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June 19, 2011

‘Lost In a Fog’

The Bates Island race is the best race of the year. We sail out to Bates, have a picnic on the rocks, and sail back. My first year brought screaming winds and frightening swells. It was awesome. I could only hope for similarly exciting conditions this year. Anna couldn’t come this time because she had […]
Published
June 19, 2011

Tempered by grief, filled with hope

FREEPORT — Charles Baker has endured a kind of emotional loss that no teenager should ever have to endure. Just a few weeks before Christmas last year, his mother died from cancer. It started in her colon and spread to her liver. By the time doctors detected it three years ago, it was too late. […]
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June 19, 2011

‘It Was A Long Walk’

“One two three lift!” The heavy wheelbarrow elevates onto our front porch, and, with sagging tires, soon rolls through our front door laden with firewood. My dad always says there are plenty of people who use a wood stove for heat in Maine, but I’m not convinced; seems to me that a whole lot of […]
Published
June 19, 2011

It’s just a cafe, but she sees ballet

CUMBERLAND — Sarah Mulcahy learned the first lesson about writing when she sat down to think about her essay for the contest “A Journey Into Writing.” The lesson: You can’t fake it. “I wanted to write something philosophical. I tried writing a poem about love. But it did not work out well, so I decided […]
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June 19, 2011

‘Saturday Waitress’

The first thing I smell on Saturday morning is the cafe. It is heavy with the odor of cooking food. Plates of eggs, toast and bacon are piled on the crook of my arm. Clusters of hungry customers are waiting at the door. Their feet track in mud and snow like melted chocolate mixed with […]

Published
June 19, 2011

Review: Cassatt String Quartet worthy of acclaim

The concert would have graced Lincoln Center; for it to take place at the Dunaway Center in Ogunquit Friday night was little short of phenomenal. The world-renowned Cassatt String Quartet, with pianist Adrienne Kim, played four major contemporary works, including a world premiere. And each one was introduced by the composer. The compositions varied tremendously […]
Published
June 12, 2011

Dine Out Maine: 15 Exchange in enviable spot, but food doesn’t quite measure up

Blue awnings stretch invitingly over the brick and cobblestone sidewalk at 15 Exchange Grille, the spot where Walter’s restaurant used to be. Step inside to a long, narrow room with a bar and high tables. There is one customer downstairs on a warm and clear Friday night in late April. We are seated upstairs, in […]
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June 12, 2011

Bob Keyes: After 37 years of teaching, Thomas Block says farewell

WISCASSET — This week, former students of retiring high school art teacher Thomas Block will gather at a midcoast gallery to toast the man who changed their lives. “When I started at Wiscasset High School, I was a lonely, invisible outcast with nothing to pull me through the day except my love of art,” said […]
Published
June 12, 2011

Arts Dispatches, June 12, 2011

OGUNQUIT Michelle Lee in ‘Summer of Love’ at Ogunquit Playhouse The Ogunquit Playhouse has announced that TV and film star Michelle Lee will headline the new Roger Bean musical “Summer of Love,” on stage June 22 through July 16. Lee has starred on Broadway and in feature and television films. She is known for her […]
Published
June 12, 2011

Historic Maine house murals bound for new home

A remarkable series of 19th-century wall paintings is in the process of being moved to the Bridgton museum named for famed Maine muralist Rufus Porter.

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