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CONTENTS

Summerguide 2005 Volume 20, Number 4

Features 53 The Dali Lobster Line 2 is holding for you. He says his name is Salvador.

By Jed Rutherford 55 Diamonds & Pearls Portland's most whimsical address

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62 Dream Islands Nineteen complete islands for sale.

By Liz Gotthelf 72 The Don Quixote of Paris?

Shakespeare & Co.'s owner is an expat from Maine.

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Maine's seven most thrilling hikes.

By Cathy Genthner 87 The French Connection This cultural exchange goes back for generations. By Joshua Anchors 91 Receivers of the Wreck Crossing Jordan meets Jacques Cousteau.

94 The Floating Opera A Boothbay yacht is the toast of the Cote d'Azur. By Colin Sargent 101 Soul on Ice Gerald Talbot's astonishing collection in three dimensions. By Diane Russell 105 Brain Freeze Wits atop Mt. Washington.

By Eric Pinder 110 Lords of Dogtown It's a dog-meet-dog world.

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COVER: PORTLAND SKYLINE BY JESSE STENBAK, FOREGROUND: PER ERIKSSON

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Features 117 The Maine that Wasn't There Fifty films where Maine is the star.

By Kathryn Lasky 129 Heaven's Half Acre Can you you put a price on the world's greatest lobster roll?

By Polly Pruneau 133 Moose's Wild Where the moose are.

By Cathy Genthner 138 Parallel Universes Monet is where you find him; Walter Griffin, too. By Nenad Zoric 141 Paper Maine The art of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.

By Cathy Genthner 145 Just Don't Call It The Aquarium Something's fishy on Commercial Street. By Justin Latici

151 Summer People, Some Are Not The humble Farmer on red tide, tourists, dead puppies, and yearround summer people.

By Robert Skoglund 154 The Man Who Shot Ted Williams Also Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, Einstein, and Willie Mays.

By Larry Canale

Departments 28 From the Editor 29 Letters 35 Chowder 42 Inside Story 50 Threads 158 In 8< About Town 160 Dining Guide 162 In Tune 164 Goings On 185 House of the Month 188 New England Homes & Living 221 Fiction 224 Flash SUMMERGUIDE 2005 PORTLAND MONTHLY MAGAZINE 27

EDITORIAL

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It opens like a Star Wars episode: "On the fifth day of the ninth month of the thirtyeighth year of the Mcijei." The language provides for creating exact boundaries separating the warring sides of the Island of Saghalin. Plenipotentiaries have come from far, far away to sign and affix their seals. Where are we, in a convention of time travelers?

In a chapter of Dune Messiah? No, it's September 5,1905, and we're at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, a few blocks away from the future site of the Kittery outlets.

Why on earth did the Russians and the Japanese pick this quintessential New England seacoast area-7,000 miles away and so alien to their conflict-as the place to end their Russo-Japanese War, also known as the Manchurian War? One reason is, both sides were exhausted from fighting.

Far more people were casualties in the Russo-Japanese War (over 200,000 Japanese and 200,000 Russians for an estimated total of 400,000) than have died so far in tine Iraq War (at press time over 28,000 on all sides). In the Battle of Mukden alone-which some believed to be the largest land battle history had seen anywhere, at any time-90,000 Russian and 75,(XX) Japanese soldiers were killed or captured.

Imagine how strange it would be for the Iraq War to end with the swoop of a fountain pen, close to J. Crew and the Kittery Trading Post. It was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning triumph in international policy for Teddy Roosevelt to end it, and end it here.

As a result, both Japan and Russia agreed to evacuate troops from Manchuria, restoring it to the Chinese; Japan was left the dominant force in Korea; and the U.S. was free to continue its unchecked influence over the Philippines. (Some suspect we weren't negotiating so much for peace as for a piece of the pie.)

Portsmouth and Kittery were host to black-tie festivities from diplomatic delegations from all over the world.

Where exactly were all the parties? Follow the lobsters! While the Treaty of Portsmouth was signed at the Navy Yard, details were hammered out at two great dining establishments we can visit today: Tire Library (the lovely, dark-paneled restaurant with stone lions guarding the front door) and the Wentworth By Tire Sea. Don't miss the chance to crack a few claws here this summer while you channel the 100th anniversary of this important world event. Top hats and canes optional.

Then explore the wonders of Maine from Kennebunkport to Portland to Bar Harbor, as Teddy Roosevelt loved to do (one of his favorite stops was the Inn at Goose Rocks, near Cape Porpoise).

To view the terms of the full treaty and learn about this summer’s centenary celebrations, lectures, and peace workshops, visit portsmouthpeacetreaty.com or www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/portsmouth.html

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Competing against 500 entrants nationwide to win Best Cover and Best of the Show is certainly an honor. The artistry of the cover, "The Lure of Maine: Summerguide 2004," tantalizingly draws one into the tremendous natural beauty that is quintessentially Maine. Its appeal is universal as it captures what is undeniably unique about our state.

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Thanks for a fine essay with startling photos-especially the eerie one of gulls frozen in flight by the camera's flash against the inky night. Congratulations to the enterprising, plucky photographer, Chatfield, for capturing the decisive moments and to the writer, Sargent, who deftly conveyed the quixotic adventure with wit and sympathy.

Worthy pages in an excellent magazine.

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I enjoy'ed the story and the pictures wry much and I do agree that fishing and lobstering are very hard and dangerous work!

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I cannot believe that you remembered 1 was in that Route 66 with Joan Crawford ["Poland Springs Eternal," April 2005]. Talk about Mommie Dearest revisited! I'd love to tell you abut that experience-it would make a fascinating column.

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While we were disappointed to have not been included, we did wish to write and note that, along with the Inn by the Sea, the Portland Harbor Hotel is the only four-diamond property in the Portland area and have had many celebrities grace our hotel as well, including Jerry Seinfeld, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Martin Scorcese, Katie Couric, Lyle Lovett, Billy Joel, and ZZ Top, just to name a few.

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The Great John Casavola Your editorial about the life of my father John Casavola was unexpected ["Too Slow," Winterguide 2005]. As kids today would say, "you nailed him."

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The repointing and repainting process has taken "six to eight weeks, costing about $70,000," says CertaPro Painters’ spokesperson Mike Toews. 'The average house takes 20-30 gallons maximum.

Portland Head Light's final tally will be more like 125 gallons of paint." Now, aren't you happy you live in a cape rather than on one?

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Martha's Lobster Roll Martha Stewart, who loves her home in Seal Harbor, has provided us with a delicious lobster roll recipe, and it's a winner! "Makes four... tastes best on hot-dog buns that have been grilled or toasted until lightly charred. Two oneand-a-half-pound live lobsters; 1 tbs. snipped chives; 1 tbs. chopped fresh tarragon; 2 tbs. homemade mayonnaise, or prepared; 1 tbs. fresh lemon juice; freshly ground black pepper; 2 tbs. unsalted butter, melted; 1 bunch arugula."

Add rocks, gulls, a cool breeze, and unobstructed views to Europe. How's that for the ingredients of a perfect summer?

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Maine's finest 18th-century homes still prize the French and Chinese wallpaper brought to these shores aboard sailing ships. » Then wallpaper became something £ of a lost art here, a mail-ordercatalog disappointment.

"Why not pewter?" asks Reggie Groff, who commissioned Russian sculptor Constantine Plekhun of Moscow (the other one) to create this five-inch facsimile of the Monument Square statue. "The next image we hope to make is Longefellow," says Groff, "followed by the Victoria Mansion, City Hall, all the churches in the city, in plaster or resin. We're looking for local sculptors, too, who have the vision-and the nimbleness-to work on this small a scale." For filmmaker Groff, it brings new meaning to the term casting director. www.groffproductions.com

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That's why a new Rockport business named eyetiles is such a ray of hope.

"Eyetiles are not tiles but tile design on giclee-printed wallpaper," says William Wheeler Anderson. Individual motifs are spirited away from paintings, rose medallion china, art deco linoleum, old photographs-anything an interior designer or homeowner might choose.

"We offer panoramas and images, too," says Anderson. "Prices are subject to scanning costs, printing, shipping, and testing." It's a highly original way to make your home your own. Contact Anderson at 230-1120.

By the Light of Lost Summers

Capture your Maine summers by collecting your own sea glass and

Christopher Daniel Barnes is best known for his role as Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel, but he lived in Portland's West End before moving to New York and then to Los Angeles.

Barnes, whose film Shut Up and Kiss Me is due out this fall, still visits family at his father's house in Windham.

"In Los Angeles there's every kind of madness you can think of," he says. "[In Maine] I basically just plop down by the lake and spend time with my family."

Have 20 years of California living taken their toll?

'I don't visit in the winter," he cautions.

My blood has thinned. I've lost my New England insulation." -Liz Gotthelf

filling this whimsical lamp base with memories. Available through The Lamp Repair Shop at 105 Ocean Street, South Portland, at $275 it's a unique keepsake because "it's never been done before," says Brian Allen, who's owned the store since 1986. "As far as I know, we're the first to illuminate the sea glass from the inside. The lamps are made from recycled antique parts, because that’s what we stand for."

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Idea: Walch the race, then catch breakfast at Tire Good Table. Kind of a beach-tobacon thing, www.beach2beacon.org -Miranda Valentine

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nation's first Secretary of War. But before Knox began to fade away, he founded his beloved Thomaston Cavalry right here on the Maine coast, a militia unit that so venerated the old man that they insisted upon marching "in his funeral procession in 1806," according to museum documents. In fact, they marched behind a mystery.

Is it something hard, like a cannonball? No, the mystery barely weighs anything at all.

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banner surfaced in 1932 and was donated back to the museum by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Today, "two distinct schools of thought" have emerged about who painted the banner. Earle Shettleworth of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission favors the Charles Codman theory, but David Martucci, past¬

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Barker Lounging Now the dogs have their own off-leash suburb!

For those tired of the urban dustbowl at the bottom of the Western Prom, the city has recently added the Quarry Run Dog Park on Portland's Ocean Avenue, just beyond and across the street from A Summer Place.

"It's nice to have an area safe for dogs to go off-leash-l don't have a fenced-in yard, so this is great," Ann Lemire says of her charges, Ollie and Tillie.

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aine is a long, long way from Hollywood. It's probably one of the main reasons you hear about so many people from the television and film industry wanting to summer here. It's the polar opposite of the hustle and swing, the virtual stage performance that is everyday life in the epicenter of the entertainment world. Actress Verna Bloom and her screenwriter husband decided they too needed a summer place in Vacationland for serious creative work as well as relaxation.

Bloom is perhaps best known for her role in Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter, and the cult classic Animal House, as well as more recent roles in TV's The West Wing and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. She and her husband already owned a dramatic site on Mt. Desert Island overlooking Soames Sound, the only fjord in the United States, which was already home to an old 'octagon kit house.' Given the topography of the remainder of the site, finding a suitable location for their writer's studio would prove challenging to any arclaitect.

After much research, "we discovered the work of Carol A. Wilson," a Falmouth architect recently elevated to the American Institute of Architects' prestigious College of Fellows-one of only five Mainers, and the first woman of the group, ever to receive the honor-which recognizes architects who have

made contributions of national significance to the profession. "Carol suggested she xisit us in New York to see how we lived," Bloom says.

"She had a wonderful system that included an incredibly in-depth questionniare about our desires, what materials we liked, what appliances. This grew into a wonderful rapport. We

went to a design building on 58th Street to view samples directly and discuss details. It was extremely helpful"-not to mention unique, outfitting a glass house in the Maine wilderness from the center of Manhattan.

The result is truly an artistic collaboration, for Wilson a dream assignment. "When people are good with their own craft, they understand your being good at yours," Wilson says. "Tinis is not to say they backed away from the design process. They were inquisitive clients- they pushed. They asked every question and I welcomed it."

Suddenly tine house vaulted into the tires, cantilevering over Somes Sound.

"Tine way the house is supported, it's as if it's on a tree itself," Bloom says. "Some visitors have wondered, 'why don't you fill in the bottom,' but that's the whole point!"

Searching for the optimum drama informed by the landscape and abrupt declension of the ridge, Wilson followed sunlight through the branches of the surrounding Norwegian spruce trees to calculate its angles at both its highest and lowest points of the year, 64° and 23° respectively.

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cisely sized overhangs" in tune with the dramatic variation in the solar window that occurs between the seasons this far north.

Sunlight even played a part in determining the width of the house's footprint, based on Verna Bloom's desire for precious direct sunlight to penetrate all tine way to tire back walls of the house in the colder winter months.

"Maine's climate is a given," Wilson says.

"It's easy. Plants and soils here are not that varied either." She pauses before saying, "Clients are the big variable, the big story."

Wilson's attention to both, however, is what has created special architectural moments such as a deliberately directed view from a cantilevered daybed out to an eagle's nest on an adjacent island.

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Perhaps the most striking feature of the studio is how the bulk of the form appears to float above the landscape as it slopes away sharply-almost a 60-percent gradetoward the water. "Throw a pebble down the hill," says Wilson, "and it keeps going.’

The feat is accomplished not by deep cantilevered, steel members, but by slender, reflective steel columns detailed so simply

that they seem to disappear among the adjacent hemlock, fir, and white pine trees.

Besides, "as the topsoil is only inches deep and the lichen and understory are slow to repair once damaged, attempting to dig for a full foundation seemed irresponsible," Wilson says. "It was easy for [Bloom and her husband] to accept the light touch on the landscape," she adds. "They're city

people who don't feel the need to put their feet on terra firma."

This, coupled with the solar exposure and the dramatic views across the sound, made Wilson's daring architectural move, as she puts it, "inevitable."

She refers to her style "not as minimalism, but rather lack of excess." The powerful simplicity and elegance of this specific design, however, has taken the recognition of hpr practice to new heights. It began with this writer's studio receiving the singular Honor Award for Design Excellence from the Maine American Institute of Architects in 2003, followed by still another award for the project from the New England chapter of the American Institute of Architects for "Excellence in Architecture" for 2005. Perhaps that her work would receive such universal plaudits was the true inevitability'.

More intangible was the deeper sense of blooming achieved with this meeting of the minds. "As an actress, Verna totally' got the spiritual and emotional aspects, but she's also a detail person. If acting isn't about detail and craft, I don't know what is," Wilson says.

"My' favorite spot is my' husband's studio," Bloom returns the compliment. "When that bay window grew and grew' we found ourselves sleeping there, too. It's cantilevered, hangs over the end of the building up in the trees. It's like living in an indoor treehouse."

Like tiny gestures in a dramatic performance, layers of care went into the detailing of tire structure of the glass wall so that tire mullions between the panes could be as thin as possible, allowing for the greatest unobstructed view.

Another deft bit of soft shoe: the continuity' of the studio's ceiling plane through that same glass wall so that your eye perceives a seamless connection from inside to outside.

"The elegance is that something like that [detailing of the glass) is really' doing 10 things at one time, even if y'ou're not consciously' aware of it," say's Wilson.

A fitting description for acting as well. ■ Phil Kaplan is principal at Phil Kaplan Architect; Architecture by Carol A. Wilson Architect, Falmouth; Project Team: Tom Hall; Engineering by Bob Swift, Swift Engineering; General Construction by Dan McGraw, Atlantic Builders, Inc. SUMMERGUIDE 2005 PORTLAND MONTHLY MAGAZINE 49

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s a busy local mom (son Theo is 4) who just happens to be a high-flying clothing designer with a national client base, Jill McGowan can't help but admire design pioneer Coco Chanel "because she created practical fashion. She lived the life of an active woman and dreamed up clothing one could breathe in." McGowan has always aspired to do the same.

After graduating from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology with a degree in pattern-making technology, McGowan, 45, I became a pattern maker at the Hathaway Shirt factory in Waterville, Maine, in 1991.

"Hathaway only did men's shirts. 1 tried to convince them to start a women's line, but they couldn't, so I did it myself."

In 1994, McGowan brought a few prototype shirts in two-ply Egyptian cotton to Amaryllis in the Old Port, and they loved what they saw. "They were my first account, and I still sell there," McGowan says.

Inspiration whispers to McGowan through experience and the materials themselves.

"When I first started sewing in the fifth grade, I'd spend a long time making a perfect dress"-diaphonous and swishy- "but like so many dreams, it never made it through the washing machine."

Today, McGowan shops in France and Italy for fabric that can withstand years of laundering. Thus armed, "I create shirts that arc comfortable, can be worn daily, and won't go out of style. One customer loved her six-year-old shirt so much that she asked for only the collar and cuffs to be replaced, instead of buying a new shirt. They get better with age!"

In addition to the classic white shirt, McGowan makes a dozen other styles of tailored shirts, as well as a signature collection of pants, jackets, and skirts which changes seasonally.

"Trends right now are all about embellishment. I try to resist, but 1 couldn't stop myself from loving this silver brocade fabric, and a pink and green embroidered linen," McGowan says of two jackets on display in her studio/office at 45 Casco

Street, where she works with a staff of six including her sister, Jolene, 46, who handles public relations, and an intern who helps with patterns.

Forties and fifties styles arc also in vogue, she says, and a source of personal inspiration. "Claire McCardell designs appealed to busy American women during the war. Denim was inexpensive, so McCardell worked with what she had and successfully made a denim dress formal.

"I love McCardell's Popover Dress: an easy-fitting, wrap dress for the postwar housewives with a built-in pocket for the pot holder.

While you won't see pot-holder pockets on McGowan's clothing, you will see graceful, intuitively practical styles designed for your life and times.

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ello, Summer? Salvador Dali created

four rcd-and-black lobster telephones for eccentric poet Edward James to use in his London home in the 1930s.

Fully functional, they seem like a party line to the collective unconscious, not to mention being disturbingly appropriate here in Maine.

Like the best painters, Dali held form in the highest esteem. The armored lobster is "a material realization of the highly original and intelligent idea of wearing one's bones outside rather than inside, as is the usual practice," Dali (1904-1989) writes in The Secret Life of Salvador Dali.

The juxtaposition of unlikely objects in the Telephone Aphrodisiaque winkingly forces the user to engage with the lobster's sex organs while speaking through the mouthpiece. Dali's Surrealism, charged with the ideas of Freud, championed the power of the unconscious and its ability to release secret

desires. It's something of a relief to reflect that Dali never got a crack at modem methods of communication such as the internet.

Charles Stuckey, professor of art history at the Art Institute of Chicago, is enamored of this "spectacular piece" and was instrumental in acquiring a white "ghost" lobster telephone for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for what he considers the bargain price of $100,000 in 1996.

"It's worth over $300,000 today," Stuckey says.

"What I really love is the suggestion of decibels coming from the ocean floor," he says. "Whispers from the depths."

The 10 extant Dali telephones (six of them "ghosts") are scuttling across the world in prestigious locales such as the Tate Museum in London, as well as museums from Australia to St. Petersburg, Florida, to Rotterdam.

Now when you bump into one, it'll be sure to ring a bell. ■

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Great Diamond Island, a mile offshore, is Portland's most evocative address. This Shingle Style estate, listed for $1.45 million at the foot of the Moon Garden on the former grounds of U.S. Army Fort McKinley, has unmatched views of lovely Diamond Cove and its fleet of visiting yachts.

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magine living in one of the most exclusive new Shingle Style cottages on Great Diamond Island. At the foot of your world, 800 feet of oceanfront sparkles against a curved stone pier called the Moon Garden. Framed by your enormous picture windows, the rigging of visiting yachts rattles in Diamond Cove.

Buffered by forever-wild common areas and gardens, you can tell the hour by the arrival and departure of the Casco Bay ferry boats in a cove so beautiful painters

from Charles Codman to Harrison Bird Brown to contemporary practitioners have been trying to capture its beauty for 200 years.

If it sounds as if we're describing one of Christie's Great Estates, we are. Listed

by LandVest for $1,450,000, this timberframe island "cottage" was built in 1998

by Krouse Timber Frames for ocean sail racer Barbara Leiter, an executive at Liberty Group during the 1980s, to exacting specifications.

"The first time 1 was ever out here, 1 was visiting a friend," Leiter remembers.

"I saw a snow-white deer on this hill and felt it was a sign. A couple from out of state had already bought the lot, but before they could build they were suddenly transferred somewhere far away and David Bateman [the original developer of Diamond Cove Estates] was able to get it

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back for me. I can't tell you how happy I was/' says Leiter, who believes "no one can truly appreciate this beautiful place without a sense of its history."

In 1983, Bateman and partners purchased deserted, forlorn Fort McKinley on this Portland city island and restored the officers' quarters, barracks, administrative buildings, and outbuildings of this brick and slate fort-originally built during the Spanish American War-into luxury single-family homes and condominiums.

At the peak of World War 11,4,000 Army soldiers drilled here and enjoyed Cinderella Liberty in Portland until they left for classified maneuvers one night aboard the North Atlantic Fleet.

Only later did Portlanders learn that these guys were heroes and our fair city was the last stop before the U.S. Invasion Fleet headed across the Atlantic for the DDay landings. [Maybe that's why a battleship and all those cruisers had been anchored in Long Island Sound!]

All that was left of the 4,000 men was a piano and a glassy trail of broken green and brown beer bottles winding through the oak trees from tire landing dock to the barracks.

Fort McKinley was so suddenly deserted that when the Army walked away the base gymnasium resounded with their absence. Sound power telephones were still hooked up to fire control stations. Mimeographed menus and plans of the day were still posted on bulletin boards. As the years passed, grass and trees grew high on the parade ground, and the enormous flagpole on the north side rusted. The water tower, the brick administrative building, the mule stables all went to rack and ruin. In the early 1960s, a profit-taker bought the fort, stripping all of its copper gutters for scrap.

Enter David Bateman, who as a brash young partner with Dictar Associates became the point man for the purchase of Fort McKinley.

At first, Bateman encountered opposition at every turn from the longtime summer residents on the other side of the island.

But his love for the project, and Inis very tangible results in restoring-as opposed to demolishing-the old fort were persuasive.

He oversaw the installation of the multimillion-dollar dock, tire popular Diamond's Edge restaurant, even an art gallery here.

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living Bateman envisioned here.

"The army used to off-load artillery where the Moon Garden is now because it was a heavy-duty pier," she says. "Even today you can find Army spoons and pieces of pottery with the army insignia on it at the end of our point.

"The Moon Garden is common property. When the Batemans came here, they created the Moon Garden and planted the white flowers out here that light up in the moonlight."

Make no mistake, this is a real island, a mile from shore, so you'd have to get used to the unencompassable sense of quiet out here. But Great Diamond island has a lost Eden quality to it like none other.

Living on an island is like living on a boat. You want everything in its place. On Tuesdays you shop in the morning at Hannaford at an island checkout line. They take your name and pack your groceries in

a box and take it to the Casco Bay Line for $1.50 a box. Later that day, a ferry delivers the grocieries back to all the island stops in the bay.

"Wild Oats is doing this now, too. It's a great thing. Once the groceries get to Great Diamond, the drivers who drive the van here bring the boxes to your house. With a heads up, they might even pop it into the refrigerator for you."

There's that much old-fashioned trust out here. Leiter is glad she trusted Krouse Timber Frames, too.

"Richard Krouse did not use a single nail" but rather wooden pegs to connect all the vaulting beams in the cathedral ceilings that are a signature attraction here. "He did an incredible job."

Entering the house, visitors are warmed by timber-frame cathedral ceilings, massive pine beams, oak braces, lovely polished cherry floors, and sunlight flooding into all

rooms from the southern exposure.

The first floor has an open floor plan featuring a granite fireplace in the 1 iving room.

French doors open up to the large kitchen in white beadboard, Deer Isle granite counters, and radiant heat under stone-colored tiles.

Yet another first-floor room has seven windows filled with Hussey Sound, a 12-foot Bubinga wood desk, and invisible surroundsound speakers. Think Debussy's Prelude to tine Afternoon of a Faun. The enameled gas stove adds the perfect touch to make your hard island life just a bit more comfy.

A cherry stairway guides you to the second level, with more stunning timber-frame construction, cathedral ceiling, two bedrooms, each with its own bath, and an enormous (13' x 28') master suite with "berber carpet, enameled gas stove, a 12-foot carpeted walk-in cedar closet, beadboard cathedral ceiling," says listing agent Karen

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The master bath has a "deep whirlpool tub for two, separate shower, tile flooring double sinks, Corian countertops, a skylight cathedral ceiling, and electric wall heater."

Of course you can't leave the master suite without stepping out for some fresh air on the 9-foot-by-12-foot balcony, from which you may address the seagulls, squirrels, ant waves as you survey your demesne.

"It's my favorite spot," Leiter says "There are 180-degrce views of the water."

Meanwhile, while you're out here with your coffee (and yes, sure, your mortgage and other bills), your guests are in yet another suite with an exposed stone chimney with a stone mantel, cathedral ceilings, skylights cedar closet, and a built-in dresser. The oal vanity in the guest bath has a tiled floor Corian counters, and a double shower.

Hold on-there's a lower level to this cottage, at the height of the wild lady's slippers and irises that cover the island.

Entering from the kitchen or from ar outside door, you'll find a bunk room dovT here with six twin beds, full bath, separate shower, cedar closet, the essential 5,000-wat! generator, washer-dryer, and wine refrigerator "I built my dream house," Leiter say remembering tire first time she saw a moose out here, "on Christmas Eve. Half the island had seen the moose, but on Christmas day 1* appeared in my window. One time he can* back in a snowstorm. It looked as if he hada

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saddle on his back his fur was so fluffed up."

Lately, she says, "the storms the last two weeks have been spectacular. I've watched them through tire window and found myself wondering, am I doing the right tiling?"

To new buyers she advises, "It's a great place to be for a moonrise. You'll hear Van Morrison cranked up out there on tine island. And then the moon just steps out over Long Island and shimmers across the Moon Garden. It's an incredible sight, an incredible feeling."

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$850,000 Follow' Route 6 to Rockwood. Motor ouacross 30-mile long Moosehead Lake anc soon you'll see the eagles sw'ooping ove: six-acre Wilson Island.

"There are two very nice cozy cabire that are pretty damn immaculate," say James Trimble of Trimble Realty. "Boll are completely furnished, have cable-rur

Imagine...

Seventy-nine thousand, nine hundred.

It's another beautiful day at Dream Island Mortgage, may 1 help you?

How about my monthly payments?

At prevailing rates amortized over 30 years, $378.92.

Yes, I'd like to buy my own Maine Island.

You and everyone else in the world. Look, someone else is trying to call through, can I call you back?

That's what I pay each month for my Saturn!

It's a matter of priorities. Consider, you won't have to drive on this island. And your soul will no longer ache on the exhaust-filled highways because you have already reached your destination.

Do you call that customer servicing?

It's a seller's market. Maine islands are a vanishing resource.

Seriously, I want to buy a Maine island, right now. A special place where I can be with me, myself, and I. Call it a personal emergency. Can't you help me?

Yes, but we're talking about a little tiny shack. I might someday want to build a beautiful mansion out there.

