Back on Monhegan for his yearly visit, Orca Bates Melenbacker reflects on becoming one of Jamie Wyeth's favorite subjects.
POETRY – May 2015 The Telling Room, a nonprofit writing center in Portland, asked young writers to submit poems and prose pieces that fit the theme Bodies of Water. Out of the many carefully crafted entries, jurors chose one
May 2015 By: Katy Kelleher Photography: Matt Cosby Inside a large warehouse in Hope, Maine, I find fire engines galore, rare motorcycles, and perhaps the purest definition of community. Meet Andy Swift and his improbable business: Firefly Restoration. If
Hunter Kent is a senior at Cape Elizabeth High School and a member of the Natural Helpers program. She recently spoke at TEDxDirigo Youth at her school about her personal experience with overcoming depression. Her classmates gave her a standing
Woody Hughes is the owner of Bethel’s Mill Hill Inn. An acclaimed potter, he previously taught at Dowling College and Parsons The New School for Design. Hughes returned to Western Maine in 2001 to teach pottery and design at his
In 1970, nineteen-year-old Sue Stocker showed up at Alford Lake Camp a little skeptical. Born and bred in Portland, Sue had studied psychology at the University of Maine because of her interest in child development and her hope to someday work
Three entrepreneurs reinvent the state’s most visible brand. For John Jordan of Calendar Islands Maine Lobster, the light bulb went on when lobster prices collapsed in 2008. For Linda Bean of Linda Bean’s Maine Lobster, it was watching another
Questions to ask your Doctor Dr. Lisa Ryan is the president of the Maine Medical Association. She is a pediatrician at Bridgton Hospital, and mother of two. Dr. Ryan champions the idea of more open communication between patients and their
Q. Most of us have heard of tugboats. What is a towboat? A. Towboats are a little different than tugboats: towboats push barges up the Mississippi River. There are 6,000 towboats on the river, owned primarily by five or six
Late evening to early morning with the mountain’s snowmakers and groomers It’s midnight on the mountain, and the wind has wormed its way into my heavy parka and down my spine. Lights from large machines shine like beacons, eerily illuminating
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