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Allen Bunker

SEE-November 2013   Allen Bunker’s Maine Feeling 2013, oil on canvas, 11” x 14” “I call my paintings Landscape Allusions. They are not like your typical landscape paintings, but rather they allude to a landscape. The feeling the viewer gets is what

On Charter Schools in Maine

FEATURE-November 2013 By Susan Conley Photographs by Matt Cosby “The promise of public charter schools is legit. And the threat is legit. It depends on how you do it.” —John D’Anieri, Harpswell Coastal Academy     It’s no secret that charter

The Beloved Community

FEATURE-November2013 By Jaed Coffin Photographs by Fred Field Tree Street Youth, The Maine Community Foundation, and the love of a single neighborhood   On a cloudy afternoon in mid-September, I drive into downtown Lewiston via Route 196, onto East Avenue, onto

Freedom, Liberty, Hope + Union

LOCATION-November 2013 By Sandy Lang Photographs by Peter Frank Edwards The clouds are puffed out like dandelion fuzz across a blue sky and the sun is shining. It’s a brilliant day for clear-headed thinking. That’s good, because at the hilltop

Salt Water Farm At Union Hall

  When Annemarie Ahearn talks about her collection of copper pots, she leans forward conspiratorially, elbows on the table, and her cool blue eyes light up. She describes the long history of these gleaming vessels in the same tones in

Seabright

If you ask a dozen people what makes the perfect slice of pizza, you’re likely to get a dozen wildly different answers. Like finances and politics, pizza can be both polarizing and personal. But if you like a thin slice,

Lubec + Eastport

48HRS – Online Photographs + stories by Maine magazine staff: Le Anna Fox       Le Anna Fox, Guest Writer Friday My memories of our family trip to Eastport as a child are like the fog that rolls in

American Sommelier at Vignola Cinque Terre

  “Sniff like a dog,” commands Chris Peterman. The entire room of well-dressed students follow his command, sticking their noses deep into glasses of French wine. He instructs us to sniff up and down, side to side. At first, I

Investing in Maine

October-2013Illustrations by Joe Rosshirt Money: where to keep it & where to get advice on how to make more of it From the local banks that make up the backbone of Maine business to venture capitalists investing in our state,