Yes, we could help you there.

Who says you couldn't? Tire island's five acres of pristine timber, zoned for new construction.

"But I only have $15,800."

I want it! How do I get there?

That's okay, we can use it as a 20-percent down payment and put you into a gorgeous little island we have on Gardner Lake, north of Machias. Even though it's fresh water, it's close to the seashore. Hypnotic white pine trees. And there's a little greenand-white cabin that hangs over the water that features a desk, chair, and two bunks.

First you close on the property. Next you change your world view. Cancel your land line. Provide no forwarding address to the post office. Whet your appetite for silence.

Be sure to bring a copy of Thoreau's The Maine Woods. From the Machias ocean front, head due west on route 17 until your car runs into Gardner Lake. But that's okay-remember, you don't need the car anymore. There's a rowboat there. It's yours now. When you get there, start rowing. If it's night look up at the stars.

God's Country. But where's the master bath?

The wilderness is your master bath, dear.

We thought you wanted to be alone.

"What's the total cost?"

What will I see?

Casseopia.

Anything else?

Look down. That's your reflection in the water. There are eagles up here, but otherwise, you're absolutely alone.

Isn't that a bit daunting?

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up some pictures and stock the refrigerator. A tool shed provides extra storage.

"Tlais island has incredible forest, tottering trees with no underbrush, and del forest floors." A boat house is heref make it easy to glide your canoe inti Thoreau country.

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After 23 miles bumping along logging roads, the treed canopy of the North Woods opens to the vast blue surprise of Fish Lake.

"Watch out for moose, says Mike LaRosa on the 10-minute pontoon ride to 10-acre Wilderness Island.

Moose?

"One time I got so close to one, I could have spanked it."

Once you reach the white beach on the island, follow a trail past cabins 6,5,4, and 3.

Go around the curve to cabins 2 and 1. You'll see the "big camp," built for Commander

Watson, heir to the Cunard Sailing lines.

"He was somewhat of a playboy who liked to travel to Europe," LaRosa's wife, Carol, says. "He wanted to have a cabin built to bring a showgirl. He wanted tp bring Marlene Dietrich there and install pink features, but the McNallys, who owned the island, wouldn't let him."

It's always the McNallys, isn't it?

Further into this enclave and just short of the honeymoon cabin is the lodge, shaded by white birches. Hummingbirds buzz around feeders near the front porch.

LaRosa points out a window. "You can see four and a half miles of lake, mountains, and wilderness."

It is quiet enough to stop time here.

"Yeah," Mike says. "During the height of fishing season the most we've ever seen is six boats."

"My favorite spot on the island is the

falls," Carol LaRosa says. "It's an 80-foot drop, created from overflow from our water tower. The water cascades down to a stonelined pond and it's just beautiful. Mike made it as a present for me."

Right out of The Mosquito Coast. And true to fiction, there have been some exotic guests here, too.

"One day 1 got up at 6:30 a.m. to start some eggs and bacon. We had an archeologist on the island who played Civil War songs on the fiddle. He was sitting outside on a bench, his wife was playing the guitar.

Another guest, an opera singer, came over and picked up the tune. I brought some coffee. More guests gathered around. It was one of those truly magic moments." .. .that cries out for a showgirl. www.trimblerealty.com

Head south on Route 186 to Winter Harbor. Navigate through the island-dotted waters where 13-acre Heron Island juts out like a shark's tooth between Schoodic Peninsula and Mount Desert.

'There's pine, maple, and birch here," says James Trimble, "and who knows, maybe even a namesake heron. I saw tracks here once.

Deer certainly, and maybe moose."

Don't miss the spectacular views of Ironbound Island as it rises from the waves in the northwest.

'This is where the military practiced shelling during World War II. You can see the metal shimmer when the light hits it right," says Trimble.

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$2.5 Million Kayak from Newberry Neck to 43-acre Jed's Island and leave your troubles on the shore "It's pretty quiet here," says owner AnnMcGraw. "We get an occasional yacht, but most; kayaks like yours." And seals.

"Once we took a gal out here who'c worked at the San Diego Zoo," says McGraw "She started making noises to the seals, like she was talking to them. They got off the rock and started following us."

Isle. Boat seven miles into the Atlantic until you are enveloped in the world of 60-acre Fog Island. Tie up at the dock and walk up to the approved building site with views of Camden Hills and Acadia.

Surrounding you is a workable field with a herd of sheep. "They're shy and keep to themselves," says Jim Trimble. An old foundation is all that remains of the six families that owned and farmed the island at the turn of the 20th century.

Open meadows of sea grass bend in tire breeze beside vast stretches of spruce trees, and deserted sandy beaches. "Leave your weed wacker at home," Trimble, who sold a

Portland developer Pritham Singh, says.

"The sheep out here have actually landscaped Fog Island."

Now if they'd only take up timber-framing. www.trimblerealty.com Crossing the beach, it's a short walk up tc the camp site-two tent platforms beneath; capacious oak tree.

"I've been going over here since I was; young girl," says McGraw. "I remember thexact places where my grandparents gave if feasts of lobster and grandma's homemad; blueberry pie."

An eagle's nest on the north end convey with the property. They're almost off th endangered species list. 'They look beautif.

$349,900 From Kennebunk, follow Route 35 north to Lyman, then take a slight left at the York County Fish & Came Association sign onto Mast Road. When the pavement ends, bear right onto Wadleigh Pond Road. A quarter

of a mile down on the left you'll see a boat launch area. Slip your boat into Wadleigh Pond, and paddle 1,200 feet until you come to a two-acre island.

"Some family members call it Chasse Island.We just call it 'the island," says owner Russ Chasse. Building is permissible-just watch out for the golfballs. Kids on shore love to hit golf balls onto tire island.

They ought to try fishing here, too.

"There's bigmouth bass and pickerel," says Chasse. "People water ski in the summer and ice-fish in the winter."

"A lot of geese come out to the area,"

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whirling over views of Blue Hill and nearb; Long Island." With nature so grand and yet st intimate, even the wildlife get personal: "A osprey stops by once in a while, too. I a Iwa'/ keep looking for the mole here who ate m) shoes once. We haven't seen him this year.' www.compasspointrealestate.com

says Chasse. "They stop here to hang outot their way south or wherever it is they go."

Hard to believe that you're just 12 mils away from the Super Wal-Mart. "All th roads heading toward the island are ph vate. It's pretty secluded out here; you donl feel like you're near town," says Chasse. russ@treadmillstore.com

Head North on Route 7 towards DoverFoxcroft and take a right at Merrills Mills Road. Branns Mill Pond spreads before you like a still life on a blue tablecloth. And for dessert? A five- island cluster by the name of Branns Mill Islands.

A pebble beach greets you at the foot of the largest island, a five-acre affair covered

Beginning at Ellsworth, drive north on Route 1. Hang a left at Sullivan and drive six miles until tire wooded country roads bring you to Handers Pond.

Travel by boat across the pond until you reach two-acre Littlefield Island. Walk up the hill. There's a small brown cabin up here with a gently sloping roof. See over there? That's

Schoodic Mountain and Mt. Desert.

Tine one-room cabin has wood floors, a popplestone fireplace, and a hand pump for water. "No need for illusions up here," says Jim Trimble of www.maineislands.com. "Soil tests exist for a septic system, but tine outhouse works perfectly fine." www.trinnblerealty.com

with spruce and pine trees. "This island is totally virgin territory," says realtor Scott Christopher. "There is no clearing. Right in the middle of the island is a spot with high elevation that would make a good building site. When you look off to the north, there is no sense of civilization in view. It's like looking off to the wild.

"All the other islands are so close you can swim to them from here," says Christopher.

"The closest is 20 feet away, the furthest 500 feet away." How small is small? "The smallest is .08 acres." This tiny paradise is somehow even more beautiful because it's barely here.

This is also a casting call for trout, pickerel, and white berch. "Deer sometimes swim all the way over to the island. They munch on the trees on the shorefront."

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$2.9 Million "This was the location of a lifetime,' says builder Charlie Farrell of 10-acre Wood Island, which glitters off nearby Popham Beach like a jewel encrusted with Norwegian spruce trees.

The charming getaway cottage he's built here is rich with post-and-beam carpentry, "because it's modeled after a sea captain's residence," Farrell says. "I got plans from the Library of Congress for a house in Dresden from 1761."

Construction had to be done on the quiet, because the owner, a New York businessman who relocated to Portland, didn't want the builders to disturb vacationers on the beach.

"One time we had two guys out there in really rough seas in a skiff, trying to bring

wood across to the island. They almost didn't make it!" Ferrell says.

Tire alternate route is much easier, across a sandbar at low tide. In any case, the finished project is worth the wait-three bedrooms,

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$1,950,000 Follow your future north on Route 1 arc turn right just after Harrington on your wa to Ripley Point. Launch your boat int; Pleasant Bay and circle around the two Lowe Birch Islands until you discover a gravebeach on the 29 acre larger island. Welcorr: to your fantasy.

'The other island is six acres," says Jir Trimble. "At low tide you can walk to it."

A wooded trail gets dark under the tree; canopy until it breaks spectacularly through screen of tall pines and opens into a field C grass and wildflowers.

Here, a two-story post-and-beam home with wraparound porch awaits you. TL house is ready to move into after sorr; decorating," Trimble says.

"A guy who invented portable indoc kerosene heaters in the 1970s put $500,00! into this house. He was 95-percent finish?: when his business went under. The curreF owner finished the last five percent." www.trimblerealty.com 68 PORTLAND MONTHLY MAGAZINE SUMMERGUIDE 2005

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“Bay View Lady ” $1,250,000 You know you're in lobster country when you're in Jonesport. It's a short slalom between Doyle and Pomp Islands until 19acre Hardwood Island heaves into view.

Just up from the shore is a classic eightbedroom Colonial home nestled in the thick evergreen forest.

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uwrnioidhks Retirement Community operated the granite quarry here at the turn of the 20th century," says Jim Trimble. "The house is in need of some repair, although it has a solid granite foundation as well as a basement, which is unusual for an island."

The two small workshops on the shore can be rebuilt, providing priceless grand fathered direct ocean access not otherwise permitted in today's building market.

A small pond here still reflects trees in the old quarry which years ago began to fill with water.

Also priceless, "The granite slab dock," Trimble says. "It's made out of blocks of stone the size of cars and would cost a fortune to make today. It's really unbelievable.

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$2.4 Million Travel Route 127 south to Georgetown. Boat two and onehalf miles into Sagadahoc Bay and discover 43-acre Salter Island, which got its name from the fish preservation trade in the 1600s. Try not to pinch yourself in the presence of such beauty.

"Colonists fished the area, then dried and salted the fish right on these rocks," says John Saint Amour of Land Vest.

Dock at the landing and walk up the steps to the trail. Discreetly overlook tire outhouse as you absorb yourself in picking the wild raspberries that line the trail.

Up ahead there's a rustic two-story log cabin built in 1927 that's in need of repair.

"It has two bedrooms, a sleeping loft and a porch that faces the open ocean," Saint Amor says.

"The north side has views of the mainland, tire west has views of other islands, but

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Cruise through downtown Vinalhaven past the North Haven ferry terminal and turn right on Island Road to Arey's Neck and the town beach. It's a quarter of a mile across Arey's Bay to five-acre Greer Island.

"My husband was given this island for one dollar by his grandfather when he was five years old. That was in 1955," says owner Elizabeth Arey.

Next to the beach is a gray one-room fisherman's shack. "It's in rather hard shape now," Arey says. "We used to rent it to herring fisherman. The silver fish leaping in the moonlight were beautiful."

The wildlife are the usual suspects, including deer, eagle, and.. .mink?! "A school chum of my late husband's used to trap them for money," Arey says.

"When I first came out here in 1961 the island was completely barren. It became a family project to plant trees every year.

Now some of the pines are 25 feet tall.

"We used to lie on blankets and look at the stars and ponder how vast the universe is. I've been all over the world and this is my favorite place." micki@camdenre.com ■

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The Don Quixote of Summers in Maine formed the star chart that young George Whitman followed to the City of Lights.

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aybe you can't keep them down on the farm once they've seen l’aree. But Maine ex-pat George Whitman has done okay for himself in the City of Lights.

Since 1951 he has owned Shakespeare & Co., the most famous bookstore in the world, on the Left Bank in Paris, directly across the Seine River from Notre Dame.

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Location, location, location, right?

Founded by Sylvia Beach in the 1920sand the bibliographical north star to literary greats from James Joyce to Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and T.S. Eliot-Shakespeare & Co. is still a nearly mystical destination for expatriate writers in search o; themselves and Paris, thanks to Whitman who is an energetic 93 years old today.

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"He can see yon now," Ron Bauer, a surfer/lit type who manages the bookstore, says. "He's been resting the last few minutes because he walked all over Paris with me this afternoon, but now he's awake. Come on!"

Bounding outside onto the cobblestones, Bauer ducks into a neighboring doorway and sprints up four flights of spiral stairs two steps at a time.

"He goes up all these stairs on his own?"

1 ask of George Whitman.

"No one knows how he does it."

A door leads to a hall, a kitchen-both filled with books-and beyond it, two beautiful women, fully clothed, in repose on a bed. It's hard not to look, especially when a ginger-colored bulldog approaches my pant leg, throws her head up, and howls. One of the young women calls out "Sorry" and negotiates for the dog's retreat while Bauer says, "Just go around here," deftly sidestepping the disturbance as if it is decorative.

Darting to the left, he throws open a hallway door to another bedroom, where George Whitman, also fully clothed, lies on a bed, looking up.

"Here he is," Bauer says.

Visiting Whitman in his element is like visiting Santa Claus at the North Pole. Except it's Paris, warm and beautiful.

"Well, I mean my great uncle was the pastor of All Souls Church in Portland for a while, and president of the Westbrook Seminary [now the University of New England]," Whitman says. "I used to spend my summers in Norway, Maine, on Alpine Street, at my grandmother's house. There was no special view."

Involuntarily I look out the window at Notre Dame. This view is special. Not only does he own the original bookstore at ground level, with the famous cathedral reflecting in all its windows, he owns three apartments directly above it which he keeps for visiting writers. The apartments are worth millions upon millions.

Whitman looks like a cross between Don Quixote and Kurt Vonnegut, his hair hoary and white. He must be six foot four.

When my great uncle died, I inherited his library," Whitman explains about the windfall that launched tire 54-year adventure he has followed here.

His favorite literary overnight guests?

Laurence Durrell, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg."

Like T.S. Eliot and Hemingway, all have conducted readings in the warm air on the

cobblestones outside.

"You're only here for one day? You can't stay for the poetry reading tonight?" he asks, astonished that anyone might need to be somewhere else. "It's at 7."

"I'm sorry. 1 have to catch a plane."

Whitman smiles back as if he's Peter Pan and I'm missing my last chance at Neverland.

"I was actually bom in Salem, Massachusetts," he says. "Maine was a summer thing. Do you know the population of Salem?"

"Forty thousand?"

"Exactly, and twice that number are writers from Salem who have turned up late on a Monday afternoon looking for a place to stay. I put up more people in my three apartments!"

In case I didn't make it clear, if you love books enough, he'll put you up for free.

His favorite place in the City of Lights?

"My bookstore is the whole world here.

So many spirits. A girl wrote me a letter. She wants to work here. She's visited twice and wants to stay. You can see her letters on our Mirror of Love. 1 wrote her back and said why shouldn't you come? The most exquisite form of human experience is to be a young girl in Paris."

Bauer gives me a tour of the bookstore, which is full of patrons paging through gorgeous first-edition b<x>ks. "THis is the Wishing Well, and here is tire Mirror of Love," he says, dashing up swirling staircases reminiscent of the old Levinsky's in Portland. Without a guide I'll never find my way out.

"How'd you end up here?" 1 ask Bauer.

"I'm from San Jose. I'd heard of this bookstore my whole life and visited Paris a few years ago with an older writer." He shrugs. "I couldn't leave." ■

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The Knife s Edge Mt. Katahdin, Baxter State Park, Millinocket THE KNIFE'S EDGE of Mt. Katahdin is the

most spectacular and challenging traverse east of the Rockies and west of the Alps.

Even the most experienced hiker has to think twice before crossing the mile-long perilous trail. It's only a foot wide in many places, with a thousand-foot drop yawing before y 7ou if you lose your footing.

It was a clear crisp day in early7February of 2004 when longtime hiker Tom Hornstead of Glenburn started out for an ice climb with three friends. At 62, this was to be Homstead's tenth and final ice climb of Katahdin. Tire group headed up the mountain and across the Knife's Edge to the summit of Pamola Peak, where the chimney ends.

"The sky7was so blue it was perfect," Homstead remembers. "No wind. When we reached the summit of Pamola, we all shook hands and took pictures. Then we 76 PORTLAND MONTHLY MAGAZINE SUMMERGUIDE 2005

started back down towards the chimney, placed my right crampon securely7in the ice. 1 had to rotate around a boulder, and it was quite steep. I don't know if a rod moved or what, but I swung round sharply and heard a wet snap."

That wet snap was the sound of Hornstead's left fibula breaking. It was 2:30 in the afternoon, with sunset only two hour away7 . Fighting back pain, Homstead's mind raced through narrowing options. "It was 20 degrees and dropping fast. Wt could spend the night on the mountain which we were equipped to do, or try to tough it out and get down. We decided on the second option. My7hiking partners tool some axes and nylon webbing and made 2 splint for my broken leg, packing the leg in ice to keep the swelling down. I used twe other axes as crutches and began the slo"'

and painful descent along Dudley Trail.

"The pain was so severe 1 couldn't stand, but in order to get down the mountain, 1 simply had to stand at times," Homstead says. "1 half slid, half hobbled, and did a lot of sliding on my butt. It was harder on my climbing partners than me."

At around seven that night-a full two hours after sunset-Homstead and the trio arrived at Chimney Pond, where they met a relieved park ranger who evaluated the situation and determined it was too dangerous to continue.

"We spent a long night in a log cabin," Homstead says. "All I had for the pain was Tylenol, and we packed my leg in snow. Let's just say it was extremely difficult to sleep."

At daybreak, a snowmobile began the first leg of a race to take Homsted to the hospital. Henry David Thoreau once described Katahdin as being "anchored in the east." Homsted had to fend off a flood of emotion while looking down to see the mountain's God-like reflection sparkling in Chimney Pond.

"I don't want to imply panic, but it did occur to me that people have died up there, and I could have too, if the injury had been worse or if weather conditions were bad," says Homstead.

Remembering those powerful forces, he astonished his friends by returning to the Knife's Edge just six months later, in August.

"I hiked a lot slower and a lot more carefully than I had in the past. Something seemed to draw me back to the exact spot where I fell, and I stopped for a moment, going back in time. Then, with a grateful heart, 1 continued on."

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der field is the toughest and slowest mile or the Appalachian Trail.

Mahoosuc Notch, which lies betweer.

Mahoosuc and Fulling Mill Mountains, t an extremely narrow slash carved out bt glaciers. As the ice passed, boulders the size of compact cars fell through this notch, creating a treacherous jigsaw for those whe dare hike this section of the Appalachiar.

Trail. To make matters worse, the trail is often wet; in fact, ice can be found yearround in the pockets of some boulders.

Ten years ago, Hawk Metheny, a back country management specialist with the Appalachian Mountain Club, was caretaking at Speck Pond camp. "I got a call that a hiker was injured and in trouble on the dangerous Mahoosuc Arm. When we got there it was woman with a fractured elbow. She'c slipped on wet rocks and tried to break her fall, painfully driving her clenched arm inti a boulder on her way down. All we did was make a sling and help her out," he say's, bur he understates. Somehow the group maneuvered their injured charge as gracefully as a gymnast over and under slippery' boulders "I had her put her good arm around my shoulder and I gave her direction step-bystep. It's just a tricky' area. She couldn't us her arm, which meant we had to suppor her body. She was relieved when we made it out. Once your rescue's spirits lift, i makes an incredible difference."

After seven hours of slowly' makint their way through the multi-level maze re boulders, the group made it back to camp "Mahoosuc Notch is like a big boulder field so if people fall, at least the most they car fall is eight feet.

"It's totally rock out here. Some peopk compare it to the moon because of its surreal nature. It is mystical and it doesn't g? much sun. So it's funny; some people actually come just to hike this stretch.

"But it's not a place for the inexperienced, the uninitiated, the unprepared. <3 the unlucky."

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Tragedy struck here on August 4, 2000, when Burt Marks, 51, Gaithersburg, Maryland, missed a switchback and fell hundreds of feet to his death on the rocks below.

"He didn't negotiate a switchback on this one section of the trail where it makes a really sharp turn. He fell 200 feet," says Therese Picard, a law enforcement ranger at Acadia National Park. "This trail is dangerous. You have to watch out at all times."

CPR was performed on Marks, but he could not be saved because of the extreme distance he fell.

'Each year there are several rescues on the Beehive and Precipice," Picard says.

With both Beehive and Precipice you've got one wall and a straight drop-off so if you lean and are not watching where you put your feet you are in big trouble," says Picard. "1 would say that most of the accidents are caused by inattention rather than inexperience. Also, people underestimate the difficult}' of the trail."

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Not long after tire turn of the 20th cente ry, Princeton Professor Rudolph Bruno cnated the trail that leads up the precipices Champlain Mountain at Acadia Nations Park. A widower, Bruno had begun spending summers in Bar Harbor with his childrtf building a breathtaking mansion known a"High Seas" as a wedding present for hibride to be, Edith Evans of New York, wk summered here on Mount Desert Island art with whom he was desperately in love.

"We all talk about it. Professor Bruno 1 part of the legend of the island and he bur this amazingly beautiful structure on tk sea for his love," says Bar Harbor resided Michael Good. "The love story and the connection with the Precipice make it a ver nice story."

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Bruno? He died of pneumonia from shoveling snow in 1917." But before he died, he gave the UOO-foot Precipice to tine park in 1916, when it was proclaimed a national monument.

Designed and begun by Bruno, the trail remains in use today. It is one of tire most dangerous hikes in Maine because the climb is nearly vertical on a trail that clings to a cliff.

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With six peaks east to west for over!!, miles, the range here is second only in pop clarity to mountains in the Katahdin regied for challenging ridge walking.

Hansen was feeling strong and movir. rapidly on a scramble (a field of rock when she failed to grip a boulder in fror. her. The weight of her pack caused he' entire body to fall back violently, driving her elbow into a protruding rock.

"My elbow was bleeding and general!my confidence was shaken," she says, was mad that I hadn't taken the extra minute to take my pack off and throw it ur ahead of me." On top of that, "I was hurn ing daylight that day, hoping to make Litt; Bigelow shelter. I was swearing at th woods, which is a frightful activity whe’ you're alone. 1 was scared."

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"Out of nowhere it was blowing a gale up there and now I truly was alone," Hanson says. "It was wild and woolly and 1 was loving it. 1 had to brace myself against the wind to stay within the rocky trail. I crossed West Peak, then quickly descended to Avery Col and back up to Avery Peak. [In spite of my injury], it was wonderful. I turned around on Avery and witnessed one of those moments that you never forget when you're 'out there'-the wild remoteness of the mountain range combined with clouds in the west backlit by the setting sun."

Hansen finished the Appalachian Trail.

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j Traveler Mtn. Trail Baxter State Park, Millinocket FROM CROWDS in the southeast part of the Baxter State I’ark, Traveler Mountain, I in the northeast corner, is notorious for its unstable talus rock.

X^Named by voyageurs on the East Branch of the Penobscot River who said the mountain seemed to travel with them, the Traveler, at 3,541 feet, is the third highest up here, with the Owl at 3,736 and Katahdin at 5,267. The peak can be accessed from the South Branch campground, reached by Baxter's Matagamon Gate. What makes it so dangerous is the slope on the Center Ridge Trail. Talus is a kind of sharp rock that breaks off from cliffs, and up here it is falling like a house of cards. This will be the first full season that a new connector trail, leading from the Center Ridge, Howe Brook, and North Ridge Trail (on North Traveler Mountain) will be open. Because of the talus, hikers are allowed only to go up the Center Ridge Trail and come down

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"The important thing we're suggesting is that it's very hard to go downhill on talus rock," says Jean Hoekwater, a park naturalist who has been at Baxter State Park since 1988.

"It is loose and scrambling and it moves when you step on it. It is easy to loose your footing.You also have to watch for falling rocks from people ahead of you," she says.

Traveler hasn't been a popular destination for hikers, but that may change because of the new trail. The trail is long and strenuous, but the views are extraordinary and rewarding. The mountain gets a lot of sun because of its barren peaks that rise above the tree line. Even late in the season it can be hot and water must be carried. The elevation gain is the equivalent of hiking Mt. Katahdin. Avoid hiking here in bad weather because the exposed ridges are confusing in clouds or fog.

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"I was on the rescue team and it was a nice crystal-clear day, but because of all the ice everything was as smooth as a coke bottle. I was petrified we were going to get res■ cue officers and wardens killed. It was one ■ of the most dangerous scenarios I've ever R been in," says Guay, who has covered the

Gulf Hagas area for more than 18 years.

"Inside my truck, I slid down the lip of an embankment about 15 feet. 1 couldn't move because the truck was in danger of going over-all the way over. I just sat there for an hour and a half, made my phone calls, and prayed."

Guay's truck was pulled from danger and he continued his rescue mission with the others.

Mike Morrison, a warden who was able to see the fallen hiker by climbing part way down the gorge, received a medal for his heroic efforts. A National Guard helicopter was called in to airlift the hiker using a cable, but by that time, 47-year-old Peet had tragically lost his life from the injuries sustained during his fall.

No matter if the rocks surrounding the gorge of Gulf Hagas are covered with ice or water, hiking conditions are extremely treacherous in summer or winter. In many places, the trail follows the edge of the gorge, with hundred-foot drops or more.

"One thing I've found is that a lot of people go into Gulf Hagas thinking it's like a

city park with nice easy walking trails," says Guay. "With scenic outlooks, it's a trail that follows the rim of a gorge. This fatality happened in early January, 2002. All of us have found it difficult to put that day behind us. I recommend absolute care everywhere you go in Gulf Hagas. When you add water, ice, or snow out here, it can be very hazardous." ■

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’ bitter-cold gust of February wind heaves against the brick walls of ■ BMartina Tremblay's Quebec City apartment as she hangs up the phone with s a satisfied grin.

I "Qi y esf. Ten days at Old Orchard again I this summer."

For the 26th consecutive summer, the Tremblay family will be heading to Maine.

Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Oqunquit, Wells Beach-the Tremblays have picnicked and built sandcastles on them all.

■ If we're going to freeze up here all winter, the least we deserve is a week or two on > the beach." ; Thousands of Quebecois share Tremi blay s vacation philosophy, and over the past 150 years, the tradition of vacationing on Maine's beaches has become an essential part of Quebec popular culture.

A lot of Americans wonder why we

come here," says Marcel Boisvert, a teenager from St-Georges, Quebec, whom I found munching on a fried doughboy on the Old Orchard pier. "They think we're crazy for coming all this way to swim in a 4CF ocean."

