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he Solo Supper— or, as I prefer to think of it, a necessary, exquisite discipline of self-care, is one of modern life’s most misunderstood luxuries. The truth is, eating alone in a public space is not an act of solitude, a passive withdrawal from the world. It is, instead, an exercise in selective engagement. It is the intentional curation of one’s own sensory landscape.

“You are close enough to feel the pulse of the room, yet positioned perfectly to remain an observer.”

For years, I’ve been clocking in for my dinner dates of one. I am not lonely; I am liberated. This is not a consolation prize; it is a chosen state.

It is an opportunity to declutter the mind and fully engage the senses.

Here in Portland, a city that seems

to understand in its very bones the need for both intimacy and insulation, we luckily have access to spaces that don’t merely allow a single diner, but actively, warmly, usher us in.

The architecture of these restaurants, whether consciously or not, is designed for the appreciative individual.

When I dine alone, I seek out the most dynamic seat in the house. And for me, that is at the bar. The bar is not a waiting area for the real show; it is a show unto itself. It is a nightly performance: a ballet of bartenders pouring wine and welcoming guests, the rhythmic thwack of ice-filled shakers, DECEMBER 2025 23

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and the endless, fascinating tapestry of people-watching that unfolds before you. You are close enough to feel the pulse of the room, yet positioned perfectly to remain an observer.

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Our city offers a spectrum of perfect solo retreats. For those nights when the soul calls for a slightly slower pace and a tone of quiet sophistication, head to Regards. It’s

The food, unshared, is a gift you bestow upon yourself. the downtown darling where you can squeeze yourself onto a small, coveted seat at the bar while enjoying a life-changing tamale, perhaps paired with the smoky mezcal.

Here, the lighting is soft, the service is understated, and the focus is entirely on the meal before you.

Conversely, when you desire to rub elbows with your neighbors and feel the embrace of a budding community attraction, there is Gill’s in the West End. Though barely three

months old, it has all the sensibilities of everyone’s favorite long-time haunt—a place where the conversation flows freely among strangers, and the ambience is one of immediate, casual comfort. The setting is complete with classic cocktails and soul-satisfying comfort food. These spots are not merely serving sustenance; they are offering different forms of connection, available on your own terms.

This is where self-care becomes self-reverence. The food, unshared, is a gift you bestow upon yourself.

Every bite is a testament to your own excellent taste. It is a moment of deep, sensual calibration, a reminder that the highest form of hospitality begins with the quiet, luxurious decision to treat yourself.

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Aren’t our winters more suited to ice wine?

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In the early years, we rode our bikes everywhere, building forts and rope swings into the Saco River, only heading home at dark to a house that you never locked and parents who never worried where you were.

It was the ideal location for outdoor activities, and as we got older, our time was filled with skiing, hiking, canoeing, and waterskiing.

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Did you plan on moving from Maine to South Africa, or was it more of a serendipitous decision?

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I am a winemaker by accident.

When I ended up in the Cape Winelands, everyone I met was somehow involved in the wine industry, so it was easy to educate yourself with the many winemaking classes and winemakers offering advice and assistance at every corner. I now have 24 vintages done and dusted and am a Cape Wine Master.

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Maine in me still shines through.

Most people can’t understand why I would leave America when they would love to be there. Every day I deal with different languages and cultures. It’s a continually exciting and ever-changing life experience.

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ould you say there’s any sort of philosophy or tradition that you’ve brought with you from Maine to Black Pearl Wines?

Maine taught me to be a Jill of all trades and taught me to always DIY unless it’s necessary to call in an expert. It’s much more rewarding.

I’ve always been a minimalist and live by less is more in my life and winemaking ethos.

Many get curious about the industrial side of winemaking, and there are always risks with heavy equipment.

Can you tell us about a winemaking emergency you had to handle?

Touch wood, working with grapes since 2001, I have avoided major crises, although there have been mishaps such as forklift arms punching a full tank, and a basket press tipping over a friend and cutting his midriff open!

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How can we have a taste of Black Pearl wine?

My importer into Maine is South Portland Wine Company. It sounds like Nappi Distributors will take over from them now as they want more family time. If you can’t find any, email me at info@blackpearlwines. com and I’ll help you find some!

What should we put in your “Taste of Maine” care package?

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ntrigued to learn that Chef Javier of Lulu’s has been using the trompo at the newly restored Nevada Hotel in York, we pick a rainy Friday night—the surf booming as it breaks against the seawall—to check it out.

We share an order of warm Queen Hawaiian rolls (3) with brandy butter (devoured instantly) and the house-made Spam chili with black beans topped with melted cheese—a sweet and spicy hit. We also share a savory fried rice bowl with vegetables and blackened shrimp—four juicy jumbos. But the star is the al pastor, shepherd-style, tacos, Jackfruit and

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Carnitas dressed with pickled onions, cilantro, and avocado. So what is a trompo? It’s a vertical rotisserie spit similar to what you’d see in Brazilian steak houses, but North American.

Trompo means “spinning top.” The carnitas is braised or simmered pork shoulder shaved from the trompo.

Legend has it that this technique, used for shawarma, was brought by Lebanese cooks to Mexico.

How can we resist dessert? The chewy, toothy, shredded-coconut macaroons with chocolate sauce are perfect with coffee. The extensive tiki menu here is full of fun choices such as Birds of Paradise, a bourbon

concoction; Rosalia, a jalapeño-infused tequila number; Hornet’s Nest, an elixir of gin, honey, rosemary, and lemon; and, of course, the gamut of rum-based drinks, all with fanciful sobriquets. What a blast! Maine has never seen anything like this before!

