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LIFESTYLE LETTER
Gratitude— It’s Not Just for Thanksgiving Anymore As I write this, it’s about 24 hours since I learned of the sudden passing of one of the most accomplished and successful leaders in my former industry. She was just 34, a true force and powerhouse, and seemingly indestructible. On a recent podcast, she spoke poignantly about her illness and told her listeners that “almost none of it matters,” meaning that most of the trivial and inconsequential things we tend to worry about daily will mean nothing in the end. “If it’s not going to matter in five years,” she said, “don’t give it five minutes.” It’s a simple rule in theory, but much harder in practice (it’s actually an evolutionary protection mechanism built into our brains, so we can blame biology). We often succumb to negativity by allowing minor annoyances and inconveniences to throw us off course. Yes, there are serious, life-altering things we experience, but much of what seems like a crisis in the moment isn’t a crisis at all. This really got me thinking about gratitude. Most of us say we’re grateful for things, but do we really feel it? Turns out there are compelling reasons to add being intentionally grateful to your daily to-do list. According to the Mayo Clinic, feeling thankful can benefit your health in myriad ways, improving, among other things, immunity, sleep, and mood. I’m lucky to have had many mentors who've shown me the power of cultivating a regular gratitude practice, and for years now I’ve worked to be more mindful of what I’m thankful for. Sometimes it’s little things, like a favorite song or the smell of the ocean. Sometimes it’s the big stuff, like my health and my family. I'd like to suggest using our Thankful issue as a gentle nudge to develop your own gratitude practice. From some of our local heroes, to the perfect Thanksgiving tablescape, to a love letter to Portland, I hope this issue inspires you to be grateful not just this month, but all year long. As for me, I’m beyond grateful for you, Portland. We’re seven issues into this adventure and we’re just getting started. The community we’ve built with Portland City Lifestyle is another blessing I’m thankful for, today and every day. E M I LY H A R R A D O N , P U B L I S H E R @PORTL AND.CIT Y LIFEST Y LE
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Business Monthly
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Our Town FO O D + B EV ER AGE
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Hosting Tips HO ME + DES I GN
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Giving Back LI FE + C U LT U R E
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Healthy Lifestyle FI T NES S
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The founder of the Holy Donut shares gratitude this season
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Harmon’s Floral Co. owner Dan Kennedy’s tips for elevating the Thanksgiving table
32 Will Run For Food
A roundup of Thanksgiving-themed races for Portland’s Turkey Trotters
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Home Sweet Home T H E F O U N D E R O F T H E H O LY D O N U T E X P R E S S E S G R AT I T U D E F O R P O R T L A N D
Portland is a talented, delicious, supportive, and one-of-a-kind town. Tom Landry, the founder of Benchmark Real Estate and CornerStone Building and Restoration, once said, “Portland is where the American Dream is still alive,” and I couldn’t agree more. I’ve always appreciated how Portland supports small businesses, and it’s been a seriously sweet place (pun intended) to launch and grow my donut business. In 2012, I was living on Munjoy Hill, working at Otto Pizza, and life was weird. I was at a crossroads: my marriage had ended and I needed to get a life (and a job, and a focus, and a purpose). Mike at Otto told me to open a donut shop. He knew I was in transition and he knew I was obsessed with donuts (I was desperate for sweetness and comfort, but who isn’t?). I told him it was a great idea and I started on my donut journey the next day. I found a potato donut recipe I was excited about and started making donuts in my Munjoy Hill apartment every day like it was a mission from God. I took a plate to Coffee by Design on Washington Ave and Marni, the manager, offered to sell them the next day. I was ecstatic! CBD’s owner, Mary Allen Lindemann, then offered to sell them at all of her shops. I was over the moon. I proceeded to Hilltop Coffee and Stella said yes, she’d sell
them, too. Then Bard Coffee and Mornings in Paris (which closed up shop in Portland in 2013) agreed to sell my sweets. I went to Whole Foods and Shannon Tallman, everyone’s favorite cheese guru (and, at that time, the local product buyer) said, “Sure, we’ll sell your donuts.” I left screaming with donut joy. I couldn’t believe people would so easily sell my product. Coffee by Design and Whole Foods!? I was a single mother with plates of donuts and no experience with wholesale—all I had was a sweet passion and a desire to spread love with my cinnamon-covered creations. I needed donut boxes, and I had zero experience in supply acquisition, so I went to Katie Made Bakery and asked Jenny and Katie if they would sell me some boxes. They said, “Sure, we’ll help you in any way we can,” (side note: They are angels! Go get their scones—they’re truly the best!). Next, I went to Scratch Baking Co. to gain some business wisdom from Bob Johnson. I stopped by Standard Bakery, where I shadowed Alison Pray (the croissant and baguette queen) for a day. I talked extensively to my friends Mike and Anthony at Otto. Everyone was willing to give their time, thoughts, and support. I needed a commercial kitchen, and the guys at East Ender said I could use their space at 5 AM. Everyone in town helped!