What does bring them here? Tire neonstudded roller coasters, the cotton candy, the endless supply of Life's a Beach t-shirts?

No, says Tremblay, it's more about history and tradition.

"Three generations of our family have vacationed on the Maine coast," she explains. "In fact, my mother and father met on the Old Orchard Beach pier when they were teenagers, taking in acts like Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee. It's a place rich with memories for a lot of people."

Francois Trudel agrees. Flis family spent five summer vacations in Old Orchard and he vividly remembers the four-hour drive through Vacationland.

"We'd listen to Kenny Rogers and stop at the Burger King in Skowhegan. Fast food meant we were in Maine."

Being in Maine, explains Trudel, didn't necessarily mean being in the United States.

"When we go to Boston or New York, we go to the States. But when we go to Maine, we are going dans le Maine. It's separate somehow from the rest of the states.

Maine has its own unique identity."

Documentary filmmaker Ben Levine suggests that this unique identity derives from the strong Franco-American presence in southern Maine.

"Over 30 percent of all Biddeford and Saco residents are Franco-American," Levine says, "so when Quebecois visit, there are many reminders of their own culture and language."

These reminders aren't difficult to find.

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"The only time I ever felt odd speaking French in Maine was after that Freedom' Fries episode, but all it took was a dip in the । ocean to forget about politics." ' Speaking of politics, the sands of seveni mile-long Old Orchard Beach are familial* with many of the tanned bodies of NorthAmerica's politicians.

"In the early days, Old Orchard was generally a destination for the affluent, says Dan Blaney, president of the 01c [ Orchard Beach Historical Society. "Pierre^ Trudeau and the Molsons vacationed here $ JFK's grandfather was even in town wherf the 1907 fire devastated the place."

"After the fire, and especially aftert World War II," he continues, "everybody bet. gan coming." ; Especially the French-Canadians, masse, and Suzanne Beaulieu thinks she E knows why. I "Tlie beach," she says, "they come fop the beach."

Beaulieu, a Quebec native who runs the.

Kebec 3 Motel, observes tourists loving this beach all summer long.

"There's always something to do, and; it's all affordable," she says. "Even though we go through the occasional slump because of a poor exchange rate, more than _ 50 percent of our guests every summer are | from Quebec." I But a fluctuating exchange rate isn't the I only factor that keeps some Quebecois away r

Beaulieu adds that some of her guests became hesitant about spending time in the United States after the September 11 terrorist attacks, while others quit coming because of their opposition to U.S. foreign policy.

Justin Gagnon, a teacher from Sherbrooke who vacationed in Kennebunk as a child, tells me at a gas station in Jackman that exaggerated border-crossing stories mav aggravate the problem.

"I've heard tons of these," he says, "like the one about a border guard taking away n guy's case of Labatt Bleue to keep Canadian beer from infiltrating the country."

Gagnon hadn't heard any stories about American guards confiscating Canadian Speedos at the border, but one Budweiserdrinking man I encountered at The Brunswick bar in Old Orchard Beach joked that Speedo-wearing men from Quebec are the only true threat to U.S. national security.

"Anyone who wears banana hammocks has to be a little shady," he says, referring to the masses of Quebec men who don Speedos on the beach. "It weirds me out."

But Franco-American writer Rhea Cote Robbins, who knows the ins and outs of Old Orchard from childhood visits, says Speedos are simply different, not weird.

"It's a French sensibility that a lot of Americans are uncomfortable with," she says. "They're just a lot more comfortable with their bodies than we tend to be."

Speedos or not, James Harmon is one man who will always welcome Quebec tourists to town. He's tine executive director of the Old Orchard Beach Chamber of Commerce and is excited to see people like Martina Tremblay coming back year after year.

"This is an exciting time for Old Orchard," he says. "Bicycling is becoming a big sport and we're constructing some terrific beachfront property with large-scale developments. I expect to see a lot of nice changes."

Martina Tremblay's only concern: that Old Orchard Beach's nice changes will be beyond what her Canadian dollar can afford.

"I'd rather stay in Maine," she says, "but they may drive me down to Florida if Old Orchard Beach gets too upscale."

While you win some you lose some.

Though Tremblay's pocketbook may not be able to afford the changes, Justin Gagnon believes that a more chic Old Orchard would continue to draw tire masses.

Honky-tonk or not," he says, "it's a fine beach. That's what counts most." ■

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When the TV crews have wrapped up and the crowds of mourners have scattered, somebody has to attend to the burial.

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t's an odd job with a British title. As early as the 14th century, King Edward II decreed whales his "Fishes Royal."

To this day, they remain the property of the Crown, ali\-e or dead. So somebody has to deal with the bodies. Somebody has to be Receiver of the Wreck.

In Canada, too. In tire 1850s, whale oil cost $3.95 a gallon, $75.25 in today's dollars, so even corpses had a value. Today, though the lamps are obsolete and the glory has faded, this job must still be done.

A whale! All the crowd pushes in to see, "’hat? How many more giant breaths the poor creature has, the last great exhalation?

In 1999 and 2000 alone, 642 whales and dolphins were stranded on New England beadrKz according to the National Marine Fisheries

Service. Of these, 3 were sperm whales, 27 pilot whales, 2 killer whales, 17 humpbacks, 25 minkes, 3 right whales, and 7 finbacks.

So what do I do but pick up the phone when it rings? And it's not like it's Publishers Clearing House waiting to deliver your prize. It can get to you. I mean it can really get to you.

Don't the scientists look the part. I mean they're there, dressed like Richard Dreyfuss in

Jaws 'with their Bausch & Lombs, their SatNavs, measuring the whale's spout hole or whatever it is they've come for. As if they'll find new answers to something very old.

Whether they do or not, I'm up next.

In the olden days they used to turn these poor creatures info light. There was something usefid, however horrible, about their deaths.

Now the way we handle it is entirely different.

A minke whale is sighted and deemed to be in difficulty off Fisherman's Island in Boothbay. He washes up three weeks later against the shore of trendy Cape Elizabeth, dead.

Shrouded in clumps of seaweed, the 15-foot whale looks like he's having a pleasant nap.

He has no discernible odor.

Crowds of cetaceaphiles and rubberneckers turn up on the beach.

A team of staffers from the University of New England's Marine Animal Rehab Center races to the site, studies it to determine the cause of death, measures it, tags it, and watches as a lobster boat tows it out to sea to let nature take its course.

But nature has a funny sense of humor.

In a few days the whale is back, bumping against the Cape Elizabeth shoreline like a bad joke, its tail now missing, its teeth visible in a rotting grin, its skull bare to the bone. The smell is, let us say, Elizabethan.

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"I'm just the one who got the call to take it off the beach.

"I've worked with L.P. Murray since 1989, and we deal with sewage. We dig holes for cemeteries. If people have sick horses and put them down, we dig holes for them, too. Everybody said it kind of stunk, but my boss gives me the odd jobs.

I've dealt with other smells people would say were rank, so to speak-that don't bother me. I couldn't smell it, do you know what I'm saying?"

Most of the world was still asleep during these delicate proceedings. Tire sun was barely up. There was not a researcher in sight, Miller says, science having taken a powder the day before.

"There were some summer cottages and stuff," Miller says. "There were people from the local public works and people from the neighborhood."

Because "there had been more or less a

Above: Lou Miller and company prepare the minke whale for its last voyage.

Left: The Cape Elizabeth minke measured fifteen feet. Photos by Diane Hudson.

storm tide the night before, the whale was up higher than the tide could wash it back out to sea, so I got to work."

A few more people turned up, the cunous, some joking, some speechless.

Whenever powerful smells and feelings combine, "You just don't get personal You've just gotta have respect for the animal.

NECROPSY OF A DEAD WHALE Why do marine biologists take tissue samples from dead whales? They want to know what kills them.

A highly controversial cause of whale death is believed to be pulses from Navy/NATO sonar devices used for tracking submarines underwater, particularly the LFAS (Low Frequency Active Sonar) systems installed in the Caribbean. These "giant boom boxes" emit "the loudest sound man has ever made under water," according to the procetacean web site www.lightparty.com. The site goes so far as to call the sonar an "acoustic holocaust": "Sixteen whales beached themselves in the Bahamas last summer, shortly after the Navy active sonar exercises in the vicinity. Volunteers pushed most of the whales back into the ocean, but seven died- apparently victims of sound pressure that caused cranial hemorrhaging. That incident unequivocally demonstrated the lethal¬

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ity of high-powered sonars,' says Kenneth Balcomb, a marine biologist who witnessed the episode."

Whale advocates claim the 180-decibel active sonar pulses, traveling for disputed distances estimated to be between one and 100 miles underwater, literally blew the whales apart, creating hemorrhaging, ruptures, lesions, and fissures in their flesh and brain tissue. So if you see a marine biologist taking tissue samples of a dead whale on a Maine beach, he or she is likely studying whether Navy's sonar systems are the root cause.

Mainers have been concerned about LFAS from the outset. As a congressman, Gov. John Baldacci was among the first to go on record demanding more scrutiny of the LFAS because he believed it to be possibly deadly to cetaceans

(whales and porpoises): "A substantial body of convincing science exists pointing to the potential dangers of this system for whales and other marine animals," he said.

'The evidence is disturbing, and given the range of science on this issue, the only prudent course of action would be for NMFS [National Marine Fisheries Service] to deny these permits until additional studies and tests can be conducted and assessed' Other causes of death include strangulation in nets, poisoning, trauma from being struck by ships, and sickness. It's a short trip from "deadly to whales" to "deadly to humans' In fact, whale death is such a striking indicator of approaching danger to mankind that www.earthportals.com compares whales to the canaries in mine shafts used to warn miners of vanishing oxygen.

MOON AND STAR GAZING FREE! Like I said, we do graves for the cemetery.

Particularly whenever people are around, you don't want to show disrespect for the corpse. Nowadays, it's so political, you can't get nasty, you have to be respectful.

"I didn't have to wear a mask. Birds and other creatures had kinda got to it. You could see some bones, the skull was basically cleaned off. The tail was gone, the flippers, I'm pretty sure, was gone, and the head was gone.

You just don't get personal. Particularly whenever people are around. Nowadays, its so political, you can't get nasty, you have to be respectful.

"The whale was kinda waterlogged, so it made it a little heavier than what my machine was used to picking up. I had to put a couple holes in it so the water would drain out. Then 1 picked it up slowly so the water could drain out on the beach.

"What pieces kinda fell off," while lowering the carcass onto a public works dump tnick, "I picked up by hand with a bag. Tire whale's skin felt coarse, like sandpaper. I picked up some blubber on the ground.

That kind of felt like jello stuff.

"It was an easy move" to the town dump, Miller says.

"They had a hole kinda dug, a gravetype deal. It wasn't like throwing it on the dump with a bunch of garbage. They had a hole dug for this specific animal. " Obsequies, black humor, "The Navy Hymn"?

'I can't recall anybody' saying anything.

It s an everyday' job. Someone will say something and you don't think of it later."

What is it about his job?

It s something you don't see all the time. But a force out there draws people to something big and dead.

People smell the odor and wonder what 't is. You'd think it would send them away; but it s one of those deals. Tire odor makes People curious. They say' 'what's that?' You tell them and they' leave rather rapid." ■

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f you're an Italian yacht racer and you've dreamed of owning a world-class luxury ocean racing vessel in the spirit of the America's Cup J-sloops of the 1930s to race in the British Isles, where else do vou go but East Boothbay, Maine?

For Pasquale Natuzzi, it was an inspiration to have his lovely 124-foot Antonisa designed by Maine's Bruce King and manufactured at Hodgdon's Yachts, within 20 short miles of where Bath Iron Works created the world famous J-sloop Ranger.

For Natuzzi, opulent design is business as usual. As owner of Natuzzi (formerly Industrie Natuzzi), he directs the operations of the firm that is the "largest residential leather-upholstered fumiture"manufacturer in the world. With 15 factories in Italy alone and 350 models of sofas and chairs, his firm tops the leather furniture market in "North America and in Europe." His 2003 sales exceed 544 million pounds sterling, according to www.Hoover.com, a British firm that tracks jet-set executives.

Back in the 1930s, tine Shamrock V was built

by Lipton Tea owner Thomas Lipton. Natuzzi could have drunk Lipton for breakfast.

Considered a "modem classic" with her "long overhangs, gentle sheer, flush deck, and signature elliptical skylights," Antonisa has been lighting up the international circuit like a supermodel for the last five seasons, showcasing Maine craftsmanship and design all over the world. Every glittering port in Europe has welcomed her with open arms.

But it wasn't an ordinary' day' in East Boothbay' when Bruce King got an invitation to black-tie ceremonies in Monaco, where ShowBoats International magazine had named his design for Antonisa the best new boat under 38 meters.

"I think I just got a telephone call. I'm familiar with the ShowBoats awards, because we'd won one before. But it was very' elegant to arrive in Monaco and see Antonisa right in port. The ceremonies were held in a maritime museum where they' gave out a number of different awards. On screen they showed a video and description of Antonisa. 1 haven't seen her since then."

It is no accident that he speaks of Antonisa as if she is a living creature.

Of her design, King says, "She is unique ln this day and age in that the boat is entirely flush decked. There's not even a small deck house. It was a desire of the owner

who prefers things as simple and unadorned as possible. It was an aesthetic issue with him. He owned a previous design of ours called White Fin, a 90-foot boat, also built in Maine, and she was also completely flush deck."

Asked to describe Sr. Natuzzi, King chuckles. "He shaves his head. He generally wears really colorful clothes. He definitely' stuck out in Boothbay. He definitely was a non-native when in Maine."

In the 1930s, Shamrock V was built by tea magnate Thomas Lipton. Natuzzi could have drunk Lipton for breakfast.

In the interior, the most unusual feature of Antonisa, named for Natuzzi's wife, "is the pipe organ. The owner was on-again offagain as to whether he was going to include that. Down below it's mostly' black cherry'. I don't know exactly where it came from but it's native to North America. One of the desires was to have the least environmental impact as possible with the materials we used, so we didn't want to use a tropical hardwood for the interior. Obviously we did with

the teak, which was on deck. Five owner didn't request it. We imposed it on him. I Ie liked the cherry, so tilings worked out."

Regarding the collaboration in design, to a certain extent the naval architect has to win or the ship sinks. "I guess I'm definitely not a minimalist, and he is, so there were some compromises there."

Also different was the fact that "typically', on a boat this size y'ou have a naval architect who basically' does the exterior and you have a separate interior designer who does the interior. [Natuzzi] wanted it all done by one hand so the interior and exterior of the boat felt compatible. While the interior upholstery' is exquisite, "his company did not do any' of the upholstery' involved."

King's favorite spot on Antonisa is "at the helm. During sea trials, we sailed in mostly' very light air, so the sea trials weren't enough for me to form a real opinion. The boat moved nicely' in light air, and when the wind picked up, the boat really' moved quite good. She's done 14 or 15 knots, [which] might be similar to what the Ranger could have done. So y'es, Antonisa is a blast from the past. Obviously' the 3/4 rig sloop is what was on Ranger," he says but goes on to describe fundamental differences. Antonisa is a shallow-draft centerboarder, more akin to the type of boat that was

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As for the Ranger herself, she's "a nar rower, deeper-keel vessel" that sails s prominently in King's childhood dreams a beautiful craft that "my recollection of th; Ranger goes back so far 1 can't remember when 1 first learned about her," he says.

"I studied with the Wetlawn Schooler Yacht Design in the early 1960s. Back then I never dreamed I'd be involved in such; design as Antonisa."

Asked to point out a signature element he points to Antonisa's round or elliptic, skylights. "They've been called a signaturt item of mine," he says, citing magazine like Germany's Yacht.

Meanwhile, the floating opera continue Natuzzi has begun to make overtures to Kin; to consider designing a new, larger boat.

So is Antonisa a Bermuda racer, an ocear racer, or just a gorgeous butterfly to ador Mediterranean ports?

"Antonisa's just a private yacht with trad? tional styling, designed to be as comfortabk within the paramaters of its type and sails fast as it can within its type." The parameter' of luxury being virtually limitless.

Asked about his dream boat, Kfc laughs, "That changes every day!" Asker about the moment he knew Antonisa design was finished, he confides, "Youi never finished."

While paparazzi flashbulbs light up hf pride and joy in Europe, Bruce King is sb designing Antonisa in his head. ■

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With an academic's curiosity and a collector's panache over the years, he has accumulated an astonishing cache of AfricanAmerican and civil-rights memorabilia which in 1995 he donated to the University of Southern Maine, ensuring the history of Maine's in'olvement in the civi 1 rights movement will be permanently available

to its citizens. Now the seeds of Talbot's original donation are growing.

"You just collect these things," Talbot, 73, says. "You like to do it-and then you find yourself asking, 'What's the best way to do this so it can be seen by everybody instead of hidden in one room?'"

The African-American Collection of Maine is now the largest and most diverse compilation of photographs, books, magazines, papers, visual objects, and memorabilia available to scholars, the curious, and accidental passersby.

Among Talbot's prized objects:

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■ "A button from the August 28, 1963, March on Washington That was incredible. It's black and white with two hands. Whenever I spoke in Maine as a member of the legislature, I wore that button. It's kind of a talisman forme, has that special meaning to it."

■ "A pin a young George Mitchell gave me when he was running for governor. I met him in Monument Square, and he asked, are you going to support me? He lost-but look at the impact he had later!"

■ "This one's red and black. Shirlev Chisholm, who ran for president in 1972 gave it to me when she was speaking up here in Maine. It was strange, seeing heron TV, and then it's the middle of winter, in Bangor, and I'm talking to her."

This very personal collection, part of the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversit}'in Maine at the University of Southern Maine Libraries Special Collections in Portland was the locus for the documentary Aneta of the Soul, augmented by the collection of Harold E. Richardson, a long-time member of the Portland Water District Board.

Talbot's contribution of artifacts takesup 170 linear feet in comparison to the seven linear feet of the next-largest contributor.

But the heart behind the documents transcends such measurements.

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hile building up this unique collection, Talbot progressed from an ordinary citizen to American soldier to president of the local chapter of the NAACP to the first African-American elected to the Maine State Legislature.

Some otherwise unremarkable Portland Jetport ticket stubs spiral outward with universality. "After Nelson Mandela got out of prison, we went to South Africa," says Talbot. "The whole thing was a miracle-I mean me coming from so far away, from Maine, and then him whisper close, shaking my hand."

The collection surrenders private mfr ments, but the man himself continues to look to the world around him to gauge progress.

"Things have changed, but I think we'K still in the same position. Society still suffer

from racism and discrimination. But I think we're taking more of a direct route than we did before," he says. "We have diversity classes in our schools now. We have people who are working in different jobs, more jobs. Today, you can go to the Maine Medical Center and you can see a black nurse or doctor where before you couldn't.

It is a completely different world titan when I was coming along."

Talbot chooses not to mention a further honor he is earning this summer.

"We intend to rename Luther Bonney Auditorium in honor of Gerald Talbot in order to assure a permanent place on our campus for this important figure in Maine's history," says USM president Richard Pattenaude.

"We will renovate it this summer and dedicate it in early fall so that all students and the community' can participate."

The African American Collection of Maine is located on the sixth floor of Glickman Family Library at 314 Forest Avenue in Portland. Reading room hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call 780-4275 for more information.

"I couldn't be more proud of the collection," Talbot says, "but it's even more important to remember that Maine's AfricanAmerican history is everywhere, evolving and new, not just piles of paper in those library stacks."

Outwardly' yes, but Talbot does admit to sometimes losing himself between his very' vivid current activities and those piles of paper. He's halfIway' out the door when he laughs, "I was looking for my old Army dog tags the other day; For some reason 1 just woke up thinking, 'Where are they?'

"I was in the Army in 1954—Thule, Greenland, at the top of the world. There was nothing up there but frozen tundra and a beer hall, a movie theater, and a dance ball—with no women! Imagine being up there for a whole year. Talk about being on ice-it gets to 50 below up there."

So, the dog tags? "I was looking all over for them, and then I remembered-half my' life is over in the Museum." ■

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or years I've lived and worked on the windswept summit of 6,288foot Mount Washington, New Hampshire. You could call it the peak of my career, or the coolest job in the world. You could even say that my job is a breeze. (Mount Washington is famous as the site of the world's fastest surface wind.!

All I have to say is that I'm having an ice time. Technically my job is to watch the weather. But daily duties also include rescuing lost hikers and giving directions to the thousands of tourists who visit the mourtain each year.

Tourists are affectionately nicknamed "goofers" by the rangers, guides, and meteorologists on the summit. When a tourist has a question, the weather observatory or the state park rangers' desk are the first places they go. The funniest questions get written down and circulate amid gales of laughter (Force 10) during off-hours.

"Do you ever get moose up here?" one

The Northern Lights cast an eerie glow that makes the Mount Washington observation tower (left) resemble Macbeth's castle.

man asks. Yes, sometimes, the ranger on duty answers. The man pauses, then says, "How do you get them up here?"

One foggy day, a hiker staggers up to the summit, wearily drops his pack by tire xisitor's center door, and asks, "Is this tire bottom?"

A second sightseer wonders, "Is the summit on top?"

"This is my first time up Mount Washington. What do I do now?"

"Is the trail to the bottom downhill?"

"Does the wind ever get so strong that you won't let people under a certain weight out of the building?"

'Are the hiking trails man-made?"

A narrow, 7.6-mile road up Mount Washington allows sightseers to reach the peak the easy way, without the sweat and effort of climbing up on foot. Each summer, the road brings a few people completely unfamiliar with the concept of hiking.

'How much does it cost to walk down?"

'Why does the road go so close to the edge?"

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"I'm not a hiker. Am I allowed to talk to you?"

"Do hikers walk up?"

"I hiked all the way up the yellow trail.

Aren't I entitled to a ride down?"

"I see people outside. How do 1 get there?’

"Who cut down all the trees up here: Was it for firewood?"

"Where does the air stop?"

Some tourists are literally lost causes. A

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Tve been keeping busy," he says with that familiar Maine accent. "I’m active in the church, the grange, the amateur radio service, and the amateur radio emergency service. I also wrote a book about my adventures and misadventures called Marty on the Mountain."

Folks with a hankering for Marty's signature broadcast can tune into ham radio. "Sunday mornings on the way to church, I check into the 12-county emergency net and give the weather report." Still hamming it up, Marty?

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One hiker came up to me and asked, "This is my first time up Mount Washington. What do I do now?" man inquires, "Which of those mountains out there is Everest?"

On a clear day, after a ranger explains to an admiring crowd that the visibility is 130 miles, allowing views of Maine, Vermont, Quebec, New York, and Massachusetts, a woman asks, "Can we see New Hampshire from here?"

"What's the name of this mountain again?"

In ancient times, people climbed mountains to ask the old, wise, long-bearded hermits who lived there for advice. Well, my colleagues and I aren't old, most of us aren't bearded, and 1 don't know if we're wise.

But feel free to ask us questions. Mount Washington is one place you can be sure that the answers, my friend, are indeed blowing in the wind. ■ ___ . . . .

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Portland has come a long way since the Eastland Hotel refused entry to Eleanor Roosevelt when she showed up with Fala, her Scottish terrier.

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icket curls up nose-to-tail by the door of Longfellow Books on Congress Street. She's a pretty fur ball of a dog with a vague heritage that has yielded gentle brown eyes and a sweet disposition.

Wicket is "a nine-year-old rescue," according to her owner, store employee Gabriel Haman. She's good for the soul, "but she's also good for business," says store owner Chris Bowe.

"We're an independent bookseller," Bowe says. "Wicket makes people remember us. They see her and come in to give her a biscuit. They bring their own dogs. People who work close by will actually pop in because they need a dog fix."

Longfellow Books isn't the only place in Portland to learn that good business may rely in part on a dog's smile. Besides the plethora of pooch stores and pet services available to roughly 2,100 Portland canines and their owners, many businesses bring Bosco and Fifi to work.

Maybe it's a need for comfort and security after September 11th. No one's exactly sure. But the May 2005 Killinger's reports a staggering reality. Not only do Americans own 73 million dogs, but this summer over 53 percent of hotels, inns, and B&Bs will welcome dogs as guests, a huge increase over previous years. With 63 percent of American households owning a pet, it behooves savvy business owners to swap biscuits for bucks. Beyond that, petting a dog lowers blood pressure, and area shop owners have begun to consider canines as mood enhancement in their retail settings.

Portland and its surrounds have decidedly gone to the dogs.

We like to take him to East End Beach, Mackworth Island," says Jasper Rice, a

Portlander, who along with his wife, Genevieve, are eating lunch at an outside table at Federal Spice with their basenji, Brody. "There are dog parks, great dog shops, dog owner events," Rice says.

"Practically everyone we know wants or has a dog."

Although Portland is urban in nature, nature defines urban Portland.

This laid-back atmosphere is essential to the demographic sea change we're seeing here.

For travelers who desire to take their dogs a-seafaring on Portland's Casco Bay Lines ferry service, employee Caity Baker says that all ferries will carry pooches over the bounding waves to all of the islands they service.

"There's a $3.25 round-trip fee, and all dogs have to be leashed," she says. "Small dogs in a crate ride free."

Baker says the ferry' line also offers commuter packets to island residents and others who bring their dogs back and forth on a frequent basis. A five-round-trip packet costs $11.25 and applies to all islands.

Occasionally' ferry employ'ees bring their own dogs to work, according to Baker. "One deckhand [Gretchen Frank] brings her husky' sometimes. She ties him to the top deck of the Maquoit II when she's working."

A container of dog biscuits sits near the ticket window near Baker as she talks. She

smiles and says, "We have regulars who know just where the biscuits are. They'll run right to them when they get off the boat." She loves all the dogs, but the puppies might have an edge in her heart.

Portland summer resident Sarah Thompson, who is owned by yellow labrador retriever Michael, says, "One of the major things I like about Portland is the dog friendliness. We particularly like eating outside at Natasha's. We also like J's Oyster Bar, a stone's throw away from where we live at Chandler's Wharf. Someone from the wait staff always runs over with a bowl of water and some dog cookies.

"At the end of our first summer in Portland, I took Mike to Fore Street to say goodbye. Everyone fell all over him, saying things like, 'I will miss him so much.' I finally said, 'Hey, I'm leaving, too!"' Betsy's, Helene's, and the Lilly' Pulitzer store stand out in Thompson's mind as particularly friendly places. "I used to talk politics with the store manager while Mike took naps under the dresses and pants."

On Exchange Street, a big-boned, ample English bulldog puppy named Augie trundles along behind his owner, Jerry' Rosencranz. Augie isn't built for speed, which gives several pedestrians time to bend down and rub his head as he and Rosencranz make their way' to their destination, Amaryllis. Inside the store, Augie gets more love and a couple of cookies. Several people stand around and marvel at Augie's Churchill-esque features while Rosencranz

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"It's dog mad," agrees Pattie Fasold. who works at Amaryllis. "I don't know of anyone up and down this street who doesn't allow dogs in their store. I'd much rather have a dog come in than have them sit outside and bark."

