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March 14 - March 27, 2019 Volume 61, Issue 3

Serving the South Coast of Maine from Kittery to Portland PAGE 2 Be the reason someone smiles today. TOURIST & TOWN, MARCH 14, 2019

Creativity & Resourcefulness...... page 3 Rob Coburn is a marketing strategist and copywriter. The best in arts, entertainment, lifestyle and He’s written feature articles, speeches, TV and radio A New Pup in Town ...... page 4 leisure since 1958, created for the people who commercials, print ads, brochures, blogs and websites Local Hero Stephen Spofford . . pgs 6 & 7 live here, visit here and love it here. he ourisTbut never under hisown own name.diTorial He’s from awayeam but is Mainely Authors ...... page 8 here to stay. He’s a Registered Maine Guide in train- From the It’s dawn. I’m walking down our sweet ing and leads summer bike tours that include mostly It's Like This ...... page 9 T T & T e T In This Issue . . . Publisher . . . Chase Hill for my morning java. The light accurate Maine facts and trivia. Rob, Wendy and their Entertainment & Sports...... page 10 is low, the town is just waking up, and I ROB COBURN son Steve live in Kennebunk. Famous Politicians...... page 11 feel the bite of the morning air. My mind is stimulated, Faith Gillman is a freelance writer/editor by night Flo's Hot Dogs...... page 11 I wonder what the day will bring, and I'm invigorated and loan processor by day. Mother of two and Calendar ...... pgs 12 & 13 by a sense of possibility and a feeling of determination. “Nonnie” of two, she is happiest when given an opportunity to share the stories of the people and Landmarks...... page 14 It’sTourist my favorite moment of the& day. Town This morning my boy came along, a special treat since places that make Maine the best place to be in every Kennebunk Bicentennial ...... page 15 he’s rarely up in time. I told him how I love this part of season. When she’s not working, Faith spends her Food & Spirits ...... page 16 time with George and their Japanese Chins, Georgy my every day – and the kicker is, he listened. (He often and Rexy—that is when she’s not busy maintaining FAITH GILLMAN Guest Editorial ...... page 17 checks out when mom waxes poetic). I told him how her reputation as the “Kennebunk Dance Lady.” On Stage: The Half-Light . . . . . page 18 these unspoiled moments bring me back to childhood On Stage: Light in the Piazza . . page 19 mornings on my family’s farm, how they remind me of Steve Hrehovcik began as an advertising copywriter, Through the Lens ...... page 20 heading down our winding driveway each morning to then shifted to feature articles, film, theater and televi- retrieve an armful of newspapers from all over creation sion scripts, ghost writing and editing. He has been Eatin' & Drinkin' Like a Mainah . . page 21 for my pop, how I'd see countless clusters of deer still with this newspaper since 2006. He is also an artist creating illustrations of homes, portraits, animals, Live Music & Happy Hours . . . . page 22 lying down but peeking their heads up to see who’s Joe and Tracy Ryan ...... page 23 caricatures and children’s books. He and his wife Carol passing by, and how everything seemed so wonder- have lived in Kennebunk for almost 50 years. His book fully carefree. STEVE HREHOVCIK Rebel Without A Clue – A Way-Off Broadway Memoir is I love this town of Kennebunk. I available on his website: kennebunkartstudio.com. Our mission is to bring you the very best of South Coastal Maine in arts, entertain- love this little hill on which I’m rais- ment, lifestyle and leisure, setting the gold ing my kiddos. And I love the South Kristen Kuehnle is an avid reader, “turned” col- standard for local business promotion, Coast of Maine. Happy birthday, umnist, who moved to Maine from Salem, MA. She journalism and overall goodwill Maine! retired from Salem State University in 2016 and now for locals and tourists alike. serves on the SSU faculty as professor emerita. Since retiring, Kristen opened Fine Print Booksellers in Kingsley Gallup, Publisher 7 Chase Hill by Dock Square, Kennebunkport. She is the mother of Danie Connolly Tourist & Town two sons and a happy grandmother. Reading is a pas- sion. One of her favorite expressions is “Open a Book and open a mind.” [email protected]. KRISTEN KUEHNLE On the Cover Dean Johnson has written about Maine's southern maine ma coast for many years and many publications, includ- ly ine ing both Boston dailies. He grew up in his family's Seaside Gallery and Gifts is an eclectic gallery combining the talents of two established artists, offering Ogunquit restaurant, spent time on Drake's Island, fun, unique and whimsical artwork & designs. @lisartgallery&framing; @fishhousedesigns. and now is part of the Cape Porpoise community. Home & Away is an Arctic and Indian art gallery situated in an 1813 post and beam structure in Ken- When he is not walking on Goose Rocks Beach he is often kayaking or paddleboarding near it. He is a talk nebunkport. “We offer great artwork that touches the soul," says owner David Fouts. On the cover: basket DEAN JOHNSON with leather cover, multi-colored corn basket and birch bark basket with trees, from the gallery's eclectic host on WBZ-AM. collection. www.homeandaway.gallery. Herb’s Seafood in Kennebunk offers fresh seafood and a whole lot more. On the cover: duel images of Valerie Marier is a freelance journalist who has clams and roses, representing the wide range of offerings at Herb’s – fresh seafood to fresh flowers traveled the world writing for magazines and news- and everything in between! papers. She moved to Maine from the New York metropolitan area thirty years ago. She considers the Seapoint Chandlers of Kittery Point is a candle company fueled by true artisan spirit. On the cover: Seapoint’s Kennebunks home but loves every inch of the Pine pineapple candles. The meaning of the pineapple spans centuries, recognized as a symbol of hospitality, Tree State. Val is a happy wife, mother and grand- friendship, generosity, and other forms of social warmth and graciousness. www.seapointchandlers.com. mother who also enjoys knitting and reading, golf Little River Antiques and Estate Sales provides complete estate liquidation services in southern and and travel, and writes about them in her weekly blog, VALERIE MARIER coastal Maine. On the cover: a colorful and seasoned “Old Salty Fisherman” hand carved by a wood Wandering With Val (www.wanderingwithval.com). carver from Topsham, Maine and found in a local estate sale and was among hundreds of other amazing home furnishings for sale. www.antiquesandestatesales.com. The Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine is a national historic treasure and a 501c3 not-for-profit Captain Greg Metcalf has been published in Sport- organization founded in 1933 producing world-class award-winning shows each year from May through fishing, The Salt Water Sportsman, Marlin Magazine, October. On the cover: the outside of the beloved playhouse. www.ogunquitplayhouse.org. The Fisherman and New England Game and Fish. He is Northeast field editor for theFisherman Magazine Coffee Roasters of the Kennebunks’ Sandra Duckett has been roasting coffee for 50 years. “It’s my pas- and has produced and hosted two successful fish- sion,” says Duckett. Coffee Roasters is a coffee shop and so much more. And don’t forget the $1 coffee! ing videos; Fishing for Giant Tuna, and Rigging On the cover: bags of Coffee Roasters’ coffee. www.coffeeroastersofthekennebunks.com. Baits for Bluefin Tuna. He runs Atlantic Captain’s Minka is a modern, handmade boutique inspired by the beauty of natural materials and the art of design. Academy and a charter fishing business aboard his Owners Michelle Rose & Chris Larochelle are partners in life and in work; a passionate team committed GREG METCALF boat, the Striper Swiper, Kennebunkport. to creating modern art and home goods that are timeless in design and useful in their purpose. On the cover: East Coasting apparel, created by Larochelle and available at the Kennebunkport boutique. www. Jo O'Connor is a local writer with deep roots in minkahome.com. Kennebunkport. She is a mother of twins and the founder/lead singer of the local band, The Dock Squares. She teaches Zumba and aqua classes, is an online marketing communication professor at Northeastern University and Lasell College, and has worked for the Boston Celtics, the Boston Garden/ Fleet Center, CBS Radio, Sonesta Hotels, and the JO O'CONNOR ~ coming together in a shared love of South Coastal Maine ~ Wang Center for the Performing Arts. Say hello at [email protected]. distribution: Kingsley gallup social Media: david sPoFFord Publisher meGhan Candee Dana Pearson is a writer and musician who lives in Kennebunk with his wife Diane. His novels Two graphics editor: Geraldine aikman | sales: sandy Janes | nightlife: susan Colinet he ourisT own eam Birds and The Muralist, as well as “No, But Seriously: Writers: rob Coburn, Faith Gillman, kristin kuehnle, steve hrehovCik, 1994-2007,” a collection of humor columns, can be dean Johnson, valerie marier, GreG metCalF, Jo o'Connor, dana Pearson found at www.amazon.com/author/danapearson. T T & T T He is currently working on a sequel to Two Birds, www.touristandtown.Com | [email protected] which will be released this year. We now return to our regularly scheduled program. 7 Chase hill road kennebunk, maine 04043 207-204-0055 DANA PEARSON TOURIST & TOWN, MARCH 14, 2019 Be the reason someone smiles today. PAGE 3 Mainely Maine • Ayuh, It’s a Fact Creativity & Resourcefulness by Jo O’Connor In this Mainely Maine edition, it’s easy to see that Mainers have grit. With our rug- ged coastlines, rough winters and harsh weather, hardy Downeasters have needed to grow an extra layer or two to deal with the elements. While Maine is recognized as an aesthetically breathtaking state (I say Vacationland is the most beautiful state and admit my bias prevails), it is the people who make this state sing. Exploring our inventors, entrepreneurs, artists, authors, politicians and performers will drive home this point. Let’s celebrate the Maine movers and shakers and their claim on our rich history. In studying our fabric, celebrating our people is a laudable enterprise. Old-fashioned ingenuity abounds in the Pine Tree State with a wide variety of Mainers inventing items for necessity and/or convenience: from earmuffs to microwave ovens, and from flat- bottomed paper bags to board games, Mainers have made their mark. The Maine encyclopedia lists the entire lot – let’s examine a few: • At the top of our list is attorney John Ruggles, Skowhegan-raised Supreme Judicial Court member and U.S. Senator, protecting all would-be inventors on a national scale. In 1836, he framed the bill that fundamentally restructured the U.S. patent system and the U.S. Patent Office. He also invented a train wheel designed to combat adverse effects of weather on the track. And yes, it was patented. • Farmington-born inventor-extraordinaire Chester Greenwood, who, in 1873, at age 15, invented earmuffs by asking his grandmother to sew some beaver pelts onto a wire frame. According to Maine.gov, Greenwood also patented the wide-bottomed tea kettle, the steel-toothed rake, automotive shock absorbers, a new type of spark plug, a folding bed and a machine used to produce wooden spools for wire and thread. The first Saturday in December each year, the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce hosts a parade in his honor in Farmington. • Did you know the Stanley Steamer motor vehicles were invented in the 1890s by Kingfield- born twins Francois (F.E.) and Freelan Stanley? Wikipedia states that F.E. also patented the first photographic airbrush, which he used to colorize photos. Because of his interest in automo- tives, he sold his airbrush invention to George Eastman (of Eastman-Kodak). • In 1900, Waterville native Alvin O. Lombard invented the caterpillar tread used on army tanks and heavy equipment such as agricultural and construction vehicles. • Sangerville resident Hiram Maxim invented the fully automatic machine gun. He also held patents on devices such as the mousetrap, hair-curling irons and steam pumps. Among other things, he invented smokeless gunpowder, a gas generator, gas headlights for locomotives, automatic steam and vacuum pumps and engine governors. He was knighted in 1901 by Queen Victoria. • Although someone else was given credit for the name “snowmobile,” Waterville’s own OC Johnson invented the first vehicle for over-snow travel. • Born on a farm in Danville in 1822, Eben Jordan left the state at age 14 with $3 in his pocket and later founded the Jordan Marsh Company. • According to Yankee magazine, Percy Spencer, born in Howland, left school in the fifthgrade and is credited with inventing the microwave oven while working for Raytheon. • Born in Portland, Helen Augusta Blanchard patented 28 inventions relating to sewing machines in the 1870s, including the method allowing for the zig-zag stitch. She also filed patents for the invention of the pencil sharpener, a surgical needle and a hat sewing machine. • Known as “Lady Edison,” Margaret Knight of York holds 27 U.S. patents, and is famous for inventing the machine that folded and glued paper to form the flat-bottomed brown paper bags used by shoppers today. Her many other inventions included lid-removing pliers, a numbering machine, shoe-manufacturing machines, a dress shield to protect garments from perspiration stains, a rotary engine and an internal combustion engine. • According to onlyinyourstate.com, in 1834, Readfield inventor Leonard Norcross patentedwhat is widely accepted as the sealed dive suit. The suit had weighted feet and a hard, watertight helmet. He also invented a nail-making machine, a stump lifter and an accelerated spinner for hand-woven wool. • Born in 1836, in Vienna, Milton Bradley started his career as a draughtsman and lithogra- pher - that led him to form Milton Bradley and Company, a longtime leader in the American manufacture of games and toys. Just think: Barrel Full of Monkeys, Battleship, Candy Land, Jenga, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots and of course, Yahtzee. • Hansen Gregory from Rockport invented the donut hole. Chowdaheadz.com states the Dutch invented donuts, but they were often cooked unevenly leaving a raw center. While working as a 16-year-old crewman on a lime-trading schooner in 1847, Hansen came up with the solution of punching a hole in the center. • Burt’s Bees was founded in Maine in the 1980s by former photojournalist Burt Schavitz. Men- talfloss.com details that he became a beekeeper, began selling honey and ultimately co-founded Burt’s Bees with Roxanne Quimby in 1984. Sources: Maine encyclopedia; Maine.gov; Wikipedia; Yankee magazine; newengland.com; Metalfloss.com; answers.com; dailymail.co; forestformainesfuture.com; Britannica.com; Chowdaheadz.com; townandcountry. com; thefamouspeople.com, biography.com; movoto.com; Fun Trivia Facts of Maine by Crowder; visitmaine. net; historybyzim.com; onlyinyourstate.com; captaingregorys.com; Pinterest; nbcnews; American Digest.