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My dad and I patched together the old Terroni’s Market on Park Ave to become our first shop. I needed barstools, so I called Jay Loring at Nosh and he said, “I have extra, come grab ‘em.” We staffed the first shop, and Stephanie, the original founder of the legendary breakfast spot Silly’s, came on board to help us get our processes and systems going. So many food bloggers gave us a leg up, and Meredith Goad at the Portland Press Herald wrote about us just 16 days into business in March of 2012. The line formed down the street from that day on. I was terrified, and I fried my heart out, but it was impossible to keep up that day—or for days, weeks, and months beyond
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that! Eventually we learned how to meet the city’s demand for sweetness, and thank goodness we did, because I don’t want to live in a world where there’s no demand for sweetness. Portland runs on kindness, or so I’d like to think. So, this November, I’m grateful for kindness and for my wonderful, supportive city. We should all be grateful for Portland: grateful for its beautiful, creative, resourceful, and kind people; grateful for local businesses (which make things so much more interesting than chains!); and thankful for the best food, the best views, the best cocktails, and the best connections. Thank you, Portland. Stay sweet.
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SETTING THE SCENE Harmon’s Floral Co. owner Dan Kennedy’s tips for elevating the Thanksgiving table ARTICLE BY BECCA ABRAMSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY LAUREN LEAR
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“We are very much traditionalist,” says Dan Kennedy on where he finds inspiration for his annual Thanksgiving tablescape. “We don’t live in the past,” he adds, “but we embrace family heirlooms.” Each year, the pièce de résistance at Kennedy's is the vintage china set—'His Majesty' by Johnson Brothers, which features a regal turkey motif—that Kennedy’s partner’s parents purchased on their honeymoon in 1956. Despite the fall-themed dinnerware, Kennedy notes that you don’t need to stick to orange, gold, and brown hues to create an autumnal feeling at your Thanksgiving table. “Using burgundy, cream, blue, and green can give the feeling of fall, as long as you keep it light and neutral,” explains Kennedy. “Choosing a color palette that will reflect or compliment your china is key.”
To add both color and texture to the table, Kennedy employs patterned tablecloths and napkins. For this table setting, he chose an ivory damask cloth that he had customized to fit his table along with matching napkins that tie everything together. Kennedy suggests bringing the outdoors in with floral elements designed to create a natural look—in addition to local flowers, think branches, grasses, and mosses. “Depending on the energy of your event, you can add elegance with crystal glassware, which gives an organic floral arrangement a more formal look and feel,” Kennedy says. Remember to take height into consideration: it’s important to keep the floral arrangement the center
of attention without impacting the view of guests when seated at the table. Simply folding a napkin, placing it on the plate, and adding a single flower or herb stem will elevate your Thanksgiving table in an instant. Kennedy explains that using napkin rings will take basic cloth napkins to the next level. “We like to use place markers with each guest’s name,” he continues, noting that such a minor detail can make a huge difference in creating a special ambiance for the holiday. “Another easy way to bump up a simple tablescape is by adding a few taper and votive candles. Dimming the lights will give the room a warm, romantic feeling for your Thanksgiving feast.”
