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contents Quisisana Summer 054

A family camp makes music on the shores of Kezar Lake by Dr. Lisa Belisle | Photography by Matt Cosby

Summer of Saying Yes 066

From horseback riding to hip-hop, at Camp Nashoba North it’s all about choice by Susan Axelrod | Photography by Matt Cosby

Maine Camps Listing 084

Our comprehensive guide to the camps that make summers in Maine so memorable by Maine Summer Camps

The Lure of Libby 096

We’re off for a North Woods weekend at Libby Camps, granddaddy of sporting outposts by Sandy Lang | Photography by Peter Frank Edwards

Something Old, Something New 116

A husband-and-wife team honors the past by restoring an old Maine farmhouse in Sidney—and learns some new skills along the way by Katy Kelleher | Photography by Erin Little

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Quisisana Resort co-manager Sam Orans’s daughter, Annie, and her friend Alyona race into Kezar Lake. Photography by Matt Cosby

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The sun sets over Kezar Lake. Time seems to go by just a little slower while at camp, and Quisisana is no exception. Photography by Matt Cosby

THERE + THEN 018 Going out, giving back: supporting nonprofits + local businesses in the vital work they do year-round NEW + NOTEWORTHY 027 What’s happening around the state 48 HOURS

034 Cape Elizabeth, South Portland + Scarborough; Bangor

by Susan Axelrod and Chris Kast

A-LIST 048 General Stores

by Brittany Cost Photography by Sean Thomas

LOVE MAINE RADIO

Interview with Al Miller by Dr. Lisa Belisle Photography by Sean Thomas

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EDITOR’S NOTE Photography by Sean Thomas

When writer Susan Axelrod visited Camp Nashoba North last summer for this issue’s feature, the sight of horse barns made her wish she was being dropped off for camp herself. It’s easy to feel nostalgic at a setting like that (“Summer of Saying Yes,” p. 66). Visiting camp—whether a traditional sleepaway camp or a sporting camp or a family camp—can feel a little like going back in time, with the often rustic, oldfashioned look of the buildings and lack of modern amenities. For me, going to camp meant my aunt and uncle’s cabin on Cobbossee Lake, just a 15-minute drive from my hometown of Hallowell. We didn’t have structured activities like at a summer camp, but we

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had our own traditions. Every summer we would play hide and seek in the woods around the camp, boat out to Picnic Rock, cast fishing lines off the dock, and float on black inner tubes. Camp isn’t just for kids, though. At Quisisana Resort in Lovell, families return year after year to relax on the shores of Kezar Lake, unplug from their daily routines, and enjoy world-class musical performances from the staff (“Quisisana Summer,” p. 54). Farther north, Libby Camps welcomes more of an outdoors crowd. The renowned fishing and hunting camp has been operating in the North Maine Woods for five generations (“The Lure of Libby,” p. 96).

For parents in search of something for their kids, our annual camps listing produced with Maine Summer Camps includes more than 100 options—from traditional residential camps to expeditionbased experiences to specialized camps for science or basketball (Maine Camps Listing, p. 84). We hope this issue inspires you to create your own camp memories, whether it’s for a whole summer or just a weekend away.

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WE LOVE MAINE. We fill our work days creating Maine-centric media products—publishing magazines and guides, producing radio shows, managing social media sites, developing websites, filming videos, producing events—because of this simple tenet. Our staff have stayed here, come back here, or moved here because we love Maine’s rich history, its unique character, and the people who live here, and most important, because we believe in Maine’s potential. We simultaneously love the Maine we grew up in and fully embrace the reality that things change and evolve. And we bear witness to that happening here. We are cheerleaders for Maine as a place for people to live, stay, and thrive—a place for people from away to move to, a place for second homeowners to buy into, a place to raise children, a place to start and operate a business—as well as a place to visit and explore, a place to escape and heal. And, a place to be inspired. We cover Maine in a positive light. We intentionally leave the negativity and snark to other media outlets. There is a place for everything, and we honor that. But that place is not here. So if you love Maine, please turn to us with your reading eyes, your listening ears, your follows and your likes, your attendance, and your advertising and sponsorships. Explore what we believe is the best Maine has to offer, on the pages of our magazines and guides, through the airwaves, at events, and via social media.

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STAFF INSIGHTS Answering questions about how we experience the state

WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AT A CAMP IN MAINE? “We had a family camp while growing up called Paquet camp (my mom’s maiden name), where my mom’s extended family would gather each summer. My mom had 13 aunts and uncles and eight siblings, and each family had its own separate unit. My cousins and I loved to play together and run around the property. We would make up games, go swimming, take boat rides, and build campfires. It was a great place where so many generations came together for fun and relaxation.” Casey Lovejoy Community Development Manager clovejoy@themainemag.com

“When I was a kid my family would go camping at Hermit Island in Phippsburg. I loved to go crabbing with my brother off the docks at night. We would use string to tie a piece of hotdog to a stick, which we lowered into the water to lure the crabs. Once they grabbed the hotdogs with their claws, we pulled them up. I remember laughing with my brother and feeling thrilled whenever we made a catch, but also relieved when a crab finished a hotdog and fell back into the water.” Kate Gardner Editorial Assistant kgardner@themainemag.com

“We have had a family camp on Kezar Lake in Lovell for over 30 years. It’s a family gathering place with a main house, a boathouse with three bedrooms, a barn, and a log cabin with four bedrooms. My brother and sister-in-law were married and had their reception there.” Peter Heinz Advertising Account Manager pheinz@themainemag.com

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CONTRIBUTORS

A “Mainer” since 1988, CHRIS KAST, brand strategist at the Brand Company, has a highly developed sense of adventure and is always looking for things to do and places to discover in Maine. In this issue Chris and his husband, Byron, spent 48 hours in Bangor, exploring a city that has so much going for it. They live in a center-stair Colonial in Portland with their Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever, Stella Blue. 48 HOURS, p. 34

ERIN LITTLE photographs interiors and people around

MATT COSBY is an editorial photographer based in Portland, where he lives with his fiancé, Kelsey, and their two cats. For this issue he spent a couple fun-filled days at two very unique summer camps. Summer in Maine is magical, and seeing kids and adults enjoying being outside is what it’s all about. “QUISISANA SUMMER,” p. 54, “SUMMER OF SAYING YES,” p. 66

The managing editor of Old Port and Ageless Maine magazines, SUSAN AXELROD spent summers in the midcoast before her longtime dream of moving to Maine came true in 2013. She loves that her job gives her the opportunity to explore the state and meet fascinating people like Sarah Seward, co-owner of Camp Nashoba North, who she interviewed for this issue. “SUMMER OF SAYING YES,” p. 66

the world. She has recently worked with Domino, Remodelista, American Way Magazine, the Maine Office of Tourism, People magazine, and GQ. She met up with Amy and John Jefferson in Sidney to capture their amazing farmhouse transformation. “SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,” p. 116

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MCCP MOONLIGHT CHALLENGE AT SHAWNEE PEAK

Raising money for the fight against childhood cancer The fourth annual Moonlight Challenge at Shawnee Peak raised funds for Maine Children’s Cancer Program’s battle against pediatric cancer in Maine and New Hampshire. Skiers and snowboarders of all ages formed four-person teams to compete on the giant slalom race course. Following the race, participants enjoyed an après-ski party at Blizzards Pub for dinner, an awards ceremony, live music by the CIEE House Band, and dancing. 01

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine 5 p.m.–8:45 p.m. Portland Clubhouse 277 Cumberland Ave. | Portland bgcmaine.org

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SHOW + TELL: A LITERARY SPECTACULAR The Telling Room 7:30 p.m.–9 p.m. The State Theatre 609 Congress St. | Portland tellingroom.org

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THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN Portland Ovations 7:30 p.m. Merrill Auditorium 20 Myrtle St. | Portland portlandovations.org

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JESSICA LANG DANCE Portland Ovations 8 p.m. Merrill Auditorium 20 Myrtle St. | Portland portlandovations.org

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ARIEL STRING QUARTET WITH NAVAH PERLMAN Portland Ovations 7:30 p.m. Hannaford Hall 88 Bedford St. | Portland portlandovations.org

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TALKING ART IN MAINE: BARBARA SULLIVAN

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GULF OF MAINE SEAFOOD CELEBRATION

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Tyler Technologies has opened a 94,425-square-foot campus in Yarmouth. With capacity for up to 750 employees, the new campus includes more than 30 collaboration areas, a 3,600-square-foot fitness center, and multiple outdoor decks. The company expects to add 55 Maine-based jobs in 2018.

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Allagash Brewing Company has won a 2018 Good Food Award for Sixteen Counties, one of its newest beers. Crafted exclusively from grains grown and processed in Maine, the beer is one of 18 to receive the national award this year. To qualify for the competition, foods and beverages must be made in the United States using local ingredients, and their respective companies must comply with water-recycling and waste-reduction initiatives.

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A cocktail party in the lounge and spilling onto the patio in the heart of Dock Square. At the Kennebunkport Inn, sponsored by Pack Maynard and Associates Real Estate.

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A cocktail party with an ocean view on the wrap-around porch. At the Colony Hotel, sponsored by Kennebunk Beach Realty and Piscataqua Landscaping & Tree Service.

A series of intimate dinners prepared by top chefs in private homes in the Kennebunkport area. Each dinner showcases work by an Art Collector Maine artist.

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Feingold Residence Chef Avery Richter of Black Tie Catering.

On the Marsh Bistro Chef Peter Pappas of On the Marsh Bistro.

Harrington Residence Chef Joseph Schafer of Earth.

Raffaelli Residence Chef Harding Lee Smith of The Rooms Restaurants.

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A series of intimate dinners prepared by top chefs in private homes in the Kennebunkport area. Each dinner showcases work by an Art Collector Maine artist.

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THURSDAY JUNE 7 HINCKLEY RECEPTION

An open air cocktail party on the deck and docks. At Chicks Marina, sponsored by the Hinckley Company.

PUTTING ON THE GLITZ

A rock ’n roll evening of fine food and good spirits. Hosted by Chef David Turin and Wallace Events under the tent at the Pilot House Boatyard. Sponsored by Gagne & Son and Wallace Events.

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The night continues in this bustling pub overlooking the riverfront. At Federal Jack’s Restaurant & Brew Pub with live music.

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An afternoon tasting event under a tent on the water with offerings from over 20 different chefs plus wines, beer and cocktails. Under the tent at Pilot House Boatyard. Enjoy an afternoon of original Maine-made music on the River Green at the Captain Lord Mansion, featuring live music by Spencer Albee and The Mallett Brothers Band as well as food trucks and craft beer. Sponsored by Seaport Development Group and Shipyard Brewing Company.

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A luxurious, dog-friendly hotel is home base for a weekend of exploring three neighboring seaside communities with two lively pups in tow.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON

Easing into the weekend It’s just a 30-minute drive from our home in Yarmouth to Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth, but because my husband, Ted, and I want to ease in to the weekend, first we stop at Foulmouthed Brewing in South Portland, a newer brewpub we’ve been meaning to visit. Bar manager Jeff Hodenberg is our affable host and beer guide; we’re not familiar with Foulmouthed’s beers because they are on tap only at the brewpub, and the lineup is always changing. I try the malty English-style brown porter, Wharf Rat, and Ted chooses the Garbage Pale Ale, a crisp beer with hints of citrus and pine. The brew break and cheerful vibe are just what we needed, and by the time we pull into the driveway of the inn, we feel far away from our regular weekend routines. We’re accompanied on this trip by our two bordercollie-mix dogs, Dixie and Mavis, who are as thrilled as we are with our spacious, well-appointed suite. Inn by the Sea not only allows dogs, it welcomes them as honored guests, with L.L.Bean dog beds, dog bowls, homemade treats at the ready, a special menu, and

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even massages. Well-behaved dogs can stay alone in the rooms as long as their owners are on the inn property, but because we have dinner reservations elsewhere tonight, we’ve made arrangements through the inn for a dog sitter.

EVENING

A cozy South Portland dinner We stop first at the local hangout Bird Dog Roadhouse for a pre-dinner beer before the short drive to David’s 388 in South Portland. This charming neighborhood restaurant feels especially cozy and warm on this raw winter night, and we’re soon relaxing with glasses of red wine and chef David Turin’s warm rosemary focaccia as we study the menu. We are in the capable hands of general manager Kelly Frederick, who simply smiles when Ted asks for the bread basket to be filled again…and again. To start, we share a luscious small plate of sea scallops with preserved figs and bacon and a perfect rendition of beef carpaccio, followed by pork osso buco for Ted and porcini pappardelle for me. Both main dishes are loaded with umami flavors and deeply satisfying. Back at the inn, we take the dogs for a short walk before all four of us pile onto the king-sized bed, ready for a good night’s sleep.

SATURDAY MORNING

But first, coffee and a massage Our suite has a kitchen stocked with all the essentials, and while we’re not planning to cook, it’s a treat to enjoy a good cup of coffee from Portland’s Coffee by Design while still in our pajamas. I leave Ted with the pups and head off to the inn’s luxurious spa, where I’ve opted for the Sea Wave massage: the bodywork is done on a special surround-sound table that makes me feel as if I’m lying on an especially comfortable beach, feeling the vibration of the waves as they roll in. Afterward, I spend a few minutes in the steam room and hit the multi-head “experience shower” before reluctantly leaving this serene cocoon. In addition to visiting local shops and restaurants, our mission for the day is to give the dogs plenty of exercise. Our first two stops are a favorite South Portland routine: coffee and a breakfast treat from Scratch Baking Company and a walk on Willard Beach. Dixie and Mavis are ecstatic to be running on sand instead of snow, and we walk the length of the beach meeting other dogs and their owners as our two chase after balls.

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01 Grilled Caesar salad and pickled root vegetable salad at David’s 388. 02 Mavis, left, and Dixie play in the surf on Crescent Beach. 03 A convivial bar crowd at Foulmouthed Brewing. 04 Rachel Walls guides us through an exhibition featuring Dahlov Ipcar’s work at Rachel Walls Fine Art, located at Fort Williams. 05 Mavis is happy with the accommodations at Inn by the Sea. 06 A hearty Sunday brunch at Inn by the Sea. 07 The keeper’s house and Portland Head Light.

AFTERNOON

up to carts being driven over the dunes and onto the beach.

