Dinner with the Hinckleys: How family, crew, and culture made a world-class...
Gwen Hinckley practically had a bed-and-breakfast going for the clients, friends, and tradespeople associated with the boatbuilding firm of her husband, Henry Rose Hinckley II. “If you were able to...
View ArticleGwen Schwartz: An artist’s creative fire, remembered
NORTHEAST HARBOR – Gwen Elizabeth Schwartz was a young artist who is remembered by friends and family for her bold vision, independent thinking, spontaneity, and fierce spirit. Gwen was 21 when she...
View ArticleCheerful farewell for Bernard postmaster
BERNARD – Year-round and summer residents here were popping into the post office throughout the day, on July 27, for a retirement party for Linda Musson. Musson will retire from nearly 25 years as...
View ArticleLocal film pro leads blockbuster life
SOUTHWEST HARBOR – Somewhere on the Maine coast, a middle-aged man, Rusty, shouts, “It was a freak accident, Maynard! When are you going to get over that?!” Maynard, seen in the film’s frame from...
View ArticleA family’s Friendship, a fleet’s friendly ways
SOUTHWEST HARBOR – Three generations of Zubers are aboard the Friendship sloop Gladiator on a terrifically hot Saturday in July. “Did you see, last night? There were, like, a thousand squids over...
View ArticleIsland Artisans: A vibrant cooperative
BAR HARBOR – Celebrating its 30 anniversary this year, Island Artisans is a vibrant shop that showcases the works of more than 100 Maine artisans. The cooperative got its start with a group of just 11...
View ArticleKyle Stanley: From experience, a message to teens to be safe
On October 19, 2001, the lives of a Tremont family changed drastically when 18-year-old Kyle Stanley was in a car accident that nearly cost him his life. Kyle Stanley is seen here in 2001, at age 18,...
View ArticleIkemiya: The ragtime, sparkle-divine Peace Farm state of mind
BAR HARBOR – Masanobu Ikemiya is a concert pianist, conductor, and recording artist, a foremost exponent of American ragtime, the founder of the summertime Arcady Music Festival in Maine and of the New...
View ArticleHouse concert impresario Steve Peer: “The coolest guy we know”
ELLSWORTH – There’s a hubbub of cheerful chatter, and it’s difficult to make out what Celtic/rock contemporary/fusion musicians Carmel Mikol, Rachel Davis, and Darren McMullen are saying. Music...
View ArticleLinda Kelley: Art, energy, a sense of play
BAR HARBOR – Linda Rowell Kelley likes time by herself in her A-frame studio, a hundred yards down a brushy path from the home she shares with her husband Terry. Linda Kelley works on a painting that...
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