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Maine dispatches a hugger to Cambodia
Like many in Bar Harbor, Gail Gutradt will be somewhere warmer by the time you read this. But don’t expect her to be playing shuffleboard in Florida — she’ll be busy doling out hugs in Cambodia. Gutradt plans to return to Cambodia early in 2007 to continue working with the Wat Opot Project, a rural
Maine’s Downeast coast brims with wineries
Pine trees, lobster, blueberries…vintage wine. Over the years, the Downeast coast has become the heart of Maine winemaking, with four commercial wineries in Hancock County alone. Why the coast? Dr. David Handley, vegetable and small fruit specialist at the University of Maine, said the ocean’s moderating temperatures help keep grapes alive through Maine winters. “The
Despite questions, pesticide use persists in coastal towns
During a city autumn celebration at Ellsworth’s waterfront park, a witness saw an event coordinator spraying a can of Raid along the park’s grass, minutes before the children’s events were to open. On that same day, a man and his two dogs took a break from the festivities by lounging on a hill next to
Getting to the Bottom of it Natural cotton and wool baby goes into Maine-made baby clothes
Abagail Leavitt wants you to think for a moment about baby butts. More specifically, about what goes on them. Like many new mothers, Leavitt is often preoccupied with diapers. But in addition to thinking about those that go on her son, she also runs her own natural diaper and baby clothes company, Peace Love and
An enthusiast connects people with a forgotten passion
Stars are the passion of Peter Lord’s life, a fascination he said he shares with the human race throughout history. “Look at primitive cultures throughout the world,” Lord said. “There is this sense of wanting to be connected with what’s out there.” Since moving with his wife to Bernard on Mount Desert Island three years
Downeast parents want school for autistic children
Like many mothers, Alice French of Ellsworth recently sent her 12-year-old son, Jack, back to school. Because Jack is severely autistic and needs round-the-clock care, however, for the past three years he has attended a Massachusetts school for autistic children 340 miles away. He comes home to her less than a dozen times a year.
Birdsacre: Ellsworth sanctuary is getting big-boxed in
While Stan Richmond has been shingling roofs at the Birdsacre Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary in Ellsworth, he’s had a bird’s-eye view of the symptoms of development around the sanctuary. Every morning, Richmond can spy a two-way traffic jam in front of the 200-acre bird-rehabilitation center. Traffic bottlenecks on Route 3 daily as a result of the
Cableman boogies at Stonington quarry
What do you get when you combine a 26-foot high puppet, an excavator, pink-hatted dancers, a steel pan band and the Stonington Quarry? You get Quarryography, a modern dance work-in-progress that wowed an audience of 450 Aug. 19. The dance piece was a playful collaboration between five Blue Hill peninsula residents and the Stonington Opera
Rockport Film School Up for Sale
The International Film and Photographic Workshops (WWF Sept. 06) and Rockport College are up for sale. Workshops founder and owner David Lyman announced the sale on the school’s website this past month. Since its inception 33 years ago in the basement of Rockport’s Union Hall, the organization has grown to include more than 300 annual
Development leads to hotter temperatures in Ellsworth
This summer in Ellsworth, Lindsay Moon worked two jobs in the city’s expanding commercial district of High Street, splitting time between Mr. Paperback in the Mill Mall and the UPS store across the busy four-lane street. She said the parking lots at both locations were often unbearably hot. “There’s so much asphalt and no trees