With two sandy, salty dogs sacked out in the back of the car, we’re ready to make a few stops along Route 1 in Scarborough. At the Cheese Iron a wine tasting is underway, and after trying a blush cava appropriately named Biutiful, we pick up a bottle to enjoy later along with a few cheeses from the shop’s enormous selection. At the back of the same building is Centervale Farm Antiques, which has an impressive collection of rugs, furniture, paintings, and folk art. I can’t resist a stop at the chock-full Southern Maine Indoor Flea Market, vowing to return alone so I can take my time looking for treasures.

Before returning to the inn, we wind down the day with cocktails at North 43 Bistro, the contemporary American restaurant that opened at Spring Point Marina in South Portland last June. We find a convivial crowd at the bar and stunning views of Casco Bay outside the floor-to-ceiling windows; we can’t wait to come back in the summer.

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For a late lunch, we head to Bite into Maine, opened just off the highway by the owners of the food truck that spends its summers at Portland Head Light. We share a well-made lobster BLT on a buttery brioche bun while figuring out our next move, and decide another beach walk is in order. At Pine Point Beach, Mavis plunges into the surf after her ball while Dixie trots along the shoreline, and we are awed by the surprising sight of two big draft horses hitched

EVENING

tuck happily in to lobster tacos with radish, sweet chili, and avocado mousse; salmon with black rice crouton, bouillabaisse sauce, fermented fennel, and roasted carrot; and scallops with Bay of Fundy shrimp, couscous, charmoula sauce, asparagus-citrus relish, and crisp kale. After our friends leave, we head back to our suite with two glasses of maple bourbon from the bar, which we sip in front of the fire while watching the Olympics—a perfect finish to the day.

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MORNING

At Inn by the Sea’s restaurant, Sea Glass, dogs are allowed to dine with their owners on the deck in season as well as in the cozy lounge. Friends are joining us, so we settle in at a corner table for four. After Dixie and Mavis eat their dinners—both have the Bird Dog with grilled chicken, rice, vegetables, and a dog biscuit, ordered from the inn’s doggy menu—they lie quietly at our feet. Our pups are in good company; we count at least ten well-behaved dogs in the room with their owners. We’re already fans of chef Andrew Chadwick’s inventive food and

There’s rain in the forecast, so after a quick cup of coffee, Ted and I walk with the dogs to Crescent Beach, which stretches in front of Inn by the Sea. The sea air makes us hungry for a hearty breakfast, and Dixie and Mavis are happy to lie down by the fireplace in the lounge while we indulge in a cured salmon plate and the Farm House: two eggs with corned beef hash, asparagus, and hollandaise. Then it’s time to load the car and hit the road, with a stop at C Salt Gourmet Market to peruse the diverse

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON

Cheese, beer, and Bunyan My husband, Byron, and I hop in the car on a beautiful blue-sky Maine day and point the car north. After what feels like a very fast ride we arrive in Bangor. We make a quick stop at Bangor Wine and Cheese Company and are quickly taken in by the incredible selection of wine, beer, and local cheeses. Since it’s a cheese shop, fresh breads from local bakers are also on display. Morgan Wren, the store’s manager, shares tastes of a few cheeses and tells us about how the store supports Maine businesses. It’s getting to be check-in time, so we make our way to the Charles Inn, the only hotel in downtown Bangor, and are welcomed with a big smile by Kristin Jenkins, who gives us keys to what will be our home for the next few days, Our expansive room has a very comfortable four-poster bed and looks out over Broad Street. A former walk-in safe in the room has been converted into a well-stocked library. We set our bags down and decide to take stroll around town. We stumble upon the jewelry store 40

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Designs by Aaron. Owner Aaron Jenkins, who has been in town for only three years, shows us his work, which is nothing short of breathtaking. Since it’s late afternoon and we skipped lunch, we hop back in the car and take a short drive to Geaghan’s Pub and Craft Brewery for some midday sustenance. The pub is filled with locals who, by the tone of the banter, are most definitely regulars. We order a few beers, boneless buffalo chicken wings, and an epic warm blue cheese dip. Feeling satiated, we take a short walk to Hollywood Casino. While neither Byron nor I are big gamblers, we play a few slot machines, and Byron hits pay dirt: he wins two cents. Just across the street from the casino is a giant statue of Paul Bunyon so of course we walk over to snap photos of this gentle giant.

EVENING

Drinks and locally sourced dinner After taking a power nap at the inn, we make our way to Timber Kitchen and Bar, where there is an ice bar complete with a life-sized sculpture of a snowmobile. We warm up with a drink called the

Nor‘easter, which is a close cousin to a Manhattan, and make up our minds about dinner. We decide to head to Novio’s, where owner Bob Cutler explains that the restaurant is working to grow 80 percent of its own produce. The menu changes daily and is filled with vegan and gluten-free dishes. Our meals are amazing—I have Szechuan pepper ahi tuna, and Byron chooses the risotto with cider-roasted butternut squash and lobster.

SATURDAY MORNING

Exploring local haunts We start our day with a stop at Bagel Central and immediately know we are in the right spot. Even at 8:45 a.m. the place is humming, and the selection of bagels, cream cheeses, breads, and breakfast sandwiches is almost overwhelming. I am glad to see they have glutenfree bagels, and we both go with the egg, lox, and onion bagel sandwich. We then stroll down to the newly opened Grind House for a couple of lattes to charge us up for the day.

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01 Greetings from Bangor! 02 The master of horror, Stephen King, lives here. 03 Taking it all in at the University of Maine Museum of Art. 04 A tasty bite and pint at Geaghan’s Pub and Craft Brewery. 05 Four-poster comfort at the Charles Inn. 06 Curiosities to contemplate at the Rock and Art Shop. 07 Our home for the weekend in the heart of town. A store across the street catches our eye, so we wander over to Epic Sports, which is an outdoor lover’s dream store. Byron grabs a new winter hat, and we take note of a new lightweight tent that’s now on our wish list for this summer’s camping trips. From there we make our way to Antique Marketplace and Cafe and get swept away by the variety of furniture, old records, ephemera, antique toys, clothes, and home decor items that seem to fill every nook and cranny. Of course, being in Bangor means we have to make a pilgrimage to Stephen King’s home. Not hard to find, the house has a fence with bats on it. We do a

respectful drive-by of this majestic home and take a photo. We decide to keep it spooky, so we head to the Mount Hope Cemetery and Crematory, Bangor’s oldest cemetery. It’s a gray day, and as we pull in we see a herd of deer at the top of a hill. We park the car and walk the grounds and are swept away by not only the beauty of the place but also the sense of real history.

AFTERNOON

Downtown shopping and contemporary art Back in town, we stop at Mexicali Blues. The store got its start as a small shop in Portland 30 years ago

and features an eclectic mix of clothes, jewelry, tie-dye items, and prayer flags. I tell the manager that I was one of Pete and Kimberly Erskine’s first customers in the original store. Next, we hit the Rock and Art Shop. This familyowned business is really hard to describe—from plants to preserved insects to a stuffed ostrich, its incredible variety of goods could keep you exploring and shopping all afternoon. It’s midafternoon and we are feeling peckish, so we make our way to Paddy Murphy’s. The vibe of this neighborhood gathering place is warm, and the burgers are amazing (yes, they offer gluten-free buns). April 2018 41

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EVENING

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joyous cacophony of voices intermingles with the steely clink of cutlery and the sneakered footfalls of waitstaff. The scent of sunwarmed evergreens drifts in through an open door. A young camper samples a Maine wild blueberry cobbler as she chats with her parents and grandparents about their day’s adventures. Quisisana Resort, which describes itself as “equal parts summer camp, music festival, and gourmand’s fantasy,” hosts 130 to 150 guests each week from mid-June to late August, entertaining entire families with nightly musical performances

of everything from operatic arias to Broadway show tunes. “People stay for a week, so they get to know what we are about,” says Quisisana owner Jane Orans. “A lot of them are regulars, but every year new people arrive and get excited by it.” Orans has been coming to this 47-acre wooded sanctuary on the shores of Kezar Lake every summer since 1971. “I’ve loved this land from day one,” says Orans. Orans, who winters in Larchmont, New York, is not alone in her devotion to this western Maine wellspring, located in the shadow of New Hampshire’s Presidential

Opposite: An evening view of the Quisisana waterfront, looking north on Kezar Lake.

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Range. Visitors have sought respite here for generations. Archives from the Lovell Historical Society tell of New Yorkers who traveled via Pullman railroad cars to Portland’s Union Station before driving the 35 miles on back roads to the inns of Center Lovell. Surrounded by towering pines, seven-mile-long Kezar Lake is still relatively untouched by development. Fishermen catch trout, salmon, bass, and pickerel in its waters, and Quisisana campers enjoy additional aquatic endeavors such as canoeing, kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, and waterskiing.

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Quisisana campers also savor three gourmet meals a day (vegetarian and gluten-free dishes are available). Each morning, they choose from several possible breakfast options, and lunch may be anything from a salmon salad with baby arugula and spinach, roasted corn, and Israeli couscous to a lobster club on toasted brioche with bacon, lettuce, and tomato and served with hand-cut french fries. As we finish our midday meal with Orans and Quisisana artistic director Marshall Taylor, a cheerful brown-haired woman stops at our table to give Orans a hug. “It’s not bad at my age to have friends who are younger,” says 82-year-old Orans. The young woman, Amy Hine, recently graduated from Rider University in New Jersey, where she received a BFA in musical theater. When Hine is done waiting tables today, she will hurry off to afternoon rehearsal. Originally from Michigan, Hine has the role of Cinderella’s mother in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. About half of the 80 people who work at the resort—whether they are serving food, lifeguarding at one of two sandy beaches, or raking leaves from the gravel paths—also perform here. Quisisana has attracted students and recent graduates of institutions such as the Juilliard School in New York City, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio, and the New England Conservatory in Boston. Alumni have gone on to perform on Broadway and with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Carol Noonan, folk singer and owner of Stone Mountain Arts Center in nearby Brownfield, first came to Maine as a college student and worked summers at Quisisana. Orans has a close relationship with each of the people who work here. Her son, Sam (who has also been coming to Quisisana for decades), is the resort director and co-manager. A former preschool teacher, Orans starts each season by reading to the staff—most between the ages of 18 and 30—the children’s book When You Give a Moose a Muffin. Through the book, Orans emphasizes the importance of generosity, hospitality, and exemplary behavior. We follow Orans past the pine-paneled lodge, where a man is reading a newspaper while his companion checks her email. The lodge is one of the few places on the resort grounds that have Wi-Fi; cellular service is also absent here. Stopping at a row of golf carts, Orans gets into a driver’s seat and urges us to join her. “This one is my granddaughter’s,” says Orans. “We’ll borrow it for a little while. She won’t mind.” Her son calls after us, “Just be glad she’s not driving you in an actual car!” 56

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We pause briefly at the Quisiworks gift shop before navigating down a gravel path to the waterfront. Quisisana has 40 cabins, most of them miniature versions of the white- and green-painted dining hall and lodge. Some sit back in the trees, surrounded by a sea of cinnamon-scented ferns; others are directly on Kezar Lake. The popular Love Nest cabin rests on stilts that extend into the water. Patches of daisies and black-eyed Susans adorn the grounds outside cabins, most of which have music-themed monikers such as Polonaise, Mazurka, and Fantasia. Orans invites us into her cottage. Its centerpiece is a large stone fireplace, perfect for staving off summer’s late-day chill. From the porch, we look out at the lake that Orans once swam across daily. Orans, whose eldest son, Jacob, died in 2006 at the age of 43, has made it through her fair share of loss. Perhaps this is why

she has spent more than half her life working to keep Quisisana intact. The closeness of the Quisisana community is one of its greatest attributes. We drive the golf cart past a group of teens who are playing volleyball. Their parents watch from under a pair of umbrellas nearby. “They come a week, they stay the same week every summer, they sit at the same table, they stay at the same cottage. It’s a bit of a home away from home,” says Orans. Orans’s daughter, Mary, who now lives in Durango, Colorado, still visits for a week each summer, bringing her son with her. Quisisana comes from the Italian phrase qui si sana, which loosely translates to “A place where one heals oneself.” The Pleasant Point property where Quisisana now stands represents an amalgamation of two resorts: the Quisisana Inn, founded in 1917, and the Sunset Inn, created several years later on nearby land. Boston music

store owner Ralph Burg combined the two in 1967, and Orans first came to Quisisana soon after that, visiting with her husband and three small children. Orans, whose grandparents were Holocaust survivors, grew up in New York and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville. She met her husband, Jerry, soon after college. “He adored me,” she says of Jerry, recalling one of their first encounters at the Plaza Hotel in New York City; he did not want the date to end, so he accompanied her from 59th Street to 90th Street, where she was staying. A trial lawyer for 27 years, Jerry argued cases all the way up to the New York State Supreme Court. “He was a brilliant man,” says Orans. “He fought for a lot of good causes.” Jerry died of a heart attack at the age of 52. “He did more than his share in his short life,” says Orans.