Or have we?

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HACKING THE HAWAIIAN HUT Mention tiki to a native Portlander of a certain age, and they’ll smile, close their eyes, and whisper “Hawaiian Hut,” recalling the tiki enclave at the former Eastland Hotel during the 1960s and 1970s. This worthy (as in I am not worthy) bar is so missed it’s one of a dozen of the most respected tiki establishments ever to exist nationwide, according to mytiki.life. Old menus, glasses, and swizzle sticks from the Hawaiian Hut still appear as treasured home bar displays and on eBay. Tiki is the ultimate getaway fantasy—a tropical oasis in the midst of snow-threatened urban chaos. Its revival offers more than kitsch; it’s a tactile embrace of nostalgia, a return to carefree indulgence in an anxious world. On mytiki.com, collectors are 38 PORTLAND MAGAZINE

rushing to enjoy vintage cocktails, bamboo bar stools, and swaying palm swizzle sticks to transport us into a sun-soaked reverie.

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WE WORSHIP WOODEN IDOLS. ortland’s Hawaiian Hut is on the list of the coolest tiki bars in history, along with the original Trader Vic’s of California.

Attention Forest City locals: if you have old menus or glasses from this 1960s attraction, don’t give these away, because mytiki.life certainly isn’t! Just check out the prices.

Started in the mid-1960s by the Dunfey family, owners of the Eastland Hotel, the Hawaiian Hut was managed by legendary Portland businessman Sonny Ng, who stunned patrons with Mai Tais and Zombies.

Lew Moynihan Jr., one of the

C O R N E R TA B L E original waiters at the Hawaiian Hut, helps us experience the pleasure of veering off topic: “I was a bartender there, along with the Tavern Lounge, from 1968-1972, part of the Sheraton Fun Group (Hawaiian Hut, Tavern, Top of the East, Nickelodeon). I had just come home from the jungle and was attending UMaine Portland. Really fun times. Sonny Ng was the inspiration and manager.

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“Back then, the favorite drink had to be the Zombie.” when I took the job. Drinks were like 75 cents. We served martinis and put two shots in our martini, and we got a dollar.”

But word got around.

“People started saying, ‘Give me a dry martini’ to get more gin into the mix. Then it was, ‘Give me an extra dry martini.’ Okay, ‘Give me a double gin and charge me a dollar.’

“I was there for four years. After that, I was the first bartender at what is now the Great Lost Bear.”

If there’s a shadow to all this sunny fun, was the tiki craze an example of American exceptionalism after U.S. forces won the Pacific Island Campaign during World War II? Maybe it wasn’t so much spiking the drink as spiking the ball. Or are we all just chasing an escape? n DECEMBER 2025 39

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e were not the first state.

In fact, we were the fourth—after Michigan, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin—to abolish the death penalty. But the decision wasn’t easy. It took twenty-one hangings for Mainers to decide we had no taste for the deed of killing. Fifty-six years after we became our own state with our own ethics, Maine abolished capital punishment, brought it back in 1883 for the judgment of murder, but then rescinded that change four years later.

Before Congress passed that controversial abolishment, we embraced

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the same form of terminal judgment that had been passed along to us from the countries we had left. Most of Europe still held hangings, but the guillotine replaced France’s method of choice in 1792. It was considered more humane than the rope, and it remained that country’s choice of execution until 1977. France abolished executions in 1981.

A hanging a hundred and fifty years ago doesn’t faze me much.

—Heard on the street.

BRING ON THE ROPE. But when the (yet-to-be-named) state of Maine held its first execution in 1644, hanging was the method of choice. Fifty years before the Salem witch trials, we hanged our first alleged murderer, a Native American woman accused of killing her husband. It certainly could have been a sign of things to come, since there was very little evidence that she had bludgeoned, stabbed, and deposited his remains in the York River. Evidence was not a priority of the time.

What riled the ire of the men who convicted her was her reputation as a “loose woman.” Mrs. Cornish, aka Goodwife Cornish, was not what the DECEMBER 2025 45

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The one irrefutable bit of evidence that sealed her fate was the “Trial by Touch,” a method later used in the Salem witch trials.

The theory was that if the accused touched the body of the victim, there would be a physical reaction if they had been the murderer. This was considered to be “the revenge of the blood.” When Goodwife Cornish was ordered to place her hands on the head of her dead husband, blood “oozed” from the wound. ’Nuff said, the men agreed.

GAOL TIME he locals had to wait eighty-two years for another public hanging.

By this time, the powers that be understood the attraction of a good hanging and had built a gallows on Gaol Hill in York. The structure would later be named Old York Gaol, also known as Stage Neck Gallows. In 1726, approximately 3,000 curious folks gathered there to witness the hanging of a Native American named Joseph Quasson. The twenty-eightyear-old soldier had shot another Native American soldier named John Peter in the town of Arundel. There was no need for a trial. Quasson admitted to the killing, blamed an over-consumption of alcohol, and asked for forgiveness. Unfortunately, there would be none of that on this plane. Mercy would have to wait.

The newly constructed gallows did the job it had been designed for, and Quasson became the second murderer hanged on what would soon be Maine soil.

