north of Virginia...” according to Wikipedia. “Arcadia derives from the Arcadia district in Greece which since Classical antiquity had the extended meanings of ‘refuge’ or ‘idyllic place.’ The site goes on to quote
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perstructure in English, Dutch and Flemish galleons constructed between 1585 and 1590, all of which are marked by forecastles set back from the bow, curved up beaks and bowsprits which rise forward and out from the forecastle. On these large, threemasted ships, details of the stern castle, hull and rigging differ from those of a single-masted vessel. Perhaps the best overall match among the illustrations in the sources consulted is a smaller ship, called the Cromster by the Dutch, with a main mast and smaller mizzen, a fore-stay sail and sprit-sails from the main and mizzen masts. In this variety, a ship used in Elizabethan England and the Netherlands into the beginning of the seventeenth century, the rounded hull had a sharply raked stern castle that extended forward somewhat less than half the length of the main deck. The short, turned-up beak that gave the Cromster its Dutch name (from cromsteven–a bent or crooked stem) is much closer to the beak represented in the petroglyph than to the far more elaborate beaks featured on larger ships of the period.” Building his case spar by spar, Hedden allows himself an educated guess:
“A Three Penobscots with m’teoulin, supernatural powers. From left: Governor John Neptune, Molly Molasses, and Molly Spotted Elk. Mystical reading: Old John Neptune and Other Maine Indian Shamans, by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm; Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in Paris, by Bunny McBride; Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline. A sculpture you must visit: Molly Molasses, a bronze on view at Jud Hartmann Gallery, Blue Hill.
from The Dictionary of Canadian Biography: “Another interesting note is the similarity in the pronunciation of Acadie and the Míkmawísimk suffix -akadie, which means ‘a place of abundance.’ The modern usage is still seen in place names such as Shunacadie (meaning: place of abundant cranberries) or Shubenacadie (meaning: place of abundant wild potatoes). It is thought that intercultural conversation between early French traders and Mi’kmaq hunters may have resulted in the name
‘l’Arcadie’ being changed to ‘l’Acadie.’” Just as a river has a portage, this story has a takeaway: The magic of Acadia and its original geography sweeps across time and culture to include a coastal region extending far beyond Acadia National Park. Originally, this sense of Acadia extended all the way to Virginia. It’s a bit mind-bending to ponder that you can be both “from away” and still from Acadia at the same time. Acadia is a beautiful word, a growth stock. The term is yours to chase if you want it. n
review of historical accounts of European voyages from the sixteenth through the first half of the seventeenth century shows that documented voyages to Machias Bay fall into two periods when French or English vessels are likely to have visited during the first half of the seventeenth century…The earliest may have occurred between 1604 and 1606 when Sieur de Monts, with Champlain as his lieutenant and cartographer, explored the coast from the St. Croix River southward as far as Cape Cod. They sought potential settlement locations that were more amenable than their initial (1604) wintering site at the mouth of the St. Croix River. Champlain, who was a meticulous draftsman, made charts of the coast and all suitable harbors he visited…Machias Bay is not among them, and Champlain may never have visited the upper reaches of the bay. However, de Monts and Champlain also operated independently. The petroglyph representation of a small, single-masted vessel with a square sail associated with a large Christian cross before the bow at site 62.1 may refer to a separate visit by de Monts at about this time.”n Summerguide 2016 107
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The First Family caused an unusual furor among the resolutely non-starstruck residents of Mount Desert Island when they spent a weekend in Bar Harbor in 2011. Below, the family hiked Cadillac Mountain to watch the first rays of sunrise.
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t was Acadia’s rugged shores and startling natural beauty that first drew artists from the Hudson River School of painting to Maine during the 19th century. Their romantic renderings of Acadia’s wild beauty, and the popularity of the “luminism” painting movement that they championed, began to attract the wealthy families of industrialists and traders, keen to claim their corner of this pristine summer retreat. These well-heeled summer visitors flocked from Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City to the shores of Acadia, where they began competing with one another 1 0 8 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
to build the most palatial estates and enviable gardens, sealing Acadia’s reputation as a getaway for the upper echelons of society. The seasonal influx was so dramatic, the visitors even garnered their own label: “rusticators.” Of this illustrious crowd, several names jump out: the Roosevelts, the Astors, and the DuPonts. The crown of America’s mercantile aristocracy have all summered in the area over the years, gilding Acadia with the luster of their wealth and mystery. Perennial summer visitor Norman Mailer was an acute observer of both the people and the geography that defined this area.
Norman Mailer on Otter Cliffs “I had heard the growl of black waters on black rock at Otter Cliffs,” Mailer writes in Harlot’s Ghost, in a vignette he later reprised for Esquire. Challenged climb to the sheer, slippery monument as a rite of passage, the young Mailer risked a look down during his ascent and was scared out of his wits by “the wet, black stone as oily as a garage floor.” The nooks and crannies and tussocks of grass on the cliff’s oily face reminded him of “human body parts.” Later in life, Mailer would inflict his own Maine initiation on his children. In an interview with Portland Mag-
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Events Bar Harbor Music Festival 50th Golden Anniversary Season July 3-31In celebration of the Acadia Centennial, the 2016 Bar Harbor Music Festival will feature the world premieres of two compositions commissioned by the Bar Harbor Music Festival and inspired by Acadia National Park. 288-5744
The Abbe Museum: People of the First Light July 4 The Abbe Museum’s new core exhibit, People of the First Light, the first large-scale permanent exhibit of its kind for the Museum, will be free to all visitors on Monday, July 4th. As Maine’s first and only Smithsonian Affiliate, the exhibition aims to inspire new learning about the Wabanaki Nations. 288-3519 Coffee and Conversation. July 5 Christie Anastasia, Acadia National Park’s Deputy Chief of Interpretation, and Ken Cline, COA’s David Rockefeller Family Chair in Ecosystem Management and Protection, will discuss the challenges—and opportunities—facing national parks and protected areas. 801-5622 Summer Festival of the Arts 2016 July 5-22 The Summer Festival of the Arts summer camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 5 to 22. SFOA is open to children entering grades 1 through 11. sfoamaine.org ArtWaves: Print and Sip Like The Masters July 6 Transcribe 19th century paintings of Mount Desert Island by Church and Cole. All materials provided to create and take home your own 9×12 historical painting.
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ArtWaves: Print the Park July 7 Learn to create your own Acadia National Park cards through fine art printmaking. You will learn a variety of print-making techniques. Everything is included to make your own printed postcard. 478-9336 Friends of Acadia 2016 Annual Meeting July 8 The 2016 Annual Meeting will be an extraspecial event, as it falls on the 100th anniversary of Acadia National Park’s founding. It will feature Friends of Acadia president David MacDonald’s contribution to the Acadia Centennial Lecture Series on conservation in the 21st century. friendsofacadia.org/events/annual-meeting/
Red Cloak Tour for Acadia’s 100th July 8 Red Cloak will be offering a special Haunted History Tour of the town of Bar Harbor, with a focus on the oldest Eastern National Park, how it was created, and the history of the area in 1916. 380-3806 Open House, Evening Reception, and Book Signings July 9 The Gallery at Somes Sound will host an open house and evening reception to introduce the “Acadia Centennial Collection.” 244-1165
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Fortune’s Rock on Somes Sound: home to heiresses, writers, and actors alike. Above: Norman Mailer.
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Glaciers to Granite: Acadia—A Centennial Celebration July 11 - August 26 College of the Atlantic and Friends of Acadia join together to bring Tom Blagden, photographer and author of First Light: Acadia National Park, to the Ethel H. Blum Gallery to exhibit work from his new book, Acadia
National Park: A Centennial Celebration, which celebrates the beauty of Acadia. 801-5622 Centennial Shore, Seabird, and Whale Watch Cruise July 17 Maine Coast Heritage Trust and Schoodic Institute with Bar Harbor Whale Watch will host an
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evening cocktail cruise in honor of the Acadia Centennial, highlighting coastal conservation, research, and education in and around Acadia National Park. schoodicinstitute.org
ny of Fortune’s Rock twenty feet into the icy water of the sound below. For Mailer, Acadia represented a sanctuary of calm from the storm of the New York literati scene. Astors in Acadia The Astor clan, hailing originally from Germany before finding their fortune in the fur trade, owned mansions, hotels, and cottages in Bar Harbor and around Mount Desert. A fixture of the “rusticator” scene, their wealth and glamor enhanced Acadia’s reputation as a summer destination. Scandal rocked the family recently, when it was revealed that Anthony Marshall of the Astor clan had taken advantage of his aging
Book Signing and Presentation by Photographer Tom Blagden July 18 Noted photographer Tom Blagden will speak at the Northeast Harbor Library about his new book, Acadia National Park: A Centennial Celebration. 244-1165
Acadia Authors Night July 19 Acadia Authors Night will bring together a celebrated group of authors who’ve written about Acadia. Each author will introduce and read a passage from their work, including work from Christian Barter, Ronald Epp, David Hackett Fischer, Christina Gillis, Ann Rockefeller Roberts. 801-5622
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azine, Mailer’s youngest son, John Buffalo Mailer, recalled summers spent preparing to climb Mount Katahdin. “It started to hail as we were on the middle of the Knife Edge. I don’t think I had ever been quite as scared in the eight years I had been alive, than I was in that moment.” [See “When Your Name Is
Mailer, You Don’t Phone It In,” by Colin W. Sargent: bit.ly/PMNormanMailer] “Mount Desert is more luminous than the rest of Maine,” Norman declares in Harlot’s Ghost. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, who’d spent many summers here with his family, certainly knew how to pick the perfect summer spot. During the 1970s, the family rented “Fortune’s Rock,” a stunning 1937 residence cantilevered over Somes Sound. Designed as a summer abode for New York artists and heiress Clare Fargo Thomas, the sleek lines of the building are in harmony with its breathtaking surroundings. Mailer and his kids were particularly fond of leaping from the timbered balco-
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mother’s slipping mind to plunder her fortune. Brooke Astor, a prominent socialite and philanthropist, kept a much-beloved estate called Cove End, which overlooks the Northeast Harbor Yacht Club. In her will, Astor gave away hundreds of thousands of dollars to Maine charities, including the Maine Community Foundation. Marshall passed away in 2014, aged 90. He only served two months of his three-year prison term due to ailing health. The new newport hile we may always associate the Vanderbilt name with the flashy appeal of Newport, Rhode Island, many of the family preferred the relative simplicity and peace of Bar Harbor. Patriarch William Henry Vanderbilt first removed to Maine in the early 1880s. George Vanderbilt, William’s youngest and supposedly favorite son, was evidently smitten with us. Upon his father’s death, George bought the former Gouverneur Morris Ogden Cottage in Bar Harbor, renaming the estate Pointe d’Acadie. In 1895, older brother William Kissam Vanderbilt, seeking refuge from the media storm surrounding his divorce, sailed up to Bar Harbor on his yacht Valiant, at the time the largest vessel in the world. William spent much of that summer moored off Pointe d’Acadie, avoiding the press. According to the New York Social Diary, “Unlike at Newport, few traces remain of the Vanderbilts at Bar Harbor. Many of the houses they occupied: Mossley Hall, Pointe d’Acadie, Islecote, have been demolished.” Despite their physical absence, traces of the Van-
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derbilts can be found in the old guest books of the famous inns and restaurants of Acadia. Camelot northeast Before she was Mrs. John F. Kennedy, before her paparazzi-flashed years as “Jackie O,” or her hidden decades on Park Avenue as an editor at Viking Press, young Jacqueline Bouvier spent her summers not simply as a debutante in Newport, Rhode Island, but also up here in Bar Harbor. “The Auchinclosses had an estate up here,” says Denise Morgan, co-owner of Oli’s Trolley of Bar Harbor, “and no doubt visited here every summer with Jackie and her sister, Lee Radziwill. The estate is gone now–the fire of 1947 took it–but I believe part of the wall is still there,” right at the
Trivia question: Which two Vice Presidents were born in Maine? corner of Routes 3 and 233, also known as Eagle Lake Road. Trolley drivers mention it as they pass by, talking about the rich and famous of Bar Harbor. “‘So Jackie Bouvier walked the streets of Bar Harbor,’ one of our tourists remarked once while taking the tour.’” We can’t vouch for the streetwalking, but the presence of the nation’s top debutante must have made the lovely Bar Harbor summers here just a bit lovelier. But wait a minute. Deborah Dwyer of the
rockefeller Center ohn D. Rockefeller, a high-schooldropout, dreamed of racking up $100,000 and living to a hundred. Though he fell two years shy of achieving a centennial, Rockefeller far outstripped his financial goal. To this day he remains the wealthiest individual in U.S. history. However, it was John’s youngest son–the anxious and subdued John “Junior” Rockefeller–whose fate is inexorably entwined with Maine history. His passion for the state’s wild landscape inspired the creation of Acadia National Park as we know it today. John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, paid their first visit to Acadia in the early 20th century, shortly after their marriage in 1901. At this point, Bar Harbor was already swarming with the glamorous rusticator crowd. For the reserved and frugal Rockefeller Jr., the Bar Harbor scene held little appeal. Instead, the couple instead gravitated to the relative peace of Seal Harbor, on the southeastern shore of the island. This sheltered cove would become the family’s annual summer getaway. Their son and future Vice President, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, was even born in the holiday cottage they rented in the bay during the summer of 1908. John Jr. began construction on what would become the family vacation home for over 50 years, a sprawling 100-room mansion named
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Cove End: Brooke Astor in happier times with her son, Anthony Marshall.