Amaryllis owner Susan Bergier often brings her dog, Tula Marie, to work. On warm days, Tula Marie can be found out front soaking up the sun. Says Fasold, "In the summer, Tula Marie is a welcome sight to tourists who may miss their dogs."

While visitors may leave their dogs home for many reasons, more travelers take their dogs along. It's true in Portland, and it's true up and down the coast.

The Hounds Tooth Inn in Kennebunk not only caters to travelers with dogs, they built their business around them. Innkeeper Randee Perkins named the Kennebunk attraction after the otterhounds and Welsh hounds she and her husband, Norm, adopted in Wales. "We lived in England for two years," Perkins says. "There, they take their dogs everywhere. In pubs, it's common for a water dish to be available for visiting dogs. We wanted to give back the enjoyment we got there, over here."

The Perkinses remodeled their 1843 farmhouse into a four-room B&B, each room pet-friendly.

"We have four containers of biscuits in the kitchen, and we let the guests bring everything else. 1 do it the way we traveled One guest who had never traveled with a pet before commented on how many more people he met because of his dog. We don’t really care about market niches, we just want people to be able to travel with their pets and have a good time."

Nancy Gray, one of the owners of the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, likes having four-footed guests as well."It's a coming trend," she says. "It's a market you'd like to capture." The Harraseeket started taking dogs about six years ago. "We tried it in Connecticut first then gave it up for awhileBut I found myself sneaking my dog into hotels. You know; you love your dog and it's your constant companion. So, we started it up here." Gray, a lover of 'pound puppies,' reserves eight rooms in one building in the inn complex to separate the dogs from visitors with allergies. "But having the dogs is such a positive thing," Gray says-

"People meet on the grounds and talk about the dogs, and the next thing you know, they're chumming and eating meals together. It's an icebreaker."

Many hotels and inns not only accommodate Fido, they roll out the red carpet for canine clients to roll around on. This includes the venerable Eastland Park Hotel on High Street in Portland.

The hotel has come a long way since refusing Fala, arguably the most famous presidential pooch. Fala, a Scottish terrier owned by Franklin D. Roosevelt, was traveling with Roosevelt's widow, Eleanor, in 1946 when the brush-off occurred. The peeved Eleanor went elsewhere that day, but in 1961, the Eastland-then the Eastland Motor Hotel-reversed course and welcomed Charlie, an ordinary 'beagle-ish" dog, as the first canine to curl up in one of its rooms on record.

Jump to 2005, and a rejuvenated Eastland Park Hotel, far from dissing Fala, takes a much more democratic view of dogs, to wit the doggie packet given out at tine front desk with a letter from the general manager's dog, a German shepherd named Zoe. Dogs chow down on organic pet treats baked by Portland's Doghouse Kitchen. A room menu features drool-worthy items such as Barking Grilled Chicken Breast, sliced and mixed with peas and carrots. Walking services are provided. Four-legged friends fare 'veil, for a one-time staying fee of $25.

"It's a huge market segment," says Kathleen I’acella, the Eastland's revenue manager. "It brings in a special group of customers. People are waiting until later in life to have children. Many of these people have pets and they like to travel. Being a grand old downtown hotel makes it special, and brings us repeat business. And those customers spread the word."

A guest brought his dog to the front desk one evening while he went out, Pacella says.

He didn't want to leave him alone. 1 stayed a couple of extra hours just to hang out with this great dog. That guest was so pleased that he told us he would be 'talking to friends.' things like that bring us big benefits."

Across the Casco Bay Bridge at the Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth, Laurie Inness, director of sales, says that a corporation has feserved several rooms for October because they can bring their dogs. "Twenty-two of °ur 43 rooms are pet-friendly," she says.

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Having the dogs around has really ip. creased morale." The Inn hasn't always taken dogs but began to allow them 13 years ago, Inness says. "The owner, Maureen McQuade, came up with the idea that people don't leave their kids at home. Whv should they leave their dogs at home’ Gregory Peck brought his dog from California," Inness says.

"Once we had a doggie birthday part with a cake made by Fetch. We also had someone book a wedding here because their dog was going to be part of the ceremony."

In their doggie packet, the Inn refers to its dog guests as 'our little people in fur coats.' Employees greet each dog by name upon arrival with its owner. Pal and Buster are treated to their own dog dishes, bones and beds; dog-sitting, walking, and grooming are available.

Most hotels and innkeepers expect lapses in manners-and accidents-and charge a housekeeping fee in advance. But it's worth it all around.

Pat Duprey, manager of the Inn at St John, relates one such adventure. "A dog came down the stairs one Christmas ano lifted his leg on the newly put-up tree," she says, laughing. "But mainly, the dogs are great. Most people who have dogs are wellbehaved, and so are their dogs. And they bring us repeat customers."

Elizabeth Andrew's, owner of B&S Andrews on Auburn Street, has operatec her business for 14 years. Andrews's husband is a veterinarian, and they supply biscuits and toys free when the dogs arrive "We had a dog make a mess of a room once but it was because we hadn't warned the owner not to leave it alone before getting it used to the new environment." B&B Andrews has housed-besides dogs-parrots, cats, and ferrets. "We love animals, Andrews says.

Meanwhile, back at Longfellow’, Wicket sleeps on. Gabriel Haman calls her name and she lifts her head for a minute before she puts it down, sighs, and returns to her dogfilled dreams. She has no idea she's a star "People miss her when I don't bring her in, Haman says. "I have to have someone bring her in here when I go on vacation."

"Sometimes I have to go pick her up.

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o state could be further from the Hollywood film industry than Maine. Nor could two parts of the country’ be more disparate in their cultural fabric. Yet Maine stars in mamfilms or smolders beneath the surface of many storylines.

Beyond the personal connection-John Ford, one of the greatest directors in American cinema, was from Portland; Tony Shalhoubk a ,USM theater graduate; and, of course, Stephen King's works have been turned into innumerable screenplays and made-for-TV movies-there's just this thing about Maine.

There is undeniably a 'here' here, even when it isn't here, if you know what I mean.

The Maine Film Office, established in 1988, continues to promote Maine to the film industry. Northeast Historic Film Archives preserves films about Maine and those made in Maine. The Maine International Film Festival attracts industry insiders to Maine each year. MovieMaker, a magazine about professional filmmaking, garnersan international readership and is published in Portland. The corner of Hollywood and Maine is not as mystical as it appears.

Here are 50 films that have some sort of connection to Maine-they were shot on location here, had characters from here, had Maine stories, had some sort of connection with this fair state.

Lists drive everybody crazy for at least two reasons: (1) implicit in lists is rank ordering ("How could you have possibly rated Shawshank Redemption higher than Caronsel-have you lost your mind?!") or (2' there is an omission so obvious that hackles are raised from Kittery' to Jonesport ("You failed to include the 1901 classic short Codfishing with Trawl-what sort of film aficionado are y'ou?!").

Consequently; I humbly' apologize in advance for this ranking and all the films that were inadvertently' omitted. This a personal list-a list of films that I know to have Maine connections. There is no accounting for taste, heaven knows. Speaking of "heaven," that brings me to our first film.

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Leave Her to Heaven John M. Stahl, 1945 During the Golden Age of Hollywood, the major studios often gave their women actors the juiciest roles, parts that Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Claudette Colbert,

RESTAURANT and their peers could sink their teeth into.

In fact, one wishes to see the same caliber of roles privileged in contemporary' cinema where major roles for women are in short supplyGene Tierney received an Oscar nomination for best actress in Leave Her To Heaven, written by Maine writer Ben Ames Williams, in a stunning performance playing an obsessively jealous wife. She will not share her husband, played by Cornel Wilde, with anvone, even if she has to get rid of those who stand between her and her love.

What starts out as a typical romance-a serendipitous meeting on a train where a writer happens upon a gorgeous woman reading his latest book-ends in a whirlwind courtship when their destinations inadvertently land them at the same ranch in the Southwest. Psychological fissures in our beautiful, strong-willed, charming heroine present themselves almost immediately.

Her obsessive attachment to her father, who looks like Cornel Wilde (a Freudian field day here), has literally driven a wedge between her parents' marriage and the daughter/mother bond. Her casual dismissal of her fiance, played by Vincent Price, sends him descending upon the ranch to discover what is going on; he is treated coldly and cruelly.

She proposes to the writer, who is so smitten that he acquiesces without realizing he has been captured, tagged, and bagged.

One of my favorite scenes in the film is when the newly married couple heads for Maine, where he keeps a house named Back of the Moon on Deer Lake. They stop in to see his crippled brother at a sanatorium. Tierney appears in the office with the supervising physician, pleading with him to keep the brother where he is. The physician argues that such a change of scene, fresh air, and natural beauty' is just what the patient needs. The husband walks in and in one blink of those gorgeous eyelashes, she demands that tire physician release the brother into their care for he is so beloved to both of them. We, the audience, share the same reaction shot as the physician, "Duh!?!"

Gene Tierney's character becomes more and more malevolent as her true nature reveals itself; it is a multi-layered, fascinaHng portrait. The ending is shocking.

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Gene Tierney's family in the film is monied and prosperous, signified by their having a summer place in Bar Harbor. The authentic settings contribute to the characters of the film, particularly the two brothers, whose guileless, outgoing, and generous nature from growing up 'one with nature' on the pristine lakes and in the forests of Maine add to the dramatic ironv.

The Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont, 1994 Stephen King has to be acknowledged in am piece about Maine and its connections to films-, many of his works have served as adapted screenplays and made-for-TV movies. This is my favorite Stephen King film, based upon his novella, Rik

Hayworth ami the Shmeshank Redemption.

Andrew Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is a Portland banker sentenced to prison for the murder of hiwife and her lover. Did he really commit these heinous crimes? At his trial, Andy exhibits all oi the starchy mannerisms of a New England banker-his emotionless and reserved demeanor gets him sentenced. For the next 19 years, he doggedly endures the emotional and physical insultof incarceration while cooking the books for the warden. His is a story of that ember of hope in the human heart that is fanned by our determination and perseverance. An impressive diredorial debut by Darabont.

Judgment at Nuremberg, Stanley Kramer, 1961 What's the connection here between Maine and the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals in 1948? Spencer Trace' plays Chief Justice Haywood from Maine, selected for the tribunal sitting in judgment of four German justices accused of sentencing hundreds of innocent people.

Haenvood is the moral compass in the film; hibeing from Maine is integral to this. When he arrives in Germany, he is escorted to a mansion which will serve as his home during the trials. He is obviously uncomfortable with such lavish accommodations. When asked if he will feel comfortable there, he responds," I think the whole state of Maine would be comfortable here."

He chokes on the pomp and circumstance oi formality; this self-proclaimed "hick" would rather order a bratwurst from a street vendor and converse with real people than be a part of the soirees with the noblesse. His is a thankless position (one he is well aware of when they ask a Maine district court judge to serve on this tribunal) since the political climate turns and the LT needs Germany as an ally as the Cold War begins to take shape. However, his integrity and righteousness is unflagging. His "single human life speech is worth the price of the rental.

In The Bedroom, Todd Fields, 2001 The Fowlers typify the idyllic coastal Maine family-Matt (Tom Wilkinson) is the town doctor who would rather be fishing. Ruth (Sissy Spacek) is the school's choir leader; son Frank (Nick StahDis a college student home for the summer. A horrendous tragedy occurs when Frank falls for an older woman with two kids whose husband isn I quite reconciled to the divorce.

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SREATEHPORT! AND tion that naturally arises when a great injustice has occurred. Most Hollywood films depict the destruction of the bad guy in a penultimate climax where justice is meted out, and there is no uncertain moral imperative- just desserts are served. Here revenge is served up cold. There are no heroes, winner/losers, just tragedy and our helplessness. Filmed in several locations from Old Orchard Beach to Belfast.

The Grapes of Wrath, John Ford, 1940 For those who do not know the connection between John Ford and Maine, please go to Gorham's Corner in Portland and see a very impressive statue of one of Hollywood's most revered directors sitting in a director's chair. Even Orson Welles, whose ego knew no bounds, hailed Ford as the best American director. Any list considering links between Maine and the movies should consider at least one film from our native son, good old John Feeney, the pride of Portland's East End. Mv favorite Ford film is this one, an adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about the tribulations of the displaced Joad family making their way to California from drought-stricken Oklahoma in the thirties. My favorite scene-pure Ford-is when Ma Joad, in a part that earned Jane Danvell a best supporting actress Oscar-is in the back of the truck holding her mother, who has just expired, in her arms. Her face radiates with the sorrow and grief of all poor families, searching for a way to survive. The sound track is the men in the cab squealing, "Yippee! California!" as they cross the state line. This film earned John Ford an Oscar for directing.

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Peyton Place, Mark Robson, 1957 The director here, Mark Robson, is one of the most underrated to have worked in Hollvwood.

He consistently turned mediocre scripts into films with more emotional resonance than they deserved. Furthermore, he got some wonderful performances from his actors.

This film is no exception. Filmed in Camden and Belfast, it's a torrid soap opera based on the sensationalized book of the same name by Grace Metalious. A tale of secrets, incest, frustrated teens, bitter parents, suicide, murder-the phrase "Peyton Place" has become a term used to described a gossipy community where a veneer of propriety masks underlying scandal. The New England setting is central to the uptight, Puritan moral current that shapes the film; the authentic locations serve to reinforce where we are, the bedrock of prudery' and hypocrisy.

The film garnered nine Oscar nominations.

Lana Turner, cast as a woman who doesn't like sex, is beyond tongue-in-cheek; Hope Lange is luminous as Selena. Russ Tamblyn, one of Hollywood's most underrated actors, delivers here as well, as a smothered momma's boy. One recent critic of the film describes it as "so fifties you can smell the bad perfume."

Stand by Me, Rob Reiner, 1986 The Stephen King novella, The Body, is adapted here for a small film about boys' coming of age.

The performances from the four actors playing the group of the 12- and 13-year-old bovs (Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corev Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell) who discover the body of a bov " ho has been missing for days are fabulous. Rob Reiner captures the perfect mix of scary adventure and quiet reflection.

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■ SCREEN Homer (Toby McGuire) is an older orphan in remote St. Cloud, Maine, where he is an able assistant to the orphanage's resident doctor, Dr Larch (Michael Caine). When Wally and Candy come to the orphanage to seek an abortion for the pregnant Candy; Homer leaves with them to explore the world, to seek his destiny; 1 le takes a job picking apples at the family orchard that Wally runs. While Wally goes off to serve in World War II, 1 lomer and Candy (Charlize Theron) find romance. Wally' returns, a disabled vet.

Homer must evaluate how he can be of service, of need to his world-a basic premise which he uses to guide his life and which eventually brings him around full circle.

Who can ever forget Dr. Larch's fond farewell each owning after reading a bedtime story' to the boy's at the orphanage, "Good night, vou princes of Maine, you kings of New England!" Sand Beach in Arcadia and Bernard, Maine, were used as locations.

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This was Rodgers's and Hammerstein's favorite musical. However, it was a major disappointment at the box office, where it lost the studio a bunch of money; Filmed in Boothbay’ Harbor, the dark storyline is nothing like the raucous musicals these two songsters are noted for. In fact, regardless of such peppy tunes as "June is Bustin' Out All Over," this is one of the most atypical of musicals for at least two reasons: first, the narrative is tragic, and second, the protagonist (Billy Bigelow) is unsympathetic. Talk about deconstructing the musical genre for that time.

Having spousal abuse, murder, robbery; and teenage promiscuity as plot points keeps the buoyancy toned down. There is a heart-rending performance of "You'll Never Walk Alone" and the longest soliloquy delivered in a musical by Billy'. This is one of my' favorite musicals because of the risks it takes and the emotional resonance that results.

Nobody's Fool, Robert Benton, 1995 Based on the novel by' Richard Russo, Camdenbased writer and Pulitzer Prize winner, this is a small-town drama of blue-collar America. Paul Newman shines (and justly received an Academy Award nomination) as Sully; a flawed but amiable construction worker who, despite himself, begins mending his many broken relationships during the holiday season.

This is one of Jessica Tandy's last films; the cast is superb. The film contains one of the best comedic grudge matches ever recorded-Bruce Willis plays the owner of a construction company; Sully' is after him for a worker's compensation suit.

The Whales of August, Lindsay Anderson, 1987 Based on the Dave Berry' plav, this film is the story' of two elderly sisters, one loving (Lillian Gish), the other cantankerous (Bette Davis), who must decide during a summer in Maine whether to give up their ancestral home and move into a nursing facility.

Filmed on Chebeague Island, Maine has never looked more glorious. Neither has the superb cast, which includes Ann Sothern and Vincent Price in supporting roles. Gish, at 9/, delivers the oldest major film performance in history-a career that began in the silent era. To see the bristly Davis and Gish play’ing against each other makes this film an "event."

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Way Down East, D.W. Griffith, 1920 Here is an exciting and credible melodrama of the silent era that surprises with unexpected cinematic vitality and concludes with a skillfully edited last-minute rescue. It stars Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess (who were also paired together in Griffith's scathing social critique film, Broken Blossoms).

After an elaborate chase through a real blizzard, the heroine collapses on an ice floe moving rapidly downriver toward steep falls (actually Niagara Falls, cut into the sequence from stock footage). The hero emerges from the storm, leaps downstream from one ice floe to another, and finally rescues her on the very brink of the plunging falls. Whew!

On Golden Pond, Mark Rydell, 1981 This film is Henry Fonda's final screen appearance and the one he for which he won his first, and only Oscar. The setting for the movie is a summer home on a Maine lake complete with vast wards, the sun, and loons. Fonda plays the curmudgeonly patriarch of the Thayer family who is having a difficult time coming to terms with his own mortality. His grandson is dumped off in Maine; neither is too happv about it. Yet, somehow interpersonal edges are smoothed over, made over, and repaired.

His daughter is played by real-life daughter, Jane, and it is quite remarkable-considering their relationship in real life-to watch them play out those difficulties on the screen.

A Summer Place, Delmer Daves, 1959 This teen-angst film takes place on an island off the coast of Maine where two star-crossed lovers, played by Troy Donahue in his first starring role and Sandra Dee (who sheds her Gidget giggles and acts her head off), must deal with the adulterous relationships their parents are involved in.

I can still hear the "Theme from A Summer Place'' echoing throughout the desperation and melodrama. The song was a number-one hit in 1959. The dialogue is clunky, but the camp factor fora contemporary' audience is high.

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Man without a Face, Mel Gibson, 1993 This is tire directorial debut for Mel Gibson [see interview, Portland Magazine, September 1992], who would eventually' win an Oscar for his directing. The story' takes place in Maine, where a disfigured man takes refuge in his isolation aird reclusiveness. "Hamburger Head," as the locals name him, a former teacher, becomes tutor to a young man who wants to get into the same military school his dad did.

Amid wild rumors and stories, the outcast teaches this young man to set goals, to be tenacious, to overcome obstacles-life lessons that will take him a long way. Shot in several locations in hath, Brunswick, Cape Rosier, Portland, Rockport, and Rockland, this film depicts the insular, small-town mentality' that doesn't cotton to (or lobster for) strangers.

Belfast, Maine, Frederick Wiseman, 1999 The titles for Wiseman's documentaries say' it all.

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The Palm Beach Story, Preston Sturges, 1942 The connection here is with Westbrook's Rudy' Vallee, who gave the University' of Maine and the world "The Maine Stein Song." Vallee is

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The Aviator, Martin Scorcese, 2004 Alan Alda plavs Senator Ralph Owen Brewster (see interview, Portland Magazine, February/March 2005), a real politician from Maine, bom in Dexter.

The Academy Award nomination was well deserved; I hope Brewster's descendents aren't holding any grudges.

Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis, 1994 Okay, this is a stretch, but during the film when Forrest is in his long-distance running phase, he is shown running past Maine's Marshall Point Lighthouse. Implicitly; you can't show the United States without showing Maine.

The Hunt for Red October, John McTiernan, 1990 The idea of Maine as the ultimate place to disappear is underscored with the arrival of the submarine Red October "north of Searsport, Maine."

There is a wonderful shot of Alec Baldwin and Sean Connery' on the bridge along the Penobscot River.

Shadow of a Doubt, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943 Okay, so there is only' a reference in the film to Portland, but it is a pivotal plot point. The real serial killer is in Santa Rosa, California; Hitchcock tried to find the furthest and most remote place he could think of to send the FBI on a red herring search-yep, to us.

Big Night, Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci, 1996 Tony Shalhoub has to be here somewhere. For anyone who attended last y'ear's commencement at USM-whcre he was the honorary speaker-you heard him praise in no uncertain terms his undergraduate degree preparation in the theater department at University of Southern Maine. No L’SM, no acting career.

This is my' favorite of his films (although Galaxy' Quest is really' close, though his part is smaller). Two brothers decide to throw a big opening night for their Italian restaurant-Shalhoub plays the older brother, Primo; Stanley Tucci plavs the second brother, Secondo (of course).

The Dead Zone, David Cronenberg, 1983 Another Stephen King adaptation under the guidance of a master horror director. Not only' that, it's some of Christopher Walken's finest, and most disturbing, work. Tagline: "In his mind he has the power to see the future; in his hands, the power to change it."

The Breakfast Club, John Hughes, 1985 Okay, the connection with Maine is that Judd Nelson was born and raised in Portland, and this remains his best film. A Maine actor does good.

Heavy, James Mangold, 1995 Liv Tyler grew up in Portland-at least until she was She's named after Swedish actress Liv Ullmann hee interview, Portland Magazine, May' 2005]. There 15 such a sweetness in her performance as a waitmss who is the object of platonic love. ^e Living Sea, Greg MacGillivray, 1995 Adocumentary' nominated for an Oscar and nar-

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My Architect: A Son's Journey, Nathaniel Kahn, 2003 A documentary on location at Mount Desert Island about the experiences of the illegitimate son of world-famous architect Louis Kahn who takes to the road, visiting his father's buildings and old haunts.

Snow Falling on Cedars, Scott Hicks, 1999 Interesting Japanese/American love story set in the fifties. Portland Head Light is used as a location.

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Patrick Dempsey [see interview, Portland Magazine, May 2005] from Harpswell plays Meyer Lansky, part of a group of street hoods who go on to become crime bosses. This is an underrated film, his breakout role, and a standout performance. Also see his Sweet Home Alabama, where he plays a New England Yankee against Reese Witherspoon's southern charm.

Sarah Plain and Tall, Glenn Jordan, 1991 Glenn Close plays a New England school-teacher who answers an ad to become a farmer's wife.

Important in its portrayal of New England values, also shot in Stonington.

Casper, Brad Silberling, 1995 Filmed in Camden, produced by Steven Spielberg, backed by George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic for its special effects; there's a lot of Hollywood here.

The 12 Dogs of Christmas, Keith Merrill, 2004 Dogs and the true meaning of Christmas? Shot in Bethel and Portland.

Storm of the Century, Craig R. Baxley, 1999 Yet another Stephen King story set in Little Tall Island, Maine. Your back will ache just thinking about shoveling all that snow.

American Beer, Paul Kermizian, 2004 A documentary: five friends, one minivan, 35 breweries (Portland is one of the pitstops).

A New Leaf, Elaine May, 1971 Shot in part in Maine. Broke playboy' marries maladroit heiress and eventually' finds love.

Walter Matthau's delivery is spot-on: "The woman is feral."

Marilyn's Man, Schani Krug, 2004 Riveting documentary' about Marilyn Monroe’s first boy friend-tumed-husband and the secret life she had with him. Shot in part in Maine.

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Signs of Life, John David Coles, 1989 Filmed at the Gamage's Shipyard in South Bristol and various other Maine locations, this is a film about an aging shipbuilder whose family' business is about to close.

Iron Will, Charles Haid, 1994 Cross-country- dogsled race based on a true story Shots from Bingham, Maine.

The Myth of Fingerprints, Bart Freundlich, 1997 Family' reunites at Thanksgiving in Nc" England; filmed in Andover and Bethel. Rof Scheider worth the price of the rental.

V/ Bed and Breakfast, Robert Ellis Miller, 1992 Filmed in York, this is Colleen Dewhurst's last film. Three generations of women run a bed and breakfast when a mystery man washes up on shore.

Message in a Bottle, Luis Mandoki, 1998 Shot in Phippsburg, Bath, New Harbor, and Portland. It's wonderful seeing Paul Newman steal every scene he's in as Kevin Costner's father.

Head Above Water, Jim Wilson, 1996 The film takes place on an island off the Maine coast. A couple is vacationing in the wife's family’s home when disaster strikes: the ex-boyfriend is found dead next to the wife (Cameron Diaz) while the husband (Harvey Keitel) is away fishing-yikes!

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PetSematary, Mary Lambert, 1989 Strangely creepy story from Stephen King about a plot of land in the Maine woods that revivifies the dead...a newly relocated M.D. gets ideas about his dead son...

The Preacher's Wife, Penny Marshall, 1996 I usually hate when they remake films, like the 1947 The Bishop's Wife. Rent the original, but appreciate the fact that Marshall came up here to shoot some scenes at Deering Oaks and in local apartments, to say nothing about how man}' oysters she threw back at J's Oy ster Bar. Shadow Glories, Ziad H. Hamzeh, 2001 Shot in Lewiston. Story of a middle-aged, downand-out kick boxer who was once a contender for the heavyweight championship.

Jumanji, Joe Johnston, 1995 Shots from Kennebunk and North Berwick.

Robin Williams is trapped in a jungle board game. And they’ let him out?!!??

Thinner, Tom Holland, 1996 Stephen King (in a cameo as Dr. Bangor) makes sure that lawyers get what the}’ deserve. Can we 'knight' this guy? The movie was shot in Belfast.

Finding Home, Lawrence D. Foldes, 2003 Executron-type inherits B&B on a remote island in Maine and begins a journey of self-discovery.

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Creepshow, George Romero, 1982 This Stephen King tribute to E.C. Comics, pulp horror comic books of the fifties, is told in five tales.

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"We decide our lobster roll prices during the winter each year," says owner Martha Porch, who takes a no-nonsence approach to the scalar beauties out here on the Cape Elizabeth shore.

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ocean frontage, where Winslow Homer breakers smash onto the glacially attenuated rocks.

"Oh, yes, we get many inquiries about selling our lot. But what would we do without it? We may work long hours (60 to 80 a week), and we work hard (1,500 people a day in July and August), but it's just 30 weeks a year" in the most beautiful comer of the world. "We have 22 weeks off. It's worth it," Porch says.

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"I stop every morning to pick up fresh seafood-40 pounds of haddock at Merrill Seafood" for fish and chips, Porch says. "Our lobster comes from New Meadows, our crabmeat from Portland Shellfish."

Nice work. But how did she get it? "My parents were the owners of Leadbetter's Bakery and Catering Service when they bought the property in 1968 as a going establishment," for $7,562.50, according to court records.