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NUMBER THREE Still another Native American was the

next to swing from the rope nine years later. Patience Boston, aka Patience Samson, was born to the Nauset Tribe of Cape Cod. At age

Fifty years before the Salem witch trials, we hanged our first alleged murderer, a Native American accused of killing her husband. three, she’d been given into slavery by her widowed father who’d hoped for her best—a ludicrous wish, it would seem. Patience did not take well to slavery. After years of enduring the Puritan demands of her masters, Patience was accused of rebelling on many levels, including several attempted escapes, lascivious behavior, and setting her enslavers’ home on fire three times. By age twenty, she’d developed a love of liquor, and it was her last master, Benjamin Skillins of Falmouth—what is now Portland— who was subjected to the most extreme expressions of her wrath and unhappiness. She lured his eight-yearold grandson, a child she admitted to loving, to a well where she tossed him in and held him underwater until he was dead.

In an interview with the Reverends Samuel and Joseph Moody (historically, ministers had a role in most hangings), she admitted, “From some groundless prejudice which I had taken against my master…I did last fall bind myself by a wicked oath that I would kill that Child, though I seem’d to love him, and he me.” Like her predecessor Quasson, she immediately confessed and was sentenced to hanging at Old York Gaol. She was hanged in July of 1735.

IMPATIENT JUSTICE There were two more hangings between that of Patience and the only execution that wasn’t for the crime of murder. Jeremiah Baum, a loyalist to the British Crown, was hanged in Knox County in 1780 for treason.

The Damariscotta native was accused of guiding a band of British soldiers through the woods of Maine to pillage the towns between Damariscotta and Rockland. Loyalists still made up 15 to 20 percent of the Maine population, and his supporters demanded his clemency. After a two-day trial by a patriot court-martial of the Revolutionary War, Baum was led through a crowd of both patriots and loyalists to a gallows on Limestone Hill in Thomaston. He fainted when he caught sight of the structure, and a nearby loyalist-sympathizer helped him to his feet and tied a handkerchief over his eyes before he was led to the stairs and to his death.

Few executions have taken place in Portland proper, and the exact locations and names vary, depending on sources. But most agree that

The few hangings that took place in Portland became spectacles attended by thousands, at times surpassing the city’s population. there were at least five executions in the city, two of the most notable being Solomon Goodwin and Thomas Bird.

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The corner of Congress Street and Deering Avenue. The Goodwin execution was attended by 6,000 to 10,000 spectators near this spot.

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had discovered the popularity of a well-advertised, government-sanctioned hanging, and before Thomaston State Prison was built, the few hangings that took place in what’s now Portland became spectacles attended by thousands.

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ut probably the most sensational trial of the 18th century in what is now Portland was that of Thomas Bird, 40. His was the first trial in the country under the new United States Constitution. Bird, an Englishman, was charged with a crime committed thousands of miles from the shores of Maine. He was accused of killing Captain John Connor—captain of a slave ship by the name of Mary—off the coast of Africa. Authorities in Maine captured Mary and arrested Bird along with two of his shipmates, but Bird was the only man tried for the crimes of murder and piracy. His trial took place in the First Parish Meeting

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was on a fishing trip with two friends and apparently had started a heated argument with David Wilson, who was in the next canoe. The disagreement escalated until Goodwin smacked Wilson with his paddle, sending him flying into the Kennebec River. Unfortunately for Goodwin, there was a witness. The friend in the other canoe testified that Goodwin had done nothing to save the drowning man, and therefore, he was accused of murder.

Goodwin’s was the first capital trial in Cumberland County, and it attracted a lot of attention.

He was convicted in 1772, and a gallows was constructed on Haggett’s Hill at what is now the intersection of Deering Avenue and Congress Street in the West End. According to the book Capital Trials in Maine by Joseph Williamson, Goodwin’s hanging was a well-attended event with anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 observers, depending on the report. The city

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This map shows Bramhall’s Hill on what is now the Western Prom, site of Thomas Bird’s Hanging in 1790. To read the rest of Bird’s unsucessful plea for pardon to President George Washington, visit founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0299

House on Congress Street in 1790.

After his request for a pardon was refused by President Washington, Bird was sentenced to death. His hanging took place on Bramhall’s Hill, near what is now the Western Prom. He’s one of the five executed in this city who were buried in unmarked graves in Eastern Cemetery.

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hree decades later, Maine became a state, and four years after that, the Maine State Prison was established in Thomaston, where the rest of the state’s executions would be carried out. Six han gings and 21 years later, Maine lost its taste for capital punishment. The one that broke the hangman’s back was the execution of an escaped convict named Daniel Wilkinson. Originally from England, Wilkinson had lived in several towns in Maine since he was 15. At the age of 40, he was found guilty of killing a policeman while attempting to rob a store in Bath. Officer William Lawrence, age 63, happened upon the crime in progress while doing his rounds. Wilkinson shot him in the head with a .32 caliber revolver.

Less than a year later, Wilkinson was escorted to the gallows in Thomaston.

SLIPPED KNOT But unlike the hangings that had gone before, Wilkinson’s did not go as planned. Who tied that noose that would soon be the state’s last? It must not have been a seasoned knots man, because the coil that was intended to slide along itself and, with a jerk, break the neck of the criminal, did not do its job. Instead, Wilkinson was slowly strangled. He kicked and bucked as the life was choked out of him. According to records, it was a horrible scene, and it led to the abolition of capital punishment two years later.

In 2014, a plaque was placed on Broad Street in Bath honoring Officer William “Uncle Billy” Lawrence, the policeman whom Wilkinson had murdered.