Bar Harbor Historical Society says instead that “Hugh D. Auchincloss stayed at ‘Redwood.’ It’s an important early William Ralph Emerson Shingle Style design. It’s very much still standing, and that’s where Jackie would have stayed.” As for the lost house mentioned by the trolley company, Dwyer has told us, “I have a ‘before’ and ‘after’ picture of the house that stood there on a slide presentation I do to show the property before and after the school was built. Part of the wall survived, but the wrought-iron gate disappeared. The last people who had it were the Sultan ruler of Turkey and Princess Bernadina.” Only in Bar Harbor would a sultan owning a house in Bar Harbor be floated as a more plausible anecdote.
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“It’s what God would have built, if only he had the money.” inset with pieces of tile brought back from the Great Wall of China. In 1962, the stately pile, anachronistic its surroundings, was deemed unsuitable for continued use and demolished by the family. Parts of the wall and Abby’s gardens still remain, while the rest of the family scattered around Acadia, inhabiting individual properties or private islands. The Washington Post ran a feature story on the Rockefellers’ presence in Acadia in 1979, recounting how John Junior’s five sons displayed their inherent business acumen by setting up a flower stall outside the country club. It was rumored that the boys even hitchhiked from the club to the The Eyrie. On one such occasion, the driver expressed surprise at a young Rockefeller without his own car. “Who do you think we are, Vanderbilts?” was the retort. During his summers, John Junior, a keen horseman, spent much of his time overseeing the creation of a network of carriage roads around the family estate. The patriarch showed an aptitude for designing and landscaping, creating miles of flowing carriageway between 1915 to 1933 that give unparalleled access to forest and coastline. Today the carriageways remain, part of John Jr.’s Acadian legacy. There are 45 miles of meandering public paths uninterrupted by autoroutes, their 17 arched granite bridges grinning with coping stones often referred to as “Rockefeller’s teeth.”
Evening Lantern StrollJuly 20 In honor of the Acadia National Park centennial, the Land & Garden Preserve’s 2016 Lantern Stroll at the Asticou Azalea Garden will pay homage to Charles Savage, creator of the garden. Traditional Japanese koto music will be played by Wendilee Heath O’Brien. 276-3727
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here’s no place like home for Margaret Hamilton, the actress famed for her turn as the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. That home happens to be the remote Cape Island, situated in the far reaches of Boothbay Harbor. Speaking to Portland Magazine’s Amy Barnett in 2004, Hamilton’s son Meserve describes how his mother came across the spot in 1969: “She heard the Coast Guard was selling lighthouses.” Inspired, “she started driving all along the coast looking for one.” Hamilton discovered the lighthouse of her dreams on the far side of spruce-covered Cape Island. Named “The Cuckolds,” it
Kid’s Day at the Seal Cove Auto Museum July 21 Part of the above Auto Wars Exhibit, the museum will have a Kid’s Day featuring games, toy car races, educational activities, model car displays, and photos in period clothing. sealcoveautomuseum.org
Whole Communities and Healthy Landscapes: July 21 A Conversation on the Future of Conservation. Two noted
is the only object between Cape Island and Portugal. Over the years, the actress became something of a local legend in this corner of Maine. Well into her sixties when she bought the land, Hamilton was often spotted rowing the 900 feet to shore, clad in blue jeans and sneakers. “Lobstermen loved the fact that this famous gal was rowing out there by herself, and they kind of adopted her and looked after her,” Meserve told The Working Waterfront in 2014. “She got to know everyone in town. People loved the idea that she was there and had adapted to life there.” To this day, tour boat operators sometimes entertain their passengers by referring to Cape Island as “Witch’s Island.”
conservationists, Peter Forbes (Center for Whole Communities) and Tim Glidden (Maine Coast Heritage Trust), will discuss the imperative for this transition and the exciting examples that are already appearing throughout Maine, across the country and around the globe. 607-4366
“The Colors of Acadia”…A Paste Paper Workshop July 21 Paper artist Sherry Rasmussen will be at ART on West in the Studio Upstairs, 78 West Street, to help create colorful Acadiainspired papers for you to use in your own art and craft projects. 288-9428
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Martha Stewart made news when her purchase of the Edsel Ford Mansion “Skylands” in Seal Harbor was featured in Architectural Digest. The red Edsel even came with the house.
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eal Harbor houses another business mogul on its exclusive shore; albeit a much more modern one. Martha Stewart, doyenne of domesticity and media juggernaut, owns an expansive vacation home atop Ox Hill, overlooking the bay below. The former residence of one of Acadia’s blue-blooded patriarchs, Edsel Ford, “Skylands” sits on 63 acres of prime Acadian coastline and forest. Stewart reportedly bought the property in 1997 after attending
Bach’s Lunch July 22 In collaboration with the Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill Bach invites the public to a lecture-demonstration, “Bach’s Lunch.” Conductor John Finney will discuss the theme of Arcadia in Baroque music, and the connection between the idyllic Greek region and Acadia. 613-5454
a cocktail party hosted by its then owner, Edward Leede. It was clearly love at first sight. As soon as Stewart heard the property was going up for sale, she stepped up with a check. The residence is a true Acadian masterwork, 35,000 square feet of Italian revival architecture, a style that was popular among the rusticators putting down foundations in the area during the 1920s. Stewart has done little to change the exterior of the home that the Fords once inhabited, back when they rubbed shoulders with Rockefellers, Astors, and Vanderbilts in Bar Harbor. She claims the house even came with Ellen Ford’s collection of Danish and French china. Obviously, the interior has since been given the Martha Stewart golden touch. No surprise that Skylands is featured frequently as the focus for decor and gardening articles in Martha Stewart Liv-
Acadia National Park BioBlitz 2016– July 23-24 Help document the biodiversity of Acadia National Park at the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park. Over the course of 24 hours biologists and citizen scientists conduct a rapid assessment helping to document species occurrence, provide estimates of species rich-
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ness, and identify rare and unique species. 288-1310 Pink Granite Bead Making Demonstration July 23-24 The artisans from Sunapee Granite Works will be demonstrating their bead-making process using Mount Desert Island pink Granite. 288-4935
ing magazine. Outside, the landscape is rugged and rocky, awash with white pines, Danish firs, and moss-covered boulders. According to local sources, the caretakers of Skylands collect the area’s iconic pink granite to crush down and re-cover Ms. Stewart’s sweeping driveway every spring. Stewart has described Maine as her ideal destination for an active vacation and an escape from running her media empire. While she’s here, Martha can be seen enjoying the same Maine delights as the rest of us: eating lobster rolls in Trenton, hiking the Beehive trails, and kayaking around the bay. A glance at her eponymous blog reveals a multitude of articles celebrating the Maine lifestyle and untouched beauty. No surprise, then, that Martha’s describes this little parcel of Maine as her “favorite place.”
Wild Gardens of Acadia: Readings by Anne Kozak and Sue Leiter July 25 College of the Atlantic faculty and long-time Wild Gardens of Acadia board member, Anne Kozak, is joined by Sue Leiter to talk about their recent book on the Wild Gardens of Acadia. A reception will follow in COA’s Beatrix Farrand Gardens. 801-5622
Outdoor Film: Dancing at the Mill July 26 The Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce will host an outdoor screening of Dancing at the Mill: Two Centuries of Life on Mount Desert Island. 276-5040
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“Winter came and the snow fell softly, like a great quiet secret in the night, cold and still.” Margaret Wise Brown’s description of a snowy scene in The Little House was no doubt inspired by Maine winters spent in her home on Vinalhaven. Brown wrote many of her beloved children’s books, which include The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon, while staying at the former quarry master’s home on the island. Named “The Only House,” the Vinalhaven sanctuary became the place where Brown day-
dreamed, wrote, entertained friends, and lived the island life, as dictated by the season and the sea. “I’ll meet you at the black buoy,” she’d tell friends who made the trek to Rockland to visit her. Despite her books, Brown never had children of her own. In 1952, at just 42, while recovering after surgery, she kicked her foot over her head can-can style to prove how well she was feeling. Heartbeats later, she was dead of an embolism. Her ashes were scattered not far from her tree overlooking the water at the edge Vinalhaven. The rough stone marking the spot is inscribed, “Margaret Wise Brown, writer of Songs and Nonsense.” The Runaway Bunny stars as the dramatic apex of the film Wit (2001), with Emma Thompson and Eileen Atkins. See the powerful clip: http://bit.ly/25AQFDa 1 1 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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n a post from her blog, author Tess Gerritson writes: “I’ve been a resident of Maine for 17 years, and although I’ll never be considered a real ‘Mainer,’ I do feel like one.” While the San Diego-born Gerritsen may never attain the status of a dyed-in-thewool Mainer, she’s a jewel nontheless in the state’s literary crown. Raised by Chinese immigrant parents in California, Gerritsen grew up writing and creating characters. Since storytelling was never considered a viable career in her family, Gerritsen instead pursued medicine in California and Honolulu, along with her husband, Jeff. “Then I burned out on being on an island
and practicing medicine, and we moved to Maine,” she told Portland Magazine in 1996. But why Maine? According to Gerritsen, the decision was spontaneous, and perhaps serendipitous. “It is all based on an article writ-
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ten by Bill Levanworth in Cruising World, she says. “He wrote an article about Camden; and my husband, who is an avid sailor, happened to pick up that magazine, read about Camden and said, ‘Oh, we’re going on vacation on the East Coast. Let’s drive up the coast of Maine and see what it’s like.’” One glance at Camden’s scenic harbor and the Gerritsens knew that they’d found their new home. The relocation turned out to be beneficial for Gerritsen’s growing writing career. With two published romance novels under her belt, Gerritsen went on to quit medicine and focus on writing full-time. It was in Camden that she formulated the ideas for her vastly successful Rizzoli & Isles novel series in 2001. She has since penned 17 works of fiction and amassed a net worth of over $4 million. The final season of the TV series based on her work, Rizzoli & Isles, will hit screens worldwide this summer. See Tess Gerritsen speak about her latest thriller novel “Playing with Fire” at Skidompha Library in Daramiscotta, August 10. Lobster Picnic Sunset Cruise Safari July 28 Acadia Photo Safari will host three special Acadia Centennial Lobster Picnic safaris aboard our locally built 28-foot “lobster yacht.”acadiaphotosafari.com “En Plein Air” A pop-up performance series by Alison Chase/ Performance July 28 This summer, Alison Chase/Performance will bring outdoor pop-up performances to community in Winter Harbor. This renowned contemporary dance company will present family-friendly repertoire favorites and new works that bring humor, illusion, athleticism, and movement innovation to the site-specific stage. 963-2569
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41st Annual Mount Desert Island Directions Fine Craft Show July 2-31 In its 41st year, this show maintains a reputation for excellence in fine craft and is one of the best places to meet Maine’s talented artisans working in wood, metal, clay, natural fibers, glass and so much more. (401) 935-6704
Bar Harbor Music Festival Gala featuring “Songs of the Sky” July 31 In celebration of the Acadia Centennial, the 2016 Bar Harbor Music Festival’s 50th Anniversary Season will feature the world premieres of two compositions commissioned by the Bar Harbor Music Festival and inspired by Acadia National Park. 288-5744 Century One: Acadia Art Exhibit Aug 1-14 An art exhibit that will feature 100 paintings created by Kaitlyn Metcalf to celebrate the Acadia Centennial. The paintings are inspired by objects and images found in the Acadia National Park archives, as well as from local historical society, museum, and library archives. 479-4858
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Mount Desert Summer Chorale Annual Concerts Aug 5-6 This musical program will celebrate nature while honoring the centennial of Acadia National Park, featuring the premiere of a newly commissioned work by composer Ola Gjielo. Admission based on donation at the door. 244-0042
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Print the Park Aug 4 Learn how to make your own Acadia National Park postcard using a variety of printmaking techniques, with materials and instruction provided by the ArtWaves Community Art Center. Individual and family sessions will be available. 478-9336
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ere and not here, part of the Maine mystique but profoundly abroad– even in another time zone–Campobello Island is so close to our coast you can not only taste it, you can hear it. Ten miles long and frequently misunderstood, the bewitching Island of Campo Bello, as it was styled in the 19th century, marks the confluence of the St. Croix River and the Bay of Fundy. It also lights the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. A nexus of stark contrasts, Campobello Island defines both the international boundary between the United States and Canada and the eternal ties entwining their histories. Wild and mesmerizing, with great cliffs dropping off sharply to the water, it is the home of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park, which is unique in the world because it is shared by two sovereign nations. Two years after Eleanor Roosevelt gifted the sprawling 2,800-acre International Park to all of us, President Lyndon Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pear1 2 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
son both graced the 1964 ribbon-cutting. Because both countries coexist in the same spot, their differences become clean, clear, and fascinating in the stiff North Atlantic breeze. Example: During national holidays, some staff members of the International Park must work, while those of the other nation simply do not! When you leave Lubec and cross the quaint, ultra-scenic 54-year-old Roosevelt International Bridge, you pass into another time zone. Then you pass through Canadian Customs. Your dog will need a rabies certificate. You must have a “passport or equivalent.” In the span of a second, you’ve left the United States and become a world traveler abroad, though the proximity to home makes your brain dance while you catch glimpses of nearby Lubec and Eastport as you drive around the island. Maybe it’s eas-
iest to think of Campobello as an enormous international yacht parked offshore. Before air-conditioning, the island was a world destination for rusticators. The Roosevelt family first summered here in 1883. The historic Roosevelt cottage–a stunning 34-room masterpiece, is the main attraction of the International Park. Today, it is a major attraction, with tours, conferences, and special events. Designed by Willard T. Sears,
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In this cottage, aged patinated beadboard paneling contrasts sharply with the rustling fragrance and supernatural beauty of Passamaquoddy sweetgrass wastebaskets that are “original to the house,” says guide Theresa Mitchell, a “ninth-generation Campobello resident. I’m a dual citizen, because I was born abroad.” She winks. “Here, that means across the bridge.” As you tour this immaculate attrac-
tion, stopped in time, you won’t forget the way the long green lawn plunges into the sea, the seven gracious fireplaces, or the six stoic original porcelain tubs and sinks that unblinkingly face the future. Most unsettling: Eleanor Roosevelt’s enormous megaphone is still on the site. “(If you look out the windows in the living room, you’ll see Eastport,” Mitchell says. “She used it to call chil-
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n the study, “where we have Eleanor Roosevelt’s desk. We also have the original Victrola they listened to,” along with original Stickley furnishings. It was here that FDR “liked to read Shakespeare,” though as a youth he grew up loving Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Rudyard Kipling. FDR’s attachment to Kipling’s poem “If” may have sparked a national trend. Mitchell says his love for all things philatelic was undoubtedly a force behind the 20th-century fad for stamp collecting among boys and girls. For music, it didn’t hurt if Sarah Hubbard, the concert pianist, was one of your neigh-
bors. “She’d come in and play for them on the Hazleton Bros. upright,” which is still here after innumerable retunings in the salt air. But more than the gracious nature of the house itself, with its quiet creakings and head into the wind, FDR loved this place because lost childhood was here, where he could run and swim and take physical risks buoyed by his early vigor and lifelong love for the outdoors. Islanders taught him to sail small boats with techniques that dated to early fishing smacks. Back then, there was a sense of something secret and “Indian” about the island. FDR was acquainted with many Passamaquoddies, including Chief Neptune, and soon found himself enjoying canoeing. According to the FDR Presidential Libraryin Hyde Park, “one of the canoes that he used at Campobello was a birch bark canoe made by Tomah Joseph, the last chief of the Passamaquoddy Indians, the tribe living in Eastport, Maine, across the bay from Campobello Island.” The canoe is on loan from the Presidential Library and Museum to the Franklin D. Roosevelt International Park
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dren primarily. Franklin used it to talk with the men in the fishing boats.” Like a speaking trumpet? “Eleanor always called it a megaphone. It is still suspended on the same hook and chain on the back porch.” Venerable and oily from use, “It’s like a pressed cloth and weighs just three pounds. If the wind was right on a calm day, Eleanor could be heard across the water in Eastport. But of course she had that kind of voice.”