Opposite: A golf cart path weaves its way through the pines to a staff cottage. This page, from left: Artistic director Marshall Taylor. Conor Fallon of Rider University and Eric Schell of Pace University, who are playing two princes in Into the Woods, wait offstage before rehearsal. April 2018 57

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After Jerry’s death in 1981, Orans continued to visit Quisisana with her three young children, Mary, Jacob, and Sam. Ralph Burg and his wife, Fay, had sold Quisisana in 1976, and the resort transitioned through several owners before being put on the market again in 1983. When it looked like the camp might not have a buyer late that summer, Orans tried to convince a group of guests to buy Quisisana with her. One other family agreed. Three years later, she arranged to become the sole owner. “I didn’t know what I was doing,” says Orans. “But I taught myself what I needed to do to keep things running. I figured it out as I went along.” It took a lot for Orans to keep things running—from staffing to maintaining the property to interacting with guests. “There were many years when Jane and I cleaned cabins together,” says Taylor, “and she always insisted on doing the bathrooms. She said that was her department.” Taylor, whose friends call him Marsh, began at Quisisana as a talented baritone and busboy in 1989, when he was 25 years old, and immediately connected with Orans. He went on to serve in a range of roles, including dining hall maître d’. “When the management or the owner is setting the tone like that, it’s hard for the staff not to pick up on it,” he says. Taylor has returned every summer for almost three decades, and has had a front-row seat to the difficulties of running a small familyowned business. “What I’d never realized all those years ago was how frightened she was,” says Taylor. Taylor’s current role includes recruiting talent for Quisisana, choosing the season’s musical productions, and making sure these go off without a hitch. “When you grow up and you want to be a performer, there are so few pictures of what success is,” says Taylor, who started life in a small community called Valley, near the town of Hillsboro in southwestern Wisconsin. “You imagine yourself as a big star or working on Broadway. I think I originally wanted to be a country singer.” Taylor’s early musical education involved much time spent listening to the radio in the remote village he grew up in. He went on to earn a bachelor of music in vocal performance from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Opposite, clockwise from top left: Sam and Nathalie Orans in front of their cabin. Quisisana guests line up outside the Music Hall for the evening’s show. A stretch of beach in front of the Music Hall. Jane Orans with her two grandsons, Jerry Orans and Jeremiah Rohrich. This page: Performer and New York University student Marcel Werder takes in a moment of calm at sunset, with Baldface Mountains in the distance. April 2018 59

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Point and a master of music in opera and musical theater from Arizona State. “I can’t imagine a better balance for myself,” says Taylor, who, like Orans, has made Quisisana his year-round job. “I get to do a lot of things. I run the payroll, and that doesn’t fit with an artistic profile, but I love to do it. I love to interview the kids and hire them. I love the guests. A lot of my days during the season are just spent listening to and talking with them and finding out what their year has been like, keeping them in the family.” People have also been known to first meet their spouse here. Nathalie Parker Orans,

a young opera singer from Connecticut, first came to Quisisana in the mid-1990s to work in the front office, and that’s when she met Jane Orans’s son, Sam. They were married on the beach at Quisisana in 2000 in a ceremony presided over by one of the guests. Nathalie returns to the resort each summer with Sam, who is now the manager, and their two children. This afternoon Nathalie sets up a row of folding chairs so that we can sit with Jane inside the music hall to watch the Quisisana staff perform a few pieces for a local television station. Located on the lake, the music hall was once the dining room for the Sunset Inn—the original sign from the inn still hangs outside the door.

Sam wheels in a piano, then moves around the room adjusting the lights (he has been known to climb in the rafters to do so, much to his mother’s chagrin). Soprano Samantha Dango takes the stage wearing a floor-length dress. Dressed in a tuxedo, her partner (and fiancé), tenor Jeremy Blossey, follows her. Dango takes a moment to adjust Blossey’s collar before joining him in Mimi and Rodolfo’s duet “O Soave Fanciulla” from Puccini’s La Bohème. The room is silent save for their soaring voices, which reach out across the lake toward Mount Washington. Jane, flanked by Sam and Nathalie, smiles.

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Al Miller came to his profession in a roundabout way. “I never did theater when I was in school— not in elementary school, high school, or college,” he says. The founder and artistic director of the Theater Project, a nonprofit in Brunswick, Miller was born and raised in Battle Creek, Michigan. When he was ten, his mother started a children’s theater program in his hometown. He tried out unsuccessfully. “My mother said she couldn’t put me in the play because she worked at the theater, but that I was very good. I never took another step toward theater until stumbling into it with juggling.” This came several years later, while Miller was teaching in the Middle East. First, Miller graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, then went on to get a master’s degree in English at the University of Michigan. He taught for several years in the United States, then he heard about a job as the head of the English department at a school in Lebanon, where he had spent the summer after graduating from Williams. Back in Lebanon, Miller ended up performing with a repertory theater, in part due to his juggling ability. “The head of the physical education department at the school had been the U.S. national trampoline champion. He also juggled. He taught me how to do the trampoline.” These skills won them roles as jesters in a production of The Emperor’s New Clothes. Later that year Miller acted in Waiting for Godot. “By the time I’d finished, I decided I’m going to do something with this,” he says. After eight years overseas, Miller came to Maine to become the summer theater director at the Portland Children’s Theater. He went on to found the Theater Project in 1971, touring the state with junior and senior high school students. “I had a Volkswagen camping van that we had used in the Middle East, before the days of seat belts. When we did a show, I’d cram the actors in there.” In 1986 the Theater Project bought its historic landmark building on School Street in Brunswick, which allowed it to do programming year-round. “If there’s a force that in some mystical way leads us where we ought to be, then it was successful with me,” says Miller. “I have a dream job. I love what I do. I get to teach. I get to write. I get to direct. I sort of stumbled into it, but it’s all worked.”

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ulling in to Camp Nashoba North, the sight of horse barns makes me wish that, instead of being behind the wheel with a notebook, I were in the back seat with a duffel bag, an eager girl being delivered to camp for the summer. The stables are the first buildings a visitor encounters on the camp’s nearly 100-acre campus in Raymond, but while the riding program is impressive, it is just one of Nashoba North’s many offerings. Campers here—190 boys and girls—are encouraged and expected to try new things. “You could be a soccer star but also want to learn music,” says camp director Sarah Seaward. “I think the nice thing about Nashoba is that everything is open to everyone.” Outside her office in the center of the wooded campus, Seaward and I climb aboard a golf cart and bump down the hill toward Crescent Lake, whose sandy beach makes an easy landing spot for campers in kayaks, on paddleboards, and on sailboards coming in to shore. The lake’s gradually sloping bottom and warm temperatures make it ideal for water sports and swimming—the only class at Nashoba North that’s compulsory, says Seaward. The camp also offers sailing, waterskiing, wake boarding, tubing, and fishing. “We really want kids to get out on the water,” Seaward says. It’s mid-August, and Seaward is celebrating her 30th year at Nashoba North. Her family is the third to own the camp, which originated in the early 1920s and had been closed for two years when she and her father, Robert, first saw the property in 1987 as consultants for a potential purchaser. “They came up and said, ‘Whoa, it needs way too much work.’ And we bought it a month later,” she says. The Seawards had been involved in camping since 1957, when Sarah’s parents, Robert and Jean Seaward, teachers in Concord, Massachusetts, opened Camp Nashoba Day in nearby Littleton. They named the day camp for the Algonquian people who once lived on the site. Their children, Sarah, Janet, and Marcia, grew up at the camp, first as campers and later as instructors and directors. Today, Janet and Sarah coown Nashoba North, but Janet spends most of her time in Massachusetts as codirector of the day camp with Marcia and Jean.

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An accomplished equestrienne, Sarah Seaward brings an expert’s perspective to Nashoba North’s riding program, which is open to both experienced and newbie riders. The two stables can hold 28 horses and ponies. “These are competition horses; they are not going to go out on the trail,” she says. Beyond riding lessons, campers learn about horsemanship and how to care for the animals, since many of them either lease or own horses at home. “We want every rider to know from a safety standpoint how to tack up your horse, how you lead your horse, and they need to know when a horse needs attention.” The Toppers program is an intensive, week-long session at the end of the summer, during which experienced riders “eat, drink, and sleep horses,” attending lectures on horsefocused subjects such as first-aid and feeding, says Seaward. Even during this

specialty program, however, campers have time to waterski or make pottery. These, like every activity at Nashoba North, are taught by dedicated instructors. “We don’t have general counselors; everyone wears one hat,” says Seaward. “So if you are teaching sailing, that’s your forte, and you have a tremendous amount of buy-in to that activity because it’s yours.” When campers first arrive at Nashoba North, they spend a day and a half exploring every available activity before making any decisions about their schedule. “So you’re gonna learn, ‘Yeah, fishing, I’m gonna have to touch a worm,’ or they go to the climbing wall and think, ‘That’s 35 feet; I don’t know if I’ve ever done that before,’” Seaward says. Every Sunday, campers go to the library to choose their five activities for the upcoming week. They must choose at least

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three “majors,” which meet daily; “minors” meet every other day. All activities are coed. “We knew from our own experiences growing up that kids really want choice, but that you have to have a really strong orientation so the kids know how to make a decision,” says Seaward. “On Sundays when they’re in the library making their choices, there are staff everywhere to guide them.” Woodshop counselor Chris Ramsey first came to Nashoba North as a camper in 2005. His camp experience began elsewhere, at a sport-heavy camp where he had an “awful summer” of playing soccer all day, “and if I wanted to do something else it was kind of like, tough cookies,” says Ramsey, who is in his last year of a five-year college engineering program. “This is the first place I ever played a

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Opposite: Sailing a JY is just one of many ways campers get out on the water. This page: Director Sarah Seaward on the steps of her cabin.

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“ It’s great to be unplugged. You’re not just sitting next to each other texting.” saxophone solo, the first place I ever sang in front of people, the first place I ever built anything.” That summer of 2005, his cabin counselor taught woodworking and encouraged him to sign up. “And now I’m finishing an engineering degree because I liked it so much—it’s had a total impact on my entire life,” he says. Ramsey’s years at Nashoba North included Summits, a two-week, community-service-oriented program for teens “who have been campers and really want to be back at camp but are too old to be regular campers,” he says with a smile. Summits participants volunteer at Good Shepherd Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, and Camp Sunshine, among other Maine organizations, efforts that often count toward their high school community-service requirements. Ramsey and I are chatting on a covered deck outside Nashoba North’s dining room in Plummer Hall, which is perched on a hill overlooking the camp’s two-hole golf course and the tree-lined lake beyond. Campers are starting to file in for lunch; on the menu today are steak sandwiches and cheese pizza, plus the always-available and well-stocked salad bar. Seaward introduces me to chef Russell Damon, who has worked

at Nashoba North for 20 summers. Meals are an important aspect of life at camp, and the jovial chef ’s long experience has taught him, he says, that food is “the gateway to happiness.” Eighty to ninety percent of his ingredients are fresh—many are locally sourced, with some produce coming from organic producer Mulberry Farms, just down the road. Every Tuesday night the food and dining hall decor spotlight a different culture; tonight it’s Mexican night with beef and chicken fajitas. Before we can sit down for lunch, however, singing is required. The room breaks into a rousing “You Are My Sunshine,” and I join in, smiling at the familiar words and wishing

again that I could go back in time and experience this sweet place as a camper. The arts at Nashoba North go well beyond tie-dying T-shirts and weaving friendship bracelets, although those time-honored crafts are still popular here. On Saturdays campers dress up for dinner before the weekly Arts Night, which includes theater, music, and dance performances. “It’s ambitious; we do a one-act play every week and a musical every four weeks,” says Seaward. Campers can learn how to play the guitar, piano, and percussion instruments, and the camp’s Rock Shack even houses a recording studio. “We find April 2018 71

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Opposite: Seneca girls enjoying some cabin time after lunch. This page, from left: Ernesto, a seven-year camper, works in the woodshop. Camp pony Jimmy gets a grooming in his box stall.

... that kids are really starving for music,” she says. After lunch, Seaward has arranged for me to meet with some of the older campers. My first stop is Seneca, a cabin of 14-yearold girls, most of whom are in at least their fourth summer at Nashoba North. Sitting on tidy bunks decorated with photos, artwork, and mementos, the girls are effusive in their praise of their camp experiences. They show me a book one of them made, titled CAMP (aka: The Best Place on Earth), with a cover photo of the lake at sunset and a bonfire burning on the beach in the foreground. Inside are group photos with captions such as, “I don’t get homesick, I get campsick,” and “You can take the girl out of the camp, but you can’t

take camp out of the girl.” The girls echo what I’ve heard from other Maine summer campers: spending time in such close proximity creates especially strong, often lifelong, friendships. “I tell my friends at home I’ve known Phoebe for six years and I’ve only been with her for about eight months,” says Bostonian Haley. The bonds are strengthened because cell phones aren’t allowed, a prohibition that the girls embrace. “It’s great to be unplugged,” says Phoebe, who lives in Washington, D.C. “You’re not just sitting next to each other texting.” On the other side of the camp, I chat with several boys around a picnic table. They include three international campers, which Seaward says make up 15 to 17 percent of the camp’s population. Carlos particularly enjoys all the water

sports, which are unavailable to him in Venezuela. Albert, a lanky teen from Spain, takes advantage of Nashoba North’s robust and popular soccer program; at home, though, he runs triathlons. Seaward and her golf cart drop me off at my car, but I have another stop to make before leaving camp. On the way out, I pull up next to one of the barns and then wander inside, breathing in the familiar and beloved scent of horses and hay from my girlhood. I nuzzle a few soft equine noses as I walk from stall to stall, talking softly to the horses and thinking how lucky Nashoba North campers are to spend summers among them. Even for a visitor, camp can ignite the flame of memory. Oh, if only time travel were possible. April 2018 73