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Something’s Brewing Science teacher-turned-beer geek Dan Stampone isn’t afraid to experiment—like most science educators, he’s always been interested in changing variables to produce something new. Now the head brewer at Batson River Brewing and Distilling, Stampone’s entry into the beer world was quite serendipitous. “I was working in a room adjacent to another science teacher’s classroom, and he happened to be the head brewer at a small,
local brewpub,” explains Stampone. “He was assigned to be my mentor, but I had been teaching for a number of years at that point. He basically said, ‘I’m not doing much to earn this extra stipend. You’re pretty low maintenance—you don’t need a whole lot from me,’” Stampone laughs. “And I said, ‘Well, I need you to teach me how to make a beer!’” Working alongside his mentor during a pseudo-apprenticeship, Stampone learned the basics of the beer-brewing process. “I got
DAN STAMPONE RECOUNTS THE STORY BEHIND BATSON RIVER’S AWARD-WINNING CRYOSCAPE COLD IPA
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bit by the bug and I couldn’t shake it,” he recalls. “I decided that was how I’d like to steer my career and my future—by applying my knowledge base of science and my interest in craft brew into the production side of things.” Stampone’s scientific background and inherent curiosity are two traits that lend themselves well to the beer brewing industry, a world where testing out new concepts and successfully bringing them to market is not an easy task. Take, for example, the cold IPA: It was only two years ago that Stampone first heard of the style, and Batson River’s take on the trend is already award-winning. “The cold IPA is a fairly new style,” he explains, “but it does seem to be an offering that more breweries are starting to include in their portfolio.” Cryoscape, the cold IPA that Stampone and his team developed at Batson River, won the gold medal in the US Open Beer Championship’s Specialty IPA Category this summer—the only brewery or beer submission from the state of Maine to win an award. “I wanted to put something out there that’s hop-forward but still light and easy to drink,” Stampone says of his inspiration for the crushable brew. “It seems the palate for a lot of craft beer drinkers has evolved, and a lot of them are trending toward lighter-bodied, lower calorie beers that are more refreshing.” Stampone admits Batson River typically trends toward traditional beers, but “it’s always nice to play around with new styles and challenge ourselves as brewers.” One of the biggest challenges when approaching the up-and-coming cold IPA style was the lack of guidelines. “It’s a little difficult to define, just because it’s still an emerging style. There haven’t been hard and fast guidelines set by the beer certification program,” Stampone notes. According to Hop Culture, the cold IPA was first pioneered by Wayfinder Beer in Portland, Oregon, circa 2018 when brewmaster Kevin Davey began
experimenting with IPAs in an attempt to leave his own mark on the category. Davey used a lager yeast strain, incorporated rice and corn in the grain bill, and dry-hopped his brew toward the end of its fermentation period, resulting in a hop-forward ale similar to an IPA but with the drinkable, crushable characteristics of a lager. One key aspect that makes the cold IPA different is the fact that—surprise!—it’s fermented at colder temperatures. “[Cold IPAs] are fermented with either a lager yeast at a mid-to-warmer range temperature than would be typical for a lager strain, or with an ale strain at a cooler temperature,” explains Stampone. “There’s still a little bit of debate as to which one is the right way to do it, but then again, it’s an emerging style, so there isn’t really a rule book.” The rule book Stampone is referring to does exist—it’s the Beer Style Guidelines, published by the Brewers Association and used to determine styles for both the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival— but the cold IPA doesn’t have an entry yet. For reference, the hazy or juicy IPA wasn’t added to the guidelines until 2018, so we’re guessing cold IPAs will see their day. Because the cold IPA is fermented at a cooler temperature regardless of yeast strain, it results in a crisper, cleaner beer with a hop-forward taste. “Lighter bodied and really drinkable is the target, regardless of how you get there,” Stampone says. “Your end goal is to make a beer that’s far more drinkable than your standard IPA or New England IPA—it’s meant to be considerably more sessionable, drinkable, and refreshing.” The jury is still out on whether the cold IPA should stand in a category of its own. “A lot of people have made the argument that a cold IPA is essentially an India Pale Lager, or IPL. Stylistically, they’re very similar,” Stampone says. According to Davey, who invented the cold IPA category, it’s not an IPA vs. IPL debate; he designed cold IPAs to
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“The name brings it all together—the fact that the geology of Maine was shaped by the cryosphere, by glaciers, plus the beer’s cold fermentation.”