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henever FDR was here, his two worlds collided, at times majestically. Under President Woodrow Wilson, FDR was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1913. Thus empowered, “He sometimes turned up at Campobello aboard a destroyer,” according to Stephen O. Muskie in Outtakes, Campobello Island: Far From The Mainstream. “Although it was against naval regulations, he persuaded the captain to let him take the helm and piloted the ship at full speed ahead through fog-bound waters. The Bay of Fundy’s tides and currents were bred into his bones. One of his pet dreams was to harness Passamaquoddy’s precipitous tides for purposes of electric power. It was never realized, but perhaps the idea for the Rural Electrification Administration had its origin in those ‘eye-straining’ nights by Campo’s kerosene lamps.” Infamously–some say wonderfully–the Roosevelt cottage had no electric lights during its most famous decades. Asked about the destroyers, Mitchell drops a bomb: “Franklin arrived at Campobello in Navy ships three times as President. One of the ships was the USS Amberjack.” Then she waits like a slyboots. “The other was the cruiser USS Indianapolis.” If you’ve seen the movie Jaws, you’ve heard about the Indianapolis. Years after she visited Campobello with FDR, this doomed ghost ship made a special delivery to the Army Air Corps base on the island of Tinian: “Little Boy,” the first nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. After the delivery, the Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine and sank in minutes. Over three hundred crewmen drowned or were eaten by sharks. Or both. There’s another dark sense out here that hits you like an icy breeze when you realize FDR first recognized symptoms of polio during one of his idylls up here, though there are medical disputes about what exactly folded his vigorous six-foot twoinch frame into a wheelchair for the rest of
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oosevelt was carried down the long green lawn by neighbors to a waiting boat bound for the train station in Eastport, hidden from the world press. Mitchell tells of “a great conspiracy played by Lewis Howe” [the Roosevelts’ friend and political advisor played by Hume Cronin in Sunrise at Campobello] who misdirected reporters so that by the time they reached the train, huffing and puffing, “Franklin was already propped up in the window, waving” to the news hounds as the train pulled out. On arrival in Boston, he was examined in secret by doctors before continuing south to New York. Twelve years later, he would return to Campobello in triumph as our 32nd President. n
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according to realmaine.net: “Holy Shnikies! You’re a Genius! Amazing Work With The Price. THANK YOU! Huge Thank You. I Know Director You Worked Hard (And nless you’ve been Brilliantly) To Make This living in a galaxy Happen. Katie And I Really Appreciate It.” far, far away, you can’t have failed Born in 1966, Jeffrey Jacob Abrams’s to notice the resurrection of the biggest feverish rise to Hollywood power includes movie franchise in history this year. After his Emmy-winning production of Alias Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens broke the (featuring Jennifer Garner and Maine year’s box-office record, its director is probnative Rachel Nichols) as well as Lost. Movably in need of some vacation time. Camies include Mission Impossible 3, Star Trek, den residents, keep your eyes peeled. J.J. Star Trek into Darkness, Star Trek Ghost ProAbrams and his wife, Brewer native Kate tocol, and on and on. McGrath, own a summer retreat in 60 acres Abrams has also visited Maine for busiof prime lakefront real estate just outside ness as well as pleasure. In 2006, Stephen of town. This isn’t just a place for Abrams King invited him here for a “panel discussion to dutifully visit the in-laws, either. Speakon creativity,” according to the Bangor Daiing to the New York Times in 2006, Abrams ly News. The pair obviously hit it off: Abrams revealed he’d been coveting his own place now produces the Hulu series 11.22.63, based Downeast for some time. “For the past few on King’s novel of the same name. years we’ve rented a house in Camden, Given the rumors that Abrams has Maine. I’d love to buy one.” When he finalpassed the Star Wars torch on to Rian Johnly purchased his dream vacation home, the son, perhaps the film wunderkind will have director/writer/producer’s delight was apmore time to enjoy the views from his Maine parent. Real Maine Real Estate in Yarmouth mansion this summer? received the following enthusiastic note,
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of Bangor. Let’s just hope we don’t find Pennywise The Clown skipping through The Queen City. Although the famously reticent King rarely gives interviews, he keeps his army of fans sated with regular tweets about his latest projects. Imminent releases include his latest novel, End of Watch, the finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers. On the silver screen, the first film of King’s hugely popular fantasy series The Dark Tower is due for release in 2017. The scifi epic will star Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. King fans, stay tuned. 1 3 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
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Actors Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) and daughter Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995). Old Hollywood had its stake in Acadia as well. Leading man Robert Montgomery owned a house at Indian Point on North Haven. His daughter, Elizabeth Montgomery, star of the hit 1950s show Bewitched, also spent her summers here. A great movie pairing: Maine’s John Ford directs Vacationland summer resident Robert Montgomery in They Were Expendable, about the PT boats of World War II. Log line: “Little boats, big job.”
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(1947-2015) The actor starred as “Leatherface” in the 1974 cult-classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Upon its release, instead of heading to Hollywood, Hansen chose to move to Mount Desert Island to pursue his plan to be a writer. Portland Magazine spoke to Hansen in 2013: “I told myself I’d just make a trip to Boston every month or six weeks so I wouldn’t feel so isolated,” said Hansen. And? “I never did it,” he laughs. “I didn’t
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A View in a Box Aug 5 Jay Palefsky and the Eclipse Gallery pay tribute to Acadia National Park with limited edition slider boxes, capturing memories and experiences in an ever-changing view of Acadia. 288-9088
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(b.1954) & (b.1962) The Hollywood power couple has been visiting Isleboro since the 1990s, when Islesboro resident and pal Kirstie Alley first extolled its virtues to Travolta. Their elegant 6-bedroom Tudor-revival mansion overlooks the shore. Despite keeping a low profile around the island, the pair has unintentionally made local news on occasion. In a tragic accident at Bangor airport, Travolta was left distraught after his two small dogs were run over by an airport vehicle. That was not Travolta’s only aviation trouble in Maine. A skilled pilot certified to fly multiple aircraft types (he owns a Boeing 707 and was the first non-test pilot to fly the Airbus A380), Travolta has also been chastised by neighbors for swooping his private jet too close to the island’s peaceful shore. a friend here in 1994. In an interview with Portland Magazine, he described his perfect Maine afternoon. “We ride our bikes to Jordan Pond House and we have our lobster salad and popovers and do the whole Park Loop Road once.”
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Oliver Platt (b.1960) Known for his roles in everything from X-Men: First Class to The West Wing, Oliver Platt has summered on North Haven for years. So Many Artists & Writers
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Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) The Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner summered in North Haven for many years. On an early visit Bishop observed: “Maine Islands—small ones—no
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Picnic at the Museum Aug 7 The Seal Cove Auto Museum hosts a community picnic and car show that will include scenic views of the park, as well as antique automobile rides. 244-9242
Lobster Picnic Sunset Cruise Safari Aug 8 Acadia Photo Safari will host three special Acadia Centennial Lobster Picnic safaris aboard our locally built 28-foot “lobster yacht.” In addition to the standard cruise of personalized photography instruction and great photoops, each centennial cruise includes extended time for a lobster picnic served on the waters of Somes Sound. Ten percent of all proceeds from this safari will be donated to Friends of Acadia. www.acadiaphotosafari.com
Art of Acadia and the Jesup Memorial Library Aug. 11 David and Carl Little present and celebrate their new collaborative book, Art of Acadia, which has showcased the park’s beauty and helped gain support towards protecting the landscape. 288-4245
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Kevin Gardner: Discovering New England Stone Walls Aug. 11 This informational talk will touch on the main topics featured in Kevin Gardner’s book, The Granite Kiss, which discusses the history of New England stone walls. 667-6363
(b.1923) The multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner and children’s book author lives in Islesford. He uses found items from Maine beaches to create some of his artwork, including sea-glass windows and puppets made out of driftwood.
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aine art star Robert Indiana is unveiling new work this summer in the show “Robert Indiana: Now and Then,” on view at Bates College Art Museum through October 8. “His latest series is the extraordinary Like A Rolling Stone, in which he creates dynamic visual works with the lyrics of this Bob Dylan song,” says Bates Museum of Art director Dan Mills, an edgy artist himself. “The twelve works in this series merge the work of two of the most iconic American pop culture figures of the 1960s, Bob Dylan and Robert Indiana.” Neither Robert Indiana nor Bob Dylan rolls with his original name. Indiana was born Robert Clark, in New Castle, Indiana. Bob Dylan changed his name from Robert Allen Zimmerman to his present stage name out of admiration for the poet Dylan Thomas. Together, the two have changed the world. A perfect pairing would be to see Indiana’s show on Saturday afternoon, July 16,
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On his 1964 EAT sculpture: “The day they turned it on, a line formed. People wanted to know where the food was. I didn’t see it there. But recently I saw it lit for the first time–it’s now here on the island [Vinalhaven].” On childhood: “My Aunt Ruby murdered my grandmother. My mother was elated, as she’d hated her mother, and she went to South Bend to watch the trial. In her absence, my father found another women and left.” On Andy Warhol: [Warhol filmed a 40-minute documentary, entitled “EAT,” showing Indiana holding his cat and eating a mushroom.] “You can imagine how exciting that was. Andy loved to bore people.” On creating an icon: “In 1964, I was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art to do a Christmas card. It
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became the most popular Christmas card ever issued, and from there things just snowballed.” on Defending against “Love” knock-offs: “I gave up on that a long time ago.” On reaching a milestone: “Last night was very lavish, the fanciest and biggest birthday party I’ve ever had. I would have preferred my eightieth in quiet solitude.” On moving to Maine: tar of Hope was the reason I came to Vinalhaven. It’s an old Odd Fellows Hall. That’s what I dreamed of all my life, a house like this. I have a studio in Star of Hope, another one in what was the island’s first
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theater during the Civil War, and a third studio in what was formerly the Odd Fellows outhouse. It was an eight-seater, with a door for the officers, one for the enlisted men, and one for the lady Odd Fellows.” On hope: “Now what I’m preoccupied with is the subject of hope. I did a sculpture for Obama’s campaign. Living in the Star of Hope for 25 years,
I’d done HOPE designs for myself, but it was really Obama and his book, The Audacity of Hope, that triggered my current involvement.” On inspiration: “Living on Vinalhaven has no effect on my art. My art comes from within myself, though LOVE kind of stands apart. Most of my work is very autobiographical: I’m painting my own history and my own life. This is called egocentricism. My own feeling is that artists are more interesting than their work. It’s been my ambition ever since I was six years old to be an artist.” On future projects: “My goal is to plant a LOVE in every city around the globe.” n Summerguide 2016 137
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Christina Baker Kline is the author of five novels including Orphan Train, which spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list. Her sixth novel, based on Andrew Wyeth’s painting Christina’s World, will be published in 2017. She and her husband and three sons divide their time between homes in Montclair, New Jersey, and Southwest Harbor. Baker Kline has also taught fiction and nonfiction writing. Here she shares some of her hard-won insights on the writing life. Priming the Pump Mondays are hard. All weekend you’ve been doing laundry, taking family bike rides, 1 4 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
reading the Times in bits and pieces, going to your kids’ soccer games, and then it’s Monday morning and they’re all out the door (except the dog, who is lying on your feet), and it’s hard to know where to begin, how to pick up where you left off. hen I was growing up in Maine, my professor parents bought an A-frame on a tiny island on a lake. The house had no electricity or heat, and a red-handled pump was our only source of drinking water. When we arrived on the island (having paddled over from the mainland in our evergreen Old Town canoe), we had to prime the pump with lake water to get it started. One of my sisters
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This reminds me of my own writing on Monday mornings–or anytime I’ve taken a substantial break from it. As with the pump, I’ve learned to prime my writing. I might read a chapter or two of a book on my nightstand, or perhaps turn to one of my ‘touchstones’–those dog-eared, broken-spined, oft-read volumes I’ve defaced with marginalia and underlinings, and which I know I can count on for inspiration. Then I start to write, knowing that it may take some time to reach the deep, cold source of inspiration, but trusting that sooner or later my words will run clear. Four Basic Elements A novelist friend has an index card with these four words on it taped to the wall above the computer in his study: CHARACTER CONFLICT CHOICES CONSEQUENCES Sometimes it helps to remember: It’s that simple. Breath on the Glass hen I’m working on a novel, ideas rise up at random times from the murk of my subconscious like pronouncements in a Magic 8 Ball. If I don’t write them down right away, these ephemeral thoughts can fade and disappear. Driving my 14-year-old son, Hayden, to summer camp in Maine on Sunday, I put him to work as both a DJ and a scribe. (After
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Sea air in Galway. The Maine coastline is similar, in many ways, to the west coast of Ireland, 2,500 miles to the east. With this note I was reminding myself to pay particular attention to the sensory details; I thought I might be able to use these impressions in a scene in my novel. Fiction chooses the writer. This idea for a blog post sprang from an ongoing conversation with several novelists about how and why people start writing fiction. Breath on the glass. As we drove in the rain, I saw Hayden turn his head to look out the passenger window at two guys on a motorcycle, both without helmets, grimacing into the downpour. Hayden’s breath fogged the glass. When he turned back to me, saying, “Wow, Mom, what were they thinking?” I glanced over again, and saw that his breath had already evaporated. And the guys on the bike were gone. That’s how it is with these fleeting observations, and why I asked Hayden to keep a pen handy and the notebook on his lap. He was happy to do it–as long as he could listen to Metallica and I promised to get him to Bar Harbor on time. Writer vs. Editor used to agonize over each word and phrase in a first draft, doubtful that when I came back to it, weeks or months later, I would be able to see, much less fix, the things that didn’t work. But while I was writing my third novel, The Way Life Should Be–and editing other people’s manuscripts at the same time–I had an epiphany. Here’s what I realized: My editor-self is surprisingly clear-headed, even ruthless. Hyper-critical and exacting, she is capable of transforming a freewheeling, messy draft into clear and lucid prose. And she likes doing it. (Yes, it took three novels to figure this out.) This realization freed my writer-self to have more fun. My first drafts have become more spontaneous and energetic; I feel free to try out a range of ideas, follow tangents in odd directions, write a scene of dialogue three different ways, all with the knowledge that my editor-self will step in when needed with a red pencil and a roll of the eyes–what was she thinking? n
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The record sale for a Kent painting was set at auction in 2015 for Polar Expedition (1944), selling for $605,000. Rockwell’s Greenland I fetched only $180,000 in May 2016.
