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Ciao Chow
No full textRestaurant review of Dolce Amici, a cocktail bar, gelateria,and multipurpose restaurant serving predominantly Italian food in Norway. Lourdes Rubio opened the restaurant in 2020, with business partner Liz Cook
Maine Bookkeeper Inspired by Bulgarian Childhood
No full textBrief profile of Ivan Staev, founder and CEO of Unlimited Bookkeeping Services LLC. Staev grew up in Bulgaria and learned business skills from his grandfather. His family immigrated to New York to escape Bulgaria\u27s communist regime, moving to Maine several years later. Staev still lives in Maine
Portland is Rwandan Singer Clarisse Karasira\u27s New Home
No full textBrief piece about Clarisse Karasira, a Rwandan singer whose 2018 song Giraneza has more than 1.8 million YouTube views. Karasira\u27s music blends traditional rhythms with modern instrumentals. She married Rwandan American Sylvain de Joie Ifashabayo and has moved to Maine. In the article, she offers advice to young artists and talks about her upcoming projects
Lost in the Valley?/Perdu Dans la Vallée?
No full textA dual-language article reflecting on the encroaching demise of Valley French, the unique version of French long spoken in the St. John Valley of Maine. While describing his researching adventures in Madawaska, the author discusses the history of Acadian, Québécois, and other francophone settlers of Maine and how years of prejudice and maltreatment - particularly in the wake of a 1919 law which forbade the speaking of French in Maine schools - have imperiled the language and culture for their descendant
Maine Homes: House Tour: Sweet Spot
No full textA photographic house tour of the home of George and Donna Scontsas in Cape Porpoise. The home is a 1940s cottage on Sampson Cove
Farm to Fable
No full textA brief discussion about growing cannabis at home - and retail options for those who chose not to DIY
Talking Walls: Master of the Universe
No full textA tour and history of the home at 375 Spring Street in Portland, an 1868 Italianate house originally built for Maine Governor Israel Washburn
Secrets of the Deep
No full textA meditation on the fate of two British naval planes lost in Sebago Lake in 1944. Describes the official account of events which led to the sinking of the planes, as well as alternative theories. Discusses the longstanding reluctance of the British government to have the wrecks raised and any remains of the pilots repatriated. Recounts the efforts of salvager Alfred Fred Hagen to win the right to recover the planes
Spun Gold
No full textAn interview with George Jreije, author of Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria. Topics of discussion include bringing his Arab-American heritage to his writing, how he came to live in Maine, and reading in Lebanese culture
No Ordinary Woman
No full textThe story of Susan Blanchard Russwurm Hawes, the Maine woman who adopted her husband\u27s illegitimate son - and how he, John Brown Russwurm, grew up to become the first African-American graduate of Bowdoin (1826) and, later, the governor of Maryland in Liberia