enhance the West Coast IPA style, known for its bitter taste and bold hop aroma. Testing out the cold IPA process is where Stampone’s past life as a science teacher really shines through. “When we first brewed Cryoscape, for the sake of experimentation, we did a parallel fermentation experiment where the only variable that we changed was the yeast. Cryoscape was fermented with an ale yeast at a cold temperature, and then we made an IPL with a lager yeast at a cold temperature,”
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he explains. “The only variable there was the strain of yeast, and they produced wildly different beers. It was sort of what I expected, but I just wanted to put the debate to rest, at least internally,” he laughs. If you thought winning a gold medal in taste was impressive, you should know that Cryoscape has earned even more recognition: In addition to being named one of the Top Ten Best Beer Labels at the 2023 US Beer Open Championship, the brew’s label received an American Package Design Award from Graphic Design
USA. “There can be a lot of discussion about what to name a beer,” Stampone says. “Can we design cans that stand out on the shelf? If this catches a customer’s eye, is it a name that will bring them one step closer to trying the product? [Branding] is a really fun part of the process, but it can also be very painful.” If a beer is part of a limited run or a seasonal feature, the name is often lighthearted or goofy, “but when it’s one of our initial offerings that we’re packaging in cans and putting into distribution, there has to be a bit more consideration going into the name,” he says. So, why Cryoscape? “In addition to being fermented at a colder temperature, we use Cryo hops in the recipe, which are a cryogenically processed product,” Stampone explains. “Given the artwork that we chose, we were spinning our wheels on the name. I messaged our designer and said, ‘How about Cryosphere?
We’re bringing in the fact that the geology of Maine was shaped by the cryosphere, by glaciers, plus the beer’s cold fermentation,’” Stampone says. “And our designer said, ‘Yeah, but it’s more of a landscape on the can, so why don’t we call it Cryoscape?’” No matter the name, Stampone and his team at Batson River are right on the leading edge of the trend with their crisp, drinkable, award-winning cold IPA. Looking to the future, Stampone thinks the cold IPA style is ripe for experimentation. “I think it’s something that a lot of brewers have interest in, and as they have time and space available, I think they’ll experiment with it. I know a number of brewers locally who have played around with the idea, but I don’t know of any who have put a cold IPA into regular production,” he says. We’ll keep our eyes peeled and our taste buds ready.
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4th Annual Thanksgiving Meals for Veterans In Collaboration with local Veteran groups This year we will be providing 200 Thanksgiving meals to Veterans and their families. We have the basics covered: turkey, stuffing, potatoes, vegetables, gravy and cranberry sauce.
If you would like to support our efforts, please consider donating a $15 grocery store gift card to add to the meal boxes for our Veterans. To support or donate please contact Tamika Donahue, NMLS #399388, (207) 749-4364 or tamika.donahue@academymortgage.com Corp NMLS #3113 | Equal Housing Lender | Mortgage Broker and Lender MC3113
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Community involvement is a group activity at South Portland’s Academy Mortgage
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PAY IT FORWARD ARTICLE BY BECCA ABRAMSON PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF TAMIKA DONAHUE
Tamika Donahue, the branch manager at Academy Mortgage in South Portland, has always believed in the power of giving back. “I was raised in a family that, regardless of what we had, my parents believed in giving to other people,” she says. “I’ve met a lot of people who, no matter the gesture— big or small—it impacts their life. Just having a little bit to pay it forward in any way that I can means a lot.” Donahue shares her charitable spirit with the rest of the Academy Mortgage team, who all work together on a variety of community projects throughout the year. Their biggest project, the Maine Suitcase Party, benefits Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake, a year round retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. “I was introduced to Camp Sunshine about 13 years ago,” Donahue explains. “Since my involvement with the annual event, not including this year, we’ve raised over a million dollars.” With the Maine Suitcase Party now being held every other year, a new event—Camp Sunshine’s Night at the Farm—debuted this fall in the stateof-the-art barn at Shaw Cherry Hill
Farm in Gorham. As the lead planner for the fundraising event, Donahue spearheaded the silent auction, ran the live auction, and worked with her branch to facilitate the evening. Despite the poor weather, nearly 1,100 guests attended the old-fashioned barn party for a night of line-dancing, food and drinks, fundraising opportunities, and live music. “Half my team volunteered alongside me on the night of the event as bartenders,” Donahue laughs. “It’s a lot of work— it’s about nine months of planning for one event!” In November, Donahue and her team organize another annual event where they provide full Thanksgiving meals to veterans. “For the last three years, we’ve fed over 200 families with donations solely collected by our office along with gift cards donated by others,” she explains. “We provide a fresh turkey and all of the fixings, and then we add a $20 Hannaford gift card.” Last year, Donahue and her team served up their Thanksgiving feast at the new veterans facility in Portland, offering a convenient location for veterans to pick up their meals. CONTINUED >
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“When you work on anything charitable, at least for me and the people I work with, it brings us joy to help someone else,” says Donahue of volunteering alongside her Academy Mortgage team. “When you’re involved in a community with the people that you work with, it’s extra special,” she adds. Of course, she acknowledges that there’s always more to be done: “If only we could get everyone to do something, it would be a lot more powerful,” she says. “Someday when I can retire, it’s all I’m going to do.”