it headed to auction. According to the introduction in North by East, Kent’s account of the saga, Kent was nonplussed by the name Direction (“too provocative”) from the moment he left New York Harbor and headed toward Maine. But this time he skirted his beloved Monhegan Island, passing all of Acadia as he sailed. The biggest dangers waited ahead: “I am not going to do any fool, little thing...I am reaching to the stars…I don’t want petty self-expression…I want to
paint the rhythms of eternity.” While Greenland I didn’t reach the pre-auction estimate of $300,000 to $400,000, the hammer price of $180,000 including buyer’s premium at Northeast Auctions is still an eye-opener. Here follows the passage of this painting, directly from Kent’s hands to the world of here and now: First, Kent made it a present to Donald Brace, owner of Harcourt, Brace & Company. Brace gave it to his daughter, Donna Brace Ogilvie. When she died in 2015, it entered her estate and spent a year in the dark. But it didn’t start out that way. The painting first glowed at a big show at the Carnegie Institute in 1930. n Summerguide 2016 145
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uring the Reagan presidency, everyone on Earth knew that Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger (1917-2006) kept a getaway place up in Maine. But it was more something imagined than actually seen. Far fewer knew where it was, or how luxuriant it was, or that it was once owned by Mary King Auchincloss. Listed for sale this summer for $2.15M, “Windswept,” built in 1910, enjoys a classic view of Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island. Positioned to advantage at 584 S u m m e r g u i d e 2016 147
A Chat With
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Caspar Willard Weinberger, Jr, known as “Cap,” is the son of Caspar Weinberger, prominent statesman and, most notably, U.S. Secretary of Defense under the Reagan administration from 1981 to 1987. Cap’s mother, Jane Weinberger, was an author and publisher from Milford, Maine. Born in 1947, Cap studied at Harvard–his father’s alma mater–and earned a B.A. in Modern British History in 1968. He lived in San Francisco for many years, working as an award-winning producer, director, and writer of documentary films for an NBC affiliate. Cap settled in Mount Desert in 1997. Today he is a writer and lecturer, as well as running Windswept House Publishers, started by his mother in 1984. He takes us inside Windswept as both a loving family member and a keen observer. Q. If there were a documentary film on Windswept during the Reagan years, what scenes would they show? We’d like to see your father in action. CW: I remember he had one event early on in the Reagan years. He was communicating with forces in Iraq, or the Gulf, or somewhere unheard-of in the Middle East. Maybe it was Saudi Arabia. He was talking into an enormous phone like the one Michael Douglas had when he walked out of prison as Gordon Gecko in Wall Street II. There was an uplink to a satellite. I watched him talking outside on the deck. He had a long conversation of some import that was completely secure. Maybe. The oldest part of Windswept dates roughly to the Civil War, so the documentary would show scenes there. My mother prized that room, the heart of the house. So there was quite a bit of activity here, with seating for up to 20 guests and views to the sound. Gen. Powell was up here, of course, and Gen. Vessey. Olympia Snowe, a lovely friend of the family, was here often. She spoke at my dad’s funeral. A documentary film would show my dad in his first-floor library. It was a lovely gift given to him by my mother. It’s Pentagon-sized. My dad was quite a bibliophile, a lifelong writer. He was born in San FranContinued on next page 1 4 8 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
Sound Drive, Mount Desert, its handsome aspect conjures up images of a Mount Vernon plucked from Virginia and nestled with jeweler’s precision into a savagely beautiful setting. Somes Sound is the only fjord on the East Coast of the U.S. Excuse me, Somes Sound was the only fjord here until it was downgraded to a fjard, something of a geographic embarassment. (Just ask former planet Pluto what that feels like.) In any case, the most profound of Somes Sound’s indigo depths kiss the bottom at 175 feet. The Sound,
which nearly divides Mount Desert Island in two, is still magic. The dock, suitably, is long enough to tie up a Spruance Class guided-missile destroyer. Approach it from the water, guests traverse the plunging green lawn toward the nine-over-nine Georgian windows and the elegant front door. Touring the 20-room house results in an echoic sensation, because it’s completely empty. (Honestly, how could you restage the Reagan years?) Eight bedrooms, six full baths, and two half baths round out the
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cisco, as was I. He started reviewing books for the Chronicle in San Francisco when he was very young. His desk in Windswept was once owned by Winston Churchill, a favorite of my father’s. If you’re seated at the desk and look left, you look straight down Somes Sound all the way to Beach Mountain, which is absolutely gorgeous. There’s a presidential feeling to the room. I remember flags. The HEW flag was there, with book and snake entwined (my father was also Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), plus the American Flag. A documentary filmmaker would have to take to you to his tiny writing room off a bedroom suite that had his old double writing desk from his days in California. He also had a stand-up inkwell writing desk made by prisoners at Fort Leavenworth. It was decorated with bronze coins showing each branch of the service. From that desk, he could look down the whole length of the sound. Do you feel personally connected to this house? CW: Yes, along with my sister and our respective families. I live next door, in a house called Gull Rock, so named because there’s a rock deposited by a glacier on which so many gulls sit. It’s the start of the fjord. Don’t you mean fjärd? (Must everything be downgraded?) CW: That happened a few years back, when my dad was still alive. My dad wanted no part of it. He thought that was crazy. The Sound was always a fjord to him... n Fjord: “Long narrow arm of the sea, commonly extending far inland, that results from marine inundation of a glaciated valley.” Fjärd: “Rocky inlet of the sea, usually found along relatively low-lying coasts. Formed by the submergence of a glacial valley, fjärds are characteristically more irregularly shaped than the fjords. Like fjords, they may be quite deep and may have thresholds at their mouths. Fjärds are often connected by mazes of channels but are not typically river-fed estuaries.”–britannica.com
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Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman (b.1963) & (b.1964) The literary couple summers in Brooklin. Chabon’s novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” won the Pulitzer for fiction in 2001.
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(b.1955) The singer/composer who changed his name from Cindy to Cidny Bullens in 2012 has lived in Cumberland County for two decades. He holds two Grammy nominations, has sung back-up for Elton John, and performed alongside Bob Dylan.
Mary Ellen Chase
(1887-1973) The best-selling writer of Mary Peters was born in Blue Hill and was a graduate of the University of Maine. In a 1936 interview in the Portland Sunday Telegram, Chase declared that she wrote “largely because I want to acquaint others...with the splendid character of Maine people, and
with the unsurpassed loveliness of Maine fields, shores, and sea.”
Howie Day (b.1981) The pop singer was born in Bangor and raised in Brewer. His parents own and run Nicky’s Cruisin’ Diner in Bangor.
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Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival Aug 12-14 An upscale arts event showcasing the inspiration artists have taken from Acadia National Parks throughout history. 266-5162
(b.1970) The singer-songwriter and Maine native told Portland Monthly in 2013, “Coming to Prospect Harbor takes me back to my time when I felt the most loved, and most connected with my surroundings.”
Jon Fishman (b.1965) Drummer for the legendary jamband Phish, Fishman originally hails from Lincolnville.
Dan Fogelberg (1951-2007) The American musician died at his beloved home on Deer Isle in 2007. His wife told Portland Magazine how Fogelberg fell for Maine: “[Dan] saw the old sea captain’s house on Deer Isle. It had grass coming through the floorboards, and he instantly fell in love with it.”
Red Cloak Tour for Acadia’s 100th Aug 12 A special Haunted History tour of the town of Bar Harbor, focusing on the history of the Eastern National Park and the surrounding area in 1916. 380-3806 Acadia: Nature as Teacher Exhibit Opening Aug 14 In the culmination of a several-monthlong project, this art exhibit will involve 18 different artists who have gradually captured their impressions of Acadia National Park. 326-7964 Art Meets Science Café–The Making of Art of Acadia Aug 15 This talk by Carl Little will describe the making of his collaborative book, Art of Acadia, which was written with his brother, David Little. 288-3147
Becoming an Artist– Robert Hagberg Aug 16 Robert Hagberg will discuss his relationship with Acadia National Park as it relates to his career as an artist. 288-9226 Life in Southwest Harbor 100 Years Ago Aug 17 The Southwest Harbor Historical Society will give a slide presentation on what life in this area was like 100 years ago. 244-5267
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(b.1980) The Mainer duo are at the helm of the wildly popular indie rock band Arcade Fire. They often visit Mount Desert Island, where they spent summers growing up and where their parents still live. Will, Win, and Win’s wife, Regine, recorded their first EP as Arcade Fire in the Butlers’ great-great-great-great-grandfather’s barn in Southwest Harbor. Their multiaward-winning album Funeral was also partially recorded on the island. If you watch their video “Rebellion: Lies,” which has over four million views on Youtube, you may recognize High Road in Southwest Harbor as the setting. 1 6 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
My Two Decades of Writing About Acadia’s Founder– Presentation by Ronald Epp Aug 18 Ronald Epp speaks of his years of research on George Dorr, founder of Acadia National Park. 374-5515 Lobster Picnic Sunset Cruise Safari Aug 18 Acadia Photo Safari will host three special Acadia Centennial Lobster Picnic safaris aboard our locally built 28-foot “lobster yacht.” In addition to the standard cruise of personalized photography instruction and great photoops, each centennial cruise includes extended
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(1927) The artist, famous for his colorsplashed canvases and portraits, keeps a summer studio in his yellow clapboard house in Lincolnville. The artist’s formative work will be on display at Colby College through the summer.
Terry Goodkind (b.1948) The fantasy writer, best known for The Sword of Truth TV series, owns a home on Mt. Desert Island. According to BangorDaily News, Goodkind said of arriving in Maine for the first time, “I felt like I’d been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.”
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(1877-1943) The American modernist painter and poet was born in Lewiston.
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Eric Hopkins (b.1951) North Haven Island has certainly influenced the soaring coastal landscapes by this well-loved contemporary artist.
David McCullough (b.1933) The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner keeps a summer residence in Camden.
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Toshiko Mori (b.1951) and James Carpenter (1948) The star architects built a beautiful house on North Haven Island.
Richard Russo (b.1949) The novelist and screenwriter, who won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Empire Falls, lives in Camden Maine. This summer he’s following up Nobody’s Fool with Everybody’s Fool.
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Noel Paul Stookey (b.1937) This member of the Peter, Paul & Mary folk trio resides in Blue Hill.
