Profiles

Kim Swan

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PROFILE-Jan/Feb 2010
By Chelsea Holden Baker  | Photograph by Nathan Eldridge

Maverick realtor, business addict, life of the party

Ask Kim Swan what she does for a living and she’ll say, “real estate.” Which is true, except that Swan may have the most expansive definition of “real estate” in the business.

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Rob Tod

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PROFILE-Jan/Feb 2010
By Peter A. Smith | Photographs by Trent Bell

Brewer, innovator, zymurgist

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David Hodgkins

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PROFILE-Nov/Dec 2009
By Jonathan Levitt | Photographs by Nathan Eldridge

Clothier, gentleman, arbiter of good taste

David Wood Clothiers. Established 1978. Portland, Maine.

 

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Karen Mills

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PROFILE-Nov/Dec 2009
Edited + transcribed by Peter A. Smith  | Photographs by Nathan Eldridge

Businesswoman, venture capitalist, mother, Obama’s Small Business administrator

Discussed: Economic recovery, cluster development, robotics, Brunswick, boats, and organic beer

Karen Mills lives in Brunswick and works in Washington, D.C., as the head of the largest single financial backer in the country—the Small Business Administration, an agency holding over $45 billion in loans.

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Joe Kievitt

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PROFILE-Nov/Dec 2009
By Peter A. Smith  | Photographs by Nathan Eldridge

Artist, craftsman, designer, carpenter, mosaic maker

 

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Ted Ames

Fisherman, lobsterman, scientist, historical ecologist, blooming optimist

PROFILE-October 2009
Edited + transcribed by Peter A. Smith  | Photographs by Nathan Eldridge

Discussed: Ecological fish stewardship, the perils of being a genius, Maine’s groundfishing industry, sustainable lobster, and the return of the 100-pound codfish

Read more: Ted Ames

 

Coco + Gil Corral

Music curators, artists, family

PROFILE-October 2009
By Peter A. Smith  | Photographs by Nathan Eldridge

The Hog Farm Studios Annex, a musical speakeasy, is at the end of a long hallway in the old Woolworth’s building on Main Street in Biddeford.

Read more: Coco + Gil Corral

 

Brian Smith

Winemaker, organic grape grower, father, oenological explorer

PROFILE-September 2009
By Nancy Heiser | Photographs by Nathan Eldridge

In Warren, Oyster River winemaker Brian Smith  has begun the arduous search for grapes that may eventually represent the terroir of Knox County. His two-year-old winery is already producing highly drinkable, intoxicating results.

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Heidi Julavits

Writer, editor, mother, Mainer

PROFILE-September 2009
Photographs by Nathan Eldridge

Discussed: Brooklin, New York, boatbuilding, fog, neighbors, The Uses of Enchantment, and getting lost.

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