August 2015

Beauty and the Brain

When I was in junior high school, my friend Beth gave a presentation about artist Andrew Wyeth and his connection to Maine. As a twelve-year-old, I was painfully inept at drawing and painting and was somewhat skeptical about the relevance

Lighthouses

01 Seguin Island Light Station | Seguin Island Two and a half miles from where the Kennebec River empties into the Atlantic is Seguin Island. In 1795 George Washington commissioned the construction of Seguin Island Light Station. At 53 feet

Evo Kitchen + Bar

The kitchen at Evo is so small that chef Matt Ginn and his team use the bar that surrounds it for prep work. There’s just one oven, four burners, and a large stand mixer that kneads the dough for hundreds

Chebeague: Island Town So Near

The summer natives return year after year, and generation after generation, joining year-round residents who are proudly independent on this Casco Bay island that’s less than two miles by ferry from Yarmouth. The peas are up, and one of the

Cruising Casco Bay

From marina to mooring, one Portland boating family shows off their favorite summer spots. I’ve watched the islands of casco bay come into focus as my plane swoops into the airport, vibrant spots of green floating blurrily in the rich

Maine’s Winning Sailmaker

Win Fowler of Maine Sailing Partners “I want to find out exactly what the customer wants and do that,” says Fowler, pictured here in his Freeport sailmaking loft. Lately I’ve been asking sailors from Portland if they know of Win