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Maine Homes: Keeping the Faith
No full textParagraph and mini interview with preservationist Marcia Pond Anderson about her successful quest to save the historic Regular Baptist Church building in Patten from demolition
Not Just a Ski Town
No full textBrief overview of Bethel\u27s dining scene, as well as a more focused review of new restaurant Mountain Social, opened by Cody and Pavlina Gordon a year ago
My Favorite Place: Clarisse Karasira, Joan Sayward Franklin \u2746 Theater, Portland
No full textProfile of the Rwandan-born, now Maine-based, singer Clarisse Karasira, who gave up a career in television news for a career as a singer, peformer, and music video producer. She loves Waynflete\u27s theater and launched her third album there this summer
North by East: In from the Cold
No full textA brief article noting the transition of Bowdoin College\u27s Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum to a location inside the school\u27s new John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies
Good Things From Maine: A Full-Circle Knitting Circle
No full textA brief description of the Loose Ends Project, a volunteer organization which connects the owners of unfinished knitting, quilting, or other textile projects - usually pieces begun by a loved one who has died or become ill - with volunteer fabric artists willing to complete the work
Do Go Chasing Waterfalls
No full textA compilation of Maine waterfalls, including Rattlesnake Flume, Howe Brook Falls, and Peter\u27s Brook Trail. Height, nearest trailhead, and a brief hiking-route description are included for each entry, as well as a descriptive snippet of the falls. Three mini articles appear within the list: Know Your Falls, an illustrated guide to different waterfall types, such as horsetail and punchbowl; Convenient Cascades, descriptions of five falls which can be visited without hiking; and Fall Guy, an interview with Greg Westrich (author of multiple Maine outdoor guides) regarding his recent work, Hiking Waterfalls Maine
Somali Bantu Community Association Looks Back at 2022
No full textBrief overview of highlights of the past year for the Somali Bantu Community Association in Lewiston/Auburn which included a move to a new space on Pine Street in Lewiston, the hiring of several new staff members, and the most successful year yet at Liberation Farm in Wales
Stirring the Pot
No full textAn accounting of Portland\u27s restaurant scene in the (almost-)post-COVID era. The stories of newer eateries Leeward, Twelve, and Bar Futo illustrate how the city\u27s celebrated culinary culture persists and thrives despite the pandemic and other challenges
Peaks Island Star : September 2023, Vol. 43, Issue 9
Get PDFThe Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island\u27s service agencies and other community news.https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/peaks_pisn_2023/1008/thumbnail.jp
North by East: John, Mayor
No full textAn interview with writer Chuck Radis about his new book, John Jenkins: Mayor of Maine. Radis discusses topics such as his first encounters with Jenkins - who would eventually serve as mayor of both Lewiston and Auburn, and as a Maine state senator - when both were students at Bates; Jenkins\u27 experience as a Black man in a mostly White state; and how Radis would like Jenkins to be remembered