Since 1887, there have been no executions in Maine, but it hasn’t been for lack of trying. Fourteen proposals to reinstate the ultimate penalty have been offered, the most recent in 2005. Many of them were withdrawn before they ever made it DECEMBER 2025 49

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ZEITGEIST to the floor. Six attempts were considered in Congress between 1925 and 1979—four of which were in the 1970s. All of those bills failed.

At this time, executions in Maine for any crime remains unlawful.

The Thomaston prison and its gallows were the inspiration for several scenes in the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption. But the prison, along with any evidence of its gallows, was demolished in 2002.

It’s now part of Thomaston’s historic district, interring Maine’s connection to capital punishment well in its past.

At least, for now.

THIS JUST IN n a crystal clear day in Portland—on the Western Prom—a woman and her mother are taking in the sun and the view that extends all the way to the White Mountains. What would they think if they knew that a gallows had stood uncomfortably close to where they’d been sitting?

“Really?” Ellen Atwood from nearby Westbrook says. She’s taking her elderly mother for some fresh air after a lengthy hospital stay. “Well, I’m glad they took the gallows down, at least.”

Does she find it creepy at all, knowing that at least one murderer was killed right here in this beautiful park in front of an audience of thousands?

She laughs and nudges her mom, who is more interested in a pair of dogs walking past on long leashes.

“People been murdered and worse all over this city,” she says. “A hanging a hundred and fifty years ago doesn’t faze me much. Glad they’re not doing it anymore, though. What a horrible thing to witness.” She turns to her mother and adds, pointing toward the mountains in the distance, “At least they had a nice last view, huh, Ma? Better than a prison wall.” Her mother nods and smiles. n

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Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. Met Opera: The Magic Flute (Mozart), Dec. 20; Met Opera: Andrea Chénier (Giordano), Jan. 10, 2026. 873-7000.

Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St. Bailey’s Mistake, Dec. 31. 780-0118.

Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Serenade, Jan. 11, 2026. 773-2339.

Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. Catharine Cary, Dec. 13. 865-0040.

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, see website for locations. Myths and Magic, Jan. 17–18, 2026. midcoastsymphony.org.

Mystic Theater, 49 Franklin St., Rumford. Old Blind Dogs, Jan. 15, 2026. 369-0129.

One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Katie Matzell & Friends, Dec. 27–28; Open Mic Night, Jan. 7, 2026; Ward Hayden & The Outliers, Jan. 17, 2026. 761-1757. ​​ Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. The Boneheads, Jan. 10, 2026. 633-5159.

Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. Primal Soup, Dec. 19. 805-0134.

Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Kongero, Dec. 19. 542-0836.

Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. The Kind Kids, Dec. 14. 929-6473.

State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Pink Talking Fish, Dec. 20; Griffin William Sherry, Dec. 27; Dark Star Orchestra, Dec. 29; Gogol Bordello, Dec. 30; Start Making Sense, Dec. 31; Eggy & Real Estate, Jan. 10, 2026; Neko Case, Jan. 12, 2026. 956-6000.

Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Dar Williams, Dec. 27; Soggy Po’ Boys with Celia Woodsmith, Dec. 31; On A Winter’s Night, Jan. 20, 2026. 935-7292.

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, 1 Middle St. Pejepscot Station, Jan. 17, 2026. 729-8515.

University of Southern Maine, Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St. Yodsaya Sripaoraya Turner, Dec. 16. 780-5555.

Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. Adam Ezra Group, Dec. 13; Tim O’Brien, Sam Grisman, & Victor Furtado, Jan. 17, 2026. 975-6490.

Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Glen Miller Orchestra, Dec. 20; Eaglemania, Jan. 9, 2026. 873-7000.

Comedy Blue, 650A Congress St. In Utero: A Radical Feminist Comedy Show, Dec. 27; Comedy Open Mic, every Tues.

774-4111.

Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. Bob Marley, Jan. 10, 2026. 667-9500.

Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Paula Poundstone, Dec. 20. 646-4777.

State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Adam Ray, Jan. 15, 2026. 956-6000.

Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Bob Marley, Dec. 17. 935-7292.

Theater Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. NT Live: The Fifth Step, Jan. 15, 2026. 581-1755.

Footlights Theatre, 190 US-1, Falmouth. I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti, Jan. 15–31, 2026. 747-5434.

Good Theater, Stevens Square Theater, 631 Stevens Ave. Something Wonderful, Jan. 15, 2026–Feb. 1, 2026.

835-0895.

Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. Annie, Dec. 19–Jan. 4, 2026. 667-9500.

Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. NT Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Jan. 15–16, 2026. 563-3424.

Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Tholpavakoothu’s Ramayana, Dec. 19. 879-4629.

Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, to Dec. 28. 942-3333.

Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Clue: Live On Stage, Jan. 14–15, 2026. 842-0800.

Portland Players Theater, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. Annie, to Dec. 21. 799-7337.

Film Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Orwell 2+2=5, Dec. 14–17. 564-8943.

Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. (1936), Jan. 1–2, 2026. 563-3424.

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Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. On Palatine Hill, Dec. 21. 975-6490.

Literary Camden Public Library, 55 Main St. Saturday Storytime, Dec. 20, Jan. 3 & 17, 2026; CamdenCAN’s Resilient Reading Group, Dec. 23 & Jan. 13, 2026; MidCoast Audubon: Strata with Laura Poppick, Jan. 15, 2026; Art & Journaling, every Wed.; Book Time for Babies, every Wed.; Story Time with Miss Amy, every Thurs. & Fri. 236-3440.

