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\"fm09_cover\"FEATURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

28 The Foodie’s Guide to Planet Maine<\/strong>
\nYour four-season directory to over 95 gourmet festivals, soirees, wine tastings, deaths by chocolate, exhibitions, world’s largest human lobster, and celebrity battles of the chefs: Get out your Blackberry-this year’s going to be incredible.
\nBy Judith Gaines<\/p>\n

35 Where the Fur Flies<\/strong>
\nAcross Maine, PETA takes its animal advocacy to the streets.
\nBy Donna Stuart<\/p>\n

37 Inside: Designer Dreaming<\/strong>
\nAn architect re-imagines a classic home interior for the 21st century.
\nBy Brad Favreau<\/p>\n

41 Outside: Garden Party…<\/strong>
\nTour stunning Fredrick Law Olmsted landscape designs.
\nBy Brad Favreau<\/p>\n

47 A Woman in Full<\/strong>
\nHer magnetic husband, Adm. Robert Peary, may have \u2018discovered’ the North Pole, but Portland’s Josephine Peary held the couple’s moral compass, ran the mothership on Eagle Island and penned a bestseller.
\nBy Patricia Erikson<\/p>\n

49 Gentlemen’s Agreement<\/strong>
\nThere’s a big, dirty secret why Portland doesn’t have an elected mayor, and it goes back to the Ku Klux Klan. Will a new charter commission finally put this behind us?
\nBy Donna Stuart<\/p>\n

64 Maine Squeeze<\/strong>
\nThe original Maine Squeeze takes us on a tour of his Harpswell home.
\nBy Colin Sargent<\/p>\n

IN EVERY ISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n

12 Letters<\/strong>
\nWe hear from Impressionist
\npainter Paul Black, readers who dream of crashing waves, and the unencompassable world of Brook DeLorme.<\/p>\n

14 Goings On<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Chowder<\/strong>
\nA tasty blend of the fabulous, noteworthy, and absurd.<\/p>\n

60 Restaurant Review<\/strong>
\nSensory Feast at Star East
\nBy Diane Hudson<\/p>\n

61 Dining Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n

101 House of the Month<\/strong>
\n“Georgian on My Mind”
\nThe mid-18th century Waldo Mansion in Stroudwater jolts the market at just $394,000.
\nBy Colin Sargent<\/p>\n

102 New England Homes & Living<\/strong><\/p>\n

111 Fiction<\/strong>
\n“Thawing Out”
\nBy Kelly Marshall<\/p>\n

112 Flash<\/strong><\/p>\n

DEPARTMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

8 From the Editor<\/strong>
\n“The Secret Forest”
\nBy Colin Sargent<\/p>\n

51 Cuiscene<\/strong>
\n“Baking the Mold”
\nCrown your kitchen with a conversation piece whose function is the form.
\nBy Judith Gaines<\/p>\n

54 Performance<\/strong>
\nThe supporting players of Death Vessel may change, but Joel Thibodeau is a star to navigate by.
\nBy Todd M. Richard<\/p>\n

57 Personal Shopper<\/strong>
\nNew-wave home furnishings with old-world craftsmanship.
\nBy Amy Louise Reynolds<\/p>\n

58 Market Watch<\/strong>
\n“Smooth Sledding”
\nBy Sarah Cumming Cecil<\/p>\n

68 2009 Guide to Wellness<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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