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317 MAIN COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER CAMP Yarmouth | Coed | Day | Ages 6–15 | 317main.org Camp 317 offers high-quality instruction in a relaxed setting for children ages 6–10 who want to try out a range of acoustic instruments and ages 10–15 who want to learn to make music with their peers. Make music with us this summer! ACADIA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY Seal Harbor | Coed | Resident | Ages 10–18 | acadiainstitute.com Located on Mount Desert Island near Acadia National Park, this educational program offers students ages 10–18 the opportunity to explore careers in marine science through hands-on activities in the field, on board boats, at the shore, and in the lab. AIO offers one- and two-week programs. ACADIA MOUNTAIN GUIDES ROCK CLIMBING + ADVENTURE CAMPS Orono | Coed | Resident-Trip | Ages 9–17 | acadiamountainguides.com; climbacadia.org AMG offers coed day/overnight climbing-specific or multisport adventure camps for ages 9–12. Adventure Camps combine rock climbing, paddling, survival skills, hiking, and orienteering. Climbing Camps focus on technique and rope skills each day. Teens choose camps from three to nine days long; many seven-day courses run in Acadia, the North Woods, and beyond. AGASSIZ VILLAGE Poland | Coed | Resident-Day | Ages 8–17 | agassizvillage.org Agassiz Village was founded 80 years ago to give children the opportunity for a transformative and fun overnight camp experience. It welcomes campers ages 8–17 and focuses on underserved children. Its programs are led by competent, caring staff and include traditional camp activities and teen leadership programs on Lake Thompson. ALFORD LAKE CAMP Hope | Girls | Resident | Ages 8–15 | alfordlakecamp.com Alford Lake Camp is a traditional residential camp for girls ages 8–15 in Hope. ALC is celebrating its 112th summer in 2018 and offers a community filled with fun, friendship, adventure, lifetime skills, international trips for older campers, and a chance to unplug and experience the beauty of Maine. AMERICA’S ENVIRONMENTAL COLLEGE CAMPS Unity | Coed | Resident | Grades 6–12 | summer.unity.edu Let Unity College Summer Camps take you on unique thematic adventures and immersive learning experiences such as Environmental Science Camp, Marine Biology Camp, Warden Camp, Wizarding Adventure Camp, and Zombie Survival Camp. Create a memorable summer filled with hands-on learning and tons of outdoor fun. APOGEE ADVENTURES Brunswick | Coed | Resident-Trip | Ages 11–18 | apogeeadventures.com Brunswick’s Apogee Adventures offers hiking, bicycling, community service, language, photography, farm-to-table, and writing programs in spectacular outdoor locations throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and Europe to students ages 11–18. Our focus is on the development of confidence and community-mindedness through wellplanned adventure and experiential education programs. BAPTIST PARK Mapleton | Coed | Resident + Day | Ages 4–18 | baptistpark.net Baptist Park creates a special atmosphere and setting designed for fun, spiritual learning, and adventure. Day and week-long camps are provided for children ages 4–18. Activities include swimming, rock wall climbing, canoeing, biking, archery, golfing, hiking, crafts, games, talent shows, worship, and more. It’s life changing—now and forever. BIRCH ROCK CAMP FOR BOYS Waterford | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–15 | birchrock.org Set apart by its size—only 80 boys—and its focus on noncompetitive achievement, Birch Rock Camp has offered traditional camp activities since 1926. Birch Rock provides a nurturing place where boys can truly enjoy boyhood, disconnect from the electronic world, and reconnect to the

natural wonders of life. BLUEBERRY COVE 4-H CAMP Tenants Harbor | Coed | Resident + Day | Ages 4–17 | umaine.edu/tanglewood Located on the ocean in Tenants Harbor, Blueberry Cove is a beautiful coastal setting with swimming beaches, tidal flats, forests, meadows, and a harbor and islands to explore for youth ages 4–17 in day, residential, and teen leadership programs. Campers choose among four programs: marine science, creative arts, outdoor skills, and sailing. BRIDGTON SPORTS CAMP North Bridgton | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–16 | bridgtonsportscamp.com For those who want to perfect a jump shot, hone a swing, or boost their speed, Bridgton Sports Camp is a premier sports facility that offers both “majors” (soccer, hockey, lacrosse, baseball, and soccer) and “minors” (everything from archery to waterskiing). Three-week jam-packed sessions offer activities at the camp’s state-of-the-art facilities. CAMP AGAWAM Raymond | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–15 | campagawam.org At Camp Agawam, a boy learns to become his best self. Since 1919, the values of sportsmanship, service to others, and stewardship of the natural world have been at the heart of the Agawam experience. A structured seven-week program offers opportunities for leadership, teamwork, and healthy competition in a digital-free environment. CAMP ALSING Unity | Coed | Resident | Ages 9–15 | campalsing.com Camp Alsing is a premier residential coed camp for kids ages 9–15. Camp Alsing’s specially trained staff guides campers with high-functioning autism and other social challenges to develop connections, expand their boundaries, and have fun with friends in a traditional camp setting. CAMP ANDROSCOGGIN Wayne | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–15 | campandro.com Located on our 120-acre lakeside campus, Androscoggin is the summer home for 275 boys and 100 staff. We offer one seven-week session—first-year campers can enroll for four weeks—and a wide range of team sports and individual activities as well as an extensive trip program. CAMP ARCADIA Casco | Girls | Resident | Ages 7–17 | camparcadia.com Since 1916, Camp Arcadia has been operated by the same family for four generations. A warm, family atmosphere and close guidance foster collaboration, personal growth, and self-confidence. Our extensive program gives opportunity to expand individual interests through a wide offering of activities. We invite you to experience Arcadia. CAMP AT THE EASTWARD Starks | Coed | Resident and Day | Grades K–12 | campattheeastward.org A Christian camp located on 59 secluded and wooded acres, Camp at the Eastward offers a rustic setting with a chapel in the woods, an arts and crafts building, campfire circles, and an adventure/ropes course. Operated by youth ministry of Mission of the Eastward, campers are encouraged to take part in the faith-based community. CAMP BEECH CLIFF Mount Desert | Coed | Day | Ages 5–15 | campbeechcliff.org Camp Beech Cliff is a premier day camp with 50 acres bordering Acadia National Park and extensive lake waterfront. One-week sessions for ages 5–15 promote balance between activity and creativity. We offer specialty camps for grades 4–11. Acadia Teen Camps include Exploring Acadia’s Swim Holes, Hip-Hop Dance, Inventors’ Club, Island Adventurers, Mad Science, and Dog Sledding. CAMP BERWICK Dyer Island | Boys | Resident | Ages 13–21 | berwick.org Based on a 750-acre island, Camp Berwick is run by the Berwick Boys Foundation. Its goal is to help teenage boys develop physically, mentally, and morally through a summer camp experience of living and working alongside their peers. Activities include outdoor living, forestry, carpentry, seamanship, mechanics, cooking, first-aid, and construction—all with an emphasis on leadership.

CAMP BISHOPSWOOD Hope | Coed | Resident | Ages 6–16 | bishopswood.org Bishopswood, located on the shores of Lake Megunticook, welcomes all campers. Responsible community living and stewardship of all creation is emphasized in all aspects of camp life. Program areas include archery, swimming, boating, crafts, campouts, nature study, camper kitchen projects, sailing, sports and games, and performing arts. CAMP CAPELLA Holden | Coed | Resident + Day | Disabilities | campcapella.org Camp CaPella provides recreational and educational opportunities for children and adults with disabilities, ages 5 and up. Located on Phillips Lake, the camp offers full accessibility to the lake for swimming, boating, and fishing. The camp collaborates with the Lucerne Inn so that families can accompany their children on vacation. CAMP CARIBOU Winslow | Boys | Resident | Ages 7–15 | campcaribou.com Caribou is family owned and operated. With 200 acres and 1.5 miles of lakefront on Lake Pattee, Caribou offers boys specialized land and water sports instruction and a wide variety of other activities. Its campers enjoy a warm, spirited, nurturing, fun environment while spending their summer on a beautiful peninsula. CAMP CEDAR Casco | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–15 | campcedar.com Founded over 60 years ago, Camp Cedar welcomes 270 boys ages 8–15 each summer. While there, campers enjoy top-notch athletic training for boys of all abilities. Activities include weekly trips around the state, organized team sports, archery, biking, golf, sailing, fishing, and a craft center. CAMP CHEWONKI Wiscasset | Girls, Boys + Coed | Resident + Trip | Ages 8–15 | chewonki.org Chewonki offers three programs: Camp for Boys is a traditional camp on the Maine coast, while Adventures for Girls and coed Wilderness Trips for Teens provide traveling wilderness experiences. For over 100 years, the camp’s small groups have promoted personal growth, strong friendships, teamwork, and an appreciation for the natural world. CAMP COBBOSSEE Monmouth | Boys | Resident | Ages 7-15 | campcobbossee.com Offering only two four-week sessions, each with a beginning, middle, and end, Cobbossee is a medium-sized, family-atmosphere camp that intentionally builds brotherhood through sports and adventure. We do it all in four weeks: camping, trips, inter-camps, and traditions. Cobbossee boys are famous for their warmth, inclusiveness, and love of the game. CAMP EAGLE WING East Machias | Coed | Resident | Ages 8–16 | campeaglewing.com Located on Gardner Lake, Eagle Wing offers a variety of activities, including sailing, kayaking, canoeing, climbing, drama, arts and crafts, woodworking, campcraft, journalism, and numerous field sports. We also offer a premier sailing program and advanced climbing instruction with climbing trips to Acadia and surrounding areas. CAMP ENCORE/CODA Sweden | Coed | Resident | Ages 9–17 | encore-coda.com Campers receive daily musical instruction in classical, pop, and jazz styles through private lessons, ensembles, music theory, and other music electives. They get to participate in orchestras, bands, jazz bands, rock bands, jazz combos, chamber groups, chorus, choral groups, theater, and many concerts as well as sports, trips, swimming, boating, arts and crafts, cookouts, and campfires. CAMP FERNWOOD Poland | Girls | Resident | Ages 8–15 | campfernwood.com Founded in 1921, Fernwood is a traditional all-girls camp on Lake Thompson. Campers choose from over 36 activities offered in an environment that promotes both social and April 2018 85

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CAMP LAUGHING LOON East Waterboro | Coed | Day | Ages 6–12 | camplaughingloon.com Camp Laughing Loon is a nonprofit summer day camp for boys and girls located in southern Maine on beautiful Little Ossipee Lake in East Waterboro, just 30 minutes from Saco/Biddeford. Our mission is to offer a quality day camp experience for children who have completed first grade through age 12.

CAMP MATAPONI Naples | Girls | Resident | Ages 7–15 | campmataponi.com Mataponi is a seven-week, all-girls residential camp that offers the full range of camp activities, highlighting its waterfront, land sports, horseback riding, and adventure/ ropes course. Most important, it offers girls the chance to grow in a nurturing, low-pressure atmosphere, emphasizing fun, friendship, and group living.

CAMP LAUREL Readfield | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–15 | camplaurel.com Camp Laurel, a seven-week coed children’s camp on Echo Lake in Readfield, is known for cutting-edge programming in a family atmosphere. There is an extensive athletics and waterfront program, 15 tennis courts, a 20-horse equestrian center, outdoor tripping program, new culinary center, and full arts curriculum.

CAMP MATOAKA Smithfield | Girls | Resident | Ages 7–15 | matoaka.com Since 1951, Camp Matoaka has been dedicated to providing girls from around the world with a summer home away from home—a place where they will enrich their character while developing everlasting friendships. This is what camp is all about.

CAMP LAUREL SOUTH Casco | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–15 | camplaurelsouth.com Camp Laurel South is a four-week traditional coed children’s camp on Crescent Lake in Casco. The camp takes great pride in its camper-centered program, based on a family-oriented philosophy that each child is a unique individual. Campers enjoy a diverse and dynamic waterfront, sports and arts programs, theater productions, adventure activities, culinary experiences, and much more. CAMP MANITOU Oakland | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–15 | campmanitou.com Manitou, a boys’ camp, features a balanced program of land, water, and creative activities plus a comprehensive leadership program for older campers. Manitou’s friendly, supportive, enthusiastic atmosphere ensures that each

CAMP MECHUWANA Winthrop | Coed | Resident + Day | Ages 5–11 | mechuwana.org With more than 40 week-long camps, Mechuwana really does provide something for everyone. There are special programs in music theater, creative arts, camping, canoeing, Native American studies, swimming, and hiking. Everyday activities at this United Methodist Church–sponsored camp include arts and crafts, night walks, boating, and field games. CAMP MED-O-LARK Washington | Coed | Resident | Ages 8–16 | medolark.com This Maine arts camp emphasizes the discovery and development of self through choice and self-expression. There are no camp sports competitions or tournaments. Instead, campers participate in performances and presentations each evening where they can share their burgeoning talents and interests.

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CAMP MICAH Bridgton | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–15 | campmicah.com Boys and girls ages 7–15 come to Micah each summer for sessions ranging from two to seven and a half weeks. Micah offers sports, waterfront, ropes, arts, trips, a Ninja Warrior Course, and more. Judaism is woven into the fabric of life at Micah, connecting campers to their rich Jewish heritage and the amazing Micah community. CAMP MODIN Belgrade | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–16 | modin.com Situated in the beautiful Belgrade Lakes region of Maine, this Jewish camp features a staff of 170, instruction in over 60 activities, a 13,000-square-foot recreation center, four tournament boats, a photography lab, and much more. A private coed camp, its kitchen is strictly kosher. CAMP NASHOBA NORTH Raymond | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–17 | campnashoba.com Nashoba offers something for everyone. Traditional, coeducational programs for 190 campers. Spectacular water sports. Energetic staff in a supportive atmosphere. Beautiful modern facilities. Experience tennis, soccer, theater, dance, archery, art, pottery, photography, woodworking, basketball, baseball, rock climbing, hiking trips, and more. Extensive horseback riding and golf. Wonderful food. Family owned. CAMP NATARSWI Millinocket | Girls | Resident | Ages 7–17 | girlscoutsofmaine.org Natarswi is a 30-acre wilderness paradise with spectacular views of Mount Katahdin. Natarswi is for girls seeking a true North Woods experience. Campers enjoy the natural beauty of adjacent Baxter State Park’s 200,000 acres of trails, forests, ponds, and streams. Featuring sailing, hiking trips, and rock climbing. CAMP NEOFA Montville | Coed | Resident + Day | Ages 8–14 | campneofa.org

Camp NEOFA is a coed wilderness camp. Campers can enjoy the outdoors, swim or boat on 2,300 feet of waterfront on True’s Pond in Montville, or take a hike on over 100 acres. Campers experience nature, arts and crafts, sports, fishing, archery, campfires, and home-cooked meals. CAMPS NEWFOUND + OWATONNA Harrison | Girls + Boys | Resident | Ages 6–16 | newfound-owatonna.com Camps Newfound and Owatonna are brother-sister camps where children ages 6-16 enjoy boating, swimming, rocks and ropes courses, land sports, archery, arts and crafts, wilderness hiking and canoeing trips, and much more, all in a supportive, Christian Science atmosphere. CAMP NORTH STAR OF MAINE Poland Spring | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–16 | campnorthstarmaine.com The camp helps its campers become the best versions of themselves by teaching them essential life skills and important values. Campers enjoy an elective program with over 100 activities in arts, athletics, outdoors, and waterfront. It offers two-, three-, four-, five- or seven-week sessions for boys and girls. CAMP O-AT-KA Sebago | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–16 | campoatka.org Nonprofit, 112-year old traditional overnight camp for boys ages 8–16 on beautiful Sebago Lake in southern Maine. Its robust program emphasizes leadership and service with over 30 craft choices, including swimming, camping, hiking, sports, arts, sailing, riflery, woodworking, photography, archery, and outdoor adventure trips. Sessions run from two to seven weeks. CAMP PINECLIFFE Harrison | Girls | Resident | Ages 7–15 | pinecliffe.com Founded almost a century ago, this all-girls camp is open to children ages 7–15. Girls are encouraged to become the best they can be while at camp. The overriding message hangs on a plaque in their Main Bunk: “Do the Thing That Counts and