Local Buzz, Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm St. Local Buzz Reading Series with Mike Bove & Lew-Ellyn Hughes, Dec. 6; Series with Myronn Hardy (poet) & Debra Spark (fiction writer), Jan. 3, 2026. yarmouthmehistory.org.

Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St. Maine Irish Writes, Jan. 6, 2026; Maine Irish Reads: Wild Houses by Colin Barrett, Jan. 8, 2026. 780-0118.

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Blue Lobster Urban Winery, 200 Anderson St. Salsa Dance Party, Jan. 2, 2026. 956-7051.

Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Jeff Pitchell’s Rock & Roll Allstars Dance Party, Dec. 31. 646-4777.

Lambs, 695 Broadway, South Portland. Lambs Dance with DJ Ben Spalding, Dec. 20. lambsmaine.com.

Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Dancing with the Stars: Live!, Jan. 28, 2026. 842-0800.

Art Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle, to Mar. 21, 2026; Precision & Expression: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection, to Mar. 21, 2026. 786-6158.

Blue, 650A Congress St. Portland Drawing Group, Dec. 15. 774-4111.

Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Story Time with Chris Van Dusen, Jan. 27, 2026. 443-1316.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. Visions Unsettled: Stages of the Self in the Hispanic World, from the Spanish Empire to the Global Present, to Dec. 21; Flora et Fauna: Nature in Ancient Mediterranean Art & Culture, to Mar. 7, 2026. 725-3275.

Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St. Mel Allen (Here in New England), Jan. 13, 2026; Ann Packer (Some Bright Nowhere), Jan. 28, 2026. 536-4778.

Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk.

Ocean World: Perspectives of the Sea, to Dec. 20; In Brick!: Lego Art by Colby Adolphsen, to Dec. 20; Com-

Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm St., Rockland. Now & Again, to Dec. 31. 594-5935.

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland. 2025 Biennial, to Jan. 12, 2026. 701-5005.

Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World is a Mystery, to Jan. 11, 2026. 859-5600.

Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St. Critters: Fins, Feathers, Fur, to Dec. 20; Tom Glover: Hurricane Journey, to Dec. 20.

808-8911.

Dowling Walsh Gallery, 357 Main St., Rockland.

Offshore Winter, to Dec. 27. 596-0084.

Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland.

Finding Maine: The Wyeth Family of Artists, to Dec. 31; Re-Indigenizing Sacred Landscapes: From Wigwam at Cetawamkeag, to Jan. 4, 2026; Ann Craven: Painted Time (2020-2024), to Jan. 4, 2026. 596-6457.

Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville.

Natural Selections: Works by Maria Wyzykowski, to Dec. 31. 873-7000.

Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Notorious: Maine Crime in the Public Eye, 1690–1940, to Dec. 31; Lapsed Time: Portland in the 1980s, to Dec. 31; Stitches: Quilt Handwork, to Dec. 31. 774-1822.

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Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath.

Upon That Isle in Maine: The Story & Works of Chris Van Dusen, to Mar. 29, 2026. 443-1316.

Maine Sculpture Trail, Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium. An outdoor exhibit of 34 sculptures over 200 miles Downeast. schoodicsculpture.org.

Moss Galleries, 100 Fore St. Nathaniel Meyer: Under a Swift Sunrise, to Jan. 17, 2026. 804-0459.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 10 Polar Loop, Brunswick. At Home In the North, to Jun. 1, 2026. 725-3416.

Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention, to Jan. 11, 2026; David C. Driskell: Collector, to Mar. 1, 2026. 775-6148.

River Arts, 36 Elm St, Damariscotta. Celebration, to Dec. 30. 563-6868.

University of New England Art Galleries, UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave. Unspoken Resilience: Healing from the Lewiston Shooting Two Years In, to Feb. 8, 2026.

602-3000.

Zillman Art Museum, 40 Harlow St., Bangor. Cristi Rinklin: More Than Human, to Dec. 27; Ralph Gibson: Chiaroscuro: Selected Works from Italy & France, to Dec. 27. 581-3300.

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The Grinch: Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers, Dec. 21.

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Aura, 121 Center St. Spose’s PDank Xmas, Dec. 13.

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Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. The Nutcracker, Dec. 20–21.

942-5555.

Belfast Flying Shoes, Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Solstice Shine Dance, Dec. 20. 338-0979.

Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk.

The Annual Gingerbread House Display, Dec. 16–20. 985-4802.

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Holiday Gifts & Events Cocktail Class, Dec. 20. 204-9668.

Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. Lúnasa: Irish Christmas Celebration, Dec. 20. 236-7963.

Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. A Christmas Carol, Dec. 13, 19, & 20; Christmas at the Cabin, Dec. 14 & 18; Alumni Jazz Band, Dec. 21; It’s a Wonderful Life, Dec. 31. 564-8943.

Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Còig & Screaming Orphans, Dec. 13; Sing! It’s Christmas, Dec. 22. 442-8455.

City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. A Swingin’ Christmas: The Holiday Music of Tony Bennett, Dec. 12–21; Nutcracker Tea, Dec. 31. 282-0849.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 105 Botanical Gardens Dr., Boothbay. Make a Festive Arrangement, Dec. 13; Gardens Aglow, to Jan. 3, 2026. 633-8000.

Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. 12/OC & Friends, Dec. 20. 791-2200.

Earth at Hidden Pond, 354 Goose Rocks Rd., Kennebunkport. Garnish & Garland Mixology, Dec. 12; Sleigh & Sip: Holiday Wine Tasting, Dec. 13. 967-6550.