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TOURIST & TOWN, MARCH 14, 2019 There's a new pup in town – Kennebunk welcomes latest recruit by Faith Gillman program beginning March versation with Kennebunk a series of tests and was a working, he’s Not just handsome and 18 at the Maine Criminal Chief Robert MacKenzie, true superstar. My interac- thinking – it’s smart, Kennebunk Police Justice Academy in Vas - the department put together tion with Otto now is get- amazing.” Department’s newest mem- salboro. a proposal to return a K9 ting to know him and bond- Otto still ber is also eager to get to “We’ll be doing tracking, program to Kennebunk. ing without verbal com - has his pup- work. Meet Otto, a fifteen- article search and basic obe- “Kennebunk is the per- mands. He’s also getting to py qualities, month-old German Shep- dience training – and creat- fect place for it, with its know me and Kennebunk though – like herd who partners with ing a relationship,” said location and the opioid – sniffing around, checking when he’s Kennebunk Officer Kaitlyn Sawyer, who has been an crisis,” said Sawyer. “The things out. He likes to be in asleep on his Sawyer, his K-9 handler and officerfor nearly five years. idea of working with a dog the back of the cruiser. Otto back with his caretaker. But before Otto “After this round of training came up after volunteering lives with me and gets me tongue hang- and Sawyer can “hit the and some time on the job we for two seasons at Camp up every day at 6:30 a.m.; ing out, all streets,” they will undertake will go back for eight more POSTCARD [“Police Of- he’s got his routine. He is four paws go- a fourteen-week training weeks of training to get cer- ficers Striving To Create a working dog – he wants ing in different tified in drug And Reinforce Dreams,” to go to work and once we directions. and narcotic a free week-long program get here, he’s looking for “He’s a goo- work. The goal for Maine kids]. There was his job.” ber,” said Saw- is to be fully a canine demonstration by The upcoming training yer, “but he’s a certified in six a handler from Bath,” said will be total immersion. good boy. Our months.” Sawyer. “I was blown away Otto and Sawyer will work relationship Sawyer, with the relationship she with a small group of han- gets better ev- who joined had with her dog.” dlers and corrections offi- ery day.” the Ken- And being a part of a K9 cers, hands on, all day. Sawyer is nebunk Police unit comes at the perfect “For the most part he excited to see Department time in Sawyer’s career. will be with me but he does what the fu- Already vigilant, Otto is sure to be a in September “I’m not a rookie any- have breaks and stays in ture holds but standout K9 officer for Kennebunk. 2014, grew up more. I was looking for his crate while I do class- a little nervous, Photo by Faith Gillman in Yarmouth more; a direction in my room work,” said Sawyer. too. and graduated work. I wanted a specialty “We will be housed in Vas- “I know he’s a great dog. location, being close to from Maine that I could make mine,” she salboro and he’ll be in the I’m lucky to be partnered the turnpike and cities. Criminal Jus- said. “Being able to combine room with me.” with him. We will make We are working in the tice Academy. that with a love of dogs is a Fellow officers who are mistakes but we’ll work community to help with She has always real win/win for me.” certified trainers have al- through them,” she said. recovery, coaching and had an interest Otto came to Ken - ready proven to be a re- “I’m excited to get started.” training but I’m excited to in animals. nebunk by way of Croatia source for the new K9 pair. Otto’s work will be be able to use Otto. As a “I grew through the Maine State “They are a phone call multi-purpose, trained to dog, he is a huge asset in up with dogs Police Canine Unit, which away and very support- track, search articles and the prosecution of those and around has worked with a specific ive—it’s a family,” said do drug work, as well as bringing drugs in,” said animals. I’ve breeder for decades. Sawyer. “I can’t give him provide protection, riding Sawyer. “Hopefully with Otto, a 15-month-old German Shepherd, is always been “The breeder is trusted commands right now but with Sawyer when they’re time, we will have more learning the ropes at the Kennebunk Police fascinated by the program and knows can pay attention so I don’t on duty. opportunities to be out Department, where he has been partnered with them,” the type of dog required,” create bad habits. I’m ob- “We have an opioid epi- in the community. Otto with Kennebunk Patrol Officer Kaitlyn she said. said Sawyer. “Otto was serving and getting to know demic here and we’re a hub; wants to serve. He wants Sawyer. Photo by Faith Gillman After a con- available, had gone through him. I can see when he’s in the middle of it with our to do the work.”

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165 Port Road, Kennebunk, Maine 04043 | 207-967-3883 | pmrealestate.com PAGE 6 Be the reason someone smiles today. TOURIST & TOWN, MARCH 14, 2019 Stephen Spofford, Town Historian, doing what he loves most by Valerie Marier “History is who we are 1901 and who meticulous- Summer Street. At age and unselfish volunteer shares: “What’s amazing It’s impressive when and why we are the way ly filled scrapbooks with 11, he read every page of throughout the area while is how many 1000-ton ca- the Executive Director of we are." (Pulitzer Prize- newspaper clippings and Judge Edward E. Bourne’s also notching a 30-year ca- pacity vessels were built Kennebunk’socal eroes Brick Store winning author David Mc- obituaries of local families. The History of Wells and reer with the Kennebunk, at the Landing from 1760 Museum states that town Cullough) “With her coiffed white Kennebunk, originally Kennebunkport & Wells to 1860 and then launched historian Stephen Spof- Spofford’s love of local hair and glasses, she was published in 1875. After Water District. When his on the narrow winding fordl “can hname any fact lore ignited when he was a very proper and well put meeting Kenneth Joy, Ken- two young sons were Cub Kennebunk River.” or figure about this area.” young boy living on Sum- together,” Spofford re- nebunk’s first town histori- Scouts, he served as Den During summer walk- Equally significant, Cyn- mer Street in Kennebunk members. “She told me, an, Spofford wrote a school leader and Cub Master. ing tours of historic Ken- thia Walker adds, is “his where, he says, “Many ‘Stephen, history is impor- report focusing on the his- He and his wife are nebunk Beach, Spofford ability to apply the lessons homes were still owned tant!’” tory of the Kennebunk Post active members of South enjoys pointing out the Ar- of the past to the present. by members of the families “I’m a local person and Office where his father Congregational Church in nold cottage on the crest of This tireless researcher who had built them.” He I had an early start in this served as postmaster. Kennebunkport. Spofford Strong Lane. He says, “This champions the Brick Store recalls spending countless history business!” (Stephen Spofford is not a Local has been a trustee of the house sits on the highest Museum’s role in preserv- afternoons with his pater- Spofford) Hero because of his role Kennebunk Free Library point of land at Kennebunk ing that history and is a nal grandmother, Juanita During summer vaca- as town historian of Ken- and the Brick Store Mu- Beach, and if you notice the fountain of knowledge for Davis Spofford, who was tions, seven-year-old Ste- nebunk since 2012. Nor seum, and served as the top front room with the our community.” born in Cape Porpoise in phen frequently accompa- because he is a key member museum’s President for row of windows facing the nied his mother when she of the town’s Bicentennial several years. But his pas- sea – that’s where the fam- volunteered at the Brick Committee as it plans for sion remains focussed on ily gathered for cocktails Store Museum and the the 2020 celebration. Spof- the past. at 5 every afternoon, even Taylor-Barry House on ford has been a ceaseless “Stephen has more Ken- though liquor was forbid- nebunk knowledge in his den in town because it was head than you can find Prohibition.” In a hundred- in all the books on the year-old cottage facing subject. And he delivers Mother's Beach, Spofford that knowledge in a way likes to point out the fire- that makes even the most place mantel “which was dull facts interesting and carved by famed architect exciting,” said Betsy Web- William E. Barry.” Few ster, Brick Store Museum fascinating historical facts volunteer and tour guide. escape his eye. Twice a year in June and Spofford serves as the August, Spofford shares fifth town historian on a his vast knowledge of volunteer basis. There is Kennebunk’s shipbuild- no financial compensation, ing heyday on a narrated “just a love of the town,” he trolley excursion that stops says. Asked if he plans to at various historic locations write a book, he answers, associated with shipbuilding along the Kennebunk continued on next page Local boy enjoys local history. Stephen Spofford is the Stephen Spofford (right) leading the All Souls Walk tour for River. One fact he always fifth town historian in Kennebunk. Photos courtesy of the the Brick Store Museum. Brick Store Museum.

