Our Stories
Sex & The Wilderness
October 2009 Anyone can camp when the weather is mild. It takes a special kind of Survivalista, with some scratch, to rusticate in style during the more challenging seasons here. Just because you’re in the wilderness doesn’t mean you can’t be wild. Fantasy 1: You're...
The Maine 100
October 2009 Who's hot, who's not, and who's had the moxie not to be bought. Dark horses, IT firms, and old faithfuls crest in our list of the top 100 firms headquartered in Maine. Commentary by Evan Livada • Data from Dun & Bradstreet "What I find interesting are...
September 2009
Provençal Poetry
September 2009 Ogunquit’s 98 Provence: Venez-vous ici souvent? Not nearly enough! Clipping fresh herbs from her lovely gardens as diners approach, Johanne Hazeltine is all Monet in her sun-dappled dress, sang de boeuf against the classic blue doors of 98 Provence in...
The Harvest on the Harbor Experience
September 2009 At certain glittering moments in its history, Portland steps into the spotlight and presents her best face worldwide. Like the time Lucky Lindy addressed thousands at Deering Oaks after his solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927, or when Portland...
[Maine] itself is a Binge!
September 2009 Before we had Martha at Skylands, we had Julia at Blue Hill Bay. "Julia Child’s Maine" By Judith Gaines She stayed in Maine periodically for more than 50 years, savoring our seafood, sampling our restaurants, and summering in her beloved family...
Thinking Outside the Frame
September 2009
You might think you know a person but there’s always something more,” says Ian Anderson, 36, who brushes off pressures to create comfy art in favor of installations that keep you up at night.
From Bulgaria With Love
July / August 2009 Project Greenlight winner Kyle Rankin lights up the Maine International Film Festival. Kyle Rankin’s role as a pioneer in Maine’s growing independent film industry has translated to major studio success. His new insect screamer film Infestation,...
Dangerous When Wet
July / August 2009 Ian Crocker: Chapter 2 interview By Michelle Susan Twomey With five Olympic swimming medals locked tight in a safe in his closet, Ian Crocker (Cheverus 2000) has always been a free spirit dancing to his own tune. But now that he’s daring to change...
Eye of the Needle
July / August 2009 On September 12, 52 select lighthouses in Maine will fling open their doors to visitors, courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard. No word if they’ll be serving wine and cheese. It is a sort of amnesty for those of us who have already broken into...
Cape Arundel Inn
July / August 2009 Presidential Range It’s a Yankee Olympus at Cape Arundel Inn, above clouds of sea roses. With views from every window towards Walker’s Point (which we have dubbed “Jumper’s Point,” given owner George Bush’s parachute jump this summer celebrating his...