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Will Run For Food A roundup of Thanksgiving-themed races for Portland’s Turkey Trotters
ARTICLE BY BECCA ABR AMSON
Starting Line Maine’s Turkey Trot Tune Up & Kid’s Turkey Dash Sunday, November 12 | 49 Dartmouth Street, Portland Join Starting Line Maine in celebrating their fourth anniversary with the Turkey Trot Tune Up race around Back Cove. This year, the event includes a Turkey Dash where kids will have their hands taped to their shoulders for a 100-meter race before the Tune Up begins. Starting Line is donating $11 to Full Plates Full Potential for every sign up and will be hosting a post-race pancake breakfast. (Note: Starting Line will be hosting free classes the week leading up to the race! Register online at startinglinemaine.com) runsignup.com/Race/ME/Portland/TurkeyTrotTuneUp5KandKidsTurkeyDash
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Maine Track Club Turkey Trot 5K Sunday, November 19 | Cape Elizabeth Middle School Maine’s largest running club, founded in 1979, is hosting their 55th annual MTC Turkey Trot live road race in Cape Elizabeth this month. The free kids’ run—a ¼-mile out-andback or a ½-mile two loop out-and-back—takes place half an hour before the race starts. Race proceeds and food donations benefit Wayside Food Programs. mtcturkeytrot.com
Portland Thanksgiving Day 4-Miler and Kids K Thursday, November 23 | 284 Cumberland Ave, Portland A southern Maine running tradition, the 42nd Annual Portland Thanksgiving Day 4-Miler and Kids K course winds through the city’s historic Old Port and downtown districts. The Kids K, a .62mile race which sees more than 100 competitors each year, starts at Monument Square, runs to the Courthouse, and finishes in front of City Hall. Race proceeds benefit Partners for World Health and various area nonprofits. The associated food drive, now in its 38th year, will benefit Project Feed, an emergency food pantry. All Kids K runners will receive a ceremonial medal at the finish line, and all runners 21 and over are invited to the Shipyard Tap Room on Newbury Street for a complimentary beer after the race. racewire.com/register.php?id=13628
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Friends with Forks The membership-based social club building community around the dinner table
ARTICLE BY BECCA ABRAMSON
Making friends as an adult is notoriously difficult, even in a place like Manhattan. “I was having a hard time meeting people and building community, and I found myself eating alone quite often,” explains Laurel Chiten. “I walked into a restaurant one day and I had a vision: what if we filled this dinner table with community members every Wednesday night, and then replicated this in all kinds of neighborhoods around the world?” A former filmmaker, Chiten decided to make a professional pivot and founded Friends with Forks (previously called Dinner Mates), a members-only club that brings people together around food. After its initial success in New York, the club (along with Chiten, her dog, and her bicycle) moved to Portland during the pandemic. A brief post on NextDoor
created buzz around the club, which quickly amassed an extensive wait list. Today, Friends with Forks members meet once or twice a month, either at a host’s house or at a local restaurant, to cultivate connections—often with a theme like a murder mystery dinner or oyster bar and art demonstration. “There’s no other organization that simultaneously brings people together over food, supports local venues, and helps our whole community grow stronger,” says Chiten. “I made films because I wanted to connect people,” she explains. “Now, I’m doing that with these unique food experiences.” Learn more at friendswithforks.com
“There’s no other organization that simultaneously brings people together over food, suppor t s local venues, and helps our whole communit y grow stronger.” — Laurel Chiten
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Health Resonates provides relaxing and effective massage, skincare, beauty, and wellness services to help you live your best, blissed-out life! The holidays are right around the corner! Stay tuned to our product discounts, service promotions, and seasonal blogs, which help you stay connected to mindful practices, wellness, and good energy this holiday season. Health Resonates is a quaint getaway for all your Wellness and Beauty needs. Located in Portland’s West End, this charming Boutique Wellness Spa is like nothing else in Portland. We pride ourselves on offering top-quality, results-driven services and love to help the community around us on their healing journey and beyond.