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continued from previous page When asked how he and his A Tribute and a Tradition “That could happen down wife Liz, a pri- the road, maybe after I vate caregiver, - bidding farewell to one of our own ~ retire. For now, I’m happy met, Spofford with what I do.” smiles broadly. Spofford and his wife “We were both Elizabeth are the proud at the Univer- parents of Christopher, a sity of Maine firefighter with Kennebunk Farmington,” he Fire & Rescue/Washington says, “living on Hose, and son Will, a res- the third floor taurant manager in Boston. of Scott North Last summer Will arranged dormitory. We a special tour of Fenway found ourselves Park for his father, a self- frequently proclaimed diehard Red walking to the Sox fan. “We even went dining hall to- behind the scoreboard in gether. He adds, the Green Monster. It was “The rest is Stephen Spofford, a diehard Red Sox fan wears the best!” history!” his favorite hat while giving a Brick Store On Sunday, March 3, Museum tour in Kennebunk. fallen Berwick Fire Department Captain Joel Barnes was escorted north to Old Orchard Beach by firefighters and first responders from several communities. Hailed as a hero, Barnes perished in the March 1 Berwick fire.

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Stephen Spofford describes the arduous work involved in shipbuilding on the Kennebunk River during the 1800s during his summer tour for the Brick Store Museum.

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Raising the flag for Captain Barnes are Blake Davis and Nate Elmore. Photographs by Paramedic Ali Maguire of Kennebunk. PAGE 8 Be the reason someone smiles today. TOURIST & TOWN, MARCH 14, 2019 Some great reads set in Maine by Kristen Kuehnle and beyond its borders. tion): Follow George Madison Avenue lifestyle March is Women’s Kate Atkinson: How to Nixon Black’s life from to open a country store in History Month. For this Cook a Moose (2015) and Ellsworth to Beacon Hill Goose Rocks Beach, Ken- issue, I have compiled a Blue Plate Special (2013). and Manchester by the nebunkport. very short list of Maine (Memoir): Don’t be fooled Sea during the Industrial Elisabeth Ogilvie: The women authors whose by the titles. Both mem- revolution, Civil War, and Tidal Trilogy: High Tide at books are set in Maine. oirs reflect on the food the Gilded Age. Noon (1944), Storm Tide MainelyThe list includes Authors both history of Maine and sus- Deborah Gould: The (1945) and The Ebbing historical and romance tainable farming. Eastern: Book One: the Early Tide (1976) (Fiction): Live fiction as well as memoirs; Jane Goodrich: The Years (2015) and The East- through the trials and and it reflects the cultural House at Lobster Cove ern: Book Two:Later On tribulations of a lobstering differences within Maine (2017)(Historical Fic- (2018) (Historical Fiction): family off the coast of Ben- Live with the nett’s Island. settlers in ru- If you have ral Pittston missed some 207-967-9989 Call Store on the banks of these, you for Updated of the Eastern are in for a River. treat. Don’t Hours Barbara be deterred You cannot do a Kent Law- by the pub- rence: Islands lication date. kindness too soon, of Time (2013) Regardless and The Other of publica- for you never know how Island: Ben’s tion date, all soon it will be too late. Story (2017) are available (Fiction): in paperback. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Cultural differences lead Check your library and to loss in a coastal fishing local book store. community in Downeast Fine Print Booksellers is Maine. Part love story, an independently owned and Best Sellers and part marine biology. operated bookstore on Port Scotty Mackenzie with Walk in Kennebunkport's Maine Authors • Children’s Books Ruth Goode: My Love Af- historic Dock Square special- fair with the State of Maine izing in quality fiction, local Port Walk, Dock Square, Kennebunkport (1955) (Memoir): Two authors and current best women give up their sellers. FMI call 967-9989.

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Happy Birthday Maine! My fortnight with Claudine On March 15, 1820, Maine joined the Union. by Dana Pearson to 1903 about a free-spirited ing been completely un- Claudine’s husband encour- Here's to 199 years! There are times when I’ve young woman who so cap- aware of this Claudine char- aging her to strike up a dal- read the book before watch- tured the public’s fancy that acter, I made a beeline for liance with another woman. ing its film adaptation.Jaws, that character, Claudine, the Kennebunk Free Library, Colette drew upon her TheT Lords of theike Rings, andhis The became a literary and mar- where the librarian kindly personal experiences, so that Odessa File come to mind. keting phenomenon. Just ordered me a collection of what I read on the page I had Sometimes an adaptation think The Twilight Saga with the four novellas bearing her already seen in the biopic. iwill' inspire l me to Tread the far fewer vampires. name (Claudine’s, not the All I can say is: thank you, book it was based upon, ex- What makes the story so librarian’s). casting director Susie Figgis. Minka amples being The Godfather, compelling is that Colette, In Claudine at School, pre- Your efforts have not gone To Kill a Mockingbird, and The as embodied by the British sented as the titular heroine’s unnoticed. Especially by my East Coasting Maltese Falcon. actress whose only possible diary, we follow her through wife, who endures my as- apparel was created Rare are the cases that I’ll shortcoming I could imagine her final academic year at the sessment of Keira Knightley, by Maine artist/designer, read the books of an author would be a dormant desire day school in her pastoral possibly because she holds a portrayed in a biopic by an to play a nondescript human and beloved Montigny. Like similar critical opinion of the Christopher Larochelle, actress I find far from repel- being, wrote these fabulous- the following books, it’s works of Chris Pine. and is available at the lent, which is exactly what ly popular stories – her first – light on plot and heavy on However, hasn’t that as- Kennebunkport boutique, happened recently when I at the behest of her husband character (my favorite type sessment led to an expo- watched Colette. Willy, who was seeking more of stories), with Claudine sure to classic European MINKA, and on their Created by Wash West- material for his publishing coming off as a 21st century literature? If I didn’t have website at Minkahome.comRemember, it doesn’t moreland, who directed company that cranked out girl trapped in the turn of the what might be described as a have to be old to be Julianne Moore in Still Alice, books, plays, and reviews to 20th century. She’s smart and heightened appreciation for sold - but it can be! Colette tells the fascinating the masses. Because Willy funny as hell and horribly all that is Keira Knightley, Minka true story of the French au- was well known and his wife judgmental, sometimes cruel I never would have read thor most famous for having was not, he naturally put his and always interesting. the Claudine novels. And written the novella that the name on the Claudine books. Claudine in Paris takes wouldn’t that be sad? Oscar-winning film Gigi As far as how that whole place the following year, as Speaking of which, the was based upon. I confess I mess sorted itself out, well... her absent-minded father four-book collection ends knew nothing of the woman see the movie. Or Google takes her along to the French with Claudine and Annie, hailed as the greatest French Colette. I would suggest capital so he can ramp up his in which the POV is taken writer of the 20th century. watching the movie, if only lifelong academic study of over by a new character, a But thanks to my belief that to observe the acting talent slugs. Understandably, the friend of Claudine’s who Keira Knightley could never and aesthetic appeal of Ms. story focuses on Claudine’s awakens and reacts to a be described as drab and Knightley, the former of pursuits rather than her lousy marriage. But there unappealing, I rented Colette, which is considerable, the father’s. was one more Claudine sto- which proved educational. latter of which is inestimable. As if the series hasn’t ry, Retreat from Love, which It’s no spoiler to disclose At any rate, I was in- been salacious enough, with Colette wrote in 1907 while here that she wrote a series trigued by the tale, and, eyebrow-raising sexual situ- separated from Willy. In the of four novellas from 1900 somewhat ashamed at hav- ations, Claudine Married sees first book to be published hanhandmade modern natural under her name, we pick dock square kennebunkport maine up Claudine’s complicated life several years later as her m in a husband recuperates in a What I miss a elym ine sanitarium. most about What do I miss most about Maine when I’m not here? Glad I asked. I am convinced these Maine when I'm Brace yourself for cornball sentimentality: it’s the sense of home. All the books never would have not here... individual things I love about Maine – the sea, lakes, rivers, mountains, been published at the time beaches, roads, restaurants, bars, theaters, shops, music, friends, history – in the more prudish, pu- amount to a warmth of familiarity. ritanical America. Besides Ever since I was a child, I’ve issued a sigh of relief while crossing north over the Piscataqua positively pulsating with River Bridge. I can relax now. Everything’s going to be okay. sensuality, they blaze with Even though I live the exact same distance – 28 miles – from both Portsmouth and Portland, wit and independence and I invariably go north if I want to enjoy a beautiful small city for the day. With all due respect soul. Sort of like Keira Kni – to Portsmouth, heading out of state just seems – unnecessary. Everything I need is here. okay, okay, I’ll shut up now. But I do leave from time to time. I’ve been fortunate to travel to many faraway places. And one Sinatra lyric (courtesy of Sammy Cahn) pops up in my head whenever my journey minkahome.com comes to an end: “It’s very nice to go trav’ling, but it’s oh so nice to come home.” ~ Dana Pearson, Tourist & Town writer

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Mainely Maine • Ayuh, It’s a Fact Famous Politicians by Jo O'Connor • Skowhegan-native Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman to serve in both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States. During the 1964 presidential election, she was the first woman to be nominated for that role by a major party. • George Herbert Walker Bush – not born in Maine – but spent every year (except during wartime) in his beloved Kennebunkport. He called it his “anchor to windward.” • Rumford-born Edmund Muskie was a Maine-state governor, a U.S. Senator, then went on to become US Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter in 1980. • George Mitchell from Waterville was the former US Senate Majority Leader (appointed by President Clinton). President Barack Obama appointed him as his special envoy to seek a settlement to the Palestinian- Israel disputes over land and boundaries. • Philanthropist and businessman, Nelson Rockefeller was born in Bar Harbor and went on to become a prominent figure in political circles. A part of Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, originally Rock- efeller's family property, was donated to the national administration. • Paris-Hill native Hannibal Hamlin was the only Maine resident to become Vice President of the United States. He was elected with Abraham Lincoln in 1860. • As far as political legacies go, the Washburn family of Livermore needs to be mentioned. According to maineencyclopedia.com, “No other family ever sent four brothers to the United States Congress from four different states, or from seven brothers produced four congressmen, two governors, one senator, one secretary of state, one army general and two ambassadors.” Sources on this and opposing page: Maine encyclopedia; Maine.gov; Wikipedia; Yankee magazine; newengland.com; Metalfloss.com; answers.com; dailymail.co; forestformainesfuture.com; Britannica.com; Chowdaheadz.com; townandcountry.com; the famous people.com, biography.com; movoto.com; Fun Trivia Facts of Maine by Crowder; posterazzi.com; visitmaine.net; historybyzim.com; onlyinyourstate.com; IMDb.

