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Introducing Mayor Deqa Dhalac of South Portland
No full textThe story of Deqa Dhalac, elected mayor of South Portland in December 2021. Discusses Dhalac\u27s background and career as a city councilor in South Portland. Reflects on the importance of a Maine city being helmed by a Somali immigrant woman
Artist Spotlight: Jenny Ibsen
No full textJenny Ibsen is a printmaker, a Bowdoin College graduate, a restaurant worker. She was born in China, adopted by an American Scandinavian family in Connecticut, and now lives in Maine. In this brief profile, she reflects on the difficulties of being a restaurant worker during the pandemic and how she feels about routine, repetition, and printmaking
Food and Drink: Fish/Tacos
No full textReview of the restaurant Elevation Sushi and Taco in Bridgton. Discusses how co-owners Kim Morton, Mike Perez, and John Dexter - all Los Angeles transplants - opened the restaurant to revisit their favorite cuisines from back home
Food and Drink: Smooth Move
No full textParagraph about Atlantic Sea Farms, Biddeford-based purveyors of kelp products, and their frozen kelp cubes for smoothies
North by East: The Big Picture
No full textBrief descriptions of exhibitions at three Maine museums: the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland hosts Farnsworth Forward: the Collection, displaying historical and contemporary pieces in tandem to offer a new perspective on the museum\u27s holdings; the Ogunquit Museum of American Art offers a new installment in The View from Narrow Cove, displaying works from artists connected to Ogunquit and the larger art world; The View From Here, appearing at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA), displays works from 20 artists who have been connected with the organization over its seventy-year history
My Favorite Place: Noël Bonam: George Brook Flowage, Motahkomikuk
No full textMini profile of Noël Bonam, state director of AARP Maine. Briefly relates his storied career, which has included everything from suicide prevention in his native India to heading Maine\u27s Bureau of Multicultural Affairs. Also discusses his feelings about Maine, including a cherished visit to George Brook Flowage, Motahkomikuk (Indian Township) with his friend, Allen Sockabasin of the Passamaquoddy Tribe
Good Things from Maine: That\u27s Dope!
No full textDescriptions and reviews of natural, Maine-made Insect repellents
Nirav Shah is Ambivalent About his Celebrity (and Uncommonly Curious and Deliberate About Everything Else)
No full textA profile of Dr. Nirav Shah, director of Maine\u27s CDC during the coronavirus pandemic. Encompasses his biography and career leading up to his appointment at the Maine CDC, Maine\u27s response to COVID-19, and how Shah\u27s handling of the crisis led to his unprecedented popularity as a public figure
Catch & Release
No full textEssay describing a severe fall the author took on a fishing trip to the Kennebec River Gorge in 2020, the aftermath, and the impact on his life. Reflections on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on our sense of normalcy are interspersed with his story
Best of Maine 2022
No full textThe 15th annual roundup of readers’ and editors’ recommendations for the best places to go, eat and shop in Maine