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Fire a nd Ice Portland Deputy Fire Chief Dave Petruccelli explains his work with youth burn survivors
It ended up being the team camaraderie. I came out of school with an associate’s degree in a different industry and I wasn’t having any success getting work. I went back to school for business, but I wasn’t enjoying it. While I was doing that, I joined a volunteer water rescue team and, through the training and drills, I met some folks from the volunteer fire department and ended up joining that as well. Through those connections, I met some full-time career firefighters and thought the job seemed pretty interesting. I ended up switching programs at school, started taking classes in the fire science program, and now I’ve spent 28 years in the industry.
HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH BURN SURVIVOR SUPPORT? Early in my career as a firefighter, I attended a conference and saw a PR presentation that the IAFF put together from their first International Burn Camp (now called the Young Burn Survivors Summit). I came home and started looking for the nearest burn survivors camp in Maine, and it turned out the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation had been running a camp in western Massachusetts for a number of years. I started volunteering there as a counselor, and then over time we worked to create a winter burn camp in Maine called Fire and Ice Burn Survivors Camp
that complements the summer session. We take kids skiing and ice skating, build snow shelters, teach them winter survival skills, and just give them an opportunity to connect with each other and build friendships with their peers. In addition to the winter camp, this will be my fifth year as director of the IAFF Young Burn Survivors Summit in the DC-Maryland area and I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR MOMENT THAT MADE YOU APPRECIATE GETTING INVOLVED WITH THIS CAUSE? There isn’t one significant memory, but just the connections with the kids and their families. Every year I meet new people who have a similar passion and drive to give back and make things better. I believe the people who volunteer and get involved with things that put smiles on other peoples’ faces have better resilience and an easier time adjusting when they’re dealing with their own issues. When you can selflessly give your time and energy, and you see the good it does for other people, it puts you back together when you experience hard times yourself. Learn more and get involved at portlandfirefightersburnfoundation.com and iaff.org/ burn-fund/#burn-camp
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WHAT DREW YOU TO THE FIRE SERVICE?
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134 Edwards St
$579,000
$750,000
130%
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166 Neal St
$799,000
$785,000
98%
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33 Cottage Park Rd
$910,000
$880,000
97%
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4
234 Bradley St
$749,000
$890,000
119%
5
3
2
92 William St
$889,000
$950,000
107%
5
4
2
64 William St
$799,000
$960,000
120%
10
3
3
1190 Westbrook St
$949,900
$1,050,000
111%
5
4
3
950 Baxter Blvd
$1,250,000
$1,085,000
87%
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50 Maple St
$920,000
$1,100,000
120%
6
3
3
326 Spring St
$1,595,000
$1,820,000
114%
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YOUR KEY TO THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE MARKET LUCY TUCK ER REALTOR
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For more information on properties in the Realty Report contact us at lucytucker@kw.com
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events A curated selection of the most intriguing upcoming events in our area. NOVEMBER 10 TH
Silent Book Club
B L I ND T I G E R | 5 :0 0 P M Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books, friends, and wine—without any homework? At Silent Book Club, there’s no assigned reading. Everyone is welcome, and anyone can join to hear what others are reading and spend some time being social. tinyurl.com/silentbookportland NOVEMBER 12TH
Portland Wedding Show
DO UB L E T R E E BY H I LTON H OT E L AT 36 3 MA I NE M A L L R OA D | 1 2:0 0 P M Experience a full day of wedding advice, expert tips, and the latest trends at Portland’s annual Bridal Show. With over 40 local vendors ranging from photographers and bakeries to event planners and attire companies, this wedding show has everything you need to make planning your big day a piece of cake. tinyurl.com/portlandbridalshow NOVEMBER 14 TH
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Contemporary Paper Marbling Workshop
FAC TO RY 3 | 6 :0 0 P M Learn the basics of marbling on paper, including how to prepare marbling colors, the marbling bath, and the surfaces to be marbled. Begin with the basic stone pattern and add combing patterns as you go. You’ll leave with several sheets of your own marbled paper plus a canvas pouch and access to instructions so you can marble at home! fac tor y3 .org /cla s s e s/c ontemp o rary-paper-marbling
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Cosmetic Enhancement Center’s Holiday Celebration
1 945 CO NGRE SS ST BUILDIN G C , PO RT LAND | 4:00 PM Get ready for the upcoming holiday season with a skin rejuvenation session, dermal filler, facial, micropeel, or other treatment from CEC’s extensive menu of medical and cosmetic services. Stop by during the Holiday Celebration event for giveaways, exclusive deals, and live demos of popular treatments. cecofne.com N OV E M BE R 1 7 T H
The Barrel Room Sessions with Maya de Vitry Trio
SINGERS & SONGWRITERS WITH MICHAEL CAVANAUGH
Your PSO and the charismatic Michael Cavanaugh honor the music of celebrated singers & songwriters such as Paul Simon, Neil Diamond, James Taylor, and more in this electric celebration of the American Rock & Roll Songbook.