Flo's on Route 1 – you can't get more 'Maine' by Dean Johnson law and granddaughter wildly from story to story. comes a clearing house for Though it's no secret have taken over serving the Why? He had a simple for- all the latest gossip. that much of the Pine Tree steamed dogs that cogno- mula: the less serious the You'll hear talk about state considers its southern scenti know are best con- story, the thicker the accent. kids and jobs and mar- coast as little more than sumed topped with mayon- He also understood the im- riages... both good and bad. an extension of northern naise and their secret sauce portance of entertaining the There may be the occasional Massachusetts, there are (a spectacularly addictive folks from away. hunting story and very actually plenty of local op- mildly spiced relish). Stop by Flo's during the likely a fishing or lobstering portunities to experience Both have clearly real- summer season, and you story or two. Boutique Mall in beautifully restored the "real" Maine. ized that the tiny shack's won't hear a richer accent, The quips come quickly, But timing is everything. success is due, in part to nor will you hear much the stories are real, and the Monthly Barnpaint classes& Carriage • See website House for details Head over to Flo's on Route how well they perform for about what going on in laughter is genuine. Plus, 1 in York during high sea- the tourists. The summer- the area. Most of the talk, you get to eat some hot dogs 12 different shops son, for example, and you'll time folks want a slice of usually between the visi- that are perennially rated encounter hordes of people Maine, and they are savvy tors, has to do with where as some of the best in the 1300 Rte. 1, Cape Neddick • 207-363-2500 from "away" anxious to ex- enough to provide it...in a they are from and how they country. www.theshopsatcapeneddickmaine.com perience their hot dogs (a sense. heard about the place. simple menu – you either It all reminds me of a But drop by Flo's now, get hot dogs or you don't) conversation I had many especially close to the 3 PM that have rightfully earned years ago with legendary closing time, and you'll raves from the likes of ev- Maine humorist Tim Sam- likely encounter a real slice eryone from Reader's Digest ple. When he was doing his of Maine. Grab a stool and to Rachel Ray. "Postcard from Maine" seg- just sit there and shut up. Though Flo passed away ments on CBS Sunday Morn- This is the time of year the in 2000, her daughter-in- ing, his accent would vary locals pop in, and Flo's be-

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Thursday, March 14 & 21 Saturday, March 16 Conversational French Language Group Exploring the Complexity of Racism Book Discussion Wells Public LIbrary, 1434 Post Road, Wells, 6:30 York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York, 10:30 PM. This is an Informal approach to practicing and AM. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Professor of African re-learning French. This group meets weekly on American Studies at Colby College, will lead this dis- Classes & Workshops ClassesThursdays. Anyone & with Workshopsa French language interest cussion about Kindred by Octavia Butler - an unusual is invited to participate. FMi email akazilionis@well- bookClasses about love, hate, & slavery, Workshops and racial dilemmas stown.org or call 646-8181. told through science fiction and suitable for teens and Classes at Frinklepod adults.This program is part of a series of book and Wednesday, March 13, 6-8 PM Thursday, March 14 film discussions made possible by the Maine Humani- Quick & Easy Soups Volunteer Fair ties Council, York Diversity Forum, United Methodist Making vegetable stock, cooking dry beans, Mather Auditorium, Wells Reserve at Laudholm Church of York-Ogunquit, and York Public Library. All and InstantPot basics. Make two different Farm, Wells, 10-11:30 AM. Learn about opportuni- books in the series will be available from the Library soups from scratch. Q&A. Inquire about fee. ties, training, and special benefits of being a volun- and through the Minerva system. Space may be lim- teer at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm. FMI www. ited. FMI www.york.lib.me.us or call 363-2818. Friday, March 15, 5:30 PM wellsreserve.org or 646-1555 Movie Night – Tomorrow Tuesday, March 19 “Without question, this is absolutely the best Meditations and Messages with Melissa Boyd True Crime Trivia and most creative film on the future of human- River Tree Arts, 35 Western Avenue, Kennebunk, Wells Public LIbrary, 1434 Post Road, Wells, 6:30 ity and the environment” — Paul Hawken 7–8 PM. Join this one hour mediation which will PM. True crime is America’s latest obsession, and you Finger-food vegan potluck at 5:30, film starts consist of guided imagery, the breath, mind body can get in on this trend. Attendees can play on their at 6 M, followed by informal discussion. Free! awareness, chanting and silent contemplation. Each own or with a team of up to four people. No registra- meditation will cover a particular topic and donations tion is necessary – just show up and show off your Sunday, March 17, 3-5 PM will go to benefit River Tree Arts. Sessions will also knowledge. FMI email [email protected] or Spring Foraging and Tree Tapping be aired on Facebook live. Registration is required. call -646-8181. Learn about wild foods at this exciting time FMI www.rivertreearts.org or 967-9120. when spring is awakening. Dress for the Bringing Nature Home weather and for tapping birch and maple trees York History: Examined through the Lives of York Mather Auditorium, Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, for syrup-making! Inquire about fee. Families: 1730-1775 Wells, 7 PM. Explore how to maintain your garden for York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York, its full ecological function and benefit. No reservation And don't forget Drop in Yoga every Tuesday 10:30 AM. York historian, James Kences examines required. FMI www.wellsreserve.org or 646-1555 at 4 PM and Thursday at 6:45 PM the history of the town through the stories of 25 York families. This sixth session will look at some of York’s AARP Tax Preparation Services first families during the run up to the Revolutionary Wells Public LIbrary, 1434 Post Road, Wells, 1-6 PM. War. FMI www.york.lib.me.us or 363-2818. Trained AARP Tax Aide volunteers are at the library each Tuesday this tax season to answer questions Upcoming Events at Friday, March 15 & 22 and help with electronically filing taxes.To request an The Center Fiber Arts Group appointment please call 710-0979. FMI email akazili- Wells Public LIbrary, 1434 Post Road, Wells, 10:30 [email protected] or call 646-8181. AM. If you embroider, cross-stitch, sew, weave, quilt, Tuesday, March 19, at 10 AM & whatever you do - if it’s done with fiber and it’s por- Wednesday, March 20 Friday, March 22, at 1 PM table, you are welcome to attend. This group meets Taking the Pain out of Migraine - Lunch & Learn Movie Day – Mama Mia 2 every Friday as long as the library is open. All ages & 12 PM, Dr. Anthony Knox of Neurology Associates Free. levels of ability welcome. FMI email amosey@well- will discuss the latest treatments (including Botox, Friday, March 22 at 5 PM stown.org or call t-646-8181. nerve blocks, trigger point injections etc.) for minimiz- Cocktails of the Decades. Enjoy libations, ing your pain during a migraine. Guests are welcome snacks and trivia from The Roaring 20’s. $25 for Friday, March 15 to take their seats beginning at 11:45 a.m. Q & A will Center members. $30 for non-members. Introduction to the Grid follow the lecture. To RSVP or FMI call York Hospi- York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York, 7 tal's Friendraising Office at 351-2385 or email info@ Ongoing Classes, Activities, Workshops: PM. York residents Susan Covino, a utilities attor- yorkhospital.com.

• Gentle Yoga: Mondays at 1 PM; Thursdays ney, and Len Loomans, an electrical engineer spe- at 9 AM; Mat Yoga: Thursdays at 10 AM. $3 cializing in renewable resources, will offer a basic Post-Maria Puerto Rico: A Story of Resilience and description of the region's electric grid, how it works, Determination • Open Bridge: Tuesdays at 9:30 AM; Men’s and the challenges to the grid as it transitions to so- Mather Auditorium, Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, Bridge: Tuesdays at 12:30 PM. Intermedi- lar and wind power. The program is offered by York Wells, 12 PM. Hear from Stewardship Coordinator ate Level players welcome. Ready for 100%, a group of volunteer citizens advo- Sue Bickford about her community service trip to • Cribbage: Wednesdays at 1 PM. cating for 100% clean, renewable energy for York Puerto Roco following Hurricane Maria. No reserva- • Book Club: The 4th Wednesday of every by 2030. FMI www.york.lib.me.us or call 363-2818. tion required. FMI www.wellsreserve.org or 646-1555 month at 1 PM. • Grief Support: Thursdays at 11 AM Saturday, March 16 & 23 Indoor Tour: Building History • Mah Jongg: Thursdays at 1 PM Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, Congratulations, Old Orchard Beach! • Knitting Group: Fridays at 10 AM 12-1 PM. Learn about the history of the museum • Acrylic Art Class: Fridays at 10 AM. Bring buildings in their previous “lives” as stores, gather- OOB was just declared one of the 25 best U.S. canvas, brushes and paints. $10 per class. ing places, offices, and more. $10 per person/$5 beaches by Travelers' Choice! www.seniorcenterkennebunk.org | 967-8514 for members. FMI www.brickstoremuseum.org or 985-4802.