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The shack, parking lot, and red-enammeled picnic tables are now grandfathered as non-conforming commercial propertv in a residential zone, with the rights to conduct business 30 weeks a year.

Porch, who has a degree in education, and her husband, Herbert Porch, a Maine Maritime Academy grad and marine engineer, bought the business from her parents in 1978. "I was pregnant with my first child when I started working for them," she says.

"Together, Herbert and 1, my son Jeff, and his wife, Katy; are the owners. Jeff bakes all the desserts with our family recipes. My granddaughter Olivia, and my daughter's boyfriend, James Boothby, work here, too. My daughter Michelle helps my parents, James and Ruth Leadbetter, run the gift shop."

Yes, all tine members of her family are still going strong. Maybe it's the air out here.

"People think we own the whole point.

But the Coast Guard actually owns the foghorn and the house across tire street. The rocky point jutting into the ocean is state park property," Porch say's.

Regarding the change of use diners constantly day'dream about, "You couldn't puta very big house here, because it has to be 150 feet from the high tide line, which is tire edge of the picnic-table area," she says.

You'd also have to contend with thousands of angry diners who consider The Lobster Shack heaven's half acre.

To be more precise, the lot size is .7-1 acres, assessed at $1.01 million. A nearby .68-acre lot with a 2,182 square foot home recently sold for $1.15 million, with the land assessed at $885,200.

Because the property' is commercial in a residential zone, realtors out here snacking on delicious fried clams can't help but speculate on the value here, giving estimates between one and three million, depending on how close to lunch it is. "Even if you couldn't build a house on it, it's a $3-million view," says Debi Dowd of Dowd Properties.

"The value? Gosh-it's priceless," says Rita Yamold of Bay Realty. "It's got to be in the millions. Where else could you find it It's irreplaceable, one of a kind, panoramic, sweeping, breathtaking."

"Employees who stay with us for five years or more get a treat in the dead of winter," Porch says. "We take them all to the Cayman Islands for a vacation."

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hen people come here, one of the first things they want to see (after a lighthouse) is a moose. Whether you're native or visitor, there's nothing like seeing a moose in the wild for the first time.

In 1976, I was 16, attending the Junior Maine Guide Program at Camp Natarswi on Togue Pond. The shadow of Mount Katahdin actually cooled us as we hiked about a mile from the gates of Baxter State Park. And there she mis, rising from the mists, a young cow off on the far side of the lake, her reflection rippling in the waters in the evergreens.

"1 have seen thousands and thousands of moose, arid you never lose that sense of awe no matter how many times you see one," says Sgt. Pat Dorian, a veteran of the Maine Warden Service who is stationed in Greenville. "When 1 see a reallv massive bull with 25 points and a spread of 60 inches, it is just so impressive. Mv sense is we don't see as many today as we used to, and I attribute that to lumber-cutting practices."

While we may not see as many moose out in the open since the banning of massive clear cuts, Maine still has a very healthy moose population, roughly 29,000 according to the Maine Fish and Wildlife department.

However, you aren't likely to see one (alice) in the Old Port. To see a moose, you have to head due north.

"I think the first thing people have to realize is that Bangor is not northern Maine," says Karen Morris, a moose biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife who is affectionately known as "the moose lady" by game wardens, fellow biologists, and other folks in the business. "To find moose, you need to draw a line stretching across Rangeley,

Jackman, Greenville, and up to Millinocket Drive north of that, pull over to the side of the road. Then open your eyes."

Timing is everything. While you might like to spend your vacation sleeping in, your chances of seeing Bullwinkle are diminished because all moose enjoy an early breakfast "Moose get out very early. You might see one in the middle of the day, but you're going to increase your chances early in the morning or at dusk," says Morris, in that gray half-light when moose and deer seem

WHERE THE MOOSE ARE (MAYBE) THE GOLDEN ROAD Stretching from the West Branch of the Penobscot River through Chesuncook Lake to Seboomook Lake to Hurricane Pond, a few miles from the Quebec border.

MOOSEHEAD LAKE Main roads and back roads, especially where logging has taken place a few years ago.

You can begin on route 6/15 in Greenville taking it to route 201 in Jackman and follow it to Sandy Bay township at the Canadian border.

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PITTSTON FARM Located off the Seboomook Road in Pittston Academy Grant (west of Moosehead Lake).

BAXTER STATE PARK Summer: Sandy Stream Pond (limited access); Stump Pond (limited access); Dwelley Pond, Tracy Pond, McCarty Field, Nesowadnehunk Lake thoroughfare, Russell Pond, and Turner Deadwater.

Fall: Nesowadnehunk Field, McCarty Field, Trout Brook Farm, Nesowadnehunk Lake thoroughfare, and Russell Pond.

ALONG ROUTE 11 and adjoining unimproved and logging roads, stretching from Brownville to South Twin Lake to Millinocket.

RANGELEY AREA Stretching from Route 4 to 16 West to the Canadian Border and other adjoining unimproved and logging roads.

OTHER MOOSE POSSIBILITIES Beaver Flowages and Swampy Areas. Logging Roads. Clear Cuts with young growth for browse. Broccoli Fields (Eastern Aroostook County).

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According to Morris, "being there" means being at a pond or other body of water through July, as moose have a weakness for tender, sodium-rich aquatic plants.

In August, they leave the water for the woods because their craving for sodium is pretty much over and they're looking for that magic patch of shade.

In late September and early October moose start moving around a lot more because it is rutting season. Bulls can be aggressive during the rut and they can mistake other things-like people-for moose.

Cows, especially with a calf, can be extremely protective and aggressive, so give all moose-bulls, cows, and calves-lots of room. Investing in a good zoom lens is much cheaper than a trip to the hospital.

In the early fall, the broccoli fields of Eastern Aroostook County stretching from Houlton to Presque Isle offer excellent moose-viewing, with good visibility because the land is flat and there are few trees.

Up there, a moose stands out like the buffalo on the nickel.

Nervous types might never see a moose, because you have to take your time and abandon your desire for tire result. "Set yourself on one of these ponds and wait-or you can canoe deadwaters-and wait. It also depends on if a certain moose is afraid of people."

Moose are famous for making cameo appearances where and when you least expect to find them. I remember an early summer evening a few years ago, when my husband, son, and 1 were at our camp in Medford (about 40 miles north of Bangor), sitting on the porch and barbecuing steak.

The sky was just starting to turn a soft pink as the sun began to set over the peaceful Piscataquis River. From our porch, we watched two eagles swoop and fly parallel just inches from the surface of the river as they fished for dinner. Oblivious to nature, we had A Prairie Home Companion blasting on our radio and we could hear Garrison Keillor crooning loudly from St. Paul. All of a sudden we heard a thrashing in the woods and saw’ a big bull emerge from the pines and the spruce, heading straight for our camp. Now, you might have thought that the loud music and the smell of beef cooking (and the smell of us!) would have kept that big ol' bull away, but the effect was just the opposite.

He approached our camp, stared at the

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radio for a moment-maybe he'd sent in his donation to NPR and never received the tote bag-and slowly just walked off. \\'e wrote him off as a carnivorous Norwegian Bachelor. I think he left because there weren't any powdermilk biscuits being served that evening.

More perilously you'll see moose at roadside. One evening we were driving 70 miles an hour on 1-95, nearing the Lincoln exit. There, only a few feet from the breakdown lane, was a young, indecisive cow.

She was either very brave or very suicidal to be so close to the rushing traffic. Maybe it seemed like a metal river to her.

Fortunately, this time, she decided to tum around and trotted back into the woods.

Car-moose accidents are all too common in Maine-resulting in four human fatalities in 2004, 17 since 2000-and oftentimes the moose isn't the only one who gets killed or injured. When you weigh a thousand pounds or more, small cars aren't very intimidating, even a Lexus.

At Baxter State Park, where your chances of seeing a moose are extremely' good, the moose have lost their fear of people. That's because of the great number of people who arrive by the car-full on their own or by' the van-full as part of moose safari packages.

Several places in Baxter are known for moose sightings and include Sandy' Stream Pond and the west side of Stump Pond.

"We're getting an overuse of the resources and now restrict parking passes for a certain number of cars," says Buzz Caverly, director of Baxter State Park. "We are conducting studies about the effect of crowds on the moose as well as the vegetation in the area that's trampled by moose watchers. People are treating wild moose like they're in a petting zoo. It has gotten out of control."

Since I avoid crowds and I like the thrill of the possibility of getting lost, one of my favorite ways to see moose is just to go scoutin.' That means we gas up the car and fill it with a cooler full of lots of food and drinks, emergency supplies, and an extra gas can, for "when you get turned around."

If you take this route, make sure you tell someone your probable itinerary, have a DeLorme map and a cell phone, and, along the way, stop off at the little mom-and-pop store and ask locals where the moose hang out. If you can laugh through the dry humor, they'll actually break down and be quite helpful.

The good news is, we have lots of secluded, wild places in Maine once you get 30 miles or so north of Bangor. If you see a swamp symbol on the map, you're getting warm. If you see a brightly colored tape at the end of a logging road, that means there is an active logging operation going on and 1 would pick another road if I were you.

Also, logging trucks on paper-companyowned lands always have the right-of-way and will take the right-of-way whether you yield it to them or not! Getting lost is also a real danger here, since all logging or dirt roads seem to look alike. If you're going to miss the moose, at least keep an eye on the gas gauge.

I remember going on such an adventure quite a few times when my' son was still a baby' and the walls of the camp were closing in on us. We were seldom disappointed on these scoutin' trips, because even if we didn't see a moose, we'd relaxed to the point where we'd always see deer, beavers, eagles, foxes, turtles, and grouse. I guess you can never really' find a moose without first letting the moose find you.

Our best chances of seeing a moose were on the Golden Road that stretches across Piscataquis and Somerset counties into Canada, as well as side roads that took us around Moosehead Lake.

Most importantly, these scoutin' trips got us out in the Maine wilderness, and when we did see a moose, it was like winning the Maine State Lottery' without having to pay income tax. ■ Cathy Genthner is an outdoor writer and a registered Maine Guide who takes people out scoutin' for moose. She can be reached at Riverbluffcamps@msn.com.

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waterlilies-before flowing into the Fore River.

The environs actually take on a glow.

You might even call it a parallel universe.

The similarity to Monet's Japanese garden at Givemy, 50 kilometers outside Paris, is nothing less than startling.

"And hardly by accident," John Swan says. "With Givemy in mind, Griffin created this studio, a secluded world of water lilies behind his house [now a 203-year-old culturally historic site]. He cultivated the lily pads, moved the studio closer to the water, and even cut unusual windows into the darkness of the studio so that they framed views of the living gardens outside that are artworks

themselves. See? The light jumps through them. When I stand here, I can feel Griffin right beside me."

Also not pictured: the ghost of Monet. ''The waterfall is identical to the one in Givemy, as are the weeping willows, the water lilies," Swan says. "Tire reflection of tire water is the same as outside Paris."

A stroll through these gardens adds a confirming note and just a bit more: it breathes with soul. Only a certain few together with the passage of time can create a sensation like this. And it is all the more fascinating when you consider Monet's and Griffin's love for this beauty are expressed in absolutely indi-

rridual styles.

"Certainly they' had friends in common, such as Jean-Paul Laurens [Griffin's friend and tutor at the National Beaux Arts School hr Paris], but I don't have any evidence that Monet and Griffin ever painted together," says Swan.

Postmodern painters might argue that both Monet and Griffin, in love with natural light, went to such unnatural lengths to create this sort of controlled beauty.

But the beauty returns here every morning, all tire same.

Tire house and the studio today are "exactly as Griffin left them," Swan says.

"Only the tree that was once next to Griffin's house is now a stump, which would have seemed a mortal loss to Griffin, who was world-renowned for Iris ability to paint, and respond to, trees. He was often heard to say, 'I bought the free-the house came with it!"'

Drawing inspiration from nature, Monet and Griffin interpreted the same objects with different brushstrokes. Now Swan has entered the circle. Each man's impression is as varied as the man himself.

In the dull haze of summer, the wonderful g world of water lilies irr Givemy is very simi- § lar to that in Stroudwater. This is something g that must be felt as well as seen. ■ S

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f you ask staffers at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife about Works Progress Administration posters, you're likely to get that deer-in-the-headlights look. However, if you ask about the Gee, Mister series of posters, they swell with pride. Maine artist Kiir Beck of Vienna, Maine, created a series of four posters showing sportsmen in a number of settings abusing our natural resources. In one, a little boy

confronts a fisherman who has fished out a lake and asks, "Gee Mister, will there be any left for me?"

Beck's dedication to protecting Maine's natural resources through poster art grew over time. Born in 1892 in Pittsburgh, he searched for his stars as a young man during travels to San Francisco and New York, where he was a classmate of Norman Rockwell in the Art Students League.

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During World War I he fought in the trenches of France, suffering the ill effects of mustard gas poisoning. It must have felt like being in a moving picture for Beck to look up from his hospital bed to see lovely Blanche Siske looking down at him.

"Not only did she nurse him back to life, she became the love of his life," says Larry Bacon, director of the Kennebec Historical Society and an authority on Kiir Beck who keeps in contact with Beck's surviving 82year-old nephew.

"The couple married and settled in New York," but the war had penetrated too deeply into their shared experience and soon they found themselves "in search ofa quiet place where he could pursue his art and she her weaving."

In 1926, the couple bought a 19th-century cape cod in Vienna, Maine, and plank-byplank transformed it into a Tudor Elizabethan masterpiece, operating a sanctuary on its forested grounds for injured and orphaned whitetail deer [listed on the national historical register, it tragically' burned in 2000]. In this sylvan demesne, Beck began to work, not as an artist, but as an architect.

Commissions fell like the stock market in 1929, so the dispirited Beck family had to leave Maine in search of work. At the end of the breadlines, Beck discovered the W.P.A. "Like everyone, he was suffering," says Bacon," deepening the sense of loss that is detectable in even some of his most exuberant work. "In the early thirties he signed on with the W.P.A. and helped with the design of the Washington, D.C., zoo and the Key West aquarium in Florida. This awakened his passion in nature."

Making his way slowly back to Maine, Beck worked as an architect and artist for the state, including the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, while continuing to produce national art for the W.P.A. Up here in the north woods, he became a legend with his warnings of a lost Eden.

"I met Kiir Beck just once," says Carbone, a resident of Boothbay Harbor who worked for IFW from 1959 until 1998 as a photographer.

"He was a man before his time as far as the state of Maine is concerned. He silkscreened himself. I used to take those posters on the road with me when we did exhibits.

Collectors' reprints of Beck's emotioncharged "Gee Mister" posters are still available today' from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) as his

artwork lives on.

Beck worked actively for the state until 1959 and died in 1966.

Even though his canvas was fish, lakes, and trees, Beck's message was essentially social, says Dr. William Lemke, professor of American History at St. Joseph's College in Standish. "The art was very much influenced by Diego Rivera, focused on an extreme social consciousness-the heroic masses. Of course, that caused a big furor.

"Roosevelt said, T don't want a lot of voting enthusiasts painting Lenin's head on the justice building,"' says Lemke. But talented artists like Beck found ways to get

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their message across, in spite of W.P.A. guidelines "to stay away from revolutionary or controversial themes, gratuitous nudity, and excessively abstract work."

Many of the posters dealt with conservation, another major theme of the New Deal. In tire early part of tire 20th century them was a strong "back to nature" movement, as National Parks were created and hiking trails were blazed by tine Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

"Nature was chosen because they wanted to celebrate American culture and what is good about the country-including the parks. It reinforced a sense of nationalism," says Lemke. "This is the period of the CCC that put a lot of people to work. The posters tie into this because a lot of effort was put into the public park system."

"Posters hanging in 1936 were taken down within a few months and thrown away. They were ephemeral," says Earle Shettleworth, the director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission: "here today, gone tomorrow," like Maine's precious lakes and forests that Beck had the incredible foreknowledge to try to preserve. "Maybe that's why we prize them so much." ■

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For 30 years, Portlanders dreamed of creating the Gulf of Maine Aquarium here as a major attraction on the Portland waterfront.

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osh, this building is impressive. Miles of glass and granite, with soaring architecture, right on Commercial Street. With Portland's historic connection to the waterfront and all the tourism demand, this is going to be one heck of an"Don't call it an aquarium!" says Benjamin Slayton, donor and community relations manager for the newly renamed Gulf of Maine Research Institute.

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Herring, possibly the most populous fish in these waters, have contributed greatly to the history and economy of Maine. stations and control of their experience with 42-inch touch-screen plasma TVs. These stations interface with our Wizard computer, which pools the data into reports they'll develop further on individual web pages," GMRI's director Don Perkins says.

And what will our fifth- and sixth-graders be studying? The mighty great white shark? The elegant harbor porpoise? It unfurls like a scene from The Producers.

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That's right. The spirit fish of GMRI and the greater Portland area is the Atlantic Herring. Stretching to a full 17 inches and tipping the scales at up to one and a half pounds, this voracious planktivore will be Portland's finny' tour guide to the Gulf of Maine, “and only the first species of an educational interface in which we can cycle m new research."

There's a pause.

Perkins deflects any jokes, justifying the herring as the transcendentally logical choice. "It's the cornerstone species of the whole Gulf ecosystem."

Herring, possibly the most populous fish in Maine waters, have contributed greatly to the history and economy of Maine. In 2003 alone, 96,441,641 pounds of herring were harvested in the Gulf of Maine, with a market value of over $7.1 million. They add luster to our cosmetics, pungent smell to bait, and are eaten by just about even' commercially harvested fish.

"It's a good species to use because it's what the research scientists on staff here are studying," Slayton says. "They're herring people."

Yes, but are herring adequately dramatic?

"That's just it. How do you bring people j in from the street so they'll actually engage । [with the herring]?" Slayton says. "We feel the public is definitely ready for this. There's been a tremendous outpouring of support."

According to Perkins, "We received two bonds from the state, an R&D bond for $2 million, and a jobs bond for $3 million. We also received a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for $1 million, a grant from NASA for $1.8 [space herring?], a new market tax credit for $1.2 million, and then approximately $5 million in charitable donations."

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Mary Cerullo. Both were fervent supporters and grass-roots activists in the campaign for an aquari-er, research center-in Portland.

They've jump-started no end of fundraisers and awareness meetings toward this day. So what do they think about the new facility'?

"They dropped the ball, as far as I'm concerned," Maxner says of the shift in focus from an aquarium to a research center.

"When the Portland aquarium was originally conceived, it was a barge in the middle of the harbor. I was the education director in the mid-eighties. So many people donated time and money for it to reach the next level, and it never happened."

Maxner, who now operates North Atlantic Maritime Services, a boat-handling and charter company, feels the shift in focus from an aquarium to a research lab is unfortunate. "I've heard GMRI's motto is Research, Education, Community. Research

labs are fine," he says, "but that means community and education will always be secondary. You find yourself wondering, can't there be a place for Mr. and Mrs. Fish [popular marine educators Jeff and Deb Sandler]?"

Mary Cerullo, who developed curriculum for the erstwhile aquarium, sees GMRI as "an evolution." Having worked in the Mew England Aquarium in Boston, "I don't want the idea of a popular aquarium to be given up. Portland needs the presence of an aquarium in the community," she says.

"But the people at GMRI are excellent planners. 1 think they're taking this thing one step at a time, and I don't think the plan for a full-scale aquarium has been abandoned."

After 25 years of fundraising and dreamspinning, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute is finally here to stay. The way GMRI navigates through the next few years will define the way' this organization will emerge from the fog.

"It offers a chance for every town in Maine to send their students, at our expense, fora half-day' of full immersion in a userfriendly science lab," Don Perkins says.

"We have labs with built-in social spaces for forums, and meetings. We serve as a nonpolitical entity that seeks to work with the community while learning about the Gulf of Maine in order to become better stewards of it."

Slayton pauses a moment. "It's funny' how important these studies are. I mean these herring are [only a little bigger] than the anchovies you see on a pizza," he says.

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ill Holmbom from Monmouth says there's a world of difference between a traveler and a tourist: A traveler has more luggage and is likely to leave a tip.

In spite of this, every state in the union encourages tourism. If you own a bed-andbreakfast or a beer store, you welcome tourists. If, however, seasonal residents or tourists are not putting cash in your pocket, you might consider them unnecessary clutter on the highway' and saddle them with unpleasant names. These terms are kept pretty much underground, so as not to insult the money' bearers, but dozens of informants eagerly' contributed lexical items when I outlined the present project to them and then feigned an air of indifference.

Most everyone knows that the appellation for tourists one hears most often along the coast of Maine is "Souls from Massachusetts."

A friend in Portland says that a local folk singer has even written a song to the tune of Ghost Riders in the Sky. The chorus goes something like tlais: At every border crossing yon can hear toll takers say / Another hundred Mass souls in the State of Maine today.

When I was a small child, my father told me the first story' I ever heard about the people he called "Summer complaints."

Papa said that one of these Souls from Massachusetts, who was gassing up in Tenants Harbor, asked Alva Harris what Maine natives did when the tourists went home.

Alva said, "We fumigate."

In Wisconsin, tourists seen leaving their cars to wander out in the fields and thick

bushes are casually' referred to as "Berry Pickers." No one with a Maine mentality would give them that benefit of the doubt.

Which brings to mind a riddle one might hear whispered by' the y'oung and irreverent boys who tend shops in Camden: What do you call a pretty woman in Maine? A "tourist."

In July' and August, the only' two months that any'thing resembling a humanoid would

want to live in the state of Maine, Philadelphia's Main Line and New York's Oyster Bay people flee north to their 30-room Maine cottages. Back in the nineteenth century; those who flocked to Bar Harbor were called "Rusticators." Lately' they' are "Summercators" or "Summer complaints." In some quarters, however, they' are "Nose breathers," delivered with the same contempt that dinosaurs had for mammals.

One shop owner in downtown Bar Harbor refers to a tourist as a "Life support sy'stem for a credit card." Any' luxury car with Florida license plates he terms a "Hea-market-seeking missile."

Back before the fish factory' burned down, my' schoolmates from Port Clyde (formerly Herring Gut), the southernmost village in St. George, were "Herring chokers," or "Gut Squeezers."

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In the fall Maine is inflicted with "Leafers" who creep, creep, creep. When the foliage is at its peak, "Leafers" can gridlock Route One between Camden and Lincolnville. Later, in November, you'll hear, "If it's called tourist season then why can't we shoot them?"which brings up "Expendable."

Steve Thomas up at Colby says he's heard many a friend in the Damariscotta area refer to out-of-staters as "Cunners," those small fish that swim with the big fishes-running with a fast crowd, but not that fast themselves. "He's nothing but a Cunner." The internet explains: “Tautogolabrus adspersus. In many places, hordes of small cunners seem to drive away all the more desirable fishes. They are bold, aggressive, inquisitive and easily approached." Which reminds us of "Skukes," birds that move into other birds' nests, mess them up, and leave. Skukes, by the way, are tourists in a litter-trailing car.

Ed Hammond says he was standing by his car outside an eatery in Raymond when a local came up and, looking at his license plate, asked "You from New Hampshire?"

When Ed admitted that he was from Dover, the old farmer replied "Good, go to hell back!" Probably' thought Ed was a Skuke.

John, who should know, says that Chebeague natives call folks from the mainland "Dung eyes."

In Aroostook County', commonly referred to as "The County," those from away are called "City folks" or "Tourists" (pronounced "tore-ists"). These words are commonly spat out after the natives have their money. Up on the lakes one finds "The Cottage Crowd."

Down at Old Orchard Beach, our friends from Quebec are "Queebs." In Calais the people from New Brunswick are "Overhomers, "probably because many people have relatives in N. B. and go "Over-home" to visit them on weekends. Educated tourists are easy' to spot because they' can't pronounce Calais.

Natives living next to Loring Air Force Base called people from away "Wing nuts" or "Fly-boys." Around Colby one hears the term "Unfortunates." Camden and Bar Harbor have their "Cone Eaters." "Grockle," heard in Bar Harbor, is defined as a slightly dismissive term for a tourist.

"Grockle" has a nice ring to it, and we hope

that it might gain currency.

Yvonne says that after hearing her say something, an old gentleman in Ellsworth nodded and muttered the word "Strap."

Her companion, a native, later explained that it was short for "Straphanger." Any youngster listening might easily think it had to do with lobster traps strapped to the cars headed south, but the old fellow thought he recognized a commuter. Giant Davis, a Port Clyde native, says that in the 1930s his neighbors didn't complain about "Summer people": Tire natives were worse.

According to Giant, when members of a certain family were seen approaching a Martinsville store, the owner locked the door and hid upstairs.

To prove that not all the sources for this study are academics, please consider: "Outsiders," "Targets," "Brain donors," "Obstacles," and "Bear bait." "Transplants" or "Invasive Species" are those who weren't bom here but who have moved in. "Tourons" may be a melding of tourists and morons.

And finally, "Them" as opposed to "Us." Although the Maine vocabulary overflows with terms to describe "Them," Richard D. Warner says that historically most people from away are affectionately called "Employers": either "Sir" or "Madam," as tire case may be, as in, "May I clip your hedge, Sir?" or "May I freshen your drink, Madam?"

But what if a tourist really loves Maine, has a life-changing experience here, and decides to spend tire rest of his days here? One day he'll earn his way out of being called a summer person, won't he?

"A common case," Giant says. "You're talking about a year-round summer person." ■

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andy Johnson, the towering New York Yankee pitcher, stands atop a platform, scowling for a portrait.

Johnson has looked into more cameras than he'd care to remember during his bigleague career, but this session is special: The photographer is York, Maine-based Ozzie Sweet, the 87-year-old wonder whose professional career goes back to the early 1940s.

In fact, Sweet's first baseball portraits date to 1947, the year Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, the year Nolan Ryan and Johnny Bench were bom. "I was already shooting covers for Newsweek back then," he says. "They sent me to spring training to photograph Bob Feller. Ed Fitzgerald, Sport magazine's editor, saw my Feller cover and contacted me. He asked if I'd be interested in

shooting Sport's covers. 'I'm not a sports photographer,' I told him, but he said, 'Ozz, that's why we want you.'"

The result changed the way we look at, and think of, ballplayers.

From the late 1940s through the mid1960s, Sweet produced a steady stream of smiling portraits and "simulated action" shots of practically every top athlete of the era, from Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle to Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. He routinely accomplished 95 percent of his Sport work at spring training, leaving him around 10 months to concentrate on a more ambitious goal: "1 wanted to do covers for as many different magazines as possible," he says. "1 wanted to be a cover expert."

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and TV Guide, not to mention a smoky coterie of vintage rags such as Argosy, Collier's, Coronet, American Family Weekly, and Saga. In all, Sweet lias snapped more than 1,800 magazine covers.

