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Peter Vigue on Motivating Change + Mapping Maine’s Future

“Pete” Vigue, as pretty much every one of Cianbro’s 4,000 employees calls the ultimate boss at Maine’s largest construction company, is a modest man. As chairman and CEO of Cianbro’s diversified construction and business operations, one of his favorite sayings,

The Past is a Motorcycle

In Bob O’Brien’s garage, in the York neighborhood known as the Nubble, there stands a motorcycle that, manufactured sometime between 1936 and 1955, is just a few years older than O’Brien himself. The bike is a single-cylinder, 500cc Birmingham Small

Ben Shaw, CEO of Vets First Choice

When you were very young, maybe you wanted to be an astronaut or a chef when you grew up. Ben Shaw, CEO of Portland-based Vets First Choice, always wanted to be an entrepreneur. It’s Friday afternoon inside the hip, modern

Oscar’’s New American

I interpret it as a good a sign that when chef Nick Krunkkala is describing his menu to me, I get the impression that he is making himself really, really hungry. This is the kind of person that you want

Hallowell + Gardiner

48HRS, The Online-Only Edition – April 2014 Photographs + stories by Maine magazine staff: Kelly Clinton, Online Editor   Kelly Clinton, Online Editor   I drive to Hallowell on Friday evening with my friend, Renee, who has never been to

El Corazon Food Truck

““To know how to eat is to know enough,”” is emblazoned on the back of the El Corazon Food Truck. The saying originates from the Basque country, and celebrates part of cook and co-owner Joe Urtuzuastegui’’s heritage. The other part