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(1899-1985) The author of Charlotte’s Web and coauthor of The Elements of Style moved to Brooklin in 1938. He famously declared, “I would rather feel bad in Maine, than feel good anywhere else.” Newell Convers Wyeth, is generally recognized as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Andrew’s son, Jamie, charts his own extraordinary course. Over the years, Maine has featured heavily in the Wyeths’ work, and the Wyeth Center at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland is dedicated to the family’s art.
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Robert M. Bass (b.1948) The billionaire businessman and owner of Aerion Corporation owns a palatial estate in Seal Harbor on Mount Desert Island.
Leon Leonwood Bean (1872-1967) Practically synonymous with Maine, the creator of the eponymous clothing and outdoors brand hails from Greenwood.
The Cabots One of the “first families of Boston,” these Boston Brahmins made their fortune in trading, medicine, and architecture, dipping their fingers also into politics and philanthropy. Numerous members of the Cabot family have lived on North Haven Island during the summer months.
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(1863-1947) The “Skylands” estate on built on Mt. Desert Island by the father of the Model T for his son Edsel Ford, is now owned by lifestyle magnate Martha Stewart.
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of Fidelity Investments. Johnson, estimated to be worth $8 billion, owns a luxury estate in Bar Harbor.
Roxanne Quimby (b.1950) The co-founder of Burt’s Bees lives in Winter Harbor and is currently attempting to donate thousands of acres to the National Park Service in order to expand Acadia’s protected land.
John Sculley (b.1939) The Apple CEO keeps a vacation home near Camden Harbor.
Wil iam P. Stewart Jr The president of MetLife insurance was accused of embezzling over $60 million of his son’s inheritance to squander on chartered jets to his property on Mount Desert Island and the $20 million cruising vessel Scheherazade, which he moored in Northeast Harbor, according to the New York Post.
The Lindberghs Are the Lindberghs moguls, aviators, or writers? Yes to all three. Charles and Anne Morrow Lind- The Lindberghs on North Haven. bergh spent summer idylls on North Haven Island for decades. Read the full story on the Linbergh estate here: bit.ly/PMLindbergh Shortly before the inception of the Pulitzer Prize, Joseph Pulitzer was one of the first to build a summer home on Mount Desert Island. The family visited the estate in Bar Harbor for many years. Politicians
Zbigniew Brzezinski (b.1928) The political scientist served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson 1966–1968 and was President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor from 1977– 1981. In his down time he relaxes at his home in Northeast Harbor.
William Howard Taft (1857-1930) The 27th President (1909–1913) was known to enjoy golfing in Bar Harbor when he wasn’t busy running the country. n 1 6 8 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
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time for a lobster picnic served on the waters of Somes Sound. Ten percent of all proceeds from this safari will be donated to Friends of Acadia. www.acadiaphotosafari.com
The Champlain Society–Science and The Origins of Conservation in Acadia Aug 18 This lecture by Catherine Schmitt will discuss the History of Science on Mount Desert Island, including records of the various flora and fauna that lead to the creation of Acadia National Park. 276-9323
Milestone Exhibition Aug 21-22 The Bar Harbor Inn showcases the lifetime works of Robert Hagberg and Steven Hileman as they chronicle Acadia in their artwork throughout the years. 288-9226 Mount Desert Mosaic Aug 21 Create your own stained glass mosaic of Acadia National Park with the ArtWaves Community Art Center. 478-9336 Acadia: Nature as Teaching Readings Aug 21In the culmination of a several-monthlong project, writers who have captured their impressions of Acadia National Park will read their works. 326-7964 Before Acadia: Adventure and Discovery Cruise Aug 21 On this cruise of the Eastern coast of Mount Desert, speakers will discuss the Champlain Society and their role in the creation of Acadia National Park. 276-9323 Centennial of First Acadia Celebration Aug 22 Historic speeches from the first celebration of the Acadia conservation will be redelivered by descendents of the original speakers. 669-8256 Lecture: Glaciers to Granite Aug 22 Photographer Tom Blagden will discuss the art of photographing nature in regards to his new book, Acadia National Park: A Centennial Celebration. 801-5622
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t’s a sunny Sunday out at Fort Williams Park: families are milling around the lighthouse, stopping to take pictures of the spectacular view. It’s your typical weekend scene in Maine. Moments later, a large plastic quadcopter swoops into view, its rotor blades whirring as it dives back and forth over the heads of the unsuspecting public. Only a few hours later, on the deck of Brian Boru, a young guy–perhaps a few pints down–sends his drone sweeping over the TD Bank parking lot, to the delight of his peers.
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The sight of these futuristic flying pods is increasingly common in Maine. Even more frequent are the stories of drone-related incidents across the country: aviation interference, crowd-bombing, and an untimely landing on the White House lawn. Those who saw Eye in the Sky in theaters recently may experience a familiar chill. The film’s examination into the deadly efficiency of drones in surveillance and military operation raises questions of moral accountability. Is this technology, with its all-seeing eyes, fruit from a poisonous tree?e?
the deal with drones Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) exploded onto the consumer market in 2012. Their advanced, yet easy-to-control design and filming capability made them a mainstream success outside of the traditional model-aircraft circles. With social media turning everyone into an amateur photographer, the appeal was widespread In the intervening years, technology behind the machines has skyrocketed almost as quickly as their sales. At The Hobby Center in West Falmouth, you can pick Summerguide 2016 171
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up a UAS with onboard video camera for as little as $59. The range goes right up to a hulking $1,500 model–with 6 rotor blades, 4K video and 12 mega-pixel photo quality– straight out of science fiction. Go online and models from Asia are a fraction of the cost. “We started stocking drones in 2012 and demand was huge,” says Hobby Center owner Ray Labonte. “Most of our buyers were enthusiasts–people who wanted to fly as a hobby.” thers saw a business opportunity. Chris Trafford of HoverFlow was quick to realize the potential of drone photography, setting up his aerial imagery business in 2012 with a single hexacopter model and a camera. Four years later, the business owns a fleet of top-of-the-range drones, equipped with 360-degree DSLR cameras and advanced operation systems. Hoverflow boasts Angry Orchard, Tough Mudder, and L.L. Bean as clients. Trafford’s videos are mesmerizing. His camera pans across familiar scenes–Higgins Beach, Portland’s wharfs–the lofty vantage point capturing the scale and beauty of Maine’s landscape. “Tourism-based shooting seems to be our main focus. We enjoy the variety of landscapes and seasonal changes Maine has to offer. ”
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Public Nuisance he view isn’t all rosy from up here. Backlash against the flying pests has been rife in the past few years. Many bemoan the sight and sound of the insectile machines buzzing around areas of natural beauty, leading to a ban in 2014 on drone flying in the majority of national parks. The Federal Aviation Administration has scrambled to outline rules for drone users in the wake of a spate of incidents nationwide. In March 2015, the Portland Jetport was brought to a standstill when a quadcopter landed and blocked a runway. Chris Cameron, Assistant GM of the Portland Sea Dogs, recalls a rogue drone flying over Hadlock Field mid-game in 2015. “A few of the spectators started noticing this tiny aircraft buzzing over the field, and luckily our security and the police were able to quickly track down the operator. Nowadays our staff are trained to keep an eye out for drones overhead and report it to security.” According to park ranger Paige Button,
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Travel through Maine beauty by beauty. In the age of GPS, cultural landmarks guide you through Maine’s history.
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ou’re driving down an uninspiring stretch of Route 302–just outside Windham, beyond the statue of Lenny, the 13-foot-tall TV repairman with his red lunch box at Hawkes Plaza–when you catch sight of a mirage ahead, gleaming silver in the sun. Pull closer and you’ll see the source is a low cement garage, covered entirely in polished hubcaps. Dick’s Place–part shop, part shrine to automobiles–run by local octogenarian Dick Wolstenhume, has caused rubbernecking along this stretch since 1943, when Dick’s father bought the site and started hanging up hubcaps to advertise the business. Speaking to Mainetoday.com, Wolstenhume described how the project took off organically. “People kept coming and bringing stuff in. They’re just like rabbits, they keep growing!” When you pass these hubcaps, you know
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Traveling 'Beauty by Beauty' Our title for this story is inspired by Graham Greene's 1936 book Journey Without Maps (1936), in which he leaves Europe for the first time to venture into the African interior. Arriving, he's unsettled to realize his U.S. map offers definition on the coast, but there's a large white void in the chart's center with the tiny label: cannibals. Our Maine equivalent might be Red Sox Fans. Traveling with guides and by word of mouth, Greene follows a stunningly different route directed by waterfall, leopard skulls, and chance. Now that Mapquest and Googlemaps are calling the shots, the chance to navigate via dreamy landmarks both excites and reassures. Of course it helps if you're one of these places. Here's a longtime Kennebunkport maxim: "If you drive past the Colony Hotel, you've gone too far." It's one thing to Yelp your way to the corner of State Street and Congress, but how that blushes in the face of “Just walk to the statue of Longfellow in Longfellow Square, where all the cafes are.”
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you’re well on your way to Sebago Lake. Ask a Mainer for directions and the response may well be peppered with colorful visual curiosities that have become part of the physical and cultural landscape.
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rying to get to South Freeport from Portland? Take a right off Route 1, just before the Freeport Big Indian. You heard right. The 30-foot-high chieftain looms over his surroundings, spear and shield at the ready. Commissioned in 1968 by Julian Leslie, then owner of Casco Bay Trading Post, the chief caused an unprecedented traffic jam on the New Jersey Turnpike a year later as he traveled by truck from Pennsylvania to Maine where he remains, stoic and imposing, to this day.
The lumberjack legend Paul Bunyan looms over Bangor.
On your way to South Freeport, stay alert to spot another slice of Maine history among the trees: the turreted crown of a gray stone tower is the last vestige of the Casco Castle. Built in 1903 by entrepreneur Amos Gerald, the Casco Castle was an imposing pile of gray-shingled wood designed to resemble a turreted fortress. Gerald hoped to increase patronage of his electric trolley line by building the castle into a resort hotel complex surrounded by an amusement park, zoo, formal gardens, and picnic grounds accessible from the Brunswick-Yarmouth Street Railway. Unfortunately the showy facade failed to attract the fashionable crowd and as the rise of the automobile led to the decline of trolleys, the hotel closed after only a few
seasons. Finally, in 1914, a blaze destroyed all but the remaining stone tower. If flashy architecture is your thing, a trip along Route 35–connecting Kennebunkport to the Maine Turnpike–will reward you with a sighting of “The Wedding Cake House,” the gabled, primrose-yellow tribute to European Gothic style that stands resplendent on Summer Street. Designed and built in 1825 by shipbuilder George Bourne, the “Wedding Cake’”holds the title of “most-photographed house in Maine,” thanks to its intricate wooden trim and numerous buttresses and pinnacles. As you swoop north on I-295 past Portland, you’ll find your eyes drawn to the right-hand shore. The vintage architecture, towering brick chimney, and industrial hues of the B&M Baked Bean factory are juxtaposed with the serenity of Casco Bay. Talk about retro-industrial chic. You can imagine the factory workers taking a moment to gaze out across the water in between stirring 900 pounds of beans at the brick ovens.
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d i s c o v e ry the matches accidentally ignited, and many suffered phosphorus poisoning, which could not only damage teeth but lead to “phossy jaw,” the destruction of the jawbone. These days a number of local business inhabit sections of the complex, including Home Remedies and the World Arts Co-op, introducing their own color schemes to create a pleasing patchwork with the original russetred paint still bookending the old factory.
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ext, point your car north towards Bangor and be sure to keep an eye out for the town’s most recognizable resident. Towering 37-feet over Main Street, the legendary lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, grins down with his bushy beard and flannel shirt–a true Maine boy (although other states claim the o myth). Bangor’s more diminutive but equally famous habitant, Stephen King, was clearly not convinced by Bunyan’s benign smile. The writer brought the legend to life in terrifying measure in his novel It. Transplanted to the fictional town of Derry, Bunyan comes to life–axe-wielding and murderous– to terrorize one of the young protagonists. These cultural exclamation points, towering above their surroundings, have become part of the fabric of local knowledge. If you’re taking a trip to Vacationland this summer, turn off the GPS and let the landmarks guide.
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Remember the Maine? t’s too late to help the USS Maine, which exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, but we can be drink to her health by mixing up the classic cocktail with the soubriquet Remember the Maine. The first published recipe of this distinguished drink came from writer and cocktail aficionado Charles H. Baker, in his 1939 classic The Gentleman’s Companion, or Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask. Described by some as part Sazerac and part Manhattan, the elixer is an excellent tonic for nerves. Baker writes about enjoying this very drink during the escalating violence of the 1933 uprisings in Havana: Each time he knocked back a “Remember the Maine,” he re-experienced a “hazy memory of a Night in Havana during the Unpleasantnesses of 1933, when Each Swallow Was Punctuated with Bombs Going off on the Prado...” Baker advises that the drink be stirred “briskly in a clock-wise fashion.” We advise you to enjoy a glass overlooking the ocean this summer.
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Holy Homerus If you don’t want Mainers to know you’re “from away,” think twice before you charge into a lobster pound and demand they boil you up a three-pound lobster. The bigger the better doesn’t apply. It’s the more diminutive models (from one pound to 1.25 pounds) that tend to be sweeter. Instead, impress the locals by requesting a “chicken” lobster (1 lb.). N.B.: Thrifty Mainers prefer soft-shell lobsters over the more expensive hard shells.