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He still keeps his lens focused on athletes, too. For the past few years, Sweet has captured the arrogant shyness of a whole new generation of ballplayers. His 2005 sessions yielded not only his take on Johnson (for Sports Illustrated), but portraits of Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui, and Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees, and Jason Varitek, Johnny' Damon, and Terry' Francona of the Red Sox. These new images sparkle in the pages of his justreleased The Boys of Spring, subtitled Timeless Portraits from the Grapefruit League, 7 947-2005.

After all the places Sweet has been ("1 grew up in the Adirondacks and Connecticut, went to college in California, and have lived in three New England states"), it is Maine that he's found most appealing.

"This is where I wanted to end up," he says of his coastal home in York Harbor, where he and Iris wife, Diane, love their proximity to the sea. "It's a wonderfully creative atmosphere. We don't feel like we have to go anywhere, because we wake up and start every' day' in beautiful Vacationland."

How sweet it is, Ozzie. That's it, right there. It's high time you posed for your own portrait. ■

PHOTOGRAPHING THE FAMOUS Among the celebrities Ozzie Sweet has photographed during his long career is this group of luminaries: 1 Ingrid Bergman: "It was late 1946, and she was in a hit Broadway play, Joan of Lorraine. I had to go in [after a performance] and shoot a cover for Newsweek. Backstage, I put up a bit of a stage backdrop and had everything all ready for her. The whole session took just 20 minutes, and Ingrid was quiet-she didn't say more than a dozen words-but very pleasant.

She let me be the director. And gosh, she was very striking; as I think of her now, it takes my breath away."

■ Albert Einstein: "I photographed him for a Newsweek cover in 1947 and found him to be such a jolly fellow, with a very nice smile. I visited his home right on the Princeton campus, where he was teaching. He'd go to class in an old sweatshirt and busted-down Oxford-styleshoes, and he didn't worry much about a real neat haircut. In fact, I teased him by saying I noticed that the backs of his shoes were flattened, with no laces in them. I told him I thought ....the style gave him a certain Newsweek dash. He really cracked up and said they were more comfortable that way-"it makes them easier to get in and out of." Now, of course, those kinds of shoes are the most popular there are. Einstein was ahead of his time, even in that respect."

■ Grace Kelly: "I photographed her in the late 1940s; she wasn't famous yet, just a goodlooking young woman going to the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. A friend of mine who modeled was going there as well, and he brought her up to Connecticut, where I had my studio, and I took photos for her composite. In fact, she was the first person I'd ever photographed for a model's composite. She was very friendly. Later on, after she'd signed up with an agency, I photographed her a number of times. Some of those images were sold after she became Princess of Monaco, so when I got paid for those, I'd send a check to a princess-20 percent of what I got."

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ony Montanaro's death in 2002 signalled the end for the Celebration Barn theater he created, right? Hardly.

Today, owned by Carol Brett, this school for very physical actors attracts students from all over the globe.

"In the evening, I walk into the kitchen and there are four different languages at the same time," Brett says. "Students come from all over-the U.S., Canada, Asia, we have a couple from Australia, even the Philippines."

The drawing cards? An internationally credentialed faculty and the workshop size.

"Each one is very small-only 12 to 16 people-and [the curriculum] is left up to the individual instructor."

Louis Colaianni, "one of the best teachers of Linklater's approach to voice and language," teaches a class on How to Speak Shakespeare. Keith Johnstone, "the premiere improvisation teacher in the world," steeps emerging actors in that flexible discipline. — Maine's own Avner Eisenberg and J ulie Goell also instruct _ in the physical performing arts, 1 as does Tony's Montanaro's widow, Karen Montanaro.

So where do these students go after they graduate from Celebration Bam? "Up on stage. In front of your very eyes," says Brett.

"The majority of the performing artists in Maine have come from Celebration: Fred Garbo, Mike MicIon, Amanda Huotari-virtually a 'who's who' of performing artists who shape the theater Maine audiences see."

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but it's not just about the money. As Brett says, "The Bam is a unique place for our teachers, too. It is a rare thing for people to be able to come and do nothing but concentrate on the art."

Davis Robinson, chair of the department of theater and dance at Bowdoin College, talks about returning as a teacher to the place where he studied as a young man. "I went up the road to the barn after having been away for so many years, and it was the same, only better. It's great to come back. [Tire Barn] is an artistic ideal.

"1 remember, back in the early days, Tony's mom used to pick stuff out of the field [around the farm] and make soup out of it. [On my first night] 1 grabbed a room where it might have had hay [in it]!"

Now the Barn is making hay. "We have residential space to sleep up to 18 people in the barn," Brett says. "There is a house for the faculty. We have a big institutional kitchen and we hire a chef."

Is it any surprise' that a physical magician like Tony Montanaro could find a way to still be here when he's not here?

For Brett, the legacy is palpable. "He would accept 12 students in his workshops who were both corporate and professional.

He had the wonderful ability' to pull out something special in each person, to work with the individual performer at their level."

So, if you find yourself driving north through Oxford County on Route 117 this summer and want to visit a hidden jewel of Maine's world of performing arts, do what Montanaro did so many years ago and take a left onto Stock Farm Road just past Route 26 for some self-discovery'. While the Barn may look a little different than it did back then, the magic, passion, and vision of Montanaro remain firmly entrenched. As a mime, Tony' was never much for talk. But Celebration Barn is still walking the walk. ■ July 25-30: 'The Art of Storytelling," with Milbre Burch and Antonio Rocha-S700 August 1-5: "Remembering Tony," with Karen Montanaro-$250 August 8-12: "Improvisation," with Keith Johnstone-5700 August 14-26: "Eccentric Performing," With Avner Eisenberg and Julie Goell-$1,400 August 29-September 4: "Push Workshop," with Leland Faulkner and Karen Montanaro-5800 Visit www.celebrationbarn.com

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Barbara's Kitchen and Cafe, 388 Cottage Road, South Portland, across from the Portland Players Theater, heading to Fort Williams. Casual, creative, & modestly priced cuisine for intimate dining by sunlight for breakfast, candlelight for dinner. Vegetanans can savor our Eggplant Ravioli with a Roasted Red Pepper Cream Sauce. * 767-6313. www.barbaraskitchen.com Beale Street Barbeque, just over the Casco Bay Budge in the Knightville area of South Portland. Serving hickorysmoked and grilled meats, poultry, fish, and seafood as well as creative daily lunch and dinner specials. Full bar featuring Maine microbrews on tap. Reservations not accepted, children welcome, open all day, every day. 90 Waterman Dove, South Portland. 767-0130. www.mainebbq.com BintlifTs, 98 Portland Street, Portland. A long-favorite brunch spot with an innovative menu 7 days a week, from decadent to a more simple, traditional fare and healthy vegetarian.

Dinner reflects the warm edectic style of brunch, with a world menu that steps off the beaten path. A magnificent maple shelters the back deck. Brunch 7-2, dinner 5-9.774-0005.

Black Point Inn, Scarborough. Ocean views from our romantic, elegant dining room, library lounge, and brick fireplaces evoke old-worid ambience. Enjoy our wine list, expertly prepared cuisine, and holiday buffets. Every occasion is special at the Black Point Inn. Dinner nightly from 6:30, Sunday Brunch featuring the Tony Boffa Jazz Trio 10:30 to 1.

Library Lounge open daily 11:30 a.m. * 883-2500 www.blackpointinn.com Burger King: Hot & fresh food. Fast & friendly service always.

• 349 Alfred Road, Biddeford • 102 Main Street Gorham • Route 1, Kittery • 520 Main Street Saco • 1252 Main Street Sanford, have it vouh way* Cafe Stroudwater has been an award-winning local favorite for many years. Chef Paul L'Heureux features delidous local cuisine using local products based on the season. For a truly unique experience, reserve a "Chef's Table" where you and your guest will be seated nght in the kitchen while the Chef prepares your six-course meal accompanied by select wines. * 1050 Westbrook Street in the Embassy Suites, Portland. 775-0032.

Cinque Terre, Portland’s destination for authentic Italian cuisine. Located in the Historic Old Port Both d la carte and fixed-price menu selections available in a casually elegant setting. Sample our hand-made pasta, ravioli, and gelatos.

Enjoy the best local fish, meat and finest Italian wines from our Wine Spectator award-winning list. Summer patio seating, dining room open 7 days from 5pm. * 36 Wharf Street Portland, dnqueterremaine.com or 347-6154.

The Colony Hotel's Porch Dining Room. Oceanside dining with breathtaking views in Kennebunkport's premier resort. Don't miss our Napoleon of Lobster, layers of seared lobster and flaky pastry, two sauces of cognac and white wine; Twin Tornadoes of Beef, with Lobster Cakes and sauce Bemaise; and (new!) our Rack of Lamb, roasted with garlic Unforgettable dining. 140 Ocean Avenue, Kennnebunkport. 967-3331. www.thecolonyhotel.com DiMillo's Boating Restaurant at 25 Long Wharf off

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Commercial Street You can't beat the location for fabulous water views of Portland Harbor Escape the hustle & bustle of the dty. Watch the boats go by. Enjoy fresh Maine lobster yearround, steak, seafood dishes, & more. Open every day 11 am-11 pm. Children's menu available. For drinks & a lighter menu, try our Portside Lounge. 772-2216.

Eve's At The Garden, 468 Fore St, Portland, promises a unique experience and a fresh local approach to food. Chef Jeff Landry and his team utilize products from Maine's coastal waters and farms, such as jumbo diver-harvested scallops, Maine-raised organic pork, line caught Atlantic halibut. free-range chicken, and fresh Maine lobster prepared several different ways. Free valet parking. Lunch 11:30am2pm, Dinner 5:30pm-9:30pm. 523-2040.

Finch's Restaurant. Dublin native Johnny Robinson's ("Portland Restaurant LegencT-Portland Press Herald) place in Falmouth. Customers who know him from his days with Hugo's can still find his signature crab cakes and the "best Irish coffee in the land" at Finch's, 204 US. Route 1, Falmouth.

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Great Lost Bear. 540 Forest Avenue in the Woodfords area of Portland. A full bar with over 50 draught beers, predominantly from local micro-breweries, an enormous menu with soups, salads, sandwiches, steaks, a large vegetarian selection, the best nachos & buffalo wings in town. Discover where the natives go when they're restless! Every day 11:30am-l 1:30pm. 772-0300. www.greatlostbear.com.

Haggerty's 849 Forest Avenue, Portland. Brit-Indi cuisine at its finest! Don't miss Chicken Tikka (mild) for $9.50. Entrees indude nee & choice of: Seasonal Vegetables for $7.95, Chicken or Beef for $8.95, Shnmp for $9.50, Lamb for $9.50.

Selections indude Karahi Bhoona (medium), Ceylonese Korma (mild), South Indian Garlic Chili (hot), Masala (medium), Malaidar (medium), Jalfrezi (mild). Take-out only The perfect business lunch! www.haggartys.com or 761-8222.

Jameson Tavern, with a casual bar, lounge & dining room The building is the site of the signing of the constitution for the state of Maine when it broke away from Massachusetts.

Cassie preparations served in a graceful & elegant setting make this a fine retreat from frenzied outlet shopping. 115 Main St, Freeport * 865-4196.

The Kitchen, 593 Congress Street Portland. It's like the Greek Festival year-round at The Kitchen! Featuring authentic Greek cuisine, as well as wraps, subs, salads, homemade soups, and organic juices, with lunch spedals daily. Good food, fast-with art shows that change monthly. 775-0833 thekitch.com.

Lotus Chinese and Japanese Restaurant, 251 US Rt. 1 Falmouth, Maine (Falmouth Shopping Plaza) We feature full-service bar and lounge area, sushi bar, Chinese traditional food not available outside of Boston, friendly atmosphere and courteous service. 781-3453.

Maria's Ristorante. Owner/chef Anthony Napolitano offers Portland's finest Italian cuisine with an Italian wine selection.

Veal saltimbocca, fettudni toscano, zuppa de pesce, dassic Italian desserts, Anthony's own pistachio gelato. Lunch: S5-S8.

Tues-Fri, 11:30am-2 pm. Dinner: $9-$18, Tues-Sat from 5 pm. 337 Cumberland Ave, free parking available. 772-9232.

Montebello Ristorante, Route 302, Raymond, "Where Italy meets Sebago Lake." Our food is fresh, made to order, prepared with authentic Italian cooking methods. Our extensive wine list complements the culinary skills of chefowner Enzo Raggiani. Soups and sauces are homemade, as well as the pasta, breads, and pastnes prepared daily. Your dinner would not be complete without digging your fork into our tiramisu, a unique redpe brought straight from Italy! "6537400 www.montebelloristorante.com

Olive Garden is a family of local restaurants focused on delighting every guest with a genuine Italian dining experience. We are proud to serve fresh, highquality Italian food. We offer a comfortable, homeke setting where guests are welcomed like family and receive warm, friendly service. Near the Maine Mall, in The Shops at Clark's Pond. 874-9005. www.olivegarden.com.

O’Naturals serves natural and organic flatbread sandwiches, tossed salads, Asian noodles, soups, and kids' meals. Quick service, but our leather couches, wireless internet, and comfortable atmosphere will entice you to stay. Flatbread pizza after 4 pm and pesto chicken, roast beef, wild bison meatoaf, wild Alaskan salmon, and many vegetarian terns, something for everyone. Portland 321 -2050 and Falmouth 781 -8889.

Oriental Table, 106 Exchange Street in the Old Port in Portland. The menu sparkles with Szechuan Chicken, Orange Flavored Shrimp, delicate Pork with Ginger Scallions, "lighter side" menu, appetizers like Crab Rangoon or Scallion Pan Cake, tantalizing Egg and Spring Rolls, and soups. Daily luncheon specials from 11:30-2 and dinner. The enticing mixture of addicting spices and fresh ingredients is enhanced by our snazzy take-out containers. 775-3388. orientaltable.com The Pepperclub is a prize-winning restaurant ("Best Vegetarian" & "Best Value" in Frommer's Guide to New England) with creative world cuisine.

Slackboard menu lists five vegetarian, three fish, & three meat entrees, including an organic beef burger.

Relaxed, affordable dining on the edge of the Old Port w/free parking. Open nightly at 5 pm. 78 Middle Street. 772-0531.

SeaGrass Bistro, 30 Forest Falls Drive, Yarmouth, an intimate 40-seat dining room with an open kitchen.

Chef Stephanie's style of American Bistro Cuisine, with Asian, French, and Tuscan influences, consists of fresh local ingredients. Amongst her regulars, she is known for her flexibility of menu requests. The menu changes frequently. Open Tuesday-Saturday for dinner. * 846.3885 www.seagrassbistro.com Tandoor Restaurant, 88 Exchange Street, Portend. Fine quality Indian cuisine for a reasonable price. Huge selection of breads, chicken, lamb, seafood, and vegetable dishes, prepared for your own taste-spicy or mild. Voted top of Maine, 2001, 2002,2003. 775-42 59.

Thai Taste, 435 Cottage Road, South Portland. Just minutes from Portland and the only Thai food on the way to Portland Headlight. With a four-star rating in the Maine Sunday Telegram and voted "Best Ethnic Restaurant" by the CBW, Thai Taste offers the finest Thai cuisine around with fresh poultry, seafood, and vegetables. 767-3599. www.thaitastemaine.com.

20 Milk Street in the Portland Regency Hotel.

Spectacular cuisine, Old Port charm, & impeccable service in an elegant yet casual atmosphere w/fresh dinner specials from land & sea. Unforgettable house specialties—Seafood Fettuccine w/lobster, shrimp, °ab, & mussels; Steak Diane, & Black Angus Sirloin.

Also open for breakfast & lunch. * 774-4200. ’reservations recommended

La Bodega Latina Portland's international palate continues to delight.

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alt fish may surprise palates in the United States but it remains a Caribbean staple. The menu at Dominicancuisine-based La Bodega Latina at 866 Congress Street in Portland illustrates this, with an often-changing menu in this highly unusual, unbelievably affordable cafe sprouting from a groceria which is expanding to include an ever-growing catalogue of Caribbean foods.

On our visit we ordered just about everything beckoning brightly from behind the windows of the cafe's steam table.

The empanada ($1), a deep-fried pocket filled with chicken and veggies, and the Jamaica beef patty ($3) scored as wildly successful hits. Add to that the wonderful fried chicken, moist without a hint of grease, with a quarter-leg or a breast at $3, and drumsticks and wings at SI, and you have a gastronomic sensation.

For entrees we ventured into salted pollock stew ($6.95), served with perfectly cooked fluffy white rice, tasty red beans, and a fried plantain. The steak ($6.95), deliciously seasoned, featured tender strips of beef that were melt-in-yourmouth good, accompanied by the rice and sweet fried plantain.

All is served with great warmth and hospitality by Jasmine Duran, sister of owners Juan and Rosa Gonzalez.

We returned the next night to explore, and savor, the incredible stewed oxtail ($6.95 small, $8.95 large). The meat was as tender and flavorful as it gets! Another special was tripe stew ($6/$8).

Other choices included stewed goat, hen, or pig as well as the stewed chicken (available nightly, $5.95/7.95). 1 found the dishes all spiced to perfection, but my partner availed himself of the "incredible brilliant green habanero pepper sauce" that he found on our table. Almost before finishing dinner he rushed next door to buy two bottles from the groceria to take home.

According to CIA's World Fact Book, the Dominican economy has had "one of the fastest growth rates in the Hemisphere over the past decade." We are likely to witness similar statistics relative to the number of diners at La Bodega Latina over the next few months, if the Gonzalezes are able to sustain the miraculously low-priced menu.

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La Bodega Latina. Open Monday to Saturday, 11 to 9. 761-6661.

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I consider myself a musician first. In fact, 1 was principal trumpet player with the Utica Symphony Orchestra, earning my master's from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, when Phil Ramone [producer of Barbara Streisand, Billy Joel, and Chicago] taught a workshop in the school's recording department. Somehow, I managed to become Phil's assistant and eventually left Rochester to work at A&R Recording with him. Phil was my mentor-I couldn't have had a luckier start in my career. I started attracting clientele from outside the regular studio work. I could read scores and thus attracted classical companies like Nonesuch Records, one of my oldest clients.

What brought you to Maine?

I did mastering at three companies in New York. When I decided to start my own place I wanted to be somewhere I really loved.

My original partner decided to move to Maine and my parents lived 120 miles up the mid-coast. I'd visited them up here for

30 years, so it seemed like a dream come true to move here. For most of my career, mastering included cutting discs on a lathe, but due to the compact disc's dominance over the vinyl disc, it was finally possible to open a facility without offering that sendee.

Who have you been working with recently?

We finished the new Bruce Springsteen record, Devils & Dust. He was here for two days, working hard. The new Beck record, Cuero, is a masterpiece. Rob Thomas's new solo record will be a big international hit. \'ew Wallflowers, Sugarland [country], and a big re-issue of the old Cameo-Parkway singles for ABKCO-artists include Bobby Rydell, The Orlons, and Chubby Checker.

Believe it or not, this will mark the first time the original Chubby Checker hit "The Twist" will be officially' available on CD! You have to have a favorite finished product.

When I did the first live Bruce Springsteen album, Live 1975-1985, it was the first album to debut on the charts at No. 1 in almost 10 years. 1 was out in LA the day it came out, and people on the Hertz rental car bus between LAX and their office were all talking about it. Few records have had the special kind of impact this one had. Then there's The Band's second album, Led Zeppelin's second album and Houses of Holy, Jimi Hendrix's Cry of Love, and the Janis Joplin single "Me and Bobby McGee."

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Visiting artists must feel a bit self-conscious, and certainly vulnerable, during this process.

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s on Galleries Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor. Bar Harbor's

Legacy of the Arts Week June 10 to 25, "Mocotaugan: The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife" through December 31. 2883519 or www.abbemuseum.org Acadia National Park Museum, Bar Harbor

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Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection through July 2. 797-7261 or www.une.edu/artgallery/ Aucocisco Gallery, 615A Congress Street and at the Eastland Park Hotel. Bernard Langlais through August 27, followed by Todd Webb through September 24 at the Congress Street gallery. At the Eastland, Katherine Pavlis Porter continues to July 23, Francis Hamabe August 5 to 27, Vincent Hartgen September 1 to 24.8742060 or www.aucocisco.com Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston.

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art,

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Portland. Group Show continues. 874-8084 or www.forestreetgallery.com Greenhut Gallery, 146 Middle Street,

Portland. Margaret Lawrence through June 25, Alison Goodwin June 30 to July 30, Sarah Knock August 4 to 27, Thomas Connolly September 1 to October 1. 772-2693, or www.greenhutgalleries.com Highland Artworks Gallery, 614S Congress Street, Portland. Designs in Weaving through July 30. 774-8802.

ICA at Maine College of Art, Congress Street, Portland. MFA Faculty Exhibition through August. 879-5742 or www.meca.edu Jameson Gallery, 305 Commercial Street,

Portland. Group show July 1 to August 6, Brita Holmquist August 8 to September. 772-5522 or www.jamesongallery.com June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 112 High Street

and 522 Congress Street, Portland. High Street: Works on Paper-Group Exhibit through August.

Congress Street: Duane Paluska through July, group exhibit of paintings and sculptures July and August. 772-1961 or www.junefitzpatrickgallery.com Leighton Gallery, Parker Point Road, Blue Hill.

William Irvine, George Hamilton, Cabot Lyford, Bernard Langley, Cynthia Strout, Elizabeth Ostrander. 374-5001.

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If you love Maine, why take home memories of Taiwan?

Museum, 58 Fore Street, Portland. Featuring :he only Maine two foot gauge parlor car, this museum is open daily. 828-0814.

Maine State Museum, 87 State House Station, Augusta. Maine Bounty: Woods, Sea, and Granite, Struggle for Identity, and Reflections of Maine continue. 287-2304 or 7ww.state.me.us/museum/

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Maine Women Writers Collection, Westbrook College Campus, University of New England, Stevens Avenue, Portland. Includes over 4,000 volumes on Maine woman writers, as well as correspondence, photographs, personal papers, manuscripts, artifacts, and audio recordings. 797-7688, ext. 4324.

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Falmouth. The Art of Monhegan Island July 14August 28, Stephen Pace August 11 -October 16.781-2620 Museum of African Culture, 122 Spring Street, Portland. "Spirits of Igbo Tribe" continues. An evening of drumming and chanting on First Friday Artwalk 5 to 8 p.m.

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Shore Road, Ogunquit. Emily Mason, and ‘Diminutive Destinations" July 1 to August 24, Edward Hopper July 1 to October 15 'Photographs from the Associated Press Archives" August 29 to October 15. 646-4909.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard

Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Fur clothing, snowshoes, pickaxes, a sledge that Peary took to the North Pole, as well as Eskimo artifacts, ivory and soapstone carvings, the full-size skin kayak that MacMillan encountered on his arctic explorations. 725-3062 Penobscot Marine Museum, 5 Church

Street, Searsport. Eight National Historic Register Buildings and the Stephen Phillips Memorial Library Furnishings, artifacts, ship models, paintings, photographs, China Trade art, works by father and son Thomas and James Buttersworth. 548-2529 or ww.penobscotmarinemuseum.org Portland Harbor Museum, at Spring Point,

Southern Maine Technical College, Fort Road, South Portland. Maritime history museum of Portland Harbor and tours of Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse. Open every day, from 10 a m. to 4:30 p.m., through September. 7996337 or www.portlandharbormuseum.org Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress

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is a special event to benefit Camp Susan Curtis, which offers disadvantaged Maine children a tuition-free outdoor learning experience.

Stephen Lord, Conductor Dona D.Vaughn, Director Kate Aldrich Richard Troxell Sandra Lopez Franco Pomponi Jeffrey Wells David Won Brian Dore Philippe Castagner Hae-Jung Shin Nicole Ameduri

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to register or for a free brochure to find out more. Space is very limited.

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Susan Curtis Foundation P.O. Box 821, Portland, ME 04104 www.susancurtisfoundatiomorg

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Saco Bay Artists Gallery, 22 Washington Avenue, Old Orchard Beach. Works of local artists. 934-3050 or 793-4659.

Saco Museum, 371 Main Street, Saco. John Brewster, Jr. continues. 283-3861.

Seashore Trolley Museum, Log Cabin Road,

Kennebunkport. National Collection of Historic American Streetcars. 967-2712 Shaker Museum, 707 Shaker Road, New Gloucester. Workshops, crafts demonstrations, tours, and exhibits. Annual concert by the Portland String Quartet 7 p.m. July 23. 9264597 or www.shaker.lib.me.us University of Maine Museum of Art, 40

Harlow Street, Bangor. Norma B. Marin Collection of Maine Art through July 2, Ansel Adams July 15 to October 8. 561 -3350.

Enjoy the beautiful beaches of Southern Maine and one of the most challenging golf courses in New England...

Wiscasset Bay Gallery, 67 Main Street, Wiscasset. Monhegan artist Edmund F. Ward opens July 2,19th and 20th century European paintings August 13 through October 7. 8827682.

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Stay & Play package. Head out on the Sable Oaks 18-hole golf course defined with five par threes and seven par fours.

Then relax poolside at the Marriott, take in a hot tub and sauna or head to

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one of the nearby beaches or to Freeport for some great outlet shopping and a visit to LL Bean.

Bates Dance Festival, Bates College, 163

Wood Street, Lewiston. Northern Thirteen July 16 to August 13, Youth Arts Program and Community Dance Project. 786-6381 or www.bates.edu/dancefest

The Marriott is conveniently located just minutes from the Old Port, Sebago Lake, Portland Headlight, and Maine

Portland Ballet, John Ford Theater, Portland.

Children's Museum.The hotel is nestled

Dances scheduled August 19-20. 772-9671.

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Arundel. Sisters of Swing: The Andrews Sisters Story June 14 to 25, Hello Dolly! June 29 to July 16, Sugar: The Some Like it Hot Musical July 20 to August 6, Lend Me a Tenor August 9 to 20, Pete 'N' Keely August 23 to September 3. 9855552 or visit •vww.arundelbarnplayhouse.com

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Belfast Maskers, Belfast. A Voice of My Own June 16 to 26, On Golden Pond July 28 to August 14, Medea September 22 through October 9. 338-9668 or www.belfastmaskerstheater.com

Sable Oaks Golf Club 207-775-6257 For reservations or to book your Stay & Play Package please call: 1-800-752-8810 www.sableoaks.com

Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden. Three-story Victorian opera house hosts musical, comedic, and theatrical

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productions. 236-7963 or www.camdenoperahouse.com Children's Theatre of Maine, 317 Marginal Way, Portland. The Children's Suessicaljhe Musical July 6 to August 6. 828-0617 or www.childrenstheatre.biz Community Little Theatre of LewistonAuburn, Great Falls School, Auburn. I Hate

Hamlet June 3 to 12, Fiddler on the Roof August 19 to28. 783-0958 orwww.laclt.com Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar

Harbor. Live music, movies, and theater productions year-round. Call 288-3441 or visit www.criteriontheatre.com Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Centre,

Harrison. Sebago Long Lake Music Festival Tuesdays July 12 to August 9, Children's Wednesdays June through August 3, Harrison Old Home Days July 13 to 16. Sixth annual theatre festival features The History of America (Abridged) August 11 to 12, Cliffhanger August18 to 19, Marriage Play August 25 to 27, Sight Unseen September 1 to 4. 583-6747 or www.deertreestheatre.org

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Freeport Community Players, South Freeport. Anne of Green Gables July 21 to 24 and August 5 to 7 at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, Freeport High School. Children under 6 admitted free. 865-2220 or www.fcponline.org Gaslight Theater, Hallowell. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying June30 to July 9, Dinner With Friends September 1 to 10.