Fete Market, 31 Diamond St. B. Fete Holiday Market, Dec. 12–13. fetemarket.com.

Footlights Theatre, 190 US-1, Falmouth. A Child’s Christmas in Wales & A Christmas Memory, Dec. 14–15; Holidazed, Dec. 20; The Bolt Sisters, Dec. 21; A Christmas Carol, to Dec. 23. 747-5434.

Friends of Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Christmas with Kennerley, Dec. 23. 842-0800.

Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. 2025 Holiday Show, to Jan. 31, 2026. 772-2693.

The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Magic 8 Ball Winter Solstice Concert, Dec. 21. 347-7177.

Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. A Christmas to Remember with Deep Blue C Studio Orchestra, Dec. 14. 646-4777.

Kittery Art Association, 2 Walker St. Holiday Show & Gift Bazaar, to Dec. 21. 451-9384.

Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Dec. 19–21. 563-3424.

Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland.

Elf Jr., The Musical, Dec. 12–20. 799-1421.

Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. 250 Years of An American Christmas, Dec. 13. 774-1822.

Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Lowry’s Lodge Presents: Holiday Open Reading, Dec. 14. 7732339.

Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. Sparkle: Annual Holiday Show, to Dec. 28. 865-0040.

New England Craft Fairs, Augusta Armory, 179 Western Ave. Last Minute Christmas Arts & Craft Show, Dec. 13–14; Last Minute Arts & Craft Show, Dec. 20–21. newenglandcraftfairs.com.

Ogunquit Playhouse, The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, NH. White Christmas, to Dec. 21. 646-5511.

One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Low Lily’s Winter Solstice Celebration, Dec. 13; Lúnasa, Dec. 14;

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Holiday Gifts & Events Jazzy Jingle & Mingle Fundraiser, Dec. 18; Portland Jazz Orchestra, Dec. 18–19; Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm, Dec. 20; Rock My Soul, Dec. 21; A Havana New Year’s Bash with Primo Cubano, Dec. 31. 761-1757. ​​ Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. 2025 Gingerbread Spectacular, Dec. 12–14; Holiday Potluck & Carol Sing, Dec. 17; Sons of Serendip, Dec. 20. 633-5159.

Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St. STEM Saturday: Gift Makers, Dec. 13; Owls Nest: Holiday Science, Dec. 17 & 19. 594-4418.

Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Another Kick in Your Dickens, to Dec. 21; Santa’s Storytime & Singalong, Dec. 20–21. 942-3333.

Portland Ballet, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. A Victorian Nutcracker, Dec. 16. 842-0800.

Portland Ballet, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. A Victorian Nutcracker, Dec. 20–21; A Very Nutty Nutcracker, Dec. 21. 842-0800.

Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St. ChoralART Singalong, Dec. 13; Home for the Holidays, Dec. 26–28. 775-3356.

Portland Media Center, 516 Congress St. Yes&Co.: Our Holiday Stories, Dec. 13. 842-0800.

Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. PMA Films: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Dec. 13; PMA Films: Die Hard (1988), Dec. 18. 775-6148.

Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave. A Christmas Carol, to Dec. 24. 774-0465.

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Magic of Christmas, Dec. 12–21 (on demand Dec. 19–Jan. 9, 2026). 842-0800.

Portsmouth Historical Society, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH. 35th Annual Gingerbread House Contest, to Dec. 30. (603)436-8433.

Public Theatre, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. A Christmas Carol, Dec. 12–14. 782-3200.

Railway Village Museum, 586 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay. North Pole Express, 13, 14, 20, & 21. 633-4727.

Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Winter Solstice Celebration with Low Lily, Dec. 14. 542-0836.

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Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Neil McGarry’s A Christmas Carol, Dec. 13. 929-6473.

State Theatre, 609 Congress St. The Fogcutters Superfantastic Christmas Extravaganza, Dec. 13. 956-6000.

Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Stone Mountain LIVE for Christmas, Dec. 12–13; Milk Carton Kids, Dec. 19. 935-7292.

Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Community Read: A Christmas Carol, Dec. 14; A Very Merry Holiday Concert, Dec. 19. 367-2788.

Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. Daylight Stroll, Dec. 14; Candlelight Stroll, to Dec. 21; Winter Celebrations Homeschool Tour, Jan. 7, 2026.

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Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. The Muppet Christmas Carol, Dec. 14; Heather Pierson Trio: Charlie Brown Christmas, Dec. 19. 975-6490.

Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. The Nutcracker, Dec. 12–14; Christmas with the Celts, Dec. 15. 873-7000.

Wells Christmas Parade, Route 1. The 40th Annual Christmas Parade begins at Wells Plaza and ends at Wells Junior High School, Dec. 14. wellschristmasparade.com.

WW&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. Victorian Christmas Train & Market, Dec. 13 & 20. 882-4193.

Bites Blue, 650A Congress St. Layne’s Wine Gig, Dec. 18. 774-4111.

Now You’re Cooking, 49 Front St., Bath. Tedford’s 4-Way Eggs & Potato Fundraiser, Dec. 14; Pasta: Spaghetti & Fettuccine, Jan. 6, 2026; Hearty Soups & Grain Bread, Jan. 7, 2026; Trifle, Pound Cake, & Muffins, Jan. 13, 2026. 443-1402.

Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. A Royal Tea Party, to Dec. 28. 942-3333.