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Going on now through March 17 Going on now through Friday, March 29 Saturday, March 30 “Meditation, Contemplation and Still Life” March Madness Silent Auction Cornhole Tournament Kittery Art Association, 8 Coleman Avenue, Kittery Kennebunk Free Library, 112 Main Street, Ken- American Legion Post 159, Route 9, Kennebunkport, Point. Hours are Thursdays, 2-5 PM; Saturdays and nebunk. Amazing auction items in this silent auc- registration 10 AM - games 12 noon. Double elimina- Sundays, 11 AM-5 PM. All-member show displaying tion fundraiser include retro cocktails, beach glass tion, cash prizes, raffle cost $20 per team, BYOB. FMI theVisual creative products & Performing of our meditations, contempla- Arts jewelry, wine, puzzles, an Andrew Benintendi signed 967-2400. tions and stillness. Spotlight Wall: John Iarussi. Ad- baseball,Events a Maine Red& Claws Fundraisers signed basketball, and Coming Attractions mission free. FMI www.kitteryartassociation.org or more! Get a brochure at the adult services desk or Friday, April 5 451.9384. online and be sure to sign up for a free bid number at Dance Party at Atlantic Hall the adult services desk. Bidding ends at 5 PM, Friday, A benefit dance party to honor the late Joe Riillo, Atlantic Going on now through March 24 March 29. Winning bidders will be notified on Monday, Hall, Cape Porpoise, 7-9:30 PM. Four local bands – The The Light in the Piazza April 1. FMI www.kennebunklibrary.org or 985-2173. Windmills, Fog Ave, The Wetsuits, and Ocean Ave – will City Theater in Biddeford presents the award win- perform a mix of originals and covers. Advance tickets for ning musical about taking chances and falling in love Saturday, March 16 $20 apiece can be reserved by emailing Patricia Smith through March 24. FMI and for tickets visit www.city- Winter Farmers' Market at [email protected]. Any remaining tickets may be theater.org or call 282-0849. York Region Chamber of Commerce, 1 Stonewall purchased at the door for $25 each. Space is limited to Lane, York, 9 AM-1 PM. This is the last market for the 125, so reservations are strongly suggested. Refresh- Going on now through March 30 winter season. The summer market begins Saturday, ments and a cash bar with beer and wine will be avail- Rumpus 2019 – Engine's Egalitarian Art Show May 25! FMI 363.4422. able. FMI email Patricia Smith at [email protected]. Engine,128 Main Street, Biddeford. FMI on this event and Engine's programs www.feedtheengine.com. AFIO Meeting (Association of Former Intelligence Officers) Going on now through March 31 Brick Store Museum Program Center, 4 Dane Street, Friday, April 5 Benefit Dance “Slice of Life” Gallery Exhibition Kennebunk, 2 PM. Former Ambassador Charles Party to York Art Association, 394 York Street, York Harbor. Dunbar retired from senior posts at the State Depart- honor the late Hours are Friday – Sunday, 12-5 PM. Dance, music, ment and United Nations, will discuss current U.S. Joe Riillo still life, people and animals working, caught in the mo- policy challenges in Afghanistan at the March meet- ment. FMI www.yorkartassociation.com or 363-4049. ing of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers Going on now through April 29 (AFIO), Maine Chapter.FMI www.brickstoremuseum. “Breaking and Making the Sarah Long Bridge” org or 985.4802. Morgan Gallery, 120 Rogers Road, Kittery. Hours are Monday-Friday, 6 AM - 9 PM; Saturday, 8 AM - 4 PM; Saturday, March 23 Sunday, 12 - 4 PM. Exhibit offers unique views on the HB's Raclette and Wine Tasting demolition of the old Sarah and pay homage to the new HB Provisions, Lower Village, Kennebunk, 1:30 PM. bridge. Paintings and photography by 17 local artists, Come taste HB's cheesy raclette baguette. You won't including show curator, Bill Moore. The bridge spans 'raclette' it! FMI www.hbprovisions.com or 967-5762. the Piscataqua River joining Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, and Kittery, Maine. FMI 439-3800. Sunday, March 24 Mary's Walk & Kerrymen 5K Saturday, March 16 Thornton Academy, Saco, 10 AM registration opens, Ralph Breaks the Internet – Family Film Series 11:30 AM opening ceremonies at Thornton Academy York Public Library, 5 Long Sands Road, York, 6:30 gym, 12 PM Kerrymen 5K starts, 12:15 PM Mary's PM. FMI www.york.lib.me.us or call 363-2818. Walk starts. Created in 1999 as a way to honor Mary Kerry Libby, a much-loved member of the Saco-Bid- Sunday, March 17 deford community who passed away from Burkitt's Cormac McCarthy and Friends, Winter Concert Series Lymphoma, Mary’s Walk and its companion run, the York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York, 3-5 Kerrymen 5K have raised PM. Cormac McCarthy and Friends will perform their fi- nearly $3 million for Maine nal show in this year’s winter concert series. Cormac is Cancer Foundation. FMI regarded by fellow musicians and fans alike as one of www.maryswalk.org. New England’s finest songwriters. He writes and sings of a heartfelt, sometimes funny, sometimes desperate, sometimes glorious world of common people, struggles, hope, relationships, madness, and love. He sings the poetry of real life with a silky baritone voice and just enough grit and keeps his audiences smiling with his humor. FMI www.york.lib.me.us or call 363-2818.

Tuesday, March 19 Monthly Poetry Evening Noreaster, Kennebunk Beach by Marguerite Genest York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York, 7 PM. Please bring poems to share - either your own or favorite poems by someone else. The prompt for Be sure to check library websites for March is “fun”- the topic is open for interpretation. FMI Tammy Ackerman, Engine Executive Director, at the extensive listings of youth and www.york.lib.me.us or call 363-2818. busy opening of Rumpus 2019 – Engine’s Egalitarian Art Show. The exhibition runs through March 30 at other programs. Engine, 128 Main Street, Biddeford. FMI www.feedtheengine.com.

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by Jo O'Connor Antique architectural salvage is not only very We are known as Vacationland and tourism is mainstay of our attractive, exquisitely crafted, and a source for economy. Here are a few oddities and unusual factoids for you to take in: unlimited creativity, it also contains volumes of • Maine is home to the world’s largest telephone. Or at least a sculpture embodied energy: the total sum of energy con- of an old-fashioned candlestick phone. Standing at 14 feet tall, it lives sumed to produce a given product. And it’s fun. in Bryant Pond. Sometimes folks aren’t sure how to use it. Meet us here each issue for inspiration on how to use • If you're in the area hunting for enormous objects, you can see the architectural salvage to add character and sustain- world’s largest nonstick pan in nearby Pittsfield. ability to your life. • The Seaside Inn in Kennebunkport has been in continuous operation under the Gooch family (for 12 generations) since 1667, making it one Check out what an architect from MC&A As- of the oldest companies in the United States. sociates in Philadelphia created with our salvage for his family’s Maine camp. The custom kitchen • Standing just 6 feet tall, the Echo Point Light is the world’s smallest cupboard was fabricated with our 1920’s wain- lighthouse, which stands on the edge of Great Diamond Island. scoting, antique hinges, pulls, and latches. The • The town of Strong was once known as the Toothpick Capitol of the kitchen and bathroom walls are lined with our World as the area had an abundance of white birch trees. Strong Wood barnboard and the common area features our Products produced 20 million toothpicks per day at the height of its reclaimed windows. No need to be an archi- productivity. tect! With a little imagination, you can do, too. • The International Cryptozoology Museum located in Portland is dedi- cated to specimens and artifacts from creatures of questionable existence like Bigfoot, Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster. • National Geographic Society has placed a boulder in Perry that marks the midway point between the Equator and the North Pole. • Did you know that Casco Bay’s Jewell Island is the reputed site of Captain Kidd’s buried treasure? • In the movie Forrest Gump, Gump makes it to Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde before heading west on his cross-country voyage. • Bangor claims to be the birthplace of Paul Bunyan and is home to a giant 31-foot statue celebrating the legendary woodsman.

Sources: Maine encyclopedia; Maine.gov; Wikipedia; Yankee magazine; newengland. com; Metalfloss.com; answers.com; dailymail.co; forestformainesfuture.com; Britannica.com; Chowdaheadz.com; townandcountry.com; thefamouspeople.com, biography.com; movoto.com; Fun Trivia Facts of Maine by Crowder; visitmaine. We’ve seen it net; historybyzim.com; onlyinyourstate.com. all, so come in any time to discuss the pos- sibilities that lie ahead for you Artists Invited to Submit Artwork to Join Art Guild of the Kennebunks and architectural salvage! The Art Guild of the Kennebunks invites art- voice in each category for which they wish to be ists to submit their art for consideration to become considered. Examples of the categories include: 1) members of the guild. As an AGK member, artists two dimensional paintings/drawings; 2) photogra- can display their work at well-attended exhibits held phy; 3) sculpture. several times each year. In addition, members have Artists may submit their work either digitally their names, style of work and contact information via email to [email protected] by Monday, published in the annual Membership Guide. April 1, or by delivering their art on Saturday, Artists must preregister by Monday, April 1, 2019. April 13, between Noon and 1 PM to the Brick For information, email Membership Chairperson Store Museum Program Center, 4 Dane Street, Wanderers and Sheila Clough at [email protected] (type “AGK Kennebunk. Artists pick up their art at 3 PM the explorers welcome! Jury Process” in the subject line of your email) or call same day. Applicants will be notified by mail of 651-5699. After preregistering, artists submit five the results of the jurying. examples of art they feel best shows their artistic Snow date for submissions is Sunday, April 14. ~ Erin Watkinson & Mike Thompson of Old House Parts

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Plans are underway for Kennebunk's big birthday by Dana Pearson “Haven led a group that Certain things can sneak worked on it for years.” The up and surprise you. A task was completed in 2018. Little River Antiques & Estate Sales squirrel darting across the That first committee dis- For your complete estate liquidation road in front of your car. solved in 2010. When re- Norman Bates while you’re formed in 2017, its primary services in southern and coastal Maine, taking a shower. An ava- mission was to plan for the Little River Antiques & Estate Sales has lanche. bicentennial celebrations. become the number one “go to” com- A bicentennial? Not so “June 24 is the actual day pany to take care of ALL your liquidation much. Typically, they take that Kennebunk became needs! Celebrating 10 years in business, around 200 years to arrive, Maine’s first new town,” the Little River team emphasizes help- allowing one plenty of time said Roberts, “but we chose to prepare for it. June 27 for the parade and ing folks through challenging and over- Seeing as how Ken- party since it had to be a whelming times. They sell everything in nebunk became a town in Saturday.” good condition from household items 1820, the same year Maine The town will still mark to outdoor equipment and vehicles, became a state, a group of the historical bicentennial from antiques to mid-century-modern; locals has been hard at work on Wednesday, June 24 with preparing for next year’s a time capsule, a first day from vintage collectibles to contempo- bicentennial celebration. stamp cover, a bicentennial rary items. They also provide personal So as not to be surprised, coin, the presentation of the property appraisals. NowRemember, booking/ it doesn’t mark your calendars now: Boston Post cane, and an scheduling for the 2019 haveseason! to be oldAnd to be Wednesday, June 24 and address by a special speaker. remember – It doesn’t havesold to - bebut oldit can to be! Saturday, June 27, 2020. The following Saturday be sold – but it can be! “It’s never too early to will see a downtown parade with trucks passing along msn.com) or Laura Dolce at www.antiquesandestatesalesme.com start planning,” said Kath- in the morning, followed by Route 1, and put the kibosh the Chamber of Commerce www.antiquesandestatesalesme.com leen Ostrander Roberts, an evening block party and to that plan. (members@gokennebunks. chairwoman of the Ken- community dinner. Bands In 2017, the town agreed com or 207-967-0857). nebunk Bicentennial Com- will provide live music be- to provide $25,000 a year for One subcommittee is mittee. Roberts was part of fore, during, and after the three years to the Bicenten- creating a folding map de- the first version of the com- dinner, which will be served nial Committee’s efforts. picting Kennebunk as it Estate Liquidation Sale mittee formed in 2004 and on a line of 50 tables running Roberts said that amount appeared in 1820, while an- which included, among oth- down a blocked-off Main was scaled back in January other is soliciting local quil- Save These Dates! ers, Steve Spofford, Haven Street between Fletcher and of this year by one-third, ters to contribute panels to April 12, 13 & 14 Andrews, and Joyce Butler Water streets. When the din- once it was determined that create a bicentennial quilt to as chairwoman. ner is over, the block party the committee had received be donated to the Brick Store Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 9 AM - 3 PM Among its missions, the with live music will begin. $34,000 through fundraising. Museum (applications can "Filled to the Brim" • Berwick, ME committee collected oral “We haven’t decided “And that makes sense,” be found at the Brick Store, histories and researched and where the food is going to said Roberts. “We would’ve Kennebunk Free Library, Featuring: Antiques, 600+/- early 1970s vinyls with marked the site of the early come from,” said Roberts given it back to the town Town Hall, Camp Wool, and 18th century Larrabee Gar- of the logistical challenge. anyway.” Sanford Sewing Machines). nearly 100 artists, electronics, books, decora- rison (Kennebunk’s first per- “We’re considering caterers, A 36-page commemo- The Bicentennial Com- tive glass, beautiful home furnishings and decor, manent settlement) along the food trucks, local restau- rative paperback book is mittee, comprising Roberts, vintage collectibles, and so much more! banks of the Mousam River. rants, a buffet...but we’re not being planned to serve as Spofford, Lori Parkinson, Andrews spearheaded the sure yet. There’s definitely a guide to the celebrations Betsy MacDonald, Angus Complete listing and pictures on our website herculean task of digitizing going to be a potluck table, and will include articles Macauley, Ted Trainer, www.antiquesandestatesalesme.com the town’s vital records, so that no one’s excluded.” about Kennebunk’s history. Steve Hrehovcik, and Con- entering every recorded What’s not going to hap- The committee is raising rad Berdeen, meets ev- LITTLE RIVER birth, death, and marriage in pen is the stringing of lights funds through advertis- ery second Wednesday at Kennebunk since 1820 into a from one side of Main Street ing for that publication, 3:00PM on the third floor ANTIQUES & ESTATE SALES, LLC digital spreadsheet. to the other, Little Italy- in which businesses may of Town Hall. The public Offering complete Personal Property Appraisals “That was something style. Because they’d have place ads and families and is welcome to attend. Press Ethelyn [Marthia] really to be strung up in advance, individuals may have their releases and more informa- Sandy Gnidziejko, Manager wanted,” said Town Clerk Town Hall determined such names listed. Applications tion can be found at www. 207-751-6466 Merton Brown of his pre- decorative lights would may be obtained by con- kennebunkmain.us under [email protected] decessor, who died in 2006. cause a serious problem tacting Roberts (kathyoz@ Government.