Then Don’t Count It.” CAMP PINEHURST Raymond | Coed | Resident | Ages 6–14 | camppinehurst.com Facing the sunset on the sandy shores of Crescent Lake, Camp Pinehurst is a traditional coed summer camp. In its third generation of Curtis family ownership and directorship, Camp Pinehurst is designed to offer children a quality camping experience at an affordable price. Come make some new friends this summer! CAMP PONDICHERRY Bridgton | Girls | Resident + Day | Ages 7–17 | girlscoutsofmaine.org Pondicherry is a spectacular outdoor setting, nestled on over 600 acres in the foothills of the White Mountains. Dynamic programs offered include archery, horseback riding, cooking, and boating on private Adams Pond. Girls explore the outdoors while building confidence, courage, and character under the careful eye of trained staff. CAMP POSTCARD Poland | Coed | Resident | Grades 5–6 | voanne.org/camp-postcard Celebrating 25 years, Camp POSTCARD (Police Officers Striving To Create And Reinforce Dreams) is a free weeklong program for Maine kids. Counselors are volunteer police officers from across Maine. Sheriffs, troopers, and municipal officers all come together to mentor and encourage kids, while improving their perceptions of law enforcement. CAMP RUNOIA Belgrade Lakes | Girls | Resident | Ages 8–15 | runoia.com Experience the Runoia difference in the beautiful Belgrade Lakes! Runoia campers build lifelong skills and enjoy an outstanding equestrian program, wilderness trips, sailing, and strong arts, sports, waterfront programs, and much more. Many campers return for multiple summers. Fourth- and fifth-generation Cobb camping leadership. April 2018 87

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CAMP SKYLEMAR Naples | Boys | Resident | Ages 7–15 | skylemar.com For 69 years, Camp Skylemar thrives as a place where boys from across the country share in a summer of top-notch athletic instruction within a culture of kindness, respect, and friendship. Over 50 activities on 200 wooded acres overlooking the White Mountains and one of Maine’s cleanest lakes. Three- or seven-week sessions. CAMP SOMERSET Smithfield | Girls | Resident | Ages 7–16 | somersetforgirls.com Camp Somerset for Girls offers a brand-new camp facility and community with a diverse program dedicated to comprehensive instruction and healthy competition. We are committed to empowering and inspiring our campers to live our rings: grow every day, be a good friend, make an impact, be you. CAMP SUMMIT Winthrop | Coed | Day | Ages 5–15 | asmonline.org The Autism Society of Maine offers a free summer camp program for children ages 5–15 with autism spectrum disorders. The purpose of this program is to help develop communication skills and peer relationships in a social group setting. The day program is held in Farmington. Autism Society of Maine: 1.800.273.5200. CAMP SUNSHINE Casco | Coed | Resident | Families | campsunshine.org Camp Sunshine, nestled along the shores of Sebago Lake and primarily staffed by caring volunteers, provides a yearround camping experience to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. The program is free of charge to families and includes on-site medical and psychosocial support. CAMP SUSAN CURTIS Stoneham | Coed | Resident | Ages 8–18 | susancurtisfoundation.org Camp Susan Curtis offers two weeks of experiential

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learning in a residential camp environment exclusively to economically disadvantaged Maine youth referred through their schools. Every youth is fully sponsored through fundraising. Operated by the Susan L. Curtis Charitable Foundation, CSC develops the habits and skills critical to lifelong achievement in youth ages 8–18. CAMP TAKAJO Naples | Boys | Resident | Ages 7–15 | camptakajo.com Since 1947, the emphasis at Camp Takajo has remained the same: building character in today’s boys. Our entrance arch posts the 12 camp ideals, including integrity, loyalty, selfreliance, and sportsmanship. These ideals are reinforced daily through sports, waterfront activities, hobbies and skills, an extensive tripping program, and campwide activities that foster a sense of brotherhood. CAMP TAPAWINGO Sweden | Girls | Resident | Ages 7–16 | camptapawingo.com Set on a beautiful, private 200-acre plot in southwestern Maine, “Tap” has three-, four-, and seven-week sessions for girls. Activities include tennis, swimming, waterskiing, sailing, a ropes course, soccer, arts and crafts, performing arts, horseback riding, and archery. Campers explore the rest of Maine through hiking and whitewater canoeing and rafting trips. CAMP TEKAKWITHA Leeds | Coed | Resident | Ages 8–17 | campdevacances.com This French-speaking summer camp located on the shores of Lake Androscoggin offers numerous activities for children and a special program for teenagers ages 14–17 focused on mountain trekking. CAMP TIMANOUS Raymond | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–15 | camptimanous.com Boys return home more self-confident, independent, and self-sufficient after spending an “unplugged” fun summer

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at Timanous. Our small size ensures personal attention. Campers choose from a wide array of activities, including strong waterfront and camping trip programs. Campers represent 25 states and nine countries. Ninety percent of staff and campers return. CAMP VEGA Fayette | Girls | Resident | Ages 7–15 | campvega.com Camp Vega is an all-girls camp founded in 1936 on Echo Lake in the Belgrade Lakes Region. With over 320 acres of forest and just under two miles of lakefront, Vega is a place where girls can be themselves. Campers can choose from an array of traditional and specialized camp activities while striving towards the Vega Values: Believe in Yourself, Have Empathy, Live with Integrity, Build Unity, Choose Gratitude. CAMP WALDEN Denmark | Girls | Resident | Ages 8–15 | campwalden.com A 101-year-old traditional camp where 160 girls respect and support each other and always try their best. Campers participate in daily activities, extensive wilderness trips, team sports (color war), many special events, and musical theater. Waldenites live for fun, friendships, and the new experiences that each summer brings. CAMP WAWENOCK FOR GIRLS Raymond | Girls | Resident | Ages 8–16 | campwawenock.com Wawenock gives girls both roots and wings! Each girl’s unique skills and personality are celebrated, and she is empowered to be her best self. Girls gain the confidence needed to explore who they are, challenge themselves to take healthy risks, and to learn and grow, building lifelong, 21st-century skills. CAMP WAZIYATAH Waterford | Coed | Resident | Ages 6–16 | wazi.com Camp Waziyatah, Maine’s highest-rated camp, is the site of Disney’s hit TV show Bug Juice. Wazi’s welcoming “no-

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that combine hands-on science experiments and art projects to learn about a theme in-depth. Certified teachers have developed over 45 themes. Extended-day, half-day, and full-day options. Enrollment limited.

CAMP WEKEELA Hartford | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–16 | campwekeela.com Camp Wekeela features a safe, fun, nurturing environment in a beautiful, bucolic mountain lake setting. Core components include waterskiing, tennis, outdoor adventure, land and water sports, creative performing, culinary arts, and weekly trips. Our camp is a safe place for children to have fun and learn social rules, acceptable behavior, and leadership.

CENTER DAY CAMP North Windham | Coed | Day | Ages 5–15 | centerdaycamp.org For over 65 years, campers ages 5–15 have been learning and growing with Center Day Camp on the shores of Sebago Basin. We offer Red Cross swimming, art, sports, theater, wilderness skills, and more on 28 beautiful acres. Round-trip, fully staffed bus ride included, with several convenient routes.

DRAGON’S EYE ADVENTURES Brunswick | Coed | Day | Ages 6–12 | dragonseyeadventures.com Spend a summer on the high seas of imagination with Dragon’s Eye Adventures. Original mysteries feature a unique combination of history, folklore, and myth, with adventures for ages 6–12. Each adventure play unfolds through a combination of storytelling, live-action games, team challenges, ciphers, cryptic maps, and magical art projects.

CAMP WIGWAM Waterford | Boys | Resident | Ages 6–15 | campwigwam.com Founded in 1910, Camp Wigwam is a traditional boys’ camp in southwestern Maine on the sandy shores of Bear Lake. Boys enjoy crafts, sports, and a world-class waterskiing program. Tennis and golf lessons are offered daily, with nine-hole golf outings arranged five days a week to one of four local courses. CAMP WILDWOOD Bridgton | Boys | Resident | Ages 7–15 | campwildwood.com Wildwood continues to flourish as a summer camp for boys on Woods Pond in Bridgton. Its mission is to create a fun, active, and safe environment for campers to maximize their social, emotional, and personal development. Its goal is to enrich the lives of campers through positive relationships and activities. CAMP WINNEBAGO Fayette | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–15 | campwinnebago.com For nearly a century, Camp Winnebago has offered boys ages 8–15 a safe, positive, and creative environment where

CHOP POINT SUMMER CAMP Woolwich | Coed | Resident + Trip | Ages 13–18 | choppointcamp.com We love teenagers. Chop Point is a traditional coed camp geared just for teens. Activities like sailing, kayaking, windsurfing, soccer, photography, and arts and crafts. Experience trips around New England, hiking, biking, canoeing, and sightseeing to many locations. Come join us for the best summer of your life. COASTAL STUDIES FOR GIRLS Freeport | Girls | Resident | Grades 6–8 | coastalstudiesforgirls.com CSG is a marine science and leadership semester school located on an oceanfront land preserve. Our overnight summer camps offer days filled with leadership workshops, science adventures in the intertidal zone, day hikes at state parks, and visits to marine science facilities. Join us this summer on the Maine coast! DAVINCI EXPERIENCE SCIENCE + ARTS DAY CAMPS Falmouth + Cumberland | Coed | Day | Ages 4–13 | davinciexperience.com Experienced teachers lead small coed groups of similaraged campers in weekly explorations of exciting themes

ECOLOGY SCHOOL CAMPS Saco, Kennebunk + Portland | Coed | Day + Trip | Ages 3–12 + Family | theecologyschool.org/camps-and-summer-programs Adventures each day include active games, ecosystem explorations, identifying plants and animals, and noticing differences in weather, tides, and other natural cycles. Campers will spend most of the camp day outside! FERNWOOD COVE Harrison | Girls | Resident | Ages 7–15 | fernwoodcove.com Fernwood Cove is an overnight all-girls summer camp located on Island Pond in Harrison. This sleepaway camp offers two 3½-week summer sessions. It has a variety of activities, including waterskiing, natural horsemanship, gymnastics, and outdoor adventure. It fosters friendships, leadership, opportunities for personal growth, and welcomes campers and CITs into a diverse and supportive community.

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FOREST ACRES CAMP FOR GIRLS + INDIAN ACRES CAMP FOR BOYS Fryeburg | Girls + Boys | Resident | Ages 7–16 | indianacres.com Sports, performing/visual arts, water sports, three waterfronts, including Olympic-style pools, ropes course, climbing wall, zip lines, hiking, camping trips, and the number one horseback riding program. These unique brother-sister camps are located two miles apart in Maine’s White Mountain region. Community, independence, leadership surround a 94-year history of traditional camping. FRIENDS CAMP South China | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–17 | friendscamp.org For 63 years Friends Camp has offered youth ages 7–17 a loving community with Quaker values, creative activities, and lots of goofy fun. Friends Camp offers games, drama, hiking, crafts, sports, and a full range of aquatic activities. Friends Camp is open to all youth. GANDER BROOK CHRISTIAN CAMP Raymond | Coed | Resident | ganderbrook.org Designed to provide wholesome recreation and spiritual growth for campers, activities at Gander Brook include camping under the stars, spiritual activities and devotionals, hiking, talent shows, carnival, cookouts, “morning funisthenics,” rock climbing, air riflery, and archery.

Hart-to-Hart Farm is a small working organic dairy in Albion. Campers experience a rich program incorporating a farm-to-table experience. Campers explore our farm animals, ponds, gardens, and forest. Highlight: campers adopt their own special farm animal to train. Day camp: eight one-week sessions.

Campers entering grades 3–10 develop independence, gain self-confidence, build individual skills, and learn to work as teams, while nurturing lifelong friendships and strengthening their Jewish identities. The program is elective-based, so each camper can choose his or her activities from a wide range of offerings. Financial assistance available.

HIDDEN VALLEY CAMP Freedom | Coed | Resident | Ages 8–14 | hiddenvalleycamp.com HVC offers renowned programs in the performing and creative arts and exciting outdoor pursuits near the Maine coast, with a private lake and heated pool and wholesome, delicious meals (including allergy support). Two-week professional staff training. “Your emphasis on personal responsibility, on being decent and caring—and having fun!—makes HVC a true model and home away from home.”

KAMP KOHUT Oxford | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–15 | kampkohut.com Kohut’s magnificent setting and wholesome environment have been enriching lives since 1907. Nestled on beautiful Thompson Lake, our traditional four-week brother/sister program is designed to focus on building skills, meeting each camper’s individual needs, and fostering friendships. Campers choose from 50-plus activities and delight in memorable trip days and special events.

HOOP BASKETBALL CAMP Casco | Boys + Girls | Resident | Grades 4–10 | hoopcamp.org Created in 1971, Hoop sits on Casco’s Pleasant Lake and emphasizes basketball training. Campers are broken up into nine-player teams and assigned counselors and coaches. Swimming, canoeing, and water basketball are also offered at the camp.

GREENLAND POINT CENTER Princeton | Coed | Resident + Day | Ages 8–17 | greenlandpoint.com The mission of the Greenland Point Center is to promote healthy lifestyles and environmental stewardship by providing all children and adults, including those with disabilities, with a natural setting and programs that teach outdoor skills, leadership, ethics, and alternatives to substance abuse.

HURRICANE ISLAND CENTER FOR SCIENCE + LEADERSHIP SUMMER PROGRAMS Hurricane Island | Coed | Resident | Ages 11–18 | hurricaneisland.net The Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership is not your typical summer camp! Experiential science education programs for grades 7–12 are designed to help students immerse themselves in unique island natural history and ecology, develop leadership skills, connect with peers, and have fun. Financial aid available.

