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Shouting into the Fog

Islandport Press, 2006 Soft cover, 305 pages, $15.95 Bringing the Depression to Life Thomas Hanna painstakingly pieces together the memories of his Depression-era childhood in a new book entitled Shoutin’ Into The Fog: Growing Up on Maine’s Ragged Edge. Set in the village of Five Islands in Georgetown, five miles downriver from Bath, Hanna writes

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Jordan’s project on hold

Plans to build a Westin hotel/condominium complex in Portland’s Eastern Waterfront have been put on hold, and the Procaccianti Group has decided to put its investment there up for sale. The initial project, slated for groundbreaking last summer, involved tearing down the long-closed Jordan’s Meats, replacing it with a $110 million development encompassing a 223-room

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Curious about the waterfront? Take a tour!

As a private tour guide in Portland, Angela Clark’s one-woman Working Waterfront Tours promise behind-the-scenes glimpses of Portland’s marine-dependent businesses. On a hot summer’s morning, the dead fish and live lobsters were definitely the highlights of a one-hour tour for 14 campers, ages 5 to 12, from the Portland Center for Cultural Exchange. While every

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