Nancy E. Smith
Executive director of GrowSmart Maine
A Wyeth Muse, 30 Years Later
Back on Monhegan for his yearly visit, Orca Bates Melenbacker reflects on becoming one of Jamie Wyeth's favorite subjects.
50 Mainers Charting the State’s Future
Maine is full of natural resources and resourceful people. But without planning, resources can be depleted or left untapped, an opportunity to move the state forward wasted. The following pages are filled with Mainers improving upon strengths rather than focusing
Joyride
Neil Martin, owner of Goldenrod Garage in Freeport, lives life to the fullest. A racer driver, car collector, and teller of tall tales, he has transformed a former chicken farm into a playground for gearheads. When Neil Martin fires up
Giving Trees
Maine’s high volunteer rate has been slipping in the past several years. How can we turn this trend around? Meet the generous individuals who are working to better public life through nonprofit work. We often talk as though we were
An American Family’s Anchor to Windward
The forty-first President’s granddaughter, Ellie LeBlond Sosa, offers a peek in life on Walker’s Point. If you were not living under a rock in 1988, you probably remember a heartwarming ad for the George H. W. Bush campaign: a beaming blonde
Around the World and Home Again
The adventurous life of Maine-based photographer David McLain David McLain’s office is in the back of an old barn attached to the 225-year-old North Yarmouth farmhouse he shares with his wife, Anne, and their two children, Finn and Myla. It is
Maine’s Inveterate Strategist
Maine Development Foundation President and CEO Yellow Light Breen gets down to work. On the morning of our meeting at the Maine Development Foundation, newly minted president and CEO Yellow Light Breen bursts through the front door of the downtown
The Oyster Lady
Abigail Carroll grows Nonesuch Oysters and a new life for herself in Maine. Rivers and ocean collide at Pine Point in Scarborough, forming jigsaw-puzzle pieces of land that change shape with the tide. Seafood restaurants and houses rise up from the grassy
Jonathan Edwards
On the Air with Jonathan Edwards: Jonathan Edwards has been writing hit songs and playing for audiences all over the country for almost five decades. He has lived in 18 zip codes and released the same number of albums. His