HART-TO-HART FARM DAY CAMP Albion | Coed | Day | Ages 5–13 | hart2hartfarm.org

JCC CAMP KINGSWOOD Bridgton | Coed | Resident | Ages 8–15 | kingswood.org

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KIEVE CAMP FOR BOYS Nobleboro | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–16 | kieve.org Kieve, located across Damariscotta Lake from our sister camp, Wavus Camp for Girls, builds character in young people to help them become confident adults and compassionate citizens. Challenging wilderness trips are an integral part of each camper’s experience. Our patient, caring, professional, and highly motivated staff, mostly Kieve alumni, is the key to our success. KINGSLEY PINES CAMP Raymond | Coed | Resident | Ages 8–16 | kingsleypines.com You can’t go very far at Kingsley Pines without hearing a laugh or seeing a smile. Our camp is so much fun you’ll want to come back year after year. Kingsley Pines—it is the way camp should be! Two- and three-week sessions. L.L.BEAN KIDS’ CAMP + TEEN ADVENTURES Freeport | Coed | Day | Ages 7–16 | llbean.com/adventures L.L.Bean Summer Kids’ Camp and Teen Adventures are a safe and fun way for boys and girls to make friends, learn new skills, and enjoy the outdoors. Guided by expert

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instructors and experienced counselors, our programs offer a variety of activities, including kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, archery, fly casting, geocaching, camp craft, and more. MAD SCIENCE OF MAINE South Portland | Coed | Day | Ages 4–12 | maine.madscience.org A day camp for ages 4–12, Mad Science is Maine’s leading provider of fun science enrichment programs! We have been providing fun, hands-on science for over 16 years. Kids can enjoy weeklong science camps to spark their imaginative learning! MAIN IDEA AT CAMP WALDEN Denmark | Girls | Resident | Ages 8–14 | themainidea.org Founded in 1986, this unique ten-day camp provides economically disadvantaged girls with a life-changing experience. The family-oriented environment allows each girl the chance to develop her personality, increase self-confidence, and acquire new skills ranging from belaying on the ropes course to team problem solving and conflict resolution. MAINE ACE CAMP Bangor + Brunswick | Coed | Resident + Day | Ages 12–18 | maineacecamp.org ACE Camps are educational programs for middle and high school students that can last from one day to one week. Students have the opportunity to see firsthand how aviation systems work from the inside looking out. Visit airports, towers, FBOs, TSA, and go flying. See what careers in aviation have to offer. MAINE ARTS CAMP Waterville | Coed | Resident | Ages 9–16 | maineartscamp.com Each summer, a maximum of 100 campers ages 9–16 arrive on the Colby College campus to participate in visual and performing arts, cooking, filmmaking, film photography, and more—all while enjoying the campfires and camp songs in an inclusive creative community. Two- or four-week sessions.

MAINE AUDUBON CAMPS Falmouth | Coed | Day | Grades K–5 | maineaudubon.org Maine Audubon hosts day camp programs for children in grades K–5 at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth and Fields Pond in Holden. Camp sessions with varied wildlife conservation themes run weekly throughout summer and daily during school vacation weeks. Preschool and family programs are also available. Scholarships awarded annually. MAINE ROBOTICS CAMP Orono | Coed | Day | Ages 9–16 | mainerobotics.org Enjoy a week of engineering, computer science, or programming at one of over 20 locations in Maine. Now in its 14th year, these day camps are excellent opportunities to learn about robotics, science, computers, and programming, while having fun doing it all. MAINE TEEN CAMP Porter | Coed | Resident | Ages 13–17 | teencamp.com Maine Teen Camp focuses on fostering independence and enriching the unique lives of teenagers. We are a summer home to a diverse population of teens from all over the world, and feature a full range of elective programs and activities, including rock music, cooking, waterskiing, community service, and tennis—to name just a few. MEDOMAK FAMILY CAMP Washington | Coed | Resident | Families | medomakcamp.com Nestled amongst pine forests on a beautiful lake in mid-coast Maine, Medomak, a summer camp for the entire family, is a vacation that suits everyone, young and old. MOOSE RIVER OUTPOST Jackman | Coed | Resident | Ages 11–17 | mooseriveroutpost.org At this Christian camp, kids can enjoy over 7,000 acres of woods, streams, and lakes as they immerse themselves in “the wild beauty and quiet testimony of God’s creation.” A private waterfront, Christian leaders from around the country, brook trout fishing, orienteering, archery, and

skeet shooting are all available at this camp. MSSM SUMMER CAMP Limestone | Boys, Girls + Coed | Resident | Ages 10–14 | mssm.org In its 21st year, Maine School of Science and Mathematics Summer Camp is as excited as ever to inspire and encourage boys and girls ages 10–14 to pursue their passions in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Five weeks total; two for boys, one coed, and two for girls. NETOP SUMMER CAMP Casco | Boys | Resident | Ages 8–15 | netopsummercamp.com Netop (nee-tope, meaning “friend”) is a traditional residential camp for boys ages 8–15 in Casco. Netop features an exceptional community, emphasizing balanced growth in a natural, “unplugged” environment. With a program offering a range of sports, water activities, arts, crafts, and wilderness trips, boys develop skills, friendships, and lifelong memories. NEW ENGLAND MUSIC CAMP Sidney | Coed | Resident | Ages 11–18 | nemusiccamp.com Since 1937, NEMC has nurtured young musicians ages 11– 18 from all over the world. Located on Lake Messalonskee, NEMC provides intensive music education balanced with traditional social and recreational summer camp activities. Campers design their own schedules focusing on music each morning, recreation each afternoon, and perform weekly at our outstanding Bowl-in-the-Pines outdoor amphitheater. NICHOLS DAY CAMP Blue Hill | Coed | Day | Ages 5–14 | nicholsdaycamps.org Two-week sessions and the following programs: Scamp Program, ages 5–6. Nichols Program, ages 7–12. Adventure Program, ages 12–14. Transportation available from Blue Hill, Deer Isle, North Brooksville, and Penobscot.

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NORTH YARMOUTH ACADEMY SUMMER PROGRAM Yarmouth | Coed | Day | Ages 2–14 | nya.org Summer Programs offer children ages 2–14 a range of activities in general day and specialty camps. Campers build meaningful relationships while engaging in fun and active learning experiences. Free before- and after-care makes reasonably priced childcare available from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

PINE TREE CAMP Bath | Coed | Resident + Day | Ages 8–18 | pinetreesociety.org As part of the Pine Tree Society—an organization devoted to helping Mainers with disabilities—Pine Tree Camp gives children and adults with disabilities the chance to enjoy a traditional summer camp. Set on 285 acres, the camp also boasts a mile of waterfront on North Pond in the Belgrade Lakes region.

OCEANWOOD CAMP Ocean Park | Coed | Resident + Day | Grades 3–10 | oceanwood.org Just three blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, this Christian camp and conference center offers overnight camps for youth entering grades 3–10, adults with disabilities, and families, as well as day camp for ages 5–12. Oceanwood has a longstanding horseback riding program and opens the summer with “Summer Kick-Off.”

RILEY DISCOVERY VACATION CAMPS Rockport | Coed | Day | Ages 6–14 | rileyschool.org/summer-vacation-camp The Riley School has offered vacation day camps on its beautiful 20-acre campus for over 20 years. Children choose two focus workshops per session. Typical offerings include musical theater, field science, photography and film, studio arts and ceramics, movement arts, and treehouse building.

PILGRIM LODGE West Gardiner | Coed | Resident | pilgrimlodge.org Pilgrim Lodge is owned and operated by the Maine Conference, United Church of Christ. One-week sessions offered according to age. Some sessions are general, others have themes, such as “Arts Alive” or “Camp Pride” (for LGBTQ high schoolers). We teach critical thinking and urge campers to examine and develop their own spiritual journey.

RIPPLEFFECT Portland | Coed | Resident + Day | Ages 8–18 | rippleffect.net Rippleffect is a nonprofit wilderness adventure program. Based on Cow Island in Casco Bay, our day and overnight camps and wilderness expeditions offer a wide range of options for students ages 8-18. Kayaking, zip-lining, climbing, camping, games, and making friends are all part of the Ripple experience. Contact us today to enroll!

PINE ISLAND CAMP Belgrade Lakes | Boys | Resident | Ages 9–15 | pineisland.org Located on a small island on a beautiful, clean, quiet lake, Pine Island is an ideal place to build a successful community each summer, which we have been doing for 115 years. Boys ages 9–15 enjoy outdoor activities, many out on the water, and many camping trips. Campfire every night.

ROBIN HOOD CAMP Brooksville | Coed | Resident | Ages 7–16 | robinhoodcamp.com Robin Hood is the only camp located on both freshwater lake and ocean. Forty dynamic sports and activities including golf, tennis, squash, soccer, and waterski/ wakeboard. With intensive academies with world-class instruction, Robin Hood has a unique, dynamic approach to camping. Campers from 30-plus countries. Selective

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admissions process with interview requirement. SEEDS OF PEACE CAMP Otisfield | Coed | Resident | Ages 14–16 | seedsofpeace.org Participants at this camp will join a community of emerging leaders from countries and communities in conflict. Campers ages 14–16 come from the Middle East, South Asia, and the U.S. to meet face-to-face, engage in camp activities, tackle the divisive issues defining their conflicts, and challenge each other’s perspectives and prejudices. SUMMER AT BREAKWATER Portland | Coed | Day | Ages 3–14 | enrichment.breakwaterlearning.org Breakwater’s Summer Camp offers dynamic programming ®performing arts, sports, cooking, outdoor in visual arts, skills, science, robotics and engineering, aerial arts, filmmaking, and more! With four two-week sessions and five developmentally appropriate age groupings to strengthen learning and social connections, quality and community are at the heart of all our programs.

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THE SUMMER CAMP Washington | Girls | Resident | Ages 6–18 | thesummercamp.org The Summer Camp partners with social service agencies, guidance counselors, and individuals throughout the Northeast to provide a no-cost residential summer camp for girls ages 6–18 from low-income families and foster homes. In our safe, fun, supportive environment girls explore new experiences, learn from positive role models, and build skills for life. TANGLEWOOD 4-H CAMP Lincolnville | Coed | Resident, Trip + Day | Ages 4–17 | umaine.edu/tanglewood Located on the Ducktrap River, Tanglewood is a community-centered camp where campers master skills through

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WOLFE’S NECK FARM CAMP Freeport | Coed | Day | Ages 4–18 | wolfesneckfarm.org Our Farm Camp connects youth to agriculture and outdoor environments. We have 626 acres with barns, pastures, gardens, and forests to explore. At camp, 4- to 16-yearolds learn about sustainable agriculture and ecology while doing farm chores, digging in our gardens, and dissecting vegetables.

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WINONA CAMPS FOR BOYS Bridgton | Boys | Resident | Ages 7–15 | winonacamps.com A boys’ residential camp for ages 7–15, Winona Camp offers an exceptional trip program and waterfront activities. Campers live in small platform tents in groups of five. Activities include water sports, wilderness hikes, canoe trips, kayaking, riding, sailing, and rock climbing. Junior Maine Guide Program option.

YMCA CAMP OF MAINE Winthrop | Coed | Resident | Ages 8–16 | maineycamp.org YMCA Camp of Maine encourages friendships, develops leaders, and builds self-confidence through programming that provides positive role models. The overnight camp experience provides the choice of activities that allow campers to explore new ideas and develop hobbies through sports, sailing, waterskiing, pottery, overnight trips, leadership training, and more.

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ust one pancake, but it’s as big as the dinner plate. The edges are nearly jutting over the side. “We told you,” the hunters across the wide wooden table are saying, nodding knowingly as I reach for the maple syrup. They’ve already been here a few days. But I’m getting ahead of myself. The day before, photographer Peter Frank Edwards and I have begun the nearly three-hour drive from Bangor to Libby Camps, where the log walls of the lodge are hung with lacquered trophy fish from decades past; mounted heads of moose and deer; and vintage photographs of master guides with their “sports,” the guests. Before we get there, we make a quick stop at an I-95 overlook for the view of treetops and peaks that lead to

the outline of Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park. When we walk around to get a better look, the scenery in the sunshine and the rush of crisp air are literally breathtaking. To get to the iconic Libby Camps, you basically keep heading north until you’re there. Following directions sent by the camps, we stay on I-95 for most of the route, then continue on state roads through increasingly smaller towns and past a hardware store and gas station or two, through Patten (population 1,017) and Oxbow (population 50). We’re somewhere northward of Baxter State Park and are the only car in sight when we arrive at a gatehouse for the North Maine Woods, where we stop to fill out paperwork and pay a user fee. I realize

this unmanned self-registration booth must be fitted with motion detectors or cameras when, suddenly, a telephone in the booth begins ringing loudly. After Peter Frank answers and has a quick conversation about payment instructions and our reservation at Libby, the gate swings open to allow us to make the final leg, 20 miles on unpaved logging roads. It’s autumn—we’re arriving squarely in the October/November woodcockhunting season—so blaze orange is the color of the weekend. We’ve brought along vests and hats in the safety color, and here and there I notice standout trees with leaves tinged orange as well. After spotting a Libby sign then following a narrower road to a group of lakeside log cabins, we arrive.

Opposite: On the drive to Libby Camps, a lookout view toward Baxter State Park and Mount Katahdin. This page: One of the Libby cabins on a remote stretch of shoreline on Millinocket Lake. April 2018 97

FIRE AND BREAD A steady wind that’s churning the water across Millinocket Lake catches the door and holds it open as we walk in a side entrance of the Libby Camps’ lodge. Although we arrive in a gush of commotion, all’s calm inside. The fire’s going in the stone fireplace, and Jessica “Jess” Libby steps from the kitchen in a knit dress and tall boots. Behind her through the doorway, I can see a table crowded with tall loaves of golden-brown bread. This feels like walking into a slice of history. The first Libbys are said to have come from England to the coast of Maine in the 1660s, and by the 1850s some of the family had moved north toward the Allagash River. The wilderness and solitude obviously suited them. After C.C. and Melissa Libby married and opened a

hotel in Oxbow Plantation in the 1880s, generations of couples in the Libby family have continued to bring comforts to Maine’s remote North Woods. Next, it was Ike and Lillian. Then Allie and Elsie. Then Matt and Ellen. And since 2014, it’s been Matt and Jess Libby’s turn to own the camps and welcome sporting travelers to the 20-acre lakeside compound in Piscataquis County, about 130 miles north of Bangor. On the afternoon we arrive, Jess is bagging up the bread she baked earlier—a pillowy, yeasty recipe that includes molasses and wheat cereal—and she invites us to return in the hour or so before dinner to watch some of the kitchen action. We’re also greeted by a smiling man with a beard, Darren McNeill, who says that he prefers the traditional title of “chore

boy” to describe his role, and soon he is driving us and our gear in an ATV cart along the shore to “The Point” cabin, which is perched on rocky hill with an unobstructed view of the lake. It’s a roomy, spotless cabin with a several pine log beds layered in quilts, a round table large enough for games or puzzles, a woodstove, and a stack of firewood. McNeill reminds us of some of the particulars at Libby Camps: there’s no electricity in the cabins, but there’s hot water in the shower thanks to a generator that’s run during daytime hours. For light, each cabin is fitted with propane fixtures that he demonstrates how to light with a turn of a lever and a match. And then, in case we don’t want to be fully unplugged during our stay—but we do!—he mentions that WiFi is available in the lodge.