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Hacking the Appalachian Trail
Not enough time to hike the Appalachian Trail? Watch this 5-minute video on YouTube (bit.ly/1UsiuVl) to view Maine’s dazzling wilderness sights from the comfort of your couch. As a no-risk means of ogling Mt. Katahdin, it’s also far less exhausting than watching the mind-numbing Robert Redford/Nick Nolte bromance A Walk in the Woods (Broad Green Pictures, 2015).
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Lurking Leonardo
Hacking da Vinci? The Mona Lisa has already been hacked in Maine. If you happen to visit the Portland Art Museum this summer, you may spot her familiar face among the crowd. Now part of the museum’s permanent collection, this slightly shy copy of Leonardo DaVinci’s masterpiece, with somewhat smoky provenance, was purchased in the 1980s. Maybe that’s why she isn’t front and center? Admission is free on Friday evenings.
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Don’t be surprised if you get a sense of déjà vu walking along the ramp toward Marshall Point Lighthouse. Not only the site of many an Instagram landscape, it was also featured as the second checkpoint on Tom Hanks’ epic cross-country run as Forrest Gump in the classic 1994 film. Get ready to dodge all the other tourists attempting to re-create the same scene.
Real Mainers wouldn’t dream of buying berries they can pick themselves, but this takes time. Don’t waste yours on cultivated supermarket blueberries as big as beach balls. Instead, as you’re speeding down Route 1, keep an eye out for roadside stands selling ragtag quarts of their smaller, wild cousins that our state is famous for.
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Impress Mainer friends with your local knowledge by referring to the five identical concrete homes that crown the middle of Danforth Street by their insider nickname, “Teddy’s Teeth.” These residences, with views of the Fore River, have long been referred to as such on account of their similarity to the former president’s squaretoothed grin. Derided following their construction in 1906 by speculative developer Lucien Snow, these houses have since become part of the neighborhood’s identity. Behind the boxy façades, each interior boasts lovely moldings, maple floors, a central fireplace, and a graceful staircase. Summerguide 2016 187
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Just to put things in perspective when shopkeepers pass you Canadian coins with your change: A Norse coin discovered at a Native American burial site in Brooklin, Maine, is believed to have made its way to Maine via the Vikings. The Maine State Museum describes the penny, dating from 1182-1235, as “the only preColumbian Norse artifact generally regarded as genuine found within the United States.”
Not only heroes are born here. Vilified World War II radio propagandist Mildred Gillars, who broadcasted from Berlin as Axis Sally, was one of us. She grew up near the Victoria Mansion. During the war she tried to demoralize U.S. GIs by insinuating on her radio show that they were fighting for a lost cause while their girlfriends back home were dating draft dodgers. Never heard of Axis Sally? She was like Tokyo Rose. Never heard of Tokyo Rose? She was the radio propagandist for the Japanese. Except she wasn’t just one person like Axis Sally; nearly a dozen women broadcasted under that composite name, so she was kind of like Lassie. Never heard of Lassie? Woof.
Clockwise from top: Mos-Ness Dressing by Schlotterbeck & Foss is the unsung secret of Maine salads. The Italian sandwich was invented in Portland in 1899 by Italian baker Giovanni Amato. The official state treat is the whoopie pie (not to be confused with the official state dessert, which is blueberry pie, naturally). Maine maple syrup goes perfectly with pancakes, waffles, bacon, or pretty much anything. The B&M Baked Bean factory in Portland creates this smoky and delicious side dish in traditional brick ovens. When it comes to blueberries, the smaller, darker local varietals are the ones to pick. Moxie: Maine heritage, medicinal flavor/ Maine lobster. Need we say more?
You’ve Got Moxie Axis Sally was convicted of treason and sentenced to Alderson Women’s Reformatory in West Virginia. Other Alderson alumni include Billie Holiday and Martha Stewart.
Can Maine-grown soda pop give you superpowers? Red Sox star and Moxie poster-boy Ted Williams was famous for his ability to read the spin on a baseball hurtling towards him at 90 m.p.h. His super vision also served him well as a fighter pilot during World War II. More recently, the Boston Globe reported in 2013 that after Williams’s death in 2002, his head had been severed and cryogenically preserved in a “large can about the size of a lobster pot.” His son, who barely outlived him by two years, had dreams of someday sharing his father’s super vision with the world by cloning his eyes. Wouldn’t it be simpler just to drink Moxie? n Summerguide 2016 189
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hen I meet up with the owner of Pride’s Corner Drive-in, 47-year-old Andrew Tevanian, he’s dressed as a World War II medic. His blonde hair streams out of an authenticlooking helmet and as he shakes my hand he all but shouts, “Pride’s Corner Drive-in needs a heart transplant to stay open.” We meet at Corsetti’s in Westbrook, where we sit at a picnic table that Tevanian has spangled in American flags and Veteran’s Affairs banners. He is accompanied by a cameraman, with whom he is making a documentary about the fate of the drivein. In a flurry of what sound like campaign slogans, Tevanian alternately praises the veterans for whom drive-in theaters were originally built to entertain, and makes references to the erratic heartbeat of his family’s
establishment–hence his costume. Tevanian likens the Pride’s Corner Drivein, which his father (himself a WWII vet) opened in 1952, to “a prehistoric animal that’s still breathing, but just barely.” To stay open, the theater will need to convert from 35mm film projectors to digital. “What we’re running up against is technology,” he laments. “35mm film is becoming obsolete.” Drive-ins were once ubiquitous throughout America, fostering first loves and family bonding. “If I had a dollar for every baby that was conceived at that theater,” Andrew says, “I’d [pay to] have Pink Floyd get back together.” Nowadays, there are only six drive-ins in Maine and (according to Tevanian) several of them are struggling with the conversion to digital. After we head over to Pride’s Corner, Summerguide 2016 191
va n i s h i n g m aine Andrew takes me on a tour of the snack bar and projection rooms, pointing to a pile of boxes containing film reels from last year. “This is the film,” he says. “They don’t even pick it up now. It’s more expensive to pick it up [and bring it back to the distributor] than it is to leave it.” Without digital projectors, Pride’s Corner has no product to sell or service to offer. The theater is such a part of Andrew’s life he likens its closure to the illness of a family member, “this is like my dad in the nursing home. At 89 years old; it’s $400 a day to keep him alive, and I need $80,000 to keep the drive-in alive.” As we pace through the narrow corridors of the unlit snack bar, Andrew mentions his father repeatedly. John Tevanian, a first-generation Armenian-American, opened the theater in 1953 with his brother, Avadis Tevanian. John now resides in an assisted-living home. Tearing up as he holds an empty film reel, Andrew says, “I have sorrowful nights thinking about how this is something my dad put together. Soon he’ll leave this earth. And [the drive-in] will either continue or...” he trails off before stating the alternative.
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ver in Bridgton, Andrew’s brother, John Stephen Tevanian runs another drive-in, the Bridgton Twin, originally bought by their father in 1971. John has made his own sacrifices to update the Bridgton theater, updating his entire snack bar to offset the costs of the projectors. Over the phone, John muses, “A reasonable person would probably have said you’re better off doing something else, but I was born in the business.” His dedication isn’t lost on Andrew, who says, “My brother married the drive-in. The drive-in is essentially his wife.” Cousins Greg, Mike, and Alan Tevanian own both Westport Motor Sports and Westport Bowling. Another cousin, Avie Jr., lives out in Silicon Valley and is currently the managing director of an investment firm. Avie achieved fame from 1997 to 2003 as the Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple, working directly with Steve Jobs to revive the then-failing company and designing the revolutionary OS-8 Mac software system. [Read our interview with Avie: “Pride’s Corner,” October 1997] Andrew seems aware that the technology gods have been fickle with the Tevanian family: the same advances in digital technology that helped propel Avie’s meteoric career have indirectly lead to the current
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struggles of Pride’s Corner. Yet regarding his cousin’s success, Andrew is unwaveringly supportive. “He’s made quite a life for himself out there with hard work and determination.” Avie occasionally visits the drivein during summers, but Andrew has never considered approaching him–or any of his family members for that matter–for financial support. “They have their own lives and their own businesses,” he says. To raise money, Andrew started a GoFundMe campaign last year, but it’s now “dead in the water.” Tevanian hopes to start an IndieGoGo fund soon. In the meantime, those who would like to help can try messaging Andrew on Facebook, or visiting the Pride’s Corner website. I ask Andrew if he knows when, if at all, he will open the drivein this year. He shrugs his shoulders. “Basically I’m flying by the seat of my pants.” In lieu of films to play, he’s considering introducing, “some sort of music festival…maybe an outdoor stage with music and performances.” Times are lean for the local landmark. Patting his stomach, the helmeted theater owner explains, “I feel pressure in a lot of ways. I’m not like this normally. I’m not thin–but I’m eating cereal and soy milk every day. I’m not eating lobster rolls.” Ever passionate and somewhat erratic, Andrew closed out our discussion by posing as the Statue of Liberty, one hand clutching an invisible torch and the other cradling his elderly terrier: “I pledge to America–like the Statue of Liberty that holds her torch high in the air–to keep this drive-in alive, just like she keeps the harbors of New York alive… This is what makes us the best country in the world. God bless.” n You can donate to Pride’s Corner at: http://bit.ly/ PridesCorner
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Summer in Maine is the perfect time to test your sea legs and admire the beautiful coastline from the ocean. Here’s what you need to know about this year’s visiting ships. Ghost Ships he tallest ship of them is coming to Portland this summer–just not by water. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition will be at Portland Science Center from June 18 until mid-September, ready to transport visitors back 104 years to the greatest mariClockwise from bottom left: Premier Exhibitions (4); the cat
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time tragedy of our age. The story of the “unsinkable ship” is well known, but you may not have realized the Titanic also had Maine connections. A number of Acadia’s illustrious summer rusticators were among the passengers on the fateful maiden voyage.
A prominent member of the Astor clan, John Jacob IV, was traveling back from honeymoon with his pregnant 19-year-old bride, Madeleine, when fate intervened. Madeleine was rescued, but her new husband perished at sea. Devastated, Madeleine refused to talk of the tragedy for many years. She continued to visit La Selva, Astor’s cottage in Bar Harbor, during the following summers with her sister and son, John “Jakey” Astor VI. In 1916, Mrs. Astor renounced her $5 million widow’s trust ($103 million in today’s money) to marry banker William Dick, a childhood friend. With his wife and daughter, Cushing Island resident Charles Melville Hays was also aboard the ship. During the disaster, Hays was quick to get his family into the limited lifeboats. Mac Smith, author of Mainers on the Titanic [2015], reports that his daughter, Orian Hays, “was so sure they would see [her father] again, we didn’t even kiss goodbye.” Many hours later, she offered up her straw hat to set alight and catch the attention of the rescue boat RMS Carpathia. The Hays family still owns and visits their residence on Cushing Island to
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The View From Kittery Point ou can still marvel at the fleet of tall ships visiting Portsmouth this summer, without even having to leave Maine. Kittery Point provides a spectacular vantage point from which to watch the opening event of Sail Portsmouth 2016, the majestic Parade of Sail up the Piscataqua River. Leading the spectacle will be the star of the show, the 170-foot El Galeón Andalucía. This replica 16th century galeón is a unique example of the 500 year-old boat that brought the Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de León, to the eastern shore of Florida. Grab your deck chair and binoculars and watch this 495-ton historic vessel cruise by. Behind her will follow the schooner Lynx, a beautiful 122 foot, two-masted replica of an early privateer used during the War of 1812 to evade British naval fleet. Her design made her one of the fastest and most maneuverable ships in the American arsenal. Look closely and you may see the 12 replica cannons that
would have armed the original Lynx. Keep an eye out for a slice of Maine maritime history sailing up the Piscataqua. Several traditional reproduction “gundalows,” a shallow draft type of cargo barge once common in the Gulf of Maine’s rivers and estuaries, will also be joining the parade. Among the display will be the first ocean-going, full-rigged ship to have been built in the United States in over 100 years, The Oliver Hazard Perry. At 196 feet and with three masts of 130 feet each, this enormous vessel, built last year in Newport, was a favorite at last year’s Portland Tall Ships festival. Private boats are also welcome join the parade and enter the harbor in style alongside these spectacu-
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Tall Ships will offer sailing courses for students, aged between 13 to 18, aboard the traditionally crafted brigantine Fritha. She’ll will make eight separate five-day voyages over the summer break, taking groups of students across the Gulf of Maine under the power of sail. lso visiting Portland this summer are some of last year’s favorite Tall Ships. The schooner Bowdoin, flagship of the Maine Maritime Academy, was built by the Hodgdon Brothers of East Boothbay in 1921 to survey Arctic waters.
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hat, in a nutshell, is what the Swedes think of the American lobster from Maine, New England,” writes the Guardian. “It may be much sought after in restaurants, but Sweden does not want the American crustacean to darken EU waters in case it spreads diseases and kills off its smaller cousin. The Swedish environment ministry on Friday asked the EU to list the Maine lobster as an invasive species and ban the import of the live creatures.” Speaking off the record, a Maine lobster industry official quips, “You’d think Sweden would be more worried about other things overrunning it than Maine lobsters.” Here in Maine, it’s flattering that the country that released Anita Ekberg, Ingrid Bergman, Ann-Margret, Greta Garbo, Lena Olin, Britt Ekland, and Maud Adams into the wild would consider anything from Maine oversexed. But the rest of the comments seem off-target. The refrain from the Maine lobster industry is, Where’s the science? The Guardian quotes the Swedes as say-
ing Maine’s critters “pose several potential risks for native species. Competing for space and resources, they can interbreed with local species and produce hybrid species, which we don’t know will be viable or not,” said Dr Paul Stebbing of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture science.” Specifically, there have been complaints from the Swedish environmental ministry that “more than 30 American lobsters have been found along Sweden’s west coast in recent years, and they can carry disMeet the American lobster’s European cousin, Homarus gammarus.
