FEATURES

50 Lobstah Lovah
Biologist Diane Cowan is the Jane Goodall of lobsters, with one exception-she eats them.
By Chris Ladd

57 Boothbay Beauty
The Damariscotta River is right outside this contemporary classic.
By Brad Favreau

61 Growing Up Woolworth
Nothing nickel-and-dime about this Woolworth heiress who embraces her Maine heritage to stay grounded in Winthrop.
By Judith Gaines

71 Island in the (Maine) Stream
What is it about a tiny island in Puerto Rico that draws so many Mainers?
By Donna Stuart

76 Night Gallery
City aeries with killer views.

78 Duchess of York
Built as a ‘summer cottage,’ Cape Neddick’s Cragmere hits the market for $3.495 million.
By Colin Sargent

87 Sweethearts of the Sea Dogs
The women behind Portland’s Boys of Summer.
By Cathy Genthner

94 Dream Islands
Thirty-four complete islands are for sale, including Ted Williams’s top-secret
fishing getaway.
By Cathy Genthner

99 Sophisticated Lady
Entrepreneur Rattanaphorn Boobphachati knows the way to a Mainer’s heart is through
the stomach-one dancing shrimp at a time.
By Amy Louise Barnett

104 Phineas Sprague and the Jewel in the Crown
Phineas Sprague ponders the future of The Portland Co.-the last great piece of the Portland waterfront.
By James V. Horrigan

115 Portland Trails
Branching out beyond the city, Portland Trails develops new inroads into the wild.
By Sheldon S. Higdon

119 The Bar Harbor Picture Show
What are Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins doing at the Criterion Theatre?

IN EVERY ISSUE

39 Letters
Mainers on Broadway, pirates on the high seas, and dancing the night away in the East End.

43 Chowder
A tasty blend of the fabulous, noteworthy, and absurd.

134 Dining Guide

135 Restaurant Review
Wells Beach Steakhouse-the way meat should be.
By Diane Hudson

136 Goings On

175 House of the Month
For sale: defense attorney Dan Lilley’s waterfront getaway on the Presumpscot River in Falmouth, for $1.2 million.
By Colin Sargent

181 New England Homes & Living

215 Fiction
“Neap Tide”
By Linda Greenlaw

222 Flash

DEPARTMENTS

38 From the Editor
“Cashing Your Reality Check”
Why Rockland builds its Dunkin’ Donuts on the waterfront.
By Colin Sargent

123 CuiScene
Maine blueberries are going wild-in ale, chutney, rangoons, gin, salsa, and other recipes tangy with surprise.
By Judith Gaines

126 Personal Shopper
Shadow boxes: Why leave the beach at the seashore?
By Amy Louise Reynolds

129 Market Watch
Rockwell Kent-draftsman, dairy farmer, ship’s carpenter, lobster fisherman, political activist, and artist who loved Maine-is drawing upwards of $300,000 at auction.
By Sarah Cumming Cecil

132 Performance
Portland bluesman Samuel James is in the pocket.
By Amy Louise Barnett