Lou and Paul Ureneck have been part of the Maine community for several decades—in very different ways. Paul has worked in construction management, helping orchestrate projects such as the Portland Museum of Art’s Winslow Homer home restoration and Thompson’s Point redevelopment. Lou is a writer and Boston University Professor who worked as the deputy managing editor at the Portland Press Herald for many years. In 2011, Lou wrote Cabin – Two Brothers, a Dream and Five Acres in Maine.
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Paul Ureneck
Paul Ureneck moved to Maine in the 1970s when his brother asked him to help build a post and beam home on land he bought in New Gloucester. The home took three years worth of Sunday work to build. After that Paul got involved in construction and eventually moved into a construction management position at the Boulos Company where he has been part of many notable projects such as Pineland redevelopment, the Winslow Homer home restoration for the Portland Museum of Art, Allagash Brewery’s evolving development and expansion, Backyard Farms research and development center in Madison, and the current Thompson’s Point redevelopment.
Lou Ureneck
A former Nieman fellow and editor-in-residence at Harvard University, Lou Urenek is a professor of journalism at Boston University. He was deputy managing editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer and editor of the Portland Press Herald. Urenek’s writing has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe and Field & Stream. A former Fulbright Fellow, Ureneck is the author of Backcast, which won the National Outdoor Book Award for literary merit, and Cabin – Two Brothers, a Dream and Five Acres in Maine. His latest book is The Great Fire: One American’s Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century’s First Genocide.