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News from the legendary WORLD-CLASS Ogunquit Playhouse THEATRE! The Ogunquit Playhouse is thrilled to announce a sensational lineup of shows for audiences in 2019. Maine Maple Sunday For the first time in over a decade the Playhouse will Sunday, March 24 stage a non-musical play in addition to five musicals, including the return of the multi-Tony Award- The Maine Maple Producers Association in- winning, international sensation Jersey Boys; the vites you to join Maine’s Maple Syrup Producers, quintessential tap dancing extravaganza 42nd Street; statewide, as they celebrate Maine Maple Sunday. and the iconic and powerful jazz musical Cabaret. Maine's sugarhouses will be open to the public on The play that will ignite the stage with murder and Sunday, March 24, on the 36th Maine Maple Sunday. mystery is the beloved Agatha Christie’s Murder on Some will be open on Saturday, March 23 as well. the Orient Express. Closing out the season is a hilari- Experience firsthand how pure, mouth-watering ous musical comedy that will be announced soon, maple syrup and other related products are made. and a Tony Award-winning, smash hit musical, to Visit local Maple Syrup producers to enjoy fun, be announced in May. family-friendly activities, see demonstrations on The Ogunquit Playhouse proudly announces it how pure Maine maple syrup is made, taste the has received twelve IRNE Award Nominations in the freshest syrup and purchase maple products. Many large theatre category. Eleven of those nominations participants offer games, activities, treats, sugarbush are for its 2018 production of An American in Paris and tours, music, barn animals, horse-drawn wagon include Best Musical and Best Ensemble. Tony and rides and more. Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Linden has been Some sugarhouses will have events all weekend. nominated as Best Supporting Actor in a Musical Visit www.mainemapleproducers.com where you for his work in the 2018 U.S. premiere of Grumpy Old will find an interactive map of the participating DATE NIGHT Men the Musical. The IRNE Awards honor the best of sugarhouses, their offerings and hours. While you’re the previous year’s actors, directors, choreographers, there, you can learn about how maple syrup is made, designers and companies across the full spectrum find a guide to the grades of syrup, and read deli- JERSEY BOYS! 42ND STREET! CABARET! of large, mid-size and fringe theater companies in cious recipes that use – what else? – maple syrup. MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS! Boston and New England. The Awards ceremony 87 maple producers in Maine are taking part in this year's festivities, including these six local Plus 2 MORE Sensational Shows! will take place Monday, April 8, at 7:30 PM (doors at 7 p.m.), at the Ballroom of The Inn at Brookline producers: Gift Certificates & Subscriptions in Brookline, MA, just outside Kenmore Square. All Triple C Boilers, 1 Brock Road, Lyman are invited, the event is free and open to the public. Gile's Family Farm, 100 Shaker Hill Road, Alfred for your VALENTINE & YOU Season ticket subscription packages are on sale now. Gift certificates are also on sale online and Maple Moon Farm LLC., 289 Chick Road, Lebanon through the Box Office. Individual tickets are on sale Brookline Boilers, 2144 Alfred Road, Lyman 207.646.5511OgunquitPlayhouse.org • OgunquitPlayhouse.org exclusively for Ogunquit Playhouse members the Harris Farm, 280 Buzzell Road, Dayton week of Monday, March 4. Individual public ticket Chase Farms, 1488 North Berwick Road, Wells 207.646.5511Rte 1, Ogunquit, • Rte 1 OgunquitME sales begin Monday, March 11 with prices starting at $36. FMI ogunquitplayhouse.org or 646-5511.

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The power of love Maine News Briefs Open 7 days a week, 8 AM to 6 PM by Judy Stark think the presence of love - or 58 York Street ~ Kennebunk When I think of why we the absence of it – is key. Compiled by Jo O'Connor uesT diTorial Like Us! are here on earth, I believe it I would like to see us all The University of New England and the Univer- 207-985-6249 isG so that e we can learn about remember to love the people sity of Maine School of Law are partnering to one thing, love – how to give in our lives – friends, family provide a program for students to earn a bachelor’s it, receive it, and spread it, and children. I would like to degree in marine affairs and a law degree (J.D.) in six especially to those who des- see us all accept others for years (rather than seven years). Source: University of perately need it. who they are, accept their New England The lack of love, love gone differences. wrong, nasty love received Our children, for ex- If you are in Biddeford soon, welcome the new Herb's Seafood by another, has been the ample, are individuals, not home décor store called White Door Home Store, inspiration for many songs carbon copies of us. They located on 140 Elm Street. They repurpose, repaint Did you know that Herb’s Seafood now throughout the years. It’s a are not here to fulfill the and reinvent furnishings. Source: Heart of Biddeford offers certified organic coffee and many theme I hear over and over dreams we did not fulfill for again in many types of music ourselves. There's beauty in A shout out to Kennebunkport’s Captain Lord different pastries? Herb's has a full – rock, country, and soft lis- nurturing them and watch- Mansion for being ranked one of US News & World greenhouse center and will be offering tening, to name a few. Some ing them grow. Like flowers Report‘s Best Hotels in Maine. Also making the list in mulch, potting soil, peat moss, garden songs can bring us to tears, as they take in our nourishment York County are the Kennebunkport’s Breakwater Inn soil, and much more. Herb's will also be we go down the rabbit hole of and sunlight, and we delight & Spa; Kennebunk’s White Barn Inn and York’s Cliff expanding its tree/shrub line to com- remembering when love hurt when they flourish. They will House. Congrats to all. pliment its large inventory of bedding us. I think about why some smile, return love and some- people follow a negative day, be able to have healthy Next time you stop into The Palace Diner in plants and vegetable seedlings. Herb's path and why they go astray. relationships in their lives. Biddeford, throw some love to Chad Conley has all garden amendments inside the Was there no experience of They will have benefitted and Greg Mitchell for making the semi-finals of 2019 store including Miracle-Gro products, love, or did they have such a from the presence of uncon- James Beard Awards for the Best Chef in the Northeast. vegetable fertilizers, pest controls, etc, bad experience that it turned ditional love. Source: Main Street Maine as well as a great line of fresh seafood them dark? They say the angry per- Some people, though, can son is the one that needs Be on the lookout for a new Sea Bags store openopen- that is all local and delivered daily. In turn dark moments into in- hugs and love the most. I ing this spring in Ogunquit. Source: Portland the summer months, Herb's provides spiration and shift to a more would like to see us open Press Herald. fresh local produce. positive and loving way. our hearts to those that need They seek to learn about emit, while also drawing clear pathy and forgiveness. They boundaries on what behavior Mary's Walk & Kerrymen 5K know, first-hand, what bad is, and is not, acceptable. Sunday, March 24 • Thornton Academy, Saco love feels like and make the Make the choice to spread Started in 1999 as a way to honor Mary Kerry Libby, a choice to not expose anyone love into the world and your much-loved member of the Saco-Biddeford community else to this experience by heart will be full. I would who passed away from Burkitt's Lymphoma, Mary’s Walk their own hands. predict, you wouldn’t need and its companion run, the Kerrymen 5K have raised I realize this may be an too much more to feel com- nearly $3 million for Maine Cancer Foundation. Join in over-simplification of why plete, while on this earthly and celebrate 21 years of fighting cancer here in Maine! some might go astray, but I palace. www.maryswalk.org River’sSPA & SALONEdge

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The Light in the Piazza Shines Brightly on Romance at Biddeford City Theater by Steve Hrehovcik poignant power associated home, Margaret and Clara In one of the comic high- He’s not happy. He’ll fly tiple parts, musician and You don’t have to speak with romantic operas of witness the boisterous na- lights of the show, while to Italy to stop the wed- crews to bring an ambi- Italian to understand how that time. Songs through- ture of his family. Fabrizio’s family explodes ding, but, too late, as love tious production to City love blossoms in the Bidd- out the show express the Fabrizio’s father, played in expressing their opin- triumphs. Theater. eford City Theater produc- passions and events of the by Brian McAloon, has ions of Fabrizio’s romantic Once again, producer/ The Light in the Piazza tion of the musical The Light story. sympathy for his sensi- entanglement – in volatile director Linda Sturdivant continues through Sunday, in the Piazza. While mother and tive son’s emotions and Italian, Fabrizio’s mother, has assembled a talented March 24. For tickets call On a summer holiday daughter cross a piazza, an attempts to console Mar- played by Shaunna Lu- ensemble cast playing mul- 207-282-0849. in Florence, Italy in 1953, unexpected breeze sends garet with a stroll through cas translates in wealthy southerner Mar- Clara’s hat flying. Like a the city. English for the garet Johnson, played by romantic messenger, the Giuseppe, Fabrizio’s audience’s en- Rebecca Rinaldi, and her hat gets caught by a young brother, played by Owen lightenment. impressionable daughter, Italian, Fabrizio, played by White, something of an Margaret re- Clara, played by Jacklyn Miles Obrey. When Clara Italian playboy, gives Fab- alizes she can- 6th Annual Grigg, have a grand time retrieves her hat, the eyes rizio American dance les- not stop the lov- exploring the sights. As of the youngsters meet. sons to help charm Clara. ers from getting Upcycle they visit museum, gal- Both are smitten by the Giuseppe’s feisty wife, married. She leries and churches they bright light of love. Franca, played by Mary calls her hus- uncover a world of unex- Struggling in unpol- Lettelier, both hinders and band, played pected emotions that alters ished English, Fabrizio helps Clara in her relation- by Tim Steiner, the directions of their lives. expresses his strong feel- ship with Fabrizio. back in America. Winning six Tony ings for Clara. Awards when it opened But, knowing on Broadway in 2005, the Clara suffered BIDDEFORD MAINE’S HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE Sunday, March 24 romantic musical has been a debilitating 2pm-5pm performed around the childhood in- world, plus broadcast on jury, Margaret television. With book by discourages Craig Lucas and music and Clara’s attrac- Join us for our 6th Annual Upcycle Boutique lyrics by Adam Guettel, tion to Fabrizio. Winner of 6 Tony awards at Weirs Buick GMC, Rt. 1, Arundel. it is based on a novella Driven by A romantic musical about taking $30/ticket includes light snacks and 2 drink tickets. by Elizabeth Spencer. It his passions, chances and falling in love (Ticket includes light snacks, 2 drink tickets and all appeared as a popular Fabrizio sings purchases, excluding Live Auction participation.) film in 1962 staring Ol- a love song, TheThe LightLight inin thethe PiazzaPiazza To purchase tickets, visit coskennebunks.org/upcycle ivia de Havilland, Rossano entirely in or contact Michelle at 207-632-6767 Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux Italian. While or [email protected]. and George Hamilton. the words are For all ready-to-wear clothing /accessories donations: Breaking from the style foreign, there Drop off at Weirs between 9am-6pm, M-F starting of a traditional Broadway is no doubt Feb. 26. Stay tuned for dates to drop off items in Dock Square. musicals, Lucas’ score of the love he embraces a melodic form expresses for called Neoromanticism. Clara. Popular in the early 19th Invited Tickets Available for Online Purchase at century it recreates the to Fabrizio’s www.CityTheater.org or Call (207)282-0849