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eases and parasites that could spread to the European lobster and result in extremely high mortality.” But they haven’t. And how many is “more than 30”? As for the United Kingdom, according to the Guardian “British experts say there have been 24 confirmed reports of the American lobster in UK waters in recent decades. They are not believed to be reproducing, although this is possible. Sightings are believed to be as a result of the deliberate release or escape of specimens from captivity.” American Invasion How did Maine’s lobsters get there, howevSummerguide 2016 203
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er small their number? It’s a long swim from Damariscotta. The Guardian quotes Sweden’s environmental ministry’s theories: “We have reason to believe that lobsters are put in coastal waters perhaps for later consumption. Some of the American lobsters found by fishermen in the sea outside the west coast of Sweden were still wearing rubber bands round their claws with the exporting company name on the rubber band.” New England lobster groups take this most seriously. “The Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association is jittery at any European ban as the export of lobsters to the EU is worth $134m (£93m) annually.” eady Seafood Co., Lobster Trap Seafood, and East Coast Seafood, along with several other wholesalers from Maine, went to Brussels to ensure there is no European Union-wide ban. In all, according to the Press Herald, “75 people met for 90 minutes to talk about how to avoid the all-out ban that Sweden asked the European Union to adopt.”
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“It’s flattering that the country that released Anita Ekberg, Ingrid Bergman, Ann-Margret, Greta Garbo, Lena Olin, Britt Ekland, and Maud Adams into the wild would consider anything from Maine oversexed.” Huge demand from china “I started working with Maine Coast in January of 2016,” says Annie Tselikis of The Maine Coast Company in York, an international wholesaler of lobsters. So deep are these connections, Tselikis is headed for China in the coming months. The company has been aware of the country’s love for the lobster’s seductive, “auspicious” shade of scarlet, “for as long as we’ve been marketing that resource [in China].” Asked about the infamous 30 Maine lobsters slithering at the bottom of Sweden’s claim, and whether these doughty examples of Homarus Americanus escaped from holding tanks after shipment from the US, Tselikis says, “No. The way that lobsters are
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Now, people worldwide aren’t just eating Maine lobsters. They’re debating them, too. From London to Beijing to Washington, DC, lobsters are a hot topic as an indicator of emerging global trends. This summer, the Washington Post has taken its readers to Little Cranberry Island to dramatize the monumental demand that the Chinese have for Maine Lobsters. “Little Cranberry, an island of 70 inhabitants, and China, a nation of 1.4 billion people, increasingly find themselves connected by the shifting currents of the world economy,” writes the Post’s Ylan Q. Mui, who came to Vacationland to file this story. “The rise of China’s middle class has coincided with a boom in Maine’s lobster population, resulting in a voracious new
stored in various parts of this industry, if you are receiving product in Europe, you are not storing that product in the water. You’re storing it in a tank on the mainland.” European lobsters are Homarus gammarus. They are blue in the water. They’re slightly smaller than Maine lobsters. “It is all of our opinion that these [30 Maine] lobsters have been liberated [at var-
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ious times] by private citizens who think they’re doing something right. You can see evidence of this on the internet. A couple of weeks ago there was someone from Scotland who posted a YouTube about releasing a lobster back into the wild.” Except it wasn’t the “wild” the Maine lobsters were used to. “The Scottish posting was taken off Youtube” amid a derisive chorus of “You’re
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lobsters. It may be more a matter of sympathy than science. Apparently, Sweden has yet to prove a new malignant horde has successfully bred in European waters. The Maine lobster industry is working hard to make this case and others to the European Commission. Does Jeff Bennett of the Maine International Trade Center subscribe to the Mary Tyler Moore buy-and-release theory? “Somehow they got out there, and they certainly didn’t get there on their own. There are numerous stories,” but it all comes down to this: “I think they were released either intentionally or were mishandled, one or the other.” As we go to press, lips are tight, because there’s a lot of maneuvering behind the curtain. “We’re trying to do a lot of things behind the scenes that we don’t want to disclose to the press yet. There will be more news in July.” If that news goes Sweden’s way, it will be boiling hot. n Update: A group of U.S. government scientists labels Sweden’s proposal to classify Homarus Americanus as an invasive species as “so thin it doesn’t merit a political debate, much less a full-scale European Union import ban,” according to the Portland Press Herald.
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Mausoleum, and lamenting the abandoned beer cans and malodorous evidence of irresponsible pet owners, these folks felt a chill, a baleful, unseen stare, and an overall feeling of hostility. A woman in the group attempted to “communicate” with the presence she
felt, then lit up a cigarette; seconds later, the “top half of a large birch tree snapped off and landed where they had just been standing.” Other examples of the “Unseen Guard” include strange cramps, cold spots, and a general feeling of ghostly hatred. Summerguide 2016 209
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Fort Knox, Prospect On the west bank of the Penobscot River, 172-year-old Fort Knox is a monument to haunted history. Although the massive granite structure was manned in times of war, it never saw actual battle. Its drafty interiors are perfect for two annual events, October’s Fright at the Fort and the summer’s Paranormal Fair. “Fright at the Fort has been scaring the heck out of people for the past seventeen years. Visitors are led through the dark passageways of the old
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the exit, she just passes through without the doors moving an inch.” Who says chivalry’s dead? After sensing her invisible exit, Jules convinced himself he’d just half awakened from a dream…until he saw her again. “A friend stopped by on another night to talk some baseball,” Jules says. “Out of the corner of my eye, here comes the lady again. I say, ‘Don’t look, but when this woman passes us tell me if you see her.’
Time and Temperature Building; Dr. Death House; Casco Bay, Portland Maine’s Forest City holds its fair share of spectres too. In the Time and Temperature Building on Congress Street, a red-haired female spirit reportedly rides the elevators and sends visitors to the wrong floors. Workers there report seeing an unknown woman strolling the halls, then disappearing into thin air. In 2007, Portland Magazine interviewed security guard Nick Jules, who’d had more than one run-in with the flamehaired spectre. “The first night I saw her she (Continued on page 82)
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Spirits on the High Seas Roxie Zwicker, author and owner of New England Curiosities Tours, spoke to Portland Magazine in 2006 about the souls that had shipwrecked on Maine’s treacherous coast. “Look beyond Nubble Light. That matchstick on the horizon is Boon Island,” Zwicker says, “so named because ships used to wreck on the desolate three acres of barren rock so often that sailors would leave ‘boons,’ or packages of supplies, to help the unfortunate captives.” One such ship was the Nottingham Galley, “wrecked in December of 1710 on its way to Portland from Ireland. York Beach was so close, but a rescue raft was taken over by waves and the men aboard froze. Thirty-five men from the Nottingham scrambled onto the island, which had no vegetation and was hit by gales capable of sending 500-pound boulders crashing into the rock and sea. The men ate seaweed but reacted violently. They got sick, began to die,” Zwicker says.“The first to perish was the cook. The captain had to make a decision. These were god-fearing men, but they were starving. They resorted to cannibalism, consuming the cook first, then the carpenter.” They were rescued by fishermen 29 days later, but the shipwrecked men were never the same. 2 1 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
A red-haired spirit is said to ride the elevators of Portland’s Time and Temperature building. She has been spotted floating through the lobby and vanishing through doors.
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was coming across the lobby toward me. As she reached the exit, she just passes through without the doors moving an inch.” On another occasion, Jules attempted to make contact with the woman. “I lurched across the hallway to grab her, but got an armful of air.” Rachel Crawford, co-owner of the vintage store Little Ghost on the first floor, has also felt the presence. “On Sundays, when the building’s quiet, it’s very creepy. You can hear the elevators moving of their own accord.” She says she had no idea about the spirit when she named the shop. With the recent announcement for foreclosure, who will inherit the Time and Temperature Building’s flame-haired phantom?
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urther downtown, the William E. Gould House on State Street is supposedly haunted by the patients of a physician nicknamed Dr. Death, who “used unusual treatments on some patients,” according to Haunted Portland: From Pirates to Ghost Brides, by Roxie Zwicker. She also mentions how residents have heard “phantom footfalls” in the basement, one felt “tapping on her shoulder,” and “a presence has been known to brush past people.” A ghostly figure is often seen in the Gould House’s windows. One rumor is that the building was built on top of an ancient Native American burial ground, accounting for all the spirit activity. The waters of Casco Bay hold their own
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Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor he second oldest garden cemetery in the United States was established in 1834 by the Bangor Horticultural Society, in response to the influx of activity and settlement along the Penobscot River Valley. Its rolling 300 acres are the final “home” of over 30,000 individuals. The film version of Bangor resident Stephen King’s book Pet Sematary features chilling glimpses of the grounds. The cemetery’s official website lists the unmarked grave of gangster Al Brady among the tombstones, and an article in The Examiner from March 2012 states that “something eerie” skulks along the rows between the graves. Al Brady’s ghost? You decide.
secrets. “After lobsters, Sea Serpents might be Mainers’ very favorite thing in the sea,” historian Herb Adams told MPBN in 2014. Portland’s very own Sea Monster was first spotted in 1780 by Captain George Little of Boston, Massachusetts. The nickname “Cassie” was coined 20 years ago [by the design department of Portland Magazine while laying out a story] by Loren Coleman, owner of the International Cryptozoology Museum and curator of all things supernatural. Coleman spoke with two Scandinavian fishermen, who reported a run-in with an 100 foot-long creature while on a fishing trip in 1958. “We saw an object coming toward us out of a haze; we took it to be a submarine, but as it came near we discovered it was some live thing.” This live thing was claimed by them to be 100 feet long with a striped tail like a mackerel. Rumor would have us believe this denizen of the deep still lurks beneath the surface of Casco Bay. n
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one are the days when pink wine wasn’t to be taken seriously. Previously, super sweet bottles by brands such as Sutter Home and Beringer, commonly referred to as a “blush wine” or “white zin,” caused much derision in wine circles and tarnished the rosé’s reputation. Nowadays, America’s thirst for true rosé (usually imported and drier in style) seems unquenchable. Research firm Nielsen shows the volume of imported rosé over $12 per bottle grew by 56.4% last year. Setting the benchmark is Domaines Ott Château de Selle from Provence, which retails at around $40 per bottle. Luckily, the selection of delicious rosés I’m about to describe can all be bought for under $20 per bottle! Rosé isn’t classified by a specific grape or region; it’s a type of wine, just like red or white. Most rosé wines are blends of multiple grapes, giving the winemaker lots of versatility in cre-
ating a wonderfully balanced, delicious glass of wine. It’s the perfect drink for a summer barbecue, picnic, or day at the beach. The cherry color of the Casal Garcia Vinho Verde from Portugal tells us this is a fruity rosé with aromas of fresh strawberry, cherry, and berries. This non-vintage wine is blended from a selection of the local varietals: Vinhão, Azal Tinto, and BorraÇal. It would pair perfectly with BBQ chicken and a salad. Next up is one of my go-to choices for summer sipping. Blended from a selection of Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, and Rolle grapes, the 2015 Le Charmel Provence is a French rosé with a fresh, crisp, dry style that makes it a masterful match for almost any dish. It’s wonderful as an aperitif or paired with a juicy turkey burger. My final favorite is an excellent French wine from 2015, the Domaine le Clos des Lumières Côtes du RhÔne. This medium-bodied rosé
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Barnacle Billy’s, known for luxury lobster, steamed clams, large lusty drinks, barbecued chicken, homemade clam chowder & of course, the lobster roll & lobster stew. Features extensive indoor & sundeck seating where guests can enjoy both the beauty of the harbor & the ocean beyond. Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, 646-5575, barnbilly.com Bayside American Café (formerly Bintliff’s) has been owned and run by Joe & Diane Catoggio since 2003. Their craveable menu includes simple to decadently delicious items like house-made smoked salmon, corned beef hash, crab cakes, sandwiches, salads, Benedicts, and more. Come enjoy the food and drinks, and discover why customers love Bayside American Café. Breakfast, brunch, and lunch are served daily starting at 7am. 774-0005 . 98 Portland St., Portland, baysideamericancafe.com. Bueno Loco offers a unique Mexican experience in Falmouth. We use only the freshest ingredients and make the best house-infused margaritas! Open daily for lunch and dinner. Happy hour 4-6 pm. Live music Thursdays 6-9 pm. Kids’ menu. Dine in or take out. Plenty of free parking! View our full menu at buenoloco. net. 240 U.S. Rt. 1, Falmouth, 619-7057.
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In the summer of 1902, Mark Twain and his wife, Olivia, swapped the Mississippi for the banks of the York River. Today, the Twain House is for sale.
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“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in Maine.”
ark Twain never said that. But he did have a lot to say about the beauty of York when he spent an idyll in this Shingle-Style palace above the York River, owned by the family of visionary Philadelphia architect Frank Furness. Acquired in 1890 by Furness’s sister-in-law after the death of her husband (Furness’s brother William Jr.), this riverside retreat was an ideal rental opportunity for Mark and his beloved Olivia Twain. The swooping veranda was perfectly poised to let the couple eavesdrop on the whispers of the river. Better still, Twain’s pal William Dean Howells, the editor of The Atlantic Monthly, lived just blocks away. Summerguide 2016 249
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heart attack,” says listing agent Ali Goodwin. “Twain moved her bed from the second floor to the first floor so she could hear and feel the cooling of the river and trees.