Don’t Miss The 4th Annual Vertical Challenge, Saddleback Mountain, 976 Saddleback Mountain Rd., Rangeley. A series of free casual ski and snowboard races open to all ages and abilities, with a festival element featuring snowy activities, games, free samples, & swag for all ages, Jan. 11, 2026. 864-5671.

25th Annual Atlantic Plunge, Gooch’s Beach, Kennebunk. Dip in the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean in this fun event to raise funds for Caring Unlimited, Jan. 1, 2026. caring-unlimited.org/atlantic-plunge.

Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk.

Cozy Stitches: Embroider Your Own Beanie, Dec. 13.

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Camden Public Library, 55 Main St. Open Needlepoint Group, Jan. 4 & 18, 2026; Sculpted Paper Flower Workshop with Joelle Webber, Jan. 11, 2026. 236-3440.

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Lobster Dip 2026, in front of The Brunswick Hotel, 39 West Grand Ave., Old Orchard Beach. Fun event to raise funds for Special Olympics Maine, Jan. 1, 2026. somaine. org/get-involved/lobster-dip.

Maine Audubon, Gilsland Farm, 20 Gilsland Farm Rd., Falmouth. Bird Walk, every Thurs. 781-2330.

Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St. Maine Irish Makes, Dec. 18 & Jan. 15, 2026. 780-0118.

Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath.

STEAMbox Family Workshops: Superb Seals (Dec. 13) & Transforming Trees (Jan. 10, 2026). 443-1316. ​​ Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. January Open Mic, Jan. 16, 2026. 633-5159.

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St. Fall Workshop, Dec. 29–30, & 31. 594-4418.

Polar Bear Dip & Dash, Southern Maine Community College, 2 Fort Rd., South Portland. Gather your friends, start a team, or fundraise on your own to support NRCM’s climate change work for this 18th annual event, Jan, 4, 2026. nrcm.org/events/polar-bear-dip-dash.

Portsmouth Historical Society, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH. Homeschool Day: the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, Jan. 2, 2026. (603)436-8433.

Shop Maine Craft, Center for Maine Craft, 288 Lewiston Rd., West Gardiner. Tiny Treasures, to Dec. 31. 205-0791.

Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Trivia Night, Dec. 18. 367-2788.

Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Jennifer Pictou, Mi’kmaq Storyteller, Jan. 17, 2026. 594-0070.

Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. Intro to Drop Spinning Workshop, Jan. 3, 2026; Fingerless Mitts Knitting Workshop, Jan. 10, 2026; Peppermint Twist Basket Workshop, Jan. 17, 2026.

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precious spot, the far half of the Salmon Falls River belongs to New Hampshire, while the near half is part of Maine. A few strokes away, Leighs Mill Pond engages with the watershed through the picturesque Great Works Dam. “The way the water meets [almost kisses] in this one place attracted me from the start,” seller Mark Zimmer says. “And you’re right. There is a magnetism. While restoring the house and grounds, we uncovered a treasure trove. We called the Maine State Museum.”

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he archaeological surveyors were here in a heartbeat. The team said the lawns that slope down to the water were “percolating with arrowheads. Now their discoveries are part of the collection at the Maine State Museum.”

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t’s easy to put a date on landmark treasures like the Hamilton House (1785) and, nearer still, the restrained elegance of 73 Vine Street, a Georgian showcase built in 1726, also with views of the river. But the age of 72 Vine is more complicated. That’s because the present structure evolved as a series of buildings across time. “There’s an 18th-century building and a mid-19th-century building here, as well as other structures,” Zimmer says. “One of its incarnations was as a duplex.” Instead of forcing one identity on what survives, Zimmer had his architect, Maurice Weintraub of Philadelphia, capture the spirit of the 84 PORTLAND MAGAZINE

You don’t have to have 100 acres to have a view. You have to site the house properly. several dwellings that grace this space at once. An enormous slab from the earliest foundation now finds a new

resting place as the mantel of a giant hearth in the main viewing room, lit by reflections from the river. Period chestnut floorboards were rescued, numbered, and redeployed to serve the new vision.

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ou don’t have to have 100 acres to have a view,” Zimmer says.

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DAVID POND, FAYET TE our chance to have a private 1.22 acre waterfront lot on coveted David Pond with 260 feet of beautiful lakefront A level lot with ability MONMOUTH COBBOSSEE LAKE $874,000 to build with a view and privacy galore. SurMOTIVATED SELLERS A One in a Million View on Cobbossee Lake - Available to move in now! Welcome to 33 Gerber Lane, a stunning 4-bedroom, veyed , septic design and building envelope 3-bath waterfront home in beautiful Monmouth with breathtaking views of Cobbossee Lake. This sun-filled home offers the perfect blend of FARMINGDALE, ME $767,000 MLSlevels. #1599396 WAYNE, MEalready. $744,500 MLS #1602987 MLS#164 0958 • $250,000 comfort, space, and year-round recreation. 2264 sf on three MLS #1625539 TURNER, ME $450,000 MLS #1611498 Call Chris Vallee 207-242-2041

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NEW PORTLAND $950,000 Exceptional Investment Opportunity—4 Properties Conveyed Together. Residential, Commercial & Waterfront. Present rental income is $7,850 per month and a possible income of $11, 050 monthly. The potential of this opportunity is immense. MLS#1635147

WAYNE $699,750 Stunning Colonial-style home nestled in the heart of Wayne and in the middle of the lakes.