The lodge dining room at Libby Camps, home to from-scratch cooking, family-style service, and talk of the day’s fishing, hunting, and exploring. Opposite: Breakfast at Libby Camps.

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Opposite: Darren McNeill, one of the Libby Camps staff, shows us “The Point” and the hammock view of Millinocket Lake. This page: Trophy fish and taxidermy from decades past in the lodge. April 2018 101

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LODGE DINNER After getting settled in and watching the sun sink lower over Millinocket Lake, Peter Frank and I celebrate our arrival with a cabin drink—a splash of whiskey over a shard of the lake’s ice. (The next day Matt Libby will show us the icehouse and shovel into a mound of wood shavings to uncover a trove of ice blocks. It’s frozen treasure that was cut from the lake back in January by members of the Libby family, staff, guides, and guests who arrived by snowmobile for the annual ice-harvesting ritual.) The cocktail crowd in big-city bars would love this, I think. The oblong shard looks like a crystal pendant in my glass. When we walk back over to the lodge for dinner, several guests dressed in flannel shirts and blue jeans (and the like) are now sitting around the fireplace or gathering at a table of appetizers, which features tortilla chips and an addictive hot-pepper-chicken cheese dip. The kitchen is buzzing with activity, too. Along with Jess, two other women are helping to cook and serve while Matt Libby and guide Scott Story stand at the stove sautéing samples of their woodcock and ruffed grouse recipes in cast-iron skillets—these sizzling medallions of breast meat are the prized result of the day’s hunt and are being prepared for the sports to try. Other guides and the rest of the Libby family are gathering at a staff table between the kitchen and the camp’s offices. Meanwhile in the dining room, the moose antler chandeliers are hanging above tables now set for six or eight, and we sit down to join the banter and the easy pace of a lodge meal of roast pork loin, hot applesauce, fresh-baked bread, and zucchini succotash. Everything is brought to the table on large platters to be passed and shared. Our tablemates— everyone keeps the same seat and table throughout their stay—all have stories to tell. It’s particularly fascinating to meet Dick Winslow, an octogenarian from New Hampshire who, I learn, has penned several maritime history books. Winslow says he came to Libby to try some remote canoeing day trips here after recent canoe trips in Scotland and the Yukon region of Canada. Other talk around the table centers on everyone’s dogs or children (or both) and reports of the day’s hunt. Some use the word “partridge,” which Matt Libby tells us is the preferred term for ruffed grouse among locals. After tasting a just-prepared partridge dish that’s practically still sizzling when it’s brought from the kitchen on a platter, our new friend Mr. Winslow sips from the glass of wine in front of him and declares: “I now prefer grouse to chicken.”

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HUNT AND FISH Following the coffee and pancakes the next morning, we’re invited to tag along on a hunting party led by Matt Libby. The upland bird-hunting season for woodcock is only in October and November, so this is a rare chance. The season for ruffed grouse is October through December. The sporting guests we’ll join are Brud Ludington and his 19-year-old son, Luke, from New Hampshire, who tell us as we all load into Matt’s extended-cab truck that their family started visiting Libby Camps more than a decade ago. Brud says

it’s his third trip here already this year. Everyone is decked out in at least a few pieces of safety orange. I’m especially happy to join because this is dog-assisted hunting. Matt drives us a few miles into a stretch of woods that was timbered in recent years, which is evident from the young aspen and birch trees. We park somewhere off an unmarked dirt road. But Matt knows where he is. He says that, for wing shooting (shooting birds in flight), he’ll range out as far as 50 or 60

miles from the Libby Camps lodge into the more than three million acres of the North Woods. “That way,” he says, “we don’t hunt the same place twice.” Matt has brought two dogs in the truck’s kennels, and the one he releases for the morning hunt is Piper, a Brittany spaniel. Like Matt’s other three spaniels and his one English setter, Piper is both a working dog and one of the family pets. Hunting dogs are riveting to watch. Guided by scent and what can look like sheer joy and

From left: On the hunt is Piper, one of the Libby family’s spaniels; she’s trained to follow the scent of woodcock and ruffed grouse. A hunting party during upland bird season.

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wild abandon, they bound off down trails or into the woods with purpose. Piper starts zigzagging ahead on the overgrown logging road we’re following on foot. The bell on her neck is in a constant jangle. When Matt wants her to circle back, he whistles. We see moose and deer tracks in the mud but no birds after a couple of miles of walking, until Matt stops and says, “We’ve got a dog on point.” The Ludingtons look to see the object of the dog’s singular attention: a ruffed grouse perched in a tree. When it flies, Brud’s shot drops the bird. Another grouse isn’t much farther in this section, where fallen logs are mossy and there are low hills to climb over. We follow Piper again, and soon the father and son have two of the gray-brown birds to bring back to the lodge. By now it’s lunchtime, and Peter Frank and I open thermoses of hot turkey soup packed for us at the lodge and then split off from the hunt to catch up with a fishing guide at a prearranged meeting place on Munsungan Stream. Lucky us. Jeff LaBree is a Maine Guide from Rockland who specializes in fly-fishing in the North Maine Woods. LaBree takes us to a trailhead, and we walk with paddles and poles for a few minutes until we get to a beautiful small pond where he has a canoe stashed, and where no one else will be fishing. Floating on the pond, I think of how peaceful the entire trip has been. Now, the only non-wild sights and sounds are the occasional guide’s truck and a few high jets overhead that we guess are traveling to or from Montreal. In between LaBree’s patient instructions (for me) on the rhythms of fly casting, we learn he’s a fan of Maine’s storytelling humorists—and he’s right up there with them, in my mind, as he recounts some past guide trips. There was the time he was asked to teach two children, ages three and six, the art of fly-fishing from a boat while the parents went on a separate excursion. Much of that outing, he admits, was spent skipping stones. Another time, a woman asked to be led on a waterfall hike with “a full outpost lunch and a table beside the top of the falls.” LaBree lugged the table up the trail, yet only a few minutes into the picnic, the guest complained that she was getting uncomfortably damp and insisted they must retreat. We spend a couple of hours this way, casting, floating, and laughing. Peter Frank and I each take turns fishing, and although we feel a bite or two on the line, we don’t get any into the boat. It’s the fishing, not the catching, that matters, we say on our return walk in the sweet-smelling fall woods.

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A cabin outfitted with log-frame beds and cozy quilts. Opposite, from top: Guides gather at their shared cabin next to the lodge. Three generations of the Libby family (clockwise from left): Jessica, Charley, Matt Jr., Matt, Parker, Kayla, and Ellen Libby.

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THE BIG PICTURE The extraordinary experiences continue during our weekend at Libby Camps. At night, just before dinner, Scott Story invites us into the guides’ cabin, a logbuilt bunkhouse next to the lodge. Inside, among the twin beds and gear, I count eight hunting dogs resting in crates or on beds. He introduces us to one of the eldest spaniels, Libby, a petite female with a limp and a white speckled coat. The dog is retired from hunting, and she is one of the reasons why he wanted us to stop by. “When the dinner bell rings, Libby always howls,” he tells us. “And we bray with her. We’re her pack now.” We all continue talking, but at the first sound of the bell, Libby raises her head and starts braying. We lift our heads and do, too, in a howling chorus. She looks around the room a few times to make sure everyone’s

doing it, then she sings on, full-throated, until we stop. The next morning, Matt catches up with us in the dining room while I’m looking at a series of photographs of Libby men posing with their seaplanes, beginning with his grandfather, Allie Libby, in the 1950s. “Do you want to fly?” Matt asks. And within the hour, Peter Frank and I are walking to the end of a floating dock at the shore and climbing into a plane with Matt and his young son, Parker. It’s a 1973 Cessna 185 that Matt uses to transport guests to the camp and to even more remote fishing ponds and hunting outposts. With a rumble of the engines, we go splashing up from the lake and into the day’s clear sky. Fall’s leaves are still hanging on, and I look below at the camps and the Gatorade yellow of

the aspens in the landscape we’ve been exploring. In a looping tour, Matt points out waterfalls and ponds, Beetle Mountain, Baxter State Park, and Mount Katahdin. I jokingly request a moose sighting, and within minutes he’s spotted one bull in a bog, and then another. It’s a grand finish to our stay. A few days after returning home I receive a letter from Mr. Winslow, who includes copies of articles on river trips and fishing. “It was great to see you at Libby’s. There is a sense of esprit de corps there,” he writes. His note brings back memories of all the people we met at Libby Camps: at our table at the lodge, in the guides’ cabin, and on our hunting and fishing excursions. Esprit de corps in the North Woods, for sure.

From left: The view from one seaplane to another a few minutes after taking off from Libby Camps. Parker Libby rides along as his father, Matt Libby, flies his four-seat Cessna, which he parks at a dock in front of the lodge and uses to carry guests to remote camps and fishing spots. Looking out across a forested stretch of the 3.5 million acres of the North Maine Woods.

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Something Old, Something New A husband-and-wife team honors the past by restoring an old Maine farmhouse in Sidney— and learns some new skills along the way by Katy Kelleher // Photography by Erin Little

ne day back in 2015, John Jefferson was busy removing siding from his old barn in Sidney when he found an unexpected piece of history lurking in the walls. He peeled back the old cedar shakes to reveal pages and pages of newspapers from 1923, copies of the Daily Kennebec Journal. Almost a century ago, previous owners of this big gray barn had re-sided it, but instead of using house wrap or tarpaper, they chose a more economical option. Not wanting to rip the paper, Jefferson set about carefully removing long sheets of headlines and advertisements, inches and inches of columns, page after page of typeset. “It turned what was a small task—taking off the old cedar shakes—into a very big one,” he says. “It was so brittle and fragile. But I saved all of it.” John and his wife, Amy Jefferson, kept this newsprint and framed pieces of it for decor. In the kitchen of their 1773 post-and-beam three-quarter Cape hangs an advertisement for a home goods shop, for example, which was selling bales of oriental rugs starting at $39.40. “I kept that one because it ties in with my love for antique rugs,” Amy explains. A piece of newsprint in the bathroom advertises a masquerade ball set to take place in Gardiner in the early 1920s. Upstairs in the nursery, pieces of newsprint still cling to the old beams. “We didn’t want to take that down,” Amy admits. “Even the advertisements are interesting. But we balance it out with some impressionistic landscapes.” She adds, “We don’t want to feel like we’re living in a museum.”

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From left: The Jeffersons painted the walls of the kitchen white and installed a farmhouse sink but otherwise left this historic space as-is. The Jeffersons both love old homes and vintage design, so buying a house with centuries worth of character felt right to the young couple. Amy choose a gray-blue for the living room walls to highlight the detail of the white wainscoting and coordinate with the blue front door. “I’m always thinking about sightlines,” says Amy. “I wanted these colors to work together.”

It’s a fine line, and one that this young couple is continually navigating. They want to respect the soul of their home, but they don’t want to feel constrained by an excessive dedication to historical accuracy. “We decided to keep anything that tells the history of the house and its stories,” Amy explains. “We won’t change anything that is slightly wonky just for aesthetic purposes. So we have uneven floors, which make you feel a little like you’re on a rollercoaster.” She couldn’t bear to tear up the two-footwide floorboards that had been worn down in the middle from centuries of footsteps. And John wouldn’t even entertain the idea of painting the original pinewood beams. Some things are too precious. But they have made changes. After getting married and moving into the white clapboard farmhouse located on a sprawling 40 acres of fields and woodland, the couple set to work renovating the bathrooms, painting over the brightly colored walls with

coats of white paint, tearing up the peasoup-green carpeting, and sourcing antique rugs for the floors and graceful vintage beds for the guest rooms. They added granite steps to the front entryway and put on new garage doors. In some ways, they had gotten lucky: a 1990s renovation had already significantly expanded and updated the modestly sized eighteenth-century house, adding a sunroom, a bathroom, and two bedrooms onto the west side of the structure. “They did a great job in making sure that the addition had the same feel as the original house,” says John. “It’s also recessed back a bit, which makes it look similar to the L-shaped additions you often see on old houses.” The only downside, Amy notes, is that the two sides of the upstairs don’t connect. “You have to go downstairs and then up a flight of stairs to get to a guest room,” she says. “But it kept the exterior integrity of the house intact, so we don’t mind.”

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While the couple shares a love for old things— Amy unwinds on the weekends by sifting through piles of vintage rugs, seeking the perfect pattern, while John restores antique cast-iron pans as a hobby—their tastes don’t always match. So they have learned how to compromise. “I would live in an all-white house if I could,” says Amy. “I think I bought 23 gallons of Simply White paint from Benjamin Moore in every finish you can imagine.” (She jokes that the staff at the local Aubuchon Hardware “cringe and hide” whenever she walks in.) While Amy loves the crisp, clean look of a semigloss white wall, John craves a bit more color, so they added slate gray and stormy blue to the mix. John also has an affinity for red, and since cherry red and matte white happen to be a classic New England color combination, they brought in some bright textiles to add pops of red to the bedroom and living rooms. To brighten the Colonialera rooms (which have small windows and low ceilings, two elements that made them easier to heat back in the day), the couple invested in some new lighting fixtures, including an industrial-inspired oil-rubbed bronze pendant lamp that hangs over their bed and a twinkling crystal chandelier that illuminates the dining room. “There is no correct period lighting, except candles and

“ WE DECIDED TO KEEP ANYTHING THAT TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE AND ITS STORIES.” oil lamps, so it wasn’t hard to compromise there,” says John. “But you have to have some unexpected elements in your house. We wouldn’t want to be too predictable.” Although they’ve made great headway in creating their ideal living space, both Amy and John say there’s more work to be done, and they look forward to doing much of it themselves. “We’re on a budget, so we did everything we could together,” says Amy. “But John is an awesome woodworker—he wouldn’t say that, but he’s an old-school woodworker, and he’s really talented.” They spent Amy’s last birthday building a walnut vanity for their owners’ suite bathroom. John also built countertops for the kitchen and a small breakfast nook. He has even built a small forge in the backyard, where he created handmade iron hooks that hang in the owners’ suite bathroom. “You could buy

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Opposite, clockwise from top left: The couple ripped out the pea-green carpet in the owners’ suite bedroom and installed hardwood flooring. The laundry room is located in the original part of the house. “We’ve heard a lot of different stories about what this space used to be,” Amy says. “Maybe it was a pantry or a mudroom walk-in.” The colors of the rug inspired the design of the nursery, which Amy wanted to keep neutral and soothing. “I didn’t want it to be uber girly,” she says. She added touches of blush pink and camel to create a calm space for Brooke’s first years. This page: Located in the original wing of the house, this room serves as the second entryway to the house. The mudroom has a similar wood wall, into which is carved the year 1789. April 2018 123

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one at a hardware store for 60 cents,” says Amy. “It does take a few hours to make one. But they’re so much more beautiful when they are handmade.” There is a satisfaction that comes from seeing the fruits of your labor, Amy says. It brings meaning to even the smallest act—like hanging up your towel after a shower, or frying an egg in a castiron skillet. The couple recognizes that it will take some time to fully update and restore their old

Maine home. But they don’t mind taking it slow. They find value and meaning in working slowly toward a shared goal. When asked if they consider the white farmhouse their forever home, the husband and wife answer almost simultaneously. “We plan to live here until we can’t,” says John. Amy adds, “We wanted one and done. We knew we wanted to start with our dream house and make it our own over time. We’ll be here forever—God willing and the creek don’t rise.”