“Twain moved her bed from the second floor to the first floor so she could hear and feel the cooling of the river and trees.” I’ve read letters between the Twains and the Howells about this period. The love of his life was just too fragile to move around oth-
erwise. Every day, Twain would compose a sonnet and then paint it right here on the wall beside the fireplace so she could see it.” Talk about the writing on the wall. Before dawn “he’d walk around, pinning notes to trees, telling the birds to hush so his
Clockwise from left: Eric reuter(2); ali goodwin - Keller Williams Coastal Realty; the mark twain house
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rom the instant Twain seized upon these views of the river, he was inspired to write new short stories on the verandah. Now and then, Howells stopped by to have a look. But the literary lions were missing the real drama just a kiss away. Olivia Twain opened her own heart to the magic of this spot: “We are in the midst of pines. They come up right about us, and the house is so high and the roots of the trees are so far below the veranda that we are right in the branches.” Having grown up with a type of spinal tuberculous called Pott’s disease, the romantic Olivia had an exquisite sense of how fleeting life could be. Sadly, this very summer, she “fell ill and had a small
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It will be recalled that not long ago the Omaha Public Library barred Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn from its shelves on the grounds tha t its influence upon the youthful mind was pernicious. The Omaha WorldHerald sent him a telegram, which called forth the following characteristic letter: Published September 6, 190 2, The New
wife could rest.” Landscapers kept finding the notes for years afterward. Olivia would cling to dear life for another two years, with Twain at her side, her struggle for survival more wistful because their daughter had died at age 24 of spinal meningitis nearly a decade earlier. Olivia died in the Villa Reale di Quarto in Italy, where Twain took her after their Maine interlude. Sprawling mid-rapture through the lovely shade of time, Furness’s design still makes sense today among the cool pine needles. “Just as Twain was a Victorian with a mod-
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Dear Sir: Your telegram has arrived, but as I have already said all I wan t to say concerning Huck Finn’s new adv entures, there is no need to say it over again. I am making this remark by mail instead of telegram in order to secure speed; your courtesy require s this promptness of me. Lat ely it has twice taken a telegraphic dispatc h four hours and a quarter to reach me here from Boston, a distance of forty or fifty miles; therefore, if I should answer you by that vehicle I estima te that it would be upward of eight days on the wire, whereas I can get it to you by mail in two. I am tearfully afraid this noi se is doing much harm. It has started a number of hitherto spotless peo ple to reading Huck Finn, out of a natural human curiosity to learn what this is all about–people who had not heard of him before; people whose morals will go to wreck and ruin now. The publishers are glad, but it makes me want to borrow a handkerchief and cry. I should be sorry to think it was the publishers the mselves that got up to this entire little flutter to enable them to unload a book that was taking too much room in their cellars, but you never can tell what a publisher will do. I have been one my self. Mark Twain York Beach, Me., Aug. 23 190 2.
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ern sense of humor, so was Furness (who fought at Gettysburg and won the Congressional Medal of Honor) an early Modernist, with adjectives like “muscular” and “energetic” often applied to his work. Walking through this house, it’s almost as if there are places where it’s gathering itself up for a leap into the future. Taxes are $24,439 n Buyers’ Notes: With 508 feet of river frontage, this five-bedroom, five-fireplace mansion was completely and sensitively restored roughly eight years ago–a thoughtful blend of the old and the new. Graciously proportioned at 6,000 square feet, the Twains’ former retreat offers four full baths and three half baths, an in-law apartment, and prime location in York at its most exclusive, with a golf club and yacht club steps away. In the manicured gardens outside, there’s a heated inground swimming pool. With its deepwater dock on the river, the house offers dappled views of Sewall’s Bridge. This part of the York River reflects a number of antique homes as well as historic Hancock Wharf, once the property of Declaration of Independence signer John Hancock. And yes, there is access to the ocean from this part of the river.
What Mark Twain Wrote Here Turns out, the Twain in Maine is easy on the brain. The Old York Historical Society keeps two short stories they believe Twain wrote during his Maine interlude. One is called “The Belated Russian Passport.” Here’s a section from “Was It Heaven? Or Hell?” Twice, at intervals, Aunt Hester said, in frozen amazement:
“You told a lie?” Twice, at intervals, Aunt Hannah followed with the muttered and amazed ejaculation: “You confess it–you actually confess it– you told a lie!” It was all they could say. The situation was new, unheard of, incredible; they could not understand it, they did not know how to take hold of it, it approximately paralyzed speech. Summerguide 2016 253
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Smith’s Landing 1925 Two-bedroom shingled seasonal cottage. 460 feet of bold ocean front and gravel beach. Kitchen, dining, living rooms. Great family site with lovely water views and good chance for yearround upgrade. Private neighborhood. Opportunity is knocking! $265,000.
Wonderfully Grand 1890 Five-Bedroom Home. Great in-town location, walk to everything. 3,500 sq.ft. of living, work, and storage space plus carriage house and two-car garage. .88 acre. Large sunny back yard. This is a very comfortable home, ready to move in for $185,000.00
Starr Cottage Classic 1790’s Greek & Colonial Revival post-and-beam Cape idylically nestled between glorious sunrise and sunset water views over Dark Harbor and Gilkey Harbor and outer islands. Remodeled in 1899 and restored in 1994. Five bedrooms, 3.5 baths, four fireplaces. The house and boathouse are sited on 2.4 + acres with 183 feet along the shore of Ames Cove with meticulously landscaped grounds. $975,000.
Islesboro Harbor Contemporary Extraordinary setting and waterviews on private 2.7 acre sloping landscaped grounds with mowed path to 400 feet of rugged shoreline and gravel beach. Crisp woodwork, tile flooring, open concept kitchen and dining room with fireplace hearth. Large living room and hearth. Two bedrooms, two full baths. Detached two-car garage, unfinished apartment. Conveniently located. $610,000.
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Rambling Spacious Yearround Home and Camp. Innovative layout; fine woodworking, five bedrooms, wide pine, tiled, and carpeted floors. Many built-ins, dine under the skies, solarium, large living room and fireplace. Sunny fenced yard. Includes 600 sq. ft. camp or studio in the woods. $250,000.
Vintage Turn of the Century Cottage in Cherished Summer Enclave. Panoramic water views. Four bedrooms, period architectural detail, random width wood flooring. Will need work and restoration but worth the effort for this location. 15’ right of way to beautiful beach. Stroll to tennis courts, library, historical society. Short ride to stores, post office, and sailing. $195,000.
Meadow Pond Must See! 1850’s Greek Revival renovated 1992, historic detail preserved. 4.5 acres on pond. Sweeping views, lovingly landscaped meadow. Kitchen, living room, two bedrooms, two full baths, maple & ash flooring, recessed lighting, skylights, easy to heat, large septic for expansion. Two detached guest studios, green house, wired tool shed. Large sunny garden spots, seasonal stream and varied hard and soft woods. A real gem! $285,000.
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South Freeport The original Fox Hill Farm in South Freeport has been beautifully renovated and expanded to provide the new owners with the very best of an original 1799 antique cape with all the benefit and comforts of a very high quality home. There are 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. The elegant kitchen offers a cathedral ceiling, granite finishes and a charming fireplace. The spacious family room is flooded with light and features a fireplace, cathedral ceiling, a marvelous entertaining space. The attached guest/in-law apartment has its own separate entrance. A new 28x40 barn was built in 2012. There is much more to see and it’s all situated on 2.6 acres of land in the prestigious Harbor Ridge neighborhood not far from town and quite near Freeport Harbor. $795,000.
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This magnificent home at Botany Place is unique in every way. Its 3,735 square feet of living area on three levels includes, on the first floor, a bright, open concept living area with gas fireplace, kitchen with superior appliances, half bath, laundry, first floor master bedroom suite and access to both a screenedin porch and an open deck. Upstairs are three additional bedrooms, two bathrooms and a “sitting” loft that overlooks the living areas downstairs. In the finished basement are two separate recreation rooms and a cedar-lined walk-in closet. Another plus: the attached two car garage has direct entry to the house. The setting is all one could ask for – a southern exposure for the livings areas, a spacious back yard, perfectly suited for relaxing, or entertaining if one is so inclined. For privacy the lot is bordered on two sides by woods abutting walking trails. $580,000.
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Exquisite Contemporary right on the ocean’s edge! You won’t find another like this with 138’ on the ocean and nearly 3,000 sq ft for this offering. Open 1st floor kitchen, dining and living rooms with magnificent vistas from the floor to ceiling glass! Master En-Suite on 1st floor with private entrance to ocean side deck. MLS: 1258084 $699,900
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Exquisite home, 3 miles to downtown oceanfront, boasting chef’s kitchen, Great Room adorned with impressive stone hearth & mantel~fireplace, overlooking private 6 Acres. 4000 sq ft. w/1st fl bdrm & bath, 3/2 up. Media room or studio over garage. Separate woodworking shop for the hobbyist or serious cabinet maker. MLS: 1250972 $428,500
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Wonderful Cape with many possibilities. Setback off the road for plenty of privacy. 2nd floor is unfinished currently studded out for three additional bedrooms and two full baths. $199,900
Assisting people buy and sell properties in the beautiful Western mountains of Maine since 1985 Sugarloaf Condo right on the ski trail! 2 bd 1.5 bath end unit. Furnished and a true ski in-ski out location. Just above the Sugartree Health Club. $248,000
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Sugarloaf Ski and Golf Home. Village On The Green location. 5 bd 3 baths. Fireplace, hot tub, two living rooms. Ownership also included tennis courts and winter shuttle service. Dead end road but close to the base lodge. $370,000
Need a get-away? 1000+- feet on Flagstaff Lake in Dead River Township. Located in the Bigelow Preserve. Appalachian Trail and Maine Huts and Trails all close by. Remarkable wilderness experience. $279,000
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One of the most beautiful lakes in Maine, just 1.5 hours from Portland, minutes from Waterville and Augusta. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors throughout, wood stove, cathedral ceilings, wrap-around deck, recreation room with built-in bar. Boating, sailing, fishing. MLS 1265617 Tom Kruzshak 207.770.2212 | $499,900
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#964 Amazing 320 acre recreational or development land! Mt Blue Stream with trout, salmon, water falls and deep pools. 3500’ of highway frontage, good roads, broad views, gravel pit and more! More land (100+ac) available. Sled/ATV trail access too! $192,000
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Private oceanfront compound sited on beautifully landscaped acreage with deep water anchorage and a private pier. Finely crafted and beautifully maintained 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath Cape with 2 en suite master bedrooms.
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One-of-a-kind, landmark waterfront resort compound with over 60 guest rooms, suites and cabins. Resort features oceanfront saltwater pool, tennis courts, and other amenities. Property has undergone extensive renovations before the season.
Located on central Maine’s cleanest lake, offering lakefront lodging with 39 guest rooms, efficiencies and cabins. Spacious, four-bedroom owner’s home with lake views, marina, and boat launch included in sale. Upside potential exists for lodging and marina operations. $1,675,000
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Nationally-franchised property with over 100 rooms located near Interstates 95 and 395. Large breakfast area and business center, meeting and events facilities, and indoor heated pool and fitness center. $4,895,000
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Well-maintained property with 50 units, located in the heart of Lake George, includes breakfast area, meeting room for groups, indoor heated pool and Jacuzzi, and outdoor pool. Nearby to beaches, restaurants, and shopping. $2,300,000
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This former 81-room hotel is currently undergoing extensive renovations with a new façade and other major improvements and is expected to reopen in the Fall of 2016.
Located on scenic US Route 1, this 120-seat restaurant is well established and offers additional outdoor seating. Popular microbrew pub recently added. Adjacent to large, sandy beach.
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PEMAQUID TRAIL Lovely waterfront home and guest cottage on Pemaquid Trail offering westerly views of John's Bay and Christmas Cove. Originally built in the 60's with a gracious style and many innovations this home has recently been upgraded with new windows, sheetrock, paint, wood floors, custom kitchen, 1/2 bath, and renovated full bath. The main house is completed by 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, den and living room with a grand stone fireplace whose chimney is encircled by a "good morning" staircase. The 2 bedroom, 1 bath, guest cottage remains charmingly rustic. The waterfront includes an inviting cove of sand where one can while away the day swimming, searching for treasures or napping on the nearby ledges. This is quintessential Maine at her finest and truly the most desirable location on Pemaquid Trail! Exclusively offered at $895,000
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This 3BR, 2.5BA home with it’s double lot is perfectly lovely as is, but with R6 zoning you now have the ability build up to 3 units on that double lot and still live in a perfectly lovely home. Build a dream home, build a 3 unit or build 3-to 6 condos with a roof top deck!! The views at 35 and 45 feet are phenomenal!
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ing long enough to hear what I’m saying.” “This is you?” she said. “The guy they warned me about?” “Funny thing,” he said, “I was warned, too, but I didn’t believe it. They said you guys would be all over me. Said all you cared about was doing O’Brien because maybe he passed some money around and someone is talking and now you look bad because your boss said Boston was clean. I will tell you that O’Brien’s taking responsibility and wants help, wants this to work out. I can help him and we can help each other.” She followed the girl’s footprints up a dune. “You might get her,” he said, “maybe find out where she lives or go after her at work. But she won’t be easy. She knows what to look for, who to contact. And there’s nothing there so it’ll look weak and you don’t want that. I’m asking you to make a decision here. Call it professional courtesy. She walks away.” “You do your job,” she said, “I do mine. Nothing personal.” “I made a mistake meeting her here,” he said. “I wonder if you’re making a mistake right now. You’re from a military family, is that it? Proving yourself? I know you had to be twice as good as the men to get this far. But all of us have blind spots. No exceptions. S u m m e r g u i d e 2016 277
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