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KINGFIELD COMMERCIAL Prime Commercial Opportunity - Main Street, Kingfield Just minutes to Sugarloaf and Farmington. Live and work in wonderous Carrabassett Valley This property is set up as a 2 bedroom 1 bath home .Or it can be two separate offices. MLS#1635130 • $250,000

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guy came up to me in the store the other day.

“You Dan Warren?”

No, I said, as I always do in that circumstance.

“Really,” he said. “You look like him on Facebook.”

Oh, that’s my brother, I said. How do you know Dan? At that point, the response is (a) or (b). (a) is: “That son of a bitch represented my ex-wife in our divorce!”

To which my response is: Oh, sorry to hear that! Divorce can be tough.

or (b) “He coached my kids in kindergarten soccer.”

To which my response is: Oh, OK, yes, I am Dan Warren. Tell them I said hi!

Life in a small town that is now a

We just had our 50th high school reunion in September. Here is the photo they put on my badge from our high school yearbook. If you’d shaved all my hair off, and sideburns, there would’ve been enough material to make sweaters for 75 people.

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LAST WORDS Potato Chips plant used to be, then down Route One past Pat’s Pizza on your right, near where Foley’s Ice Cream used to be, and…”

Uncle, please, Uncle! Even I want to bind and gag me.

Scarborough has changed.

Maine has changed.

I graduated from UMO in 1979. t age 68, recently There were kids there from Fort Kent, retired after 42 years as Machias, Kittery, Fryeburg, Rockland, a lawyer, why take up Eastport, Portland, and Meddybemps. scribbling for Publisher (Actually, I don’t remember if that is Colin Sargent? so, but I really enjoyed saying it.)

Because it’s time to assess.

The towns I graduated in southern from ScarborMaine have ough High I have a few block house grown like the School in 1975. photos from the days when I 7th grader who The school worked there, summertime, lifts weights all enrollment was 1971 to 1975. I don’t think I summer and about 400; now sometimes 1,200. have any photos of me in front comes back to of the building or anything.

8th grade in the The town popufall and kicks lation was about I was always the your ass in gym 6,250; now about 27,000. one taking the pho- volleyball. (OK, OK, strong My childhood tos, and back then language—how friend Rodney jumps Laughton is the there was no such about: higher and de facto Comgrunts on the mander in Chief thing as a selfie! spiked shots of the Scarborwith no voice ough Historical cracks?)

As a kid, the author Society. He and used to work in the A lot of towns I have a gentleScarborough inforin Maine have man’s agreemation center across struggled, and ment on “hisRoute 1 from Anjon’s, continue to. torical sentence at the mouth of Scarborough Marsh. The Mt. Katahdin structure”: neiblockhouse has since is still similar. ther is allowed been reassembled at The West more than three Smiling Hill Farm.

Branch of the prior-historiPenobscot is still cal-site references fierce—so much so that one friend in one sentence—e.g., “OK, if you said he almost didn’t bring a small want to get to the Big 20 Bowling cooler of beer on the whitewater Center on Route One, you go past raft gig.

Portland Volvo on your left, across What do you make of it? from where Frost Boat House used I don’t know. to be. Then go down the hill, and Is it still Maine? Depends on how Moody Collision is up there on the you define Maine. hill to your left. On your immediate Until next time, check, please. n right is where the Humpty Dumpty

big town can be a jungle.

Absent helmets or other riot gear, self-protection is vital.

This is my first column for Portland Monthly (pause at typewriter; dodge thrown vegetables; OK, resume typing).

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tostadas

with butternut squash & black beans

Bright, hearty and packed with flavor, these tostadas put a seasonal twist on this Mexican dish. Roasted butternut squash, black beans, creamy avocado and a zesty lime yogurt drizzle come together on a warm whole grain base for a meal that’s as nourishing as it is satisfying.

Here's what you need:

Roll up your sleeves:

1/2

Butternut squash, roasted

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with foil.

1 tsp.

McCormick Ground Cumin

1/2 tsp.

McCormick Chili Powder

2. Mash roasted squash with cumin, chili powder, maple syrup and salt.

1 Tbsp.

Maple syrup

6 (6 in.)

Whole grain pita breads

1 (15.25 oz.) can

Hannaford No Salt Added Black Beans, rinsed and drained

® ®

Juice from 2 limes, divided

3. Place pitas on baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.

Remove and set aside.

4. Toss black beans with half of the lime juice and olive oil.

5. Whisk together yogurt with other half of lime juice.

Add a little water to give it a drizzling consistency.

6. Spread each pita with squash. Top with black beans and a few slices of avocado. Drizzle with lime yogurt.

Garnish with cilantro and pumpkin seeds and serve.

1 Tbsp.

Olive oil

1/4 tsp.

Salt

1/4 cup

Stonyfield® Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt

2

Avocados, sliced

Dietitian’s Tip:

1/4 cup

Fresh cilantro, chopped

1/4 cup

Pumpkin seeds, toasted

A unique twist on traditional tostadas creates a dish with protein, healthy heart fat and an assortment of vitamins and minerals. Pair with Fresh Express® Twisted Avocado Caesar Chopped Salad for a balanced meal.

Nutritional Information: Amount per serving (1 tostada): Calories 430; Total Fat 16 g; Saturated Fat 2.5 g; Cholesterol 0 mg; Sodium 420 mg; Carbohydrate 60 g; Dietary Fiber 15 g; Sugar 7 g; Added Sugar 3 g; Protein 16 g We’re committed to supporting your health and wellness goals. Our team of registered dietitians offer free nutritional services online and in-store.

MAKES 6 SERVINGS

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