From Doctor to Patient
My yearlong cancer journey It has been a year since I sat in an Old Port restaurant, surrounded by my sisters and mother, and told my three kids I had breast cancer. It had been my intention to break the
December 2015
Capture: The road to Sugarloaf
I was on my way home, driving on Route 16 through Kingfield. This spot is a favorite of mine to take photographs because of the view of Mount Abram. Many days as I drive west, if I know I’m going to
Sugarloaf Charity Summit
Skiers take on the cancer cause. When it comes to the Annual Sugarloaf Charity Summit, “we talk about raising a mountain of money,” says Meredith Strang Burgess, CEO of Burgess Advertising & Marketing in Portland. Now celebrating it’s sixteenth year,
"Oh My Gosh" corner
The road to Sugarloaf is long and winding. It moves through small towns, past A-frame ski homes, and along the Carrabassett River. For much of the drive, Sugarloaf Mountain is out of sight until one bend in the road, when
Beyond the Slopes
It’s early in the morning on a very cold winter day in the Carrabassett Valley. As I sit in the dining room at 45 North sipping hot black coffee in an effort to become lucid, I observe throngs of hotel
Finely Tuned
Behind the scenes at Sugarloafs ski shop, Chris Putnam and Bob Ash turn battered and bruised skis into razor-sharp racing instruments. A man’s workbench can tell you a lot about his character. Chris Putnam and Bob Ash work at a
Sugarloaf’s New Guard
Young families who came for the mountain and stayed for community. There is some dispute about the best way to get to Carrabassett Valley from Cumberland County, but the Mainers I know can all agree on one thing: it is
Flagstaff Stories Afloat
Miles of water. Quirky stories. A submerged history of east villages, and today’s eagle nests and crisscrossing trails on land and water. We’ve made it to Flagstaff Lake. Here’s just one of the Flagstaff Lake tales: in those just-before-before-the-United-States-was-born days
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December 2015