626-3698 or www.gaslighttheater.org Hackmatack Playhouse, Route 9, Berwick.

The humble Farmer June 25, Footloose June 30 to July 16, Sherlock's Last Case July 20 to 30, Cabaret August 3 to 13, Seussical August 17 to 27, The Medium September 2 to 3. 6981807 or www.hackmatack.org Lakewood Theater, Skowhegan. Around the

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Clock June 2 to 11, Something's Afoot June 16 to 25, The Canterville Ghost June 30 to July 9, Silent Laughter July 14 to 23, The Ramplings July 28 to August 6, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying August 11 to 20, Henrietta the Eighth August 25 to September 3, Confessions of a Dirty Blonde September 8 to 17. 474-7176 or www.lakewoodtheater.org Maine State Music Theatre, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Swing! June 8 to 25, Miss Saigon June 29 to July 16, Cats July 20 to August 6, and Mame August 10 to 27. 7258769 or www.msmt.org Ogunquit Playhouse, Route 1, Ogunquit.

Forever Plaid June 20 to July 2, AIDA July 5 to 23, Sally Struthers in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas July 25 to August,.

Swing! August 8 to 20, Nunsensations! The Nunsense Vegas Revue August 22 to

September 3. 646-2402 or www.ogunquitplayhouse.org

Portland Opera Repertory Theatre, Merrill

Auditorium, Portland. Carmen July 27, 29, and 31. 842-080 or www.portopera.org Portland Stage Company, Forest Avenue,

Portland. The 2005/2006 season begins September 27 with Littice and Lovage. 7740465 or www.portlandstage.com Public Theatre, the Ritz Theatre, Lisbon and

Maple streets, Lewiston. Rough Crossing May 6 to 15, The Beanstalk Variations May22. www.thepublictheatre.org Sanford Maine Stage Company, 1 Hill Top

Lane, Springvale. Nunsense July 8 to 23, Bye Bye Birdie August 12 to 27, Murder at the Vicarage September 16 to October 1. 3249691 or www.sanfordmainestage.org Schoolhouse Arts Center, Route 114, Sebago Lake Village.The Music Man July 8 to 24. 642-3743 or www.schoolhousearts.org Stage at Spring Point, Spring Point Walkway,

South Portland. Molier's The Miser Wednesday through Sunday July 13 to 30. All shows are free. 207-828-0128.

St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. Drummers, drums, beat boxes, Sticks DRUMS June 17, Tuckermans at 9 June 18, Laurie Jones Band June 24, Slaid Cleaves June 30, The Blissful Revolution Arts and Crafts Bazaar July 1, August 5, and September 2. 7755568 or www.stlawrencearts.org

Studio Theatre of Bath, 880 Washington Street, Bath. Swingin' Down the Lane September 23 to October 2. 443-2418 or www.studiotheatreofbath.com Theater at Monmouth, Route 132,

MEDINA Monmouth. The Taming of the Shrew July 8August 27, The Grapes of Wrath July 15August 26, La Bete July 29-August 27, Love's Labours Lost August 5-25, The Emperor's New Clothes August 9-26, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

September 22 to October 2. 933-2952 or www.theateratmonmouth.org The Theater Project, 14 School Street,

Brunswick. The Phantom Toll Booth May 13 to 22, Voices in the Mirror June 3 to 5, Fables, Myths & Rhyme JunelO to 11, Maine Street & Beyond June 24 to 25, The Merchant of Venice July 7 to 23, Story Quilt 2005 July 28 to August 6, Arnold Archeopteryx & the Way the World Began August 12 to 13. 729-8584 or www.theaterproject.com

Music Bar Harbor Music Festival, Bar Harbor.

Events include Opening Night July 2 at the Congregational Church, Tea Concert July 10 at Albert Meadow, New Composers Forum July 21 at the Congregational Church, La Boheme July 23 at the Criterion Theatre, Jazz Night July 24 at the Regency Holiday Inn, Festival Gala July 31 at the Regency Holiday Inn. 288-5744 or www.barharbormusicfestival.org Bates College 2004 Lakeside Concert Series, Florence Keigwin Amphitheater or Olin

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Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble I and II

August Wand 11, Young Stars of Maine August 12, Baroque Masterworks I and II August 18 and 19, Appalachian Nights August 24, and First Chair All Star Concerts I and II August 25 and 26. (888)707-2770, 236-2823 or www.baychamberconcerts.org Bowdoin College International Music

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The 30th Anniversary, Portland String Quartet Workshop July 31 to August 13, formal concerts of chamber music performed by the PSQ August 2 and 9. 872-3386 or www.colby.edu/spec.prog

Cumberland County Civic Center,

Portland. Variety of family shows, concerts, sporting events, and trade shows, with advance notice of ticket sales on the website.

775-3458, 775-3331 or www.ticketmaster.com or www.cc.com

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Friends of the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. Tuesday

classic series at 7:30 p.m.features Ray Cornils June 14, Tom Trenney June 21, Christoph Bull June 28, Philip Crozier and Sylvie Poirer plus Joan Lippincott July 12, Ron Rhode July 19, John Weaver August 12, Erik Suter August 9, Gabriel Dessauer August 16, Paul Jacobs August 23, David Wickerham August 30. www.foko.org

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L/A Arts, 221 Lisbon Street, Lewiston. Music in the Parks features concerts at noon, Tuesdays at Auburn's Festival Plaza, and Thursdays in Lewiston's Courthouse Plaza throughout the summer.782-7228, (800) 639-2919 or www.laarts.org.

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Portland Chamber Music Festival, Ludcke Auditorium, University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland. Two weekends of concerts feature internationally renowned performers August 18 to 27. (800) 320-0257 or www.pcmf.org Portland Conservatory of Music, at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland. Second International Piano Festival at the Museum, featuring student musicians from Australia, Bulgaria, China, Holland, Korea, Russia, Switzerland, and the United States, June 21 to 24 and June 27 and 28. 775-3356 or www.portlandconservatory.net Portland String Quartet, Portland. Saco River Festival July 16, Shaker Meeting House July 23, Colby College August 1 to 14, Newagen Workshop September 11 to 19 with a concert on September 11. 761-1522 or www.portlandstringquartet.org Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. Independence Pops with the PSO and special guests July 1 in Topsham at Highland Green, July 2 in Cape Elizabeth's Fort Williams Park, and July 3 at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton. 842-0800 or www.portlandsymphony.com PortOpera, Merrill Auditorium, Portland.

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Rivertree Center for the Arts, Irvine Gallery of Art, 35 Western Avenue, Kennebunk.

Concert on the Green on the green off Temple Street in Kennebunkport: Mark Kleinhaut Trio July 14, Port City Jazz July 21, Eric Donnelly Quartet July 28, Rob Spaulding Quartet August 4 and 11, Steve Grover Trio August 18. 9679120.

Saltwater Music Festival, Thomas Point

Beach, Brunswick. Roots music performers include Solas, Chris Smither, and Johnny Hiland at Thomas Point Beach July 31. 873-2663 or www.saltfest.com State Theatre, 609 Congress Street, Portland.

Check the website for shows and advance ticket sales. www.LiveAtTheState.com St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress

Street, Portland. Performances include A Hilarious Variety Show from The Stone Pinheads nightly June 9 to 12, Drummers, drums, beat boxes, sticks DRUMS June 17, Tuckermans at 9 June 18, zing June 23, Laurie

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The Ogunquit Museum of American Art presents Edward Hopper: The Ogunquit Paintings July 1 - October 15

mayor of Portland, governor of Maine, open Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July and August (or by appointment). 839-5031.

Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, 226

Maine Street, Brunswick. The Civil War hero's partially restored 1820s home is open TuesdayFriday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with guided tours twice an hour (last tour leaves at 3:15 p.m.) Open through September. 729-6606.

Dead River Area Historical Society, 172

Main Street, Stratton. Memorabilia from native families, displays of old carpentry and logging tools, a complete schoolroom, a memorial room to the lost towns of Dead River and Flagstaff. Open through Labor Day. 246-2271 Hamilton House, 40 Vaugha's Lane, South

The Dones, Ogunquit, 1914, oil on canvas, 24 3/16 x 29" Lent by The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1202

Hopper spent the summer of 1914 painting the Ogunquit coastline and examples of village architecture. This OMAA exhibition provides a rare opportunity to see five of these Hopper oils, returning to Ogunquit for the first time in almost a century.

Located at 543 Shore Road, the museum is open M-Sat 10:30-5:00 & Sun 2-5:00 (Closed Aug 25-28, and Labor Day) For information on other 2005 summer exhibitions call 207-646-4909, or visit the OMAA at www.ogunquitmuseum.org

Berwick. This 1785 house was restored by Mrs. Emily Tyson and her stepdaughter, Elise, in 1898. The extensive grounds include an enchanting garden overlooking the Salmon Falls River. For more information on the Hamilton House, 384-2454.

Sarah Orne Jewett House, 5 Portland

Street, South Berwick. Georgian residence owned by Jewett's family since 1819. House tours start on the hour Wednesday-Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (through October 15). 436-3205 or 384-2454.

Marrett House, Route 25, Standish. House tours Saturday and Sunday on the hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (through October 15) 642-3032.

Neal Dow Memorial, 714 Congress Street,

Portland. Lifelong home of General Neal Dow, two-time mayor of Portland and active Prohibitionist, abolitionist, and advocate of prison reform and women's rights. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. year-round for guided tours with no admission charge. 773-7773.

Nickels-Sortwell House, Main and Federal streets, Route 1, Wiscasset. This 1807 Federalstyle mansion features Colonial Revival furnishings and a three-story elliptical stairway topped with a skylight. Wednesday-Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 882-6218.

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Francis W. Peabody Research Library, 165 State Street, Portland. Technical advice on historic buildings and an extensive collection of preservation books, periodicals, and files.

Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (except holidays).

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Pejepscot Museum, 158 Park Row,

Brunswick. Local history collection of 50,000 artifacts and 20,000 local photographs. Free admission, Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 729-6606.

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Centervale Farm Brunswick. Seventeen rooms of Victorian furnishings, decorations, and fixtures, and items from sea captain Alfred Skolfield's voyages to Europe and Asia and from living in England.

Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-3 p.m., guided tours at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. through September. 729-6606.

Tate House, 1270 Westbrook Street, Portland.

Elegant 1755 clapboard house, residence of Captain George Tate, a senior mast agent for the British Royal Navy. Features include an unusual clerestory in the gambrel roof and an 18th-century herb garden overlooking the Stroudwater River. 774-9781.

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Castle Tucker, Lee Street at High Street, Wiscasset. Atop a hill overlooking the Sheepscot River, Castle Tucker presents a vivid record of Wiscasset history. Open through October 15, Wednesday-Sunday; tours on the hour 11 a.m.4 p.m. 436-3205.

Victoria Mansion (Morse-Libby House), 109

Danforth Street, Portland. Collection of the High Victorian period; step back into the Victorian era for an afternoon. Guided tours are available Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m-4 p.m, Sunday 1-5 p.m, and group tours by reservation. 772-4841. www.victoriamansion.org Wadsworth-Longfellow House, 487

Congress Street, Portland. Childhood home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is open daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. for guided tours (through October 31). Get a guided tour of the house, an orientation film on Longfellow's career, and entrance to the exhibitions at the Maine History Gallery next door. 879-0427.

Don't miss Academy Antiques Show, Blue Hill. Dealers

exhibit formal and country furniture, paintings, prints, books, fabrics, jewelry, and ceramics August 4-6. 374-50 Cafe Review, at the Center for Cultural

Exchange, Portland. Open poetry readings continue at the Center for Cultural Exchange last Monday of each month beginning at 8 p.m. www.thecafereview.com Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick Jr. High School, Brunswick. Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library Annual Book Sale June 24-26. wwwcurtislibMry.com/book sale

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Seguinland Road, Georgetown. Celebration of the Arts July 24 at the Mooring Bed and Breakfast features artists, musicians, and crafters. 371-2576 or www.georgetownhiston/.rsi^ety.org Maine Audubon, 20 Gisland Farm Road,

Falmouth. Activities include the Annual Peony Bloom and Ice Cream Social June 23, Tree Identification June 25, and a Nature Sketching course Wednesdays beginning June 29. 7812330 or www.maineaudubon.org Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance,

1326 Washington Street, Bath. Workshops in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, children's literature, and publishing. 386-1400 or www.mainewriters.org The Movies on Exchange, Exchange

PortCand Q-Cead Light 1791 The Museum & Museum Shop Open Daily: 10am-4pm • June through October 1000 Shore Road located at Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, Maine www.portlandheadlight.com • 207.799.2661

Street, Portland. Maine's premier independent and foreign film theater, screening Winter Solstice June 15-21, Look At Me June 22-28, Mad Hot Ballroom June 29-July 5. 772-9600 or www.moviesonexchange.com McLaughlin Foundation, Garden and Horticultural Center, 97 Main Street, South

Paris. Painting a Maine Garden June 25, Norway Art Festival July 9, Wall Baskets July 16, Paris Garden Tour July 23, The Botany of Desire benefit auction, August 20. 743-8820 or www.mclaughlingarden.org Oxford Hills 5K Run to the Lake, Norway Savings Bank, Maine Street, Norway. A 5K road race, 1K Kids' Fun Run, and 5K Fitness Walk July 10. www.active.com Portland Pottery and Metalsmithing Studio, 118 Washington Avenue, Portland.

Offering pottery, jewelry making, sculpture and a wide assortment of classes and workshops The Studio hosts a summer sidewalk sale and an annual sale of innovative and creative pottery and jewelry work at Maine Audubon in Falmouth in October. 772-4334 Portland Sea Dogs, Hadlock Field, Portland.

Sea Dogs vs. the Trenton Thunder June 20-23, Altoona Curve June 28-30, Norwich Navigators July 1-3, Akron Aeros July 14-17, Reading Phillies July 18-20, New Hampshire July 29-31. and New Britain Rock Cats, August 3. NESN continues broadcasting for the season with the All Star game on July 13. See entire schedule and purchase tickets at 879-9500 or www.seadogs.com

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Lewiston-Auburn Garden Tour, Lewiston and Auburn. July 16 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 782-1403 or www.mainemusicsociety.org Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26, Gray. The 200-acre park is home to 25 different species of wildlife, a nature trail, interactive wildlife and conservation displays, demonstration wildlife gardens, a show fish pool, picnic and grill areas, and a nature bookstore and gift shop. Open to mid-November, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.

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Osher Map and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, 314 Forest Avenue,

Portland. Collections of 20,000 maps. Announcements of current shows on the website.

780-4850 or www.usm.maine.edu/-maps.

Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland. Summer reading program through August. Sculptors Show July 1 to 31.

Brown Bag Lecture series Wednesdays at noon.

871-1700 or www.portlandlibrary.com Portland Trails, One India Street, Portland.

Activities include the Summer Solstice Walk June 21. 775-2411 orwww.trails.org University of Southern Maine Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland. Shows include Fires in the Sky, Images of the Infinite, Journey Into the Living Cell, Mars Quest, World in Motion. 780-4749 or www.usm.edu/planet Yarmouth Clam Festival, Yarmouth. 40th

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Lovingly nicknamed Red Door, this bellwether property has the coastal real estate community abuzz.

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tinctive echo of the famous brick homes on Beacon Hill in Boston. In fact, architect Levi Sawyer "had visited Beacon Hill and was copying Louisburg Square when he created these," says Sarah Scribner Coughlin, who with husband Michael Coughlin-a former director of Readak, an international firm preparing private-school students with the skills to enroll in the world's finest universities-have listed 102 Park Street for sale through agent John Golden of Anne Erwin SUMMERGUIDE 2005 PORTLAND MONTHLY MAGAZINE 185

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"Peter Plumb lives next door, [restaurateur] Dana Street a little further down," Coughlin says. "Weare the 28th owners here..."

"We completely gutted this space. Not one pipe, not one wall remains from the original interior on any floor. We wanted a house that was thoroughly modern on the inside, but we wanted the historic charm."

History buffs needn't feel wistful. Red Door was a ruin of dark, chopped-up apartments when the Coughlins purchased it in 1999. Something had to give.

In this case, it meant conjuring up eight fireplaces and re-imagining two sets of vaulting spiral stairs. Every floor glows with contemporary decorating a la Soho, gorgeous moldings, ceiling friezes, and rosettes. Imagine life in a photo shoot: the new owners, in all likelihood golden parachuters from New York or Boston, will no doubt enjoy this life to the hilt.

Coughlin points to a fabulous modern kitchen in terra-cotta tile and stainless steel, with a glass wall facing the gardens and

priceless two-car garage. "This used to be three dark rooms. Right now there's about 800 square feet of sunshine."

From the second floor up to the fifth floor big windows beckon with sweeping views of downtown Portland and the ocean beyond. Unbelievable luxury everywhere you look: Tire master bathroom is so big it deserves its own master bathroom.

The cherry at the top of this ice-cream sundae? The exactingly restored cupola. Here, the Coughlins are lords of all they survey as they enjoy the gulls, skyline, and shipping with their pair of show-clipped standard poodles.

"We left Maine 43 years ago," says Coughlin. "We got married at the Bowdoin chapel and took off for New York City the next day." Now they've set a new standard in Portland, via travels and assignments in New Orleans, San Francisco, and Boston.

During demolition, workers discovered a lady's hatpin, dark with time; a bracelet; and a check for $9.16 from the Bank of Cumberland dated April 6,1859. "At one

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time in its history, this house was home to a rope factory," Coughlin says.

Red Door is heated by a Runtal radiator system that, with its flat, vertical planes, looks decorative. In fact, lacquered in different enamels and resembling a series of Morris Louis paintings, it actually does decorate the walls throughout this five-story fantasy.

"We heat all 6,000 square feet of this house for just $1,800 a year," Coughlin confides.

Based on annual heat savings of $2,200, this house is sure to pay for itself midway through its 1,022nd year.

Seen another way, "There's a Boston town house on the market on Beacon Hill for $12 million right now," says Scribner Coughlin, a Wellesley grad, dental hygienist, real estate exec, board member of tine Victoria Mansion, and 13th-generation Mainer and descendant of David B. Scribner, captain of the Henry B. Hyde.

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Soaring above Portlands arts district, Waterview at Bayside welcomes yon home to an oasis of comfort and convenience. Its central location allows you to walk to shops, restaurants, museums, galleries and parks. Inside this luxury condominium tower, rising 12 stories above the celebrated Back Cove, you enjoy breathtaking views, and the best of modern design and amenities. Prices starting at $275,000.

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BELGRADE - Custom built lakefront 3 BR year round

ROME - Traditional Maine Cottage w/outstanding

BELGRADE -Pvt 4 BR 4 BA Contemporary

Cape with 100' +/- on Great Pond. Views from most

views of Great Pond! Fireplaced living room, wrap¬

w/517' +/- frontage on McGrath Pond. Custom Kir,

n\)ms, fireplaced living room, twister suite w/sitting area,

around porch, 2 car garage plus a room above and 90’

LR w/fireplace, DR w/fireplace, 2nd DR, master BR

carriage house with guest quartets above, dock, patio and

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suite w/pvt deck, wrap around decks, sun room,

more on 1+/- acre well landscaped lot. $1,495,000

acres. $520,000

library and more all on 12.4+/- acres. $1,200,000

ROME - Long Pond lakefront with deck, boat dock,

MOUNT VERNON - Quaint 3 bedroom Cottage

SIDNEY - Lakefront 4 bedroom 4 bath Contemporary

2 bedrooms, 3 screened porches with sliders and

with 2 baths, deck, screened porch, dock and south¬

Log Home. 2 car garage, wrap around decks, granite coun¬

exposed beams. Common Sandy beach access and

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tertop in custom kitchen, wireless access, 2 offices, den,

comes furnished. 100' +/-owned frontage. $338,500

and year round potential. Formerly part of the

family room, fireplace, master bedroom suite and 250’+/-

Elizabeth Arden Maine Chatice Farm. $420,000

frontage on Mes^alonskce Like on 1 Q +/- acres. $865,000

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Phippsburg, Parker Head Village $499,000

West Point Phippsburg. Maine $880,000

Exquisite home and location!

Walk to the deep-water access!

Historic home, circa 1850 Cape with new addition. Gourmet kitchen, master bedroom suite, radiant heat, lovely gardens.

Short drive to Popham Beach.

Sharon Drake. Ext. 12

Spectacular and Spacious Residence in Historic Fishing Village of West Point with 360 degree views of Islands and Ocean. Includes 2 deepwater moorings. Magnificent deck for entertaining. Expansive concept gourmet kitchen plus full in-law apartment. Golf Resort and 2 Town Sandy beaches nearby. Sharon Drake, Ext. 12 or Sandra Fish, Ext. 13

Sensational views of open ocean, harbor & islands. Luxurious 7 bedroom home offers large living spaces, hand crafted marine style detailing, and an irresistible vista & gorgeous balconies. The deep water ROW is directly in front of the house on the harbor Sharon Drake, Ext. 12 or Sandra Fish, Ext. 13

West Bath. Sabino $575,000

Popham Beach, Phippsburg $349,000

Bath. Downtown $164,900

Enjoy the historic community of Sabino, your own waterfrontage and deep water access just down the road. Contemporary spacious home with large deck for relaxing and watching the water. Open concept great room, flexible Boor plan withf3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms+plus 1.8 acres of lovely level land for gardening and croquet!

Courtney Locke. Ext. 24

A very rare offering for those of you who "want" Popham Beach. For sale is an excellent private, building lot with deeded access to the beachfa three minute walk away. Hear the ocean waves, the lighthouse horns and smell the salt air. Build a year round home of your dreams and spend many happy hours on the beach. Sharon Drake. Ext. 12

Location and value are to be found in this prime location in the heart of downtown Bath with exc. traffic patterns. Close to the Waterfront Park and docks. Historic buildings abut. Great opportunity to redo or build new and invest in historic Bath. Sharon Drake, Ext. 12

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Spectacular 8000SF +/- contemporary home. Several FPL's, multi level library, movie theatre. Superior craftsmanship throughout. Manicured lawn & gardens, large dock facing Beautiful Sunsets. A 3 car garage and a convenient Windham location complete this rare offering. Possibly the most extravagant home on the Lake! $2,475,000

Sweeping Views down the lake &745’+/- ftg. The interior of this 6200sf home is amazing! The Great Room boasts a two story custom Stone Fireplace and arched Barrel Wood ceiling. Panoramic lake views throughout, a Movie Theatre with Bose surround sound & 110’ screen, a 6 car garage & Carriage House complete this brand new home. $1,950,000

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Stunning 4000+ SF Mansion Every conceivable amenity in this brand new home. Gourmet kitchen. Huge Stone Fireplace in Great Room, First Floor Master Suite. 3 Car Garage. 151" Ftg on Sebago. And much, much more! $1,500,000!

Brand new 4200+/- SF home w/800’.+/- ftg. Master Suite w/sce thru fireplace to Bath Spa. Great room with wall of windows for panoramic lake views, and a floor to ceiling brick fireplace. Slate terrace leads to the waters edge.

Simply stunning! $1390,000

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Panther Pond

Outstanding Contemporary Cape with 250’ of protected frontage. Hardwood & Tile. Gorgeous Stone Fireplace, Huge Deck overlooking the Water and a Three Car Garage arc just some of the amenities. A Must Sec! $825,000

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Be bowled over by the ocean surf a stone's throw from jour % deck, large living room with fireplace and open floor plan takes full advantage of the views of Sheepscot Bay. Three bedrooms including master suite, three full baths, office and oversized attached garage. As a member of the Ncwagen Colony use of tennis court, swimming pool, nature trails and dock arc readily available for your enjoyment. $1,450,000.

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Once in a lifetime a property like this comes along! This 1.84 acre waterfront lot is located where the Shcepscot River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Southwest exposure grants vou captivating sunsets and a panoramic outlook over Shccpscot Bay. Includes 4 bedroom leach field, well, underground power and drivewav to building site. Unparalleled views of two lighthouses and 512' of bold surf shoreline at vour doorstep.

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One-of-a-kind shorefront property'. Approximately 1000’ of private frontage on pristine Rangeley Lake -with easy year-round access. Spacious main lodge, 2 guest cottages, 2 boathouses, several accessory buildings. An exceptional property' lending itself to countless opportunities. 81,399,000 Outstanding 6-ACRE Lot 10 At Sanctuary Farm overlooking mts. and Rangeley Eake with lake access. A very environmentally planned subdivision overlooking Hunter Cove. $240,000.