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with photographer Bob Dennis

Anatomy of a Photo: Cape Porpoise has long been regarded as one of the most scenically compelling parts of Kennebunkport. In recent years, the area has indeed become a mecca for photographers from both near and far, and one of the primary spots for great shots is the three former fish houses toward the end of Langsford Road. The first – Langsford Road Lobster and Fish House – has Througha number of distinctive the nautical Lens: bouys a above week its front in Maine entrance that enhance its appeal. The third house was transformed from a dull gray to an attractive red color about a decade ago. A fish shack on a promontory just past the red house was recently rebuilt after being lost to a winter storm about twenty years ago. These days photographers have apps that tell them when and where a colorful sunrise is likely to occur and, when conditions are expected to be just right, including calm water and mid-to-high tide, photographers from all over get up well before dawn and converge on this small area in hopes of capturing the trifecta of a spectacular sunrise, the pleasing red color of the nearby house, and the reflection of the sunrise colors and the new fish shack in the water. January 6 was such a morning when I joined a group of photographers in capturing a memorable sunrise. The photographer kneeling in front of the water had driven down from midcoast Maine and his photo was shown on the TV show “207” a few days later.

Bob Dennis became a year-round resident of Cape Porpoise in 2011 after retiring from his career as an investment manager in Boston. He has been the primary photographer for the Ken- nebunk Kennebunkport Arundel Chamber of Commerce for 26 years and has published three books on Kennebunkport and eighteen annual Images of Kennebunkport Calendars. See www. portimages.com, Instagram @portimages.

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Mainely Maine • Ayuh, It’s a Fact Eatin' and Drinkin' Like a Mainah Local Real Estate Tips & Trends by Jo O’Connor As a native, I love eating and drinking the Maine way. There are many foods and beverages that originated in Vacationland. To start with, we have the trifecta – lobster, blueberries and potatoes: Q: Is it a buyers' market or a sellers' market? • Lobster: Strap on a bib! A trip to Maine is not complete without the Escalating listing prices, bidding wars, and briny crustacean-steamed, served with drawn butter. We are the larg- low inventoryFROM characterized THE EXPERT Maine’s coastal real est lobster-producing state in the nation. Get crackin!’ estate market in 2018. This year, Pete Harrington, president of the Maine Real Estate Association, • Potatoes: The Maine potato industry reports that spuds are the state's predicts that listing prices and sales volume will largest crop. We have been producing potatoes longer than any other begin to level off. This leveling off will make the state. Dig it! real estate market more balanced which is good • Wild about Blueberries: Maine produces 99% of all wild blueberries in for both buyers and sellers. An assortment of Maine staples. the US. It is the official fruit of Maine. Harvested from late July to early One trend we are starting to see in York County September, these memory boosters have double the antioxidants and are price reductions and longer days on market. fiber, and half the amount of sugar, of cultivated blueberries. Grab a Last year clients who were looking to purchase handful so you don’t forget. a home in the $300,000 to $400,000 range in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Wells or • B&M Beans: While Boston is known as Beantown, famed B&M Beans Ogunquit would be competing with several other got its start and remains headquartered in Portland. This 105-year old potential home buyers and that is why we saw lots company still bakes its beans in the traditional manner, in open pots of bidding wars. This year that has not been the inside brick ovens – a process that gives the beans a firmness and au- case. In February of 2018 there was 2 months of thentic taste far superior to modern, cooked-in-the-can “baked” beans. inventory in Kennebunk and in the same month in • Kate’s Homemade Butter: Located in Arundel, Kate’s butter is made 2019 there was 5 and a half months. This change re- Grab a handful of blueberries the old-fashioned way, churned slowly in small batches and never ally means that it is a balanced market at this time today. It’s the state official fruit. frozen. The final result is the creamy, delicate texture and delicious and experts are saying it will continue through the Photo Credit: PBS.org homemade taste of Kate's Homemade Butter. rest of this year. As always, it pays to have a well connected real- • Flo’s Relish: Operating in Cape Neddick since 1959, many locals and tor who knows the current trends and can advise visitors have heard of Flo’s Hot Dogs. Its signature relish condiment accordingly. is something out-of-this-world. This dark brown, chutney-like dance ~ Cyndi Smith, Smith & Company Realty between sweet and sour is the secret sauce. People come just to relish a visit! • Needhams: Potatoes are the main ingredient in Needhams candy – a dark-chocolate–covered, coconut-cream treat and an old-time classic. Step aside Mounds Bar. • Whoopie Pie: While Needhams has its own special place in Vacation- land cookbooks, the elephant in the room is the proclaimed Maine State Treat – the whoopie pie. A whoopie pie is like a sandwich, but made with two round mound-shaped pieces of soft chocolate cake with a fluffy white filling. Here’s to making whoopie! • Shain’s of Maine Ice Cream: This truly is Maine’s best premium ice cream. Shain’s makes all of the ice cream in its Sanford plant, producing three-gallon tubs, quarts, ice cream pies and the famous Seadog Biscuits, Maine Caramel Sea Salt, Indian Pudding and Whoopie Pie Maine’s whoopie pies with flavors. Moxie and Allen’s Coffee Brandy m in a standing watch. Photo Credit: • Allen’s Coffee Brandy, You’re Fine Girl: Allen’s was founded in Som- a elym ine allenscoffebrandy.com merville, Massachusetts, but this coffee brandy is a Maine classic (just ask the locals). It’s a 60-proof naturally flavored coffee brandy made What I miss from the extract of imported coffee beans. most about I miss Amato's Italians, Maine when • Fiddleheads: You know those coiled tips of young ostrich ferns that I'm not here... salt air and Maine wit. grow near lakes, creeks, brooks in Maine from late April through early June? This short-seasoned delicacy is surely a sign of springtime. ~ Jo O'Connor • Humpty Dumpty Potato Chips: Born in Scarborough in 1947, Humpty Tourist & Town writer Dumpty chips are often cited as Maine’s favorite potato chip brand. Currently owned by Canadian company Old Dutch Foods, the chips are still available in many flavors, such as BBQ, Ketchup, Dill Pickle, Salt & Vinegar and All-Dressed. Humpty Dumpty’s US sales are limited almost exclusively to Maine. Bring home Native arts from • Moxie Soda, Maine’s Favorite Drink: It’s Maine's official soft drink. across North America In 1876, Union-born Dr. Augustin Thompson invented it as a concen- 26 Maine Street, Kennebunkport mainely e www.homeandaway.gallery main Fiddleheads refer to immature trated medicine. With a curious flavor, you will either love it or hate ferns whose curled up fronds it. According to newendglandtoday.com: “The soft drink is a subtle, Current hours: We are glad to open by appointment. resemble the head of a fiddle. not-too-sweet blend of wintergreen and licorice. Others toss around 207 967-2122 words like medicine, motor oil and ‘root beer that’s gone really funky.'” Now that drink’s got moxie – yep, that where’s we got the word. So whether you are preparing dinner or supper (and there is a difference), try one of these Maine favorites. Bon appetit! FMI: bmbeans.com; kateshomemadebutter.com; floshotdogs.com; shain- sofmaine.com; allenscoffeebrandy.com; olddutchfoods.ca; drinkmoxie.com

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Palaya Qiatsuq Home & Away Inuit (Canada) Did you know that Baskets of Time, Profiles of Maine Indian Basket Makers, published by Home & Away Gallery, provides the stories behind today’s Native weavers? It is accompanied by beautiful pictures of the artists and their baskets. Home & Earl Plummer Away carries one of the largest selections of Wabanaki baskets Navajo (New Mexico) Gabriel Frey to be found anywhere. Passamaquoddy (Maine) Sculpture | Prints | Baskets |Beadwork|Jewelry PAGE 22 Be the reason someone smiles today. TOURIST & TOWN, MARCH 14, 2019 Eat, Drink & Be Local Local Happy Hours a sampling of local happy hours