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The couple added granite steps to the front entryway to help “ground the house,” says Amy. “We wanted to make it feel permanent.” Before they closed on the house, Amy was obsessed with finding a pineapple doorknocker as a nod to John’s southern heritage. On the day they closed, she was surprised to discover the house already had one—a very good sign, she thought.

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onventional wisdom holds that three is a crowd, but Eloise Humphrey, Daphne Comaskey, and Paul Comaskey are not at all conventional. The trio have spent years together in the restaurant business: 3 years in Northern California and the past 14 in Maine, where they own El Camino Cantina in Brunswick and their latest venture, Salt Pine Social in Bath, which they launched 18 months ago. Even though it’s just a few hundred feet off well-traveled Route 1 in Brunswick, El Camino is not a restaurant most people stumble upon. If you know where to look, though, you can’t miss the yellow brick building with scarlet trim and the old-timey lantern sign on the roof—especially at night, when the lantern and colored lights strung under the eaves emit a welcoming glow. Inside, the glow continues with walls painted various shades of orange and swags of Christmas lights and twinkly decorations left up year-round. “We wanted to make it look a little like a fake fireplace in here—it keeps it warm,” says Eloise. Plenty of people hungry for the warmth of soulful Mexican food have found it in this funky place, which Eloise and Daphne—twin sisters—and Paul, Daphne’s husband, opened in 2004. They decorated the windowless former Italian restaurant on a shoestring, hanging vintage chrome car parts on the walls, wrapping the bar in rusty panels from an old truck, and adding colorful Mexican tchotchkes over time. In addition to her restaurant experience in California, where she ran a casual eatery with Daphne and Paul, Eloise has an impressive chef resume that includes New York City restaurants from the first wave of culinary hot spots in the 80s. At El Camino, the three draw on their combined skills and do things their way, serving up made-fromscratch food with a helping of good humor and a dash of irreverence. A few people have objected to the fake-flower-covered crosses displayed in empty lard cans on the back of the bathroom toilets, says Eloise with a grin, but no one’s about to walk out the door with them, as customers sometimes have with other quirky pieces of decor. 130

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Opening spread: A small plate from the “Mineral” section of Salt Pine Social’s menu: grilled octopus with potatoes, fennel, tomato, red onion, and olives. Opposite: Twin sisters Daphne Comaskey and Eloise Humphrey in one of the two dining rooms at Salt Pine Social. This page, from left: Yogurt panna cotta with carrot-saffron syrup. The Bee’s Needs cocktail: Barr Hill gin, Tempus Fugit Spirits Liqueur de Violettes, lemon, and lemon oil honey, garnished with rose petals.

There is nothing quirky about the cooking, however. Lightly fried calamari has been dusted with potato starch and ground pasilla de Oaxaca, a smoky, flavorful chile that adds just enough heat to one of the most memorable calamari preparations I can recall. Soft corn tortillas hold hefty chunks of ancho chile–tamarind barbecued pork topped with a colorful slaw. “It’s all about the slaw,” says Derek Herzog, who has worked in the El Camino kitchen with the sisters for nine years. As I take a bite of the warm, meltingly tender meat and cool, crunchy strands of vegetables, I have to agree that the combination is truly delicious.

who wants a crappy fresh tomato salsa in the winter,” Eloise says.

Eloise isn’t bound by strict authenticity. The poblano chile relleno, which eschews the expected cheese-based filling for braised organic Swiss chard, raisins, silvered almonds, and queso fresco, is fresh and deeply satisfying. A heaping platter of steak nachos features beef from Caldwell Farms in Turner—one of 20 local sources listed on the menu—black beans, charred tomato salsa, and cucumber salsa, “because

Since October of 2016, Paul—ably assisted by Herzog and night chef Adam McGrath—has been primarily on his own in Brunswick, while Daphne and Eloise run Salt Pine Social. Housed in a oncedilapidated antiques warehouse with a view of the Kennebec River, the bright contemporary restaurant, designed by the owners and local architect David Matero, is in many ways the antithesis of dark, offbeat

The bar gets equal billing with the kitchen, offering traditional and unusual margaritas, sangrias, and other cocktails in addition to an impressive list of tequilas. Drinks and the dining room are the purview of Paul, a jovial host who is “the face of El Camino,” says Daphne. “My family members are all entertainers back in England, but I didn’t realize I had that in me,” Paul says. “I try to make the experience fun and to ease people into appreciating everything that’s going on at El Camino. Every night is kind of like being on stage, but it’s never the same.”

El Camino. Paul was the general contractor for the top-to-bottom renovation, which added large windows, an open kitchen, and a stone patio. The concept for the restaurant came together after the sisters found out that the building was for sale. “We love Mexican, but there are so many other things to eat that we miss and want to cook,” says Eloise. For the design, “we talked about doing something more modern and clean and Scandinavian,” adds Daphne. The two dining rooms feature pale gray walls, simple butcher-block tables, and banquette seating softened with pillows and sheepskin rugs from Buckwheat Blossom Farm in Wiscasset. Color and whimsy are provided by the polished red floor, woven wall hangings—some made by Daphne and Eloise’s artist mother, others by Hector Jaeger, a cofounder of nearby Halcyon Yarn—and a collection of lanterns from India hung over the bar. It’s a serene space, and, like El Camino, deeply personal, with food and drink to match. As I chat with the sisters, bartender Brandon Adams offers several cocktails April 2018 131

“Every night is kind of like being on stage, but it’s never the same.” to sample. They include the well-named Wintry Mix, a herbaceous blend of St. George Terroir Gin, Tempus Fugit Spirits Crème de Menthe Glaciale, and Luxardo Maraschino garnished with a shard of what Adams calls “evergreen candy ice.” A sprinkling of rose petals floats atop the Bee’s Needs—a pink play on the classic Bee’s Knees made with Barr Hill gin, Tempus Fugit Spirits Liqueur de Violettes, lemon, and lemon oil honey. I’m generally not a fan of floral cocktails, but this one is as balanced as it is beautiful. Adams is serious about his work, carving perfectly clear, large cubes of ice for his old-fashioneds and making sorbet out of unsweetened coconut milk for his piña coladas—the usual coconut cream is just too sweet, he says. The food menu is divided into sections titled Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral, and while the dishes are hard to strictly

categorize, many have been inspired by Eloise’s interest in the cooking of IsraeliBritish chef and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi. “Middle Eastern food is similar to Mexican with different spices—it’s heat and bright and flavorful,” she says. Two small plates from the Mineral section pair well with the drinks. Smelts are dusted with Maine potato starch before they are fried; plated with bright green fried parsley and charred lemons, the crispy little fish are almost ethereal. Grilled octopus is exceptionally tender, thanks to slow dry braising on a “raft of aromatics,” says Eloise. Served with a rustic sauce of tomatoes, potatoes, onion, olives, and fennel, this deceptively simple dish is evidence of her skill. So is the seafood stew, a heady bowl of saffron- and fennel-scented broth piled with monkfish, scallops, clams, and mussels and topped with a creamy dollop of garlic aioli to swirl into the soup and spread on

toasted slabs of bread from Portland’s Standard Baking Company. This is a dish that will be as welcome on a warm summer evening as it is on a chilly winter night. Come summer, the sisters hope to open Salt Pine Social for lunch as well as dinner, and to make good use of the patio, where on Tuesday and Friday evenings diners will be able to hear live music wafting over from the gazebo on the neighboring library lawn. “I’m thinking of having oyster shuckers out there from three to five in the afternoon, and prosecco or muscadet on keg,” says Eloise. Despite having spent much of their lives in a mercurial, challenging business, both Daphne and Eloise still have a remarkable abundance of creative energy, something they say came from their mother, a “hedonist” who celebrated her 90th birthday in January. “The art of hedonism includes an enthusiasm for something done well,” says Eloise. Doing things well involves all three of these partners, who respect and appreciate each other’s individual contributions. “We take care of different parts of the puzzle,” says Daphne. “I can’t imagine doing it by myself.” Three, in the case of these successful Maine restaurateurs, is not a crowd; it’s just right.

From left: Paul Comaskey is “the face of El Camino” says his wife, Daphne. The owners refer to the decor at El Camino as “recycled Mexican meets lowrider chic.” Ancho chile–tamarind barbecued pork tacos with slaw.

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Sold $525,000 Joane Tait, Listing agent 207.751.4124 | jtait@legacysir.com LEGACY PROPERTIES SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY - SIGNIFICANT SALES 2017

batH - #1 sale 145 CoMMErCIaL StrEEt #202

Sold $698,370 Sandra Wendland, Listing & Buyer agent 207.233.7788 | swendland@legacysir.com

bowdoinHam - #1 sale 107 WaLLEntInE road

Sold $502,000 Pat Lawson, Listing agent 207.798.1828 | plawson@legacysir.com

46 CoVE fIELd road

Sold $1,050,000 Connie Moss, Listing agent 207.671.0117 | cmoss@legacysir.com Kathleen Shattuck, Buyer agent 207.215.4161 | kshattuck@legacysir.com

bristol - #1 sale 24 PInE HaVEn LanE

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bremen - #1 sale

castine - #1 sale 11 PErkInS StrEEt

Sold $1,250,000 Jan Moore, Listing agent 207.266.0441 | jmoore@legacysir.com

cranberrY isles - #1 sale 14 SoutH SuttEn ISLand

Sold $810,000 Carroll Fernald, Listing agent 207.266.1540 | cfernald@legacysir.com

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cusHing - #1 sale 53 StEVEnS LanE

Sold $1,395,000 Brian Wickenden, Listing agent 207.975.9650 | bwickenden@legacysir.com

cusHing - #2 sale 6 HEndErSon LanE

Sold $730,000 Valerie Foster, Listing agent 207.522.7820 | vfoster@legacysir.com Linda Painter, Buyer agent 207.592.3214 | lpainter@legacysir.com LEGACY PROPERTIES SOTHEBYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S INTERNATIONAL REALTY - SIGNIFICANT SALES 2017

edgecomb - #1 sale 669 CroSS PoInt road

Sold $824,000 Joane Tait, Listing agent 207.751.4124 | jtait@legacysir.com Miles Geisler Buyer agent 207.380.6007 | mgeisler@legacysir.com

Harpswell - #1 sale 89 CEdar BEaCH road

Sold $1,800,000 Dennis Duggan, Listing agent 207.522.3747 | dduggan@legacysir.com Sheilah Lloyd, Buyer agent 207.239.2929 | slloyd@legacysir.com

132 MarSHaLL PoInt road

Sold $3,550,000 Jane Chase, Listing agent 207.351.7529 | jane.chase@sothebysrealty.com Jim Nadeau, Buyer agent 207.337.3387 | jim.nadeau@sothebysrealty.com

KennebunKport - #2 sale 134 MarSHaLL PoInt road

Sold $2,800,000 Bill Gaynor, Listing agent 207.468.3002 | bgaynor@legacysir.com Betsy Coughlan, Listing agent 207.229.3661 | bcoughlan@legacysir.com LEGACY PROPERTIES SOTHEBYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S INTERNATIONAL REALTY - SIGNIFICANT SALES 2017

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KennebunKport - #1 sale

nobleboro - #1 sale 79 SIdELIngEr road

Sold $550,000 Lois Lengyel, Listing agent 207.233.2820 | llengyel@legacysir.com

pownal - #1 sale 450 LaWrEnCE road

Sold $825,000 Mary Libby, Listing agent 207.712.5594 | mlibby@legacysir.com

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rocKland - #1 sale dodgE MountaIn road (1 BIrd LanE)

Sold $962,500 Don Pendleton, Listing agent 207.462,9000 | dpendleton@legacysir.com Michael Lynch, Buyer agent 207.558.3131 | mlynch@legacysir.com

sorrento - #1 sale 22 PrEBLE StrEEt

Sold $650,000 Tom Kruzshak, Listing agent 207.669.8668 | tkruzshak@legacysir.com Jan Moore, Listing agent 207.276.0520 | jmoore@legacysir.com legacY properties sothebYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international realtY - signiFicant sales 2017

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moved to Kennebunk from New York City just a year ago. My girlfriend, Jackie, and I had visited many times, and we fell in love with the town, including its friendly people and photogenic natural beauty. Ever since our first visit to the area, we’ve loved driving from Dock Square along and around Ocean Avenue to Cape Porpoise, snapping photos along the way. Because of Maine’s unpredictable, moody weather and ever-changing tides, the ocean, architecture, and piers always look different from one day to the next. Last winter during one of our drives, I shot this photo from the end of the Cape Porpoise pier. It must have been a Sunday, because all the lobster boats were docked. In the fog, a strong wind caused all but one boat to spin around in the water. I waited for this moment, when the center boat was facing toward me and the others were angled off to the side, as if the water had cleared a path for that boat. I love how the fog sits low on the water and Goat Island Light isn’t visible through the haze. Although I took the picture on a cold and windy day, the image is peaceful.

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