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Rich elements from the original 1903 Church are showcased through-out this dramatic 2450 Sc], ft, 3BR Condominium. A MUST SEE! $479,000

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Exceptional describes everything about this ONE OF A KIND property’ just steps from “Walkers Point known as “Bonnie Brae”. $4,650,000

Gracious Queen Anne style turn of the century home, on 3.8 acres on historic Summer Street in Kennebunk. $1,500,000

NEW ENGLAND HOMES & LIVING Three floors & two warehouses of antique materials from the 1730s - 1940s

SITUATED ON 25 WATERSIDE ACRES this faithfully restored "New England" Farmhouse offers a country kitchen complete with pantry that opens into a dining nook with raised hearth and woodstove. living room, parlor, den. bright turd airy second story office/study. three bedrooms and two baths. Walk or drive through tire piney woods and gently rolling fields to the I .(XX) or so feet of shorefront with secluded sand beach on beautiful North Pond. This property is situated on a lightly traveled country road in the Mid-Coast Town of Warren. In addition is a fabulous 6-bay garagc/bam offering ample space for tire serious hobbyist, whether you are an automobile collector. boat builder or equestrian enthusiast. Seriously gorgeous and classy. Additional acreage is available. $7254XXMX)

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Mary Imik on The Foreside... a Seaside Enclave offering 12 Wooded Lots in Cumberland, ranging from 1.1 to 1.5 Acres. Conservation Land with Walking Trails. Only^6 Lots Left! $350,000 to $375,000 Linda MacDonald 553-7507

Gorgeous! New! Almost Ready! 4 Ac rolling down to the Piscataqua. 4,500+ SF, Cheny Firs, Gourmet KIT, FR w/Stone Fplc, 2-Story Entry, Formal DR & LR w/Fplc, 4BR, 3.5BTH, Master w/Fplc, 3-Car Gar in Falmouth $995,000 Linda MacDonald 553-7507

Sited along Cape Elizabeth’s Shipping Channel, Water Views from every room, Decking and Stone Patio overlooking lush grounds which seem to spill into the bold Atlantic. A collection of the finest amenities. $6,800,000 Dana Dresser 553-7374

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BRUNSWICK - Gracious living & entertaining blend easily in this

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One of a kind contemporary home on 65 private acres & views from every seat in the house. This lovely custom built home sits high on a hillside with endless mountain views. Very large & spacious w/ 4 bedrooms &3.5 baths. Fully renovated in 1995 w/ new kitchen, baths, roof, & windows, are only a few of the many updates. Beautiful wooded 65-acre parcel with over 3000 ft. of water frontage on Sandy River. $649,000.00

SPECTACULAR! This exceptional home sits nestled in the pines close to the shore of Rangeley Lake on a 4+ acre wooded setting. Built in 2001-2002, this architecturally designed lodge-style home has 420’ of beautiful water frontage on the Eastern Shore ion Oquossoc Cove. 3 Levels, 2-car garage & family room above, 5 bedrooms, 5 baths, private drive, media room, cathedral ceilings, exposed beams, gorgeous fireplace, gourmet granite kitchen, etc. The amenities are endless! $1,350,000.00

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WATERFRONT- Privacy on the Carrabassett Riser. 17+acres w/Redprodnction cape. 3 fireplaces, wide pine floors, large master bedroom. Multiple garages and more land available. Wonderful home and/or retreat nestled in the trees. 5395,000

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views. Classic saltwater farmhouse, master bedroom suite, 2 family/gucst w/addl. bath, fireplace, spacious dining/living, all in exceptional condition modified only with today's comforts in mind. Well-maintained throughout, separate barn, walking distance to harbor & town facilities, off-thc-road privacy. $725,000 * Neighboring property also available! Outstanding 245' deepwater frontage, recent construction. 3 BRs, 1 1/2 baths, fireplace, open concept living, and much more! Call for details. $750,000 LINDA

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970 Baxter Boulevard, Portland, Maine 04103 Each Office Independently Owned & Operated

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"Waitstill Farm" Anson Rd.. New Vineyard, ME

EDGECOMB'S MOST SPECTACULAR VIEW down the Sheepscot River is included with this Davis Island Modern Cape of 3 Bedrooms plus a beautiful water oriented Rentable Apartment. Two Fireplaces, spacious floor plan, Wood Floors, lots of Light are features of this well done home. Featuring a wonderful Deep Water dock on 343 feet of Waterfront, it is offered at $649,900

204+/- surveyed acre farm w/large barn for livestock: farmhouse w/3+ bedrooms. 2 baths, stone fireplace. 20-30+/- acres of fields - 3 streams - pond -woods - garden areas. Views of Carrabassett Mt. range. $385,000

LEAVITT REAL ESTATE Contact Jack & Charlotte Davis for information & viewing: Home Office: (207) 562-7232 Cell: (207) 446-1191 Email: cjdavis@exploremaine.com

Roy Farmer Associates

152 Main Street, Wiscasset, Maine 04578 RO. BOX 267

www.royfarmer.com • Phone: (207) 882-7357 farmer@wiscasset. net

& 'Portland‘s Choice Realty 1051 Washington Ave. Portland, Maine 04103 (207)878'3035 www.PortIandsChoiceRealty.com Flr»t Financial Mortgage

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Dedicated to service excellence Specializing in the Greater Portland real estate market

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BREMEN - Coastal cottage on the rocky ledges of Muscongus Harbor with 2(X) feet of deep w ater frontage and a pier for your boat.

There are 3 bedrooms. 2 baths and a spacious, open living and dining room. The 32 Exit glass enclosed sun-porch is a stone’s throw from the sea and has a pure and unobstructed view of Muscongus Bay. $850,000

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PEMAQl'll) - Antique Cape with a private sand beach, three bedrooms and beautiful sunset views over Johns Bay. Close to historic l ;ort William Henry and Pemaquid Beach but lucked away on a quiet side street. Excellent harbor facilities nearby.

Great rental history. $795,000

In the midst of Yarmouth village sits a wonderfully restored Georgian Colonial.

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$550,000

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Integrity; Professional and Dedication 765 Route One • Yarmouth, ME 04096 (207) 846-4300x117 (207) 776-1837 Cell claudiadodds@rheritage.com brendawhitney@rheritage.com

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ANTIQUE FARMSTEAD ready to be restored, features 11 rooms, some with hardwood floors, FHA oil heat plus wood stoves, attached barn, nicely situated on 5 mostly open acres not far from town. $250,000 Or with 36.5 acres for $350,000.

Own a piece of heaven with this 4.38-acre lot and 488’ of beautiful, private waterfront.

This Kennebago Lake camp, complete with guest cottage, cookhouse, generator house, solar power, and outbuildings, offers the new owner rustic Northwoods Iiving in a desirable area of the Rangeley Lakes Region. Enjoy some of the best Flyfishing around in this exclusive area.

Call for more details $1,05(1,000

2455 Main Street Rangclcy. ME 04970 (207) 864-2500 • P.O. Box 1234 www.citycoverealty.com Email: info@citycovcrcalty.com

18 ACRE FARM, WEST PARIS 4 bedroom farmhouse with a 3 level post & beam barn as well as a 2 car garage w/ workshop, 3 fenced grazing areas for animals and a picturesque location with stonewalls and views! $359,900

^VSR^ VILLAGE SQUARE REALTY 82 Main Street, Route 26, P.O. Box 47, Norway, ME 04268 • (207) 743-2338 www.me.realtor.com • email: vlgsqr@ime.net

NEW ENGLAND HOMES & LIVING

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NEW ENGLAND HOMES & LIVING East End Truly one of a kind Portland home with character. Located at the edge of the Eastern Prom, this 1860 Greek Revival offers harbor and city views from every floor. Three bedrooms, two baths and a rear apartment or studio on a double lot with yard and two car garage, this property offers a rare opportunity for expansion or restoration. $535,000

West End Opportunity awaits in this flexible brick multi-family home. Presently two units, possibilities include townhouse with rental income, sufficient land and parking to convert to three family, or possible conversion to condominiums.

Well kept property with period detail, versatile floor plan, yard, and garage in a multi-cultural neighborhood near Reiche School. $449,000

CAPE ELIZABETH Nestled in the private enclave of Delano Park in Cape Elizabeth, this 1908 John Calvin Stevens shingle-style cottage offers cinematic views of the Portland Ship Channel. Dramatic features include 3 fireplaces, signature inglenook, warm southern-pine interior, and sweeping decks. More than 4.000 sq. ft. of quintessential living space. $1.8 AI. RITA YARNOLD. MICHELE MEADOWS. DEBRAH YALE

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559 Congress Street Portland, Maine 04101 (207) 775-3838 tel (207) 775-0146 fax

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Extraordinary recreation of the classic Maine Shingle-Style home majestically sited above the rugged coastline of Casco Bay on 3.8 waterfront acres.

Masterfully crafted and luxuriously appointed. Peerless features include a most lavish urbane kitchen, exquisite period architectural details and wood work seamlessly integrated with state-of-the-art construction. Outstanding water and woodland views from piazzas, porches and gardens. Impressive deepwater docking system.

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NEW ENGLAND HOMES & LIVING Anne Erwin

Sotheby's INTERNATIONAL REALTY

Casco Bay Waterfront Estate, Cumberland Foreside This stunning architecturally designed residence has expansive views across the bay and islands. With 400 feet frontage, deepwater dock, infinity pool. 8 cn suite bedrooms. Small-Bones kitchen. 4 fireplaces, grand entertaining rooms, media room, waterside indoor spa. 4-car garage, central air and numerous custom features, this is the ultimate Forcsidc property. 5,950,000

Call John Golden 207-899-1839 or email, john.golden^sothebysrealty.com

York, Cape Neddick and Kittery

Kittery Point. The Lady Pepperell House.

Cape Neddick. Impeccable Contemporary.

Kittery Point. Charming waterfront home

Historic gem Harbor views.Sl.495.000

Glorious ocean & pond views. SI.595.000

with dock. Gerrish Island. S895.000

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Ogunquit. Spectacular Shingle-style home

Kittery Point. 1890 Shingled ' Cottage".

York Village Coventry Hall. 1794 architec¬

with separate Guest House. SI.495.000

11 waterfront acres. Sandy beach. S2.449.000

tural masterpiece. 7+ acres. S2.500.000

281 York Street, York, Maine 03909 www.AnneErwin.com email: RealEstate@AnneErwin.com Telephone: (207) 363-6640 • Fax: (207) 363-2925 -Each office is independently owned and operated

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Waterfront-Captain James B Patterson house 1765.

Wiscasset Waterfront Gem-The Carrie Knight House magnificently restored, updat¬

has been completely restored. 4 working fireplaces, 3

ed, and finished 1898 home featuring the finest detail and decor. Grand rooms for

bedrooms master suite, cathedralled family room with

entertaining, gourmet kitchen, extensive granite terrace overlooking sweeping lawns

deck.cxtensive gardens, 750 of riverfrontdeepwater

to Cove frontage. Private and spacious guest apartment w/ 2 bedrooms and fireplace

dock on 5 acres. $799,000. Heidi Sargent Ext. 25

included. $1350,000. John Evans Ext. 27

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141 Maine Street, Brunswick, Maine 207-729-2820

Waterfront Community Phippsburg- “To be

Brunswick- Custom 5700 sf Brick home in

built” 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath Colonial on 6.5 pret¬

quiet well-landscaped setting within walking dis¬

ty acres with seasonal stream, rock dam. mix of

tance to college and town. 13 rooms of superb

hardwoods and water access. Radiant heat and

workmanship using the finest materials. Many

granite counters are among the many high quality features. $600,000. Joane Tait Ext.26

additional Luxury features. $1350,000.

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IMBERS FANTASTIC, private, water front cottage. 220 feet of frontage on Great Pond in Rome. Cozy fireplace, full basement, 4 bedrooms to sleep lots of family & friends. Room to expand upstairs. $595,000.

These exclusive ski-in/ski-out homes above the SuperQuad* at Sugarloaf put the best skiing in New England at your front door.

Don't miss this chance to be in the ski home you've always dreamed of in time for plenty of great skiing.

LONG FOND Contact Mountainside Realty for more information: 207-237-2100 mtside@sugarloaf.com

“The Friendly and Professional Realtors” RO. Box 258 • Belgrade Lakes, Maine 04918 1-207-495-9220 • www.LongPondRealty.com

Trimble Private Brokerage

HISTORIC HOTEL PEMAQUID: This 1800s londmork property has

CAPE SPLIT OCEANFRONT: 297 feet of deep water frontage, 3

been lovingly restored by its craflsman/designer owners using the

bdrm, 2.5 bath open ocean and mountain views. Additional guesthouse

finest of materials and authentic antiques. On 12 acres'in a most desir¬

with 2 separate 1 bdrm qrtrs. located in the sought after Cape Split

able location. Offered turnkey. Call Scott Christopher at 207-947-7841.

area of Addison. 5895,000. Contact Dan Martinson at 207-598-7799.

JONESPORT OCEANFRONT: Stunning views! 3 bedroom, 2 bath,

ANDROSCOGGIN LAKE: This year-round timber frame home sits on

2 cor attached garage, 173 ft +/- shorefront with sand beach, 60 ft

a double lol with over 550 feet of south facing frontage and 180 degree

oceonside deck. Includes 1 bedroom, H bath guesthouse. Expansion

water views. Four acres and more than 400 feet of lake frontage.

options. Offered at $795,000 Contact Dan Martinson 207-598-7799.

Amenities galore. $595,000. Call George MacLeod at 207-944-8771.

ROQUE BLUFFS: Imagine 437 feet of bold ocean frontage and 4.52

TIMBERCLIFFE DRIVE, CAMDEN: This Royal Barry Wills Cape over¬

acres. If you are looking for a property with forever views and count¬

looks Sherman Point and Penobscot Bay. The ambiance is comforting

less possibilities for building your vacation or year-round residence

with 3 working fireplaces, beamed cathedral ceilings and tended natu¬

this could be it. Offered at $545,000 Call Dan Martinson 207-598-7799.

ral landscaping. $699,000. Call Peter E.van der Kieft at 207-230-1003.

TIDE RUN HARBORSIDE INN & CAFE: This smartly restored NE

“TIMBERDOODLE,” MOOSEHEAD LAKE: Located at Sandy Cove on

farmhouse accommodates a thriving restaurant and B&B business. This

the eastern shores of Moosehead Lake, this exquisite Adirondack-style

truly is an opportunity to own a turnkey business in Downeast Maine.

lake house enjoys 165 feet of very private shorefront with a permanent

Offered at $749,000 Contact Don Martinson at 207-598-7799.

L-shaped pier. $765,000. Contact James Trimble at 207-947-1507.

800.784.1664 Bangor ext. 2009

Addison ext. 2039 sv

Camden ext. 2019

Portland ext. 2029

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MAINE SALTWATER FARM: Approx. 84 acres and 2,000 feet +/- of

HERON ISLAND: This 13 acre island is located off prestigious

frontage on Hardscrabble River in Pembroke. Three bedrooms, 2.5 baths,

Grindstone Neck in Winter Harbor, and features dramatic views of

gourmet kitchens, two fireplaces, wine cellar, 120x80 foot covered horse

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Egg Rock lighthouse and open

arena/barn. Offered at 51,200,000. (all Dan Martinson 207-598-7799.

ocean. Easy access. $795,000. Call James Trimble at 207-947-1507.

GRAND LAKE STREAM: Perched on the Big Lake, a 26 mile long

HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS - ROCKPORT ESTATE: 39 acre estate

northern Maine recreational treasure in the famous Grand Lake Stream

with operating blueberry fields combined with newly constructed house

area. A turnkey operution with guests booking into 2006. Exclusively

of superb craftsmanship. Breathtaking views. Offered at $3,975,000.

offered at $1,199,000. Coll Scott Christopher at 207-947-7841.

Contact Angela Downes at 800-230-4291 ext. 2029.

HIGH LEDGE AT SPRUCE POINT: Spectacular location at the en¬

THE BOTTLEWORKS: Spectacular ocean views from this hilltop log

trance of Linekin Boy and Boothbay Harbor. View Squirrel Island & open

home, just ten minutes from Stockton Harbor. Twenty acres of woods

ocean. Spacious 5 bedroom log home features expansive glass, a stone

and fields includes the historic Stockton Mineral Spring that this town

fireplace & garage $1,980,000. Call Scott Christopher 207-947-7841.

was named after. $695,000. Call George MacLeod at 207-944-8771.

YARMOUTH OCEANFRONT: 4 bedroom home with 200' of private

PAVILION LOT, MOOSEHEAO LAKE: This very private five acre par¬

oceanfront plus private dock. Renovated kitchen plus the new addition

cel offers over 1,300 feet of frontage on Moosehead Lake. Connected to

of mudroom & sunroom. Stunning views. $850,000. Contact Angela

Mt. Kineo Island. Stunning beaches & dramatic views of Mt. Kineo over

Downes at 800-230-4291 ext. 2029.

North Bay. $595,000. Call James Trimble at 207-947-1507.

800.784.1664 Bangor ext. 2009

Addison ext. 2039

Camden ext. 2019

Portland ext. 2029

www.trimblerealty.com

Leasing ext. 3 029

Pine Properties in CMidcoast CMaine

Brooksville - Cape Rosier Tlx Taint at Tester Sophisticated estate offering commanding views of bold ocean frontage facing to the southwest and the Camden Hills. 1000 feet of dramatic shore line. Beautiful sunsets! ?\n estate house with architectural details not often seen on the coast of Maine. Exciting Hoor plan incorporating generous spaces and bedrooms with privacy for guests. 5 l /i baths, elevator, sauna, spacious decks, gourmet kitchen, low-maintenance specifications. More than 7 surrounding acres offering established estate plantings and gardens, green house and caretaker's quarters. A once-in-alifetime opportunity to purchase one of the most dramatic locations on the coast of Maine.

$4,650,000.

Frenchboro T-farbor Island" Harbor Island protects the quaint harbor of Frenchboro (an unspoiled fishing village) on “Long Island” located in the Atlantic Ocean off famous Mt. Desert Island (best known for the Acadia National Park towns of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor). Strategically situated in the best summer yachting w aters. Also on the island is a cozy cottage containing living area, two bedrooms,

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sleeping loft and Rill bath as well as a good fresh

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water supply and mooring off shore. One-of-a-kind.

$2,400,000.

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Surry ‘Private ETate Magnificent 1 3t acre estate with 800 feet of shore frontage on Patten Bav. Perfect combination of rolling meadows, lawns, flower gardens and evergreens. Wonderful terraced patio and gardens. 6.000 square foot contemporary with 5 bedrooms. 3 Mt baths plus attached tw’o bedroom apartment. 3 car garage. Nicely separated guest cottage with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, sun porch, oversize garage with boat storage and workshop. Deep water moorage in front of estate. Located between Blue Hill and Mount Desert Island tor the best of all worlds.

$2,400,000.

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103 Main Street. P.O. Box 402, Blue Hill, ME 04614 • tel (207) 374-5033 ■ tel (207) 374-2321 -/tv (207) 374-2322 e-mail to dep@prexar.com • www.downeastproperties.com

NEW ENGLAND HOMES & LIVING FALMOUTH: Completely updated open concept 3br, 2.5bth oversized contemporary cape w/ gourmet kitchen, fireplace, amazing 21 X23 mater suite w/ pvt bth & 14X14 wlk’n closet, 4car grg, Jacuzzi, sauna, green house, Irg pvt lot & more - steps to Falmouth Country Chib $419,000 MLS# 746879

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Explore the Pemaquid Peninsula A World Away In Your Own Back Yard

Escape to Pemaquid for the week or weekend.

A short drive and suddenly new sights, sounds & experiences abound.

For families, for romance or Just for the fun of it the Pemaquid Region has it all.

866-775-9085

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RADLEY The Essence of Maine .

Hike the granite coast or jump on board The HARDY BOAT for a day of wonder fl and inspiration on Monhegan Island, fl Watch for Puffins and inhale the cleansed air of the Cathedral Wood.

Kayak the hold ocean or explore old Fort William Henry and Historical Colonial Pemaquid.

Visit THE CONTENTED SOLE and dangle your feet or let the kids drop hand lines dockside all the while enjoying the freshest Maine fare.

At the days end sample the exceptional wine list andJine food at The Bradley Inn. But before you say good night, before you fall into one ofthe Inn's exceptionally comfortable beds slowly make your way to the Pemaquid Light for an epic sunset.

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3063 Bristol Road • Pemaquid Point • New Harbor, Maine • 04554 207-677-2105 • 800-942-5560 • www.bradleyinn.com

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

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hen they are on tire road, Dana and Marco make love in chain motels.

They low the slippery bedspreads in turquoise and mauve, the spongy' carpets, the sanitary' strip across each toilet seat. They love tire complimentary' coffee and cellophanewrapped Danish in the morning. Maybe they even love each other. They discuss that philosophically, tenderly, even hopefully. Still, at tire end of every summer, they' go home to Boston, where they each sleep with their own spouse.

It is only day two of this trip, but Dana can tell something is wrong. Last night, in a Day's Inn outside Portland, Marco huddled in his own bed, pretending to read a biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay, while Dana channelsurfed iir her bed across from him. Usually, he is waiting for her when she emerges from the shower, smelling of the coriander lotion that he likes so much, the same one that makes her boyfriend, Phillip, sneeze. But last night, Marco barely' glanced at her.

Something is wrong. Something other than the fact that the exit numbers along 1-95 have changed and they missed theirs long ago. Their editor had told them: "Go eat lobster rolls in Maine! Fried clams! No heat!

No humidity!" But here they’ are in Maine and it is hot and humid, like August in Boston. Dana has a bad feeling in her gut,

not just from all the fried food she ate yesterday; not just from the still and heavy air.

No. It is Marco. Something has changed with him. Last night, while Dana ate too many' fried clam bellies and drank too many' Katahdin Ales, Marco hardly' spoke at all. He didn't laugh at her jokes or tell her that her new haircut was cute or complain about his girlfriend Bev Instead, he averted his eyes and talked vaguely of Bev's talent as a poet.

Now, in the hot rental car with the faulty air conditioning, as they drive farther and farther off course, Dana says, "Give me the map."

She follows the old exit numbers with her finger and sees they' have left the coast and traveled inland. The squiggle of red and blue lines reminds her of Phillip's plastic Visible Man model and all the arteries and veins that enter and leave the heart.

Phillip prefers the grayish lump of brain in the see-through head.

Every' summer, Dana and Marco leave their apartments, their spouses, their lives in Boston and eat their way around the country' for a book series called, "Eating Off the Beaten Track." The books are filled with stories about the barbecue they eat, the chili they' taste, the conch chowder and key lime

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pie they love best. After their trip last summer, Dana decided to leave Phillip. He didn't appreciate her puns or understand the importance of lard in homemade pie crust; he didn't hold her close and hum Monkees' songs in her ear. Marco did. It took her a year to screw up the courage to do it. But last week, she moved all of her things to a studio apartment in Charlestown. She had plans for this trip. She had hopes. But here they are, lost and sweaty, far from beaches and the smells of seaweed and Coppertone.

Far, it seems, from each other.

"Wait!" Dana says suddenly, pointing to a sigri for Topsham, Route 196. "Get off here!"

"Dana," Marco say's. He is slowing down and Dana knows that bad news is coming. "I've got to tell you something-" "Stop!" she says too loudly, feeling dread pushing at her. "1 don't want to hear!"

"It's important," he says. "Bev and I-" "Really," she says, and she puts her hands over her ears to block him out.

"Stop." She starts to hum. Not a song, just humming, to keep the news away'.

He pulls the hand closest to him from her ear. "Come on," he says.

Something catches her e\'e on the side of the road.

"Wait!" she says. "Stop the car."

"No! Bev and I are getting married," he blurts.

Dana thinks she may throw up. Grease.

Heat. Love. All of these things churn in her stomach. "Stop the car," she manages to say; "Really. There's something in the road back there."

Marco pulls into the breakdown lane, right before the exit that could take them back on track. He backs up, his eyes on the rear-view mirror.

"I see it," he says, and stops the car.

They both get out. Semis whiz past them.

"I don't like this one bit," Dana says. She has read about people getting killed walking on highway's like this.

Marco takes her hand and they' hug the very edge of the breakdown lane where scratchy grass grows. Her bare legs feel itchy from it. The soft blue blanket that caught her eye wiggles mysteriously.

"Kittens," Dana says. She's read about this too. "Someone dumped a litter of kittens."

Marco drops her hand and leans over the blanket. The headlights from a million passing cars illuminate it.

Dana shrieks and steps away.

Tenderly, Marco picks up the blanket, his face lit by speeding traffic. Dana thinks he might be crying. She looks down, away from his face and into his arms, at the surprised face of a baby.

Tire baby has red Pebbles Flintstone hair, her ponytail held straight up by a sparkly barrette instead of a dinosaur bone. Her eyes are blue and opened wide.

"We'\ r e got to call the police," Dana says.

Marco can't take his eyes off the baby who is making baby noises at him. Cooing?

Dana thinks. That can't be right. Pigeons coo.

"Marco?" Dana says. Then again, louder: "Marco!"

Finally, he remembers she's standing there too, trying not to get killed.

"I want to keep her," he says. His voice is all dreamy, the way it sounds when he wakes up in the morning and creeps over to her side of the bed.

"No, you don't," she says. Maybe it's the way Marco is cradling the baby. Maybe it's her memory of those same arms around her. But inexplicably, she is crying too.

He begins to walk back to the car, as if he has said everything he is going to say.

"Marco!" Dana calls to him. Her feet in her ridiculous hot pink flip flops slide into the scratchy grass and it feels like things are crawling up her legs. She longs for the Maine she'd hoped for when they left Boston: salty air, cold blue ocean, Marco's arms around her waist.

"You can't!" she yells. But her voice is drowned out by all the cars on their way to somewhere.

"What about me?" she says, softly, knowing he can't hear her. Dana watches Marco's back as he moves further away from her, holding on tight to what he is holding. Even as she reaches in her pocket for her cell phone and punches in 911, she imagines she can see iMarco's future unfolding. Someday, maybe soon, he and Bev will have a baby just like this one.

Alone, Dana begins to move forward.

They will get in the car and take care of this unexpected turn of events. Then they will find the coastal route, where weathered clam shacks clinging to the rocky beach will welcome them in. She takes a deep breath, gulping, as if the sea air can already reach her and wrap its soothing arms around her until she finds her way. ■

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IMMB 1. Ingraham's Spring Thing fundrasier at the Sheraton in South Portland, from left: Kristen Dremann, Mark Dremann, Pat Layman 2. Portland Pottery Teapot Show and Pottery Sale, from left: Polly Prumeau, Bob McKillop 3. Pottery Show, from left: Lisa Bonarrigo, Bobby Sue Villani, Alison Villani, Jackson Villani 4. Ingraham, from left: Kate Tackett, Jerry Ade, Bob Stevens, Mary Phelps 5.

Ingraham, from left: John Greene, Pat Greene 6.

Pottery Show, from left: Lisa Bonarrigo, Abby Bruni 7. Ingraham, from left: Dan Soley, JoAnne Labbe, David Soley 8. Ingraham, from left: Charles Foehl, Genevieve Morgan, Brad Kauffman 9. Eleven Pleasant Street Center for the Arts in Brunswick, from left: Kendall Merriam, Lindsay Welsen, Phyllis Merriam 10. Brunswick, from left: Bryce Muir, Walley Warren. 11. Brunswick, from left: Natasha Meyers, Stephen Petroff 12. Brunswick, from left: Carlo Pittore, Gretchen Lucchesi.

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WORK WILL ALWAYS BE DEMANDING. CHILDREN NEVER STOP GROWING.

ENJOY SOME “QUALITY TIME.’’ The Woodlands Chib in Falmouth is the year-round recreational headquarters for active families.

We quite literally have something for every member of your family to enjoy throughout every season of the year — a Jim Fazio 18-hole championship golf course, 9 tennis courts, 2 pools and a new, state-of-the-art 5,000 square foot fitness center opening in July, 2005.

Discover family recreation at its finest just 10 minutes from downtown Portland.

WELCOME TO THE WOODLANDS CLUB. More thou a country club — it's a way of life.

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WOODLANDS CLUB

Come in...bring your sketches...get ideas... above all, relax! We’re here to make choosing your plumbing products a pleasant experience. We’re the Northeast’s largest plumbing supplier, so you know the selection will be extensive! Whether you’re building or remodeling, use our showroom as jour resource for everything from sinks and tubs to vanities and towelbars.

Frank W. Webb F O U N D E R

Walk-ins are welcome, bat an appointment guarantees a uniquely personal experience.

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Connecticut • Maine • Massachusetts • New Hampshire • New York • Vermont 150 Postal Way, South Portland 207 541 3555 Visit www.frankwebb.com for directions, showroom hours or other locations