Batson River Brewing Company 12 Western Avenue Lower Village Kennebunk The Brunswick Féile Restaurant & Pub Open Thursday - Sunday Social Hour each day 4-6 PM 39 West Grand Avenue, Old Orchard Beach 1619 Post Road, Wells $7 cocktails, $5 beer, $5 small bites March 15: Riot Act 8:30 PM March 16: On Tap Band www.BatsonRiver.com | 207.967.8821 March 16: ValleyLive Haze 1-5Music PM MarchMarch 14 17: - Don27 Wessels 2-6 PM & Bitter End Sugarbox 8:30 PM The Barmen 7-11 PM 2118 Post Road, Wells March 17: Quiet RiotListen Act 3-7 PM to the MusicMarch 23: Porch Rockers Happy Hour: 3-6 PM daily www.bitterend.me | 360.0904 March 22: Hollow Hollis 8:30 PM www.feilerestaurantandpub.com 251.4065 The Boathouse Restaurant March 23: Dan Merrill & Darren 1-5 PM 21 Ocean Ave Kennebunkport, ME Motor Booty Affair 9 PM Monday - Friday 3-6 PM www.thebrunswick.com | 934.4873 Funky Bow Brewery and Beer Company www.boathouseme.com | 207-967-8225 21 Ledgewood Lane, Lyman The Burleigh at the Kennebunkport Inn March 15: Chasing Sounds 5-9 PM Dock Square, Kennebunkport The Burleigh at the Kennebunkport Inn March 16: Lucas Roy 1-4 PM Happy Hour 4-6 PM daily Dock Square, Kennebunkport Happy Hour Bites $5 | Happy Hour Sips Hurricanes 5-9 PM www.kennebunkportinn.com | 967.2621 Live Music 7-10 PM March 17: Paul Burgos 2-5 PM March 16: Michael Beau Dalleo Cowbell March 22: Tombstone PD 140 Main Street, Biddeford March 17: Blues & Jazz w/Michael Corleto with Michael Corleto 5-9 PM 3-6 PM Monday - Friday March 21: Lisa, Byon and Jim March 23: Courtney Burns 1-4 PM $4 craft beers March 22: Michael Beau Dalleo www.eatatcowbell.com | 284.2355 Doug Morgan Reggae 5-9 PM March 24: Michael Corleto 4 PM Duffy's Old Orchard Beach March 24: Neil Young Tribute Show 2-5 PM 168 Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach www.kennebunkportinn.com | 967.2621 www.funkybowbeercompany.com Happy Hour 3 - 6 PM daily 409.6814 $2 off draft beers and house wines www.duffysmaine.com | 207.937.5100 Clay Hill Farm 220 Clay Hill Road, Cape Neddick Garden Street Bowl Féile Restaurant & Pub 1 Garden Street, Kennebunk 1619 Post Road, Wells Mondays: Brian Bair Every day from 3 - 5:30 PM Fridays: Katherine Mayfield at the Piano March 15: Los Duderinos 5-9 PM www.feilerestaurantandpub.com 251.4065 Saturdays: David Hollis at the piano www.gardenstreetbowl.com | 636.7799 Garden Street Bowl Sundays: Curt Bessette & Jenn Kurtz The Pilot House 1 Garden Street Kennebunk www.clayhillfarm.com | 361.2272 Monday-Friday 4-6 PM 4 Western Avenue Kennebunk Drink and Appetizer Specials March 15: Andy MacLeod 7-10 PM www.gardenstreetbowl.com | 636.7799 Cowbell Old Vines Wine Bar 140 Main Street Biddeford Run of the Mill 173 Port Road, Kennebunk 100 Main Street, Saco Happy Hour daily 4-6 PM March 23: Jim and Jon 7 PM Snacks, wine by the glass, draft beer: 50% off www.eatatcowbell.com | 284.BELL Live music Thursdays & Saturdays 8-11 PM www.oldvineswinebar.com | 967.2310 www.runofthemill.net | 571.9648 Pearl Oyster Bar Elements: Books Coffee Beer 27 Western Avenue, Kennebunk Ryan’s Corner House Irish Pub Happy Hour 5 - 6 PM daily 265 Main Street, Biddeford 17 Western Avenue, Kennebunk www.pearloysterbar.com | 204.0860 March 15: The Overnight Low March 17: The Barmen 2-6 PM & Pedro’s Mexican Restaurant with Rob Cimitile Don Wessels 7 PM to close 181 Port Road, Kennebunk March 16: Anthony Branca Trio 967.3564 Happy Hour daily 3-6 PM www.elementsbookscoffeebeer.com www.pedrosmaine.com | 967.5544 710.2011 Wiggly Bridge Distillery Barn Ryan’s Corner House Irish Pub 441 US Route 1, York 17 Western Avenue, Lower Village Kennebunk Happy Hour daily 3-5 PM (currently open Thurs-Sun) Federal Jack’s March 23: The Dirt Boys 5-7 PM 967.3564 8 Western Ave. Kennebunk www.wigglybridgedistillery.com Every Thursday: Blues with Travis James Humphrey 6 PM York Harbor Inn www.federaljacks.com | 967.4322 480 York Street, York Harbor www.yorkharborinn.com | 363.5119

Stay tuned for Tim Janis in Concert April 13 more information Featuring original songs from his first new album since 3 PM and 7 PM on this event in 2010, Tim Janis will be joined by fellow artists Celtic The BEST Beer Store in 3 States York Community the March 28 Violinist Máiréad Nesbitt, singer/songwriter Lynn Hilary, Over 1000 Imported & Domestic Wine Labels Tourist & Town Irish Flautist Eimear McGeown, harpists Camille and Ken- Auditorium nerly Kitt (HARP TWINS), and singer Reilly Anspaugh. 5 Humidors with Premium Hand-Rolled Cigars, including Ashton, Liga Privada & Arturo Fuente Tim Janis' new album is woven together in epic and sweeping emotion routed in Celtic tones, with touches of mystical and ethereal themes. With millions of albums sold, five National Public Television specials, Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 AM - 8 PM and two # 1 Billboard-charting CDs, Tim Janis has worked with some of the top artists in the music and entertainment business, from Sir Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Maya Angelou, Emanuel Ax, Closed Sunday and Monday Andre Previn, Sarah McLachlan, to George Clooney and James Earl Jones. Director, composer, producer, 207-641-8622 • Hannaford Plaza • Wells and performer Tim Janis is committed to creating music that can heal and promote peace on a global level. www.TullysBeerandWine.com For tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4078681 Below Federal Jack’s Kennebunkport Brewing Co. Shipyard Store 207-967-1261 • www.kbcshipyardstore.com Free Brewery Tours and Tastings!

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In outdoor patio is opened thing Irish. 2011, they opened their with a sizable firepit table, Say hello to the Ryans; eponymous bar: Ryan’s where you can watch Joe and Tracy – straight Corner House Irish Pub the world of Lower Vil- from the Emerald Isle. & Restaurant. lage Kennebunk pass by Hailing from County Lim- If you have never trav- while listening to some erick, Ireland, this husband eled to the old county, the live music. and wife team formerly Corner is straight out of Ryan’s updated hours owned a pub in Dromcol- the movies and truly what will begin on March 20: logher called “The Corner you would expect an Irish Wednesdays to Sundays. House” for 12 years. Ro- pub to look like. With a Try out the Trivia Night bust, fun-loving and busi- low-hanging ceiling, this on Wednesdays at 7 PM; ness-minded is Joe, from traditional pub is adorned Prime Rib on Thursdays a third-generation pub- with Irish memorabilia and daily Happy Hour owner family. Ryan says – street signs, Guinness from 3-5 PM. he was “born and reared merchandise and maps. On St. Pat’s Day, Ry- behind the counter.” It’s a cozy and unassuming an’s will open at 11 AM His better half, Tracy, spot; easy for a quick pint and have live music from is about as affable and or a sit-down with family. 2 PM onward. Hoist a pint welcoming as they come. “So many friendships or two at The Corner on Meeting this well-coiffed, have been forged here and the 17th! ginger-haired co-owner, business deals have been Moving six miles south, no-one will be surprised crafted in the pub. It’s you will run into Feile that she once toured with congenial atmosphere,” Irish Pub and Restau- Tracy and Joe Ryan behind the bar at Ryan’s Corner House. Photo Credit: Jo O’Connor the famous 1970s musical said Tracy. rant in Wells. Pronounced group “Up With People.” Conveniently located, “fay'-leh,” this spacious Having vacationed in The Corner House is fa- restaurant hosts large If you long for Irish fare, plenty of hospitality. Of ing you and loving what the Kennebunks in the mous for its authentic and private parties. Feile the house-brined corn beef course a wee shot of whis- they do. early ‘90s, the Ryans de- Irish fare featuring Smith- means “festive” in Gaelic is made from certified an- key or a well-poured pint FMI: Ryan’s Corner cided to eventually move wick’s Beer-Battered and its numerous events gus beef brisket, and is or two doesn’t hurt. Don’t House, 17 Western Av- here with two young chil- Fish’n’Chips, Guinness make this a lively desti- served with cabbage, or be surprised if someone enue, Lower Village, Ken- dren and start anew. Beef Stew and Shepherd’s nation: Thursday night try the bangers and mash. comes over to your table nebunk, 967-3564 ; Feile “We thought we were Pie – can we say Irish com- trivia at 7 PM, Karaoke on And yes, Guinness, Harp with a thick Irish brogue Irish Pub & Restaurant, going to try something fort food? It also holds the Fridays at 8 PM and live and Smithwick’s will be to say “hi.” It could be Joe 1619 Post Road, Wells, new and then an oppor- distinction of having the music on Saturdays at 8 poured. or Tracy Ryan – welcom- 251-4065. tunity fell into our laps,” largest selection of Irish PM. Now in its 4th year, Whether you are look- said Ryan. whiskey in the state. No Feile is open daily and has ing for an intimate din- a happy hour from ner for two, planning a 3-5:30 PM featur- rehearsal dinner or feel ing $4 wines and like kicking up your heels Everyone is Irish on March 17 cocktails and $1 off with some live rock’n’roll, drafts. this is a “come-for-a-pint, “At Feile, we stay-for-the-food” desti- by Jo O’Connor have a larger, more nation. Join in – because on St. Patrick’s Day – every- expansive menu of “We are grateful to one is Irish. On March 17, you can get your Irish American fare and have such loyal custom- on as this day is celebrated in all corners of the traditional Irish ers and being a part of world by people of different nationalities. While meals. There is a the Kennebunk and Wells some might see this time when day drinking is great energy to the communities. We have commonplace and you have a pass to drink an place,” said Tracy. met so many people who untold amount of booze, the day is meant to On St. Patrick’s have become our friends,” honor Irish heritage and culture. Taking this Day, there is live said Tracy. into consideration, let’s look at some fun facts Irish music start- At either location, about the Emerald Isle’s rich culture and history. ing at noon with come in for a chat or a • Famous Irish breweries include Guin- Don Wessels (with laugh and take advantage ness, Smithwick's (Kilkenny), and Harp Lager. pipes and drums), homemade traditional • The Irish consume in average 131.1 liters followed by The Irish food, accommodat- of beer per year - the 2nd highest per-capita Barmen (guitar and ing staff, boisterous Irish consumption after the Czech Republic. or rock’n’roll music and Feile Irish Pub & Restaurant in Wells. Photo Credit: TripAdvisor mandolin) at 6 PM. • There are several famous Irish symbols including the shamrock, leprechaun and Celtic cross. However, the Irish harp is the national symbol. • With 88% of Irish citizens listed as Ro- man Catholic, Ireland has one of the highest rates of church attendance in the Western World A True A True (around 45% of regular Mass attendance). • The ancestral language of Irish people is Irish Gaelic. Irish Pub Irish Pub • “Slainte” means cheers in Gaelic. Pro- Dinner nounce it – Slawn-cha Delicious • Long-held folklore has it that St. Patrick Specials (who was born in England) drove the snakes Homemade Food from Ireland. Actually, scientists say that Ireland has always been snake-free due to its climate. Happy Hour 3 - 5 PM American & Irish Specialties • If you have one Irish grandparent, you are eligible for Irish citizenship. For non-Euro- $5 Bloody Marys and Margaritas Happy Hour 3–5:30 pm peans, this means you get a passport that allows $5 Selected Draft Pints $4 Wines, $4 Cocktails, $4 Well Drinks you to work and live anywhere in the EU. • Sports are huge in Ireland. Irish people Prime Rib on take their sports seriously, and get very into WE ARE OPEN Live Music Every Open Monday - Saturday soccer, hurling, camogie and handball. Thursdays Saturday Night 3 PM to close • According to RTE.ie, Dublin-born Ce- Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sunday noon to close dric Gibbons, an MGM Art Director, won an Sun at 2 PM Trivia on extraordinary 11 Oscars, second in the all-time Thursdays Oscar-winning list, behind only Walt Disney. He 207-251-4065 also designed the Oscar statuette back in 1928. 17 Western Ave., Kennebunk Lower Village • 207-967-3564 www.feilerestaurantandpub.com