Michael Cavanaugh, vocals and piano
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MAINE CRAF T DISTILLIN G 7: 0 0 PM The Barrel Room is an intimate space that accommodates 45 music enthusiasts, offering an unparalleled atmosphere for showcasing remarkable musical talent that focuses firmly on the musicians and the sounds they create. For this session, MCD welcomes Maya de Vitry’s dynamic and vibrant voice alongside Joel Timmons (guitar), Hannah Delynn (vocals), and Ethan Jodziewicz (bass). tinyurl.com/barrelroommaya
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UMaine Women’s Basketball vs. Indiana Hoosiers
C RO SS INSU RAN CE AREN A 7: 0 0 PM Catch the Black Bears’ first appearance at the Cross Insurance Arena since its America East semifinal victory over New Hampshire in March 2018. The Black Bears return all five starters from their 2022-23 team which finished 1614 overall, 11-5 in America East action, and advanced to the America East semifinal. crossarenaportland.com
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Daily Gratitude Journal Prompts ARTICLE BY DELIA JO RAMSEY The art of gratitude can be healing well beyond the month of November, but this is a great time of year to get in the true mindset of gratefulness. To aid in your endeavors, check out these 30 daily gratitude journal prompts and stick to them until it feels natural.
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Five things that make you happy instantly: Did you get any pleasant surprises today? Did you do any acts of kindness today? What's something big or small you can do for those less fortunate than yourself? Five personality traits you're grateful for: Favorite song and how does it make you feel? One small step you can take toward overcoming a challenge you currently face: List something good that caught your attention today. What nice thing did another person do for you this week? What's something you did for another person this week? Three things you own that make your life easier: How can you turn something that makes you angry into something more pleasant? Think of five people who irritate you or you have trouble getting along with. Name three positive qualities about them. What are you most thankful for in your life? Name three of your significant accomplishments. Most stunning place you’ve ever visited: Think about the personalities and unique qualities of someone you admire. Which qualities of them do you want to see in yourself, too? What's your favorite holiday and why? What friends are you most grateful for having in your life? What basic daily necessities are you thankful for today? What are you grateful for in your career? Focus on your five senses and write down how you can make them more active. Three elements of nature you're most grateful for: Three things you love about your town: List three struggles you experienced and overcame in your life. What did you do to overcome them, and who helped you through them? What meals do you enjoy most? Something you saw this week that melted your heart: A time when someone went out of their way to support you: A happy memory from childhood: Make a list of five places you'd like to visit and consider visiting at least one very soon.
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girl ELEVATE at dragonflower Maine’s first vocal and stage performance program for girls aged 14-18 is about to begin! Led by American Idol semi-finalist alum and Certified Life Coach Krystal Louten (Malinovskii), this 8 week intensive program is designed to boost teen confidence and help them reach their highest potential, both onstage and off. girl ELEVATE will empower participants to utilize new skills to make their mark on the world. They’ll learn vocal technique, stage presence, music industry basics and so much more. The program will culminate into a live onstage performance in March.
Enrollment is now open for Series #1 beginning January 11th. Space is limited. For more information or to secure your spot, visit our website or call 207-200-4547.
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