15 From the Editor
“Intriguing 101”
By Colin W. Sargent 

16 Letters MAINE LIFE 

19 Chowder
A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong. 

61 New Vibrations
Maine’s cannabis industry keeps on groovin’.
From Staff & Wire Reports 

ARTS & STYLE 

67 Holiday Events
Your guide to seasonal festivities. 

FOOD & DRINK 

65 Dining Guide

65 Restaurant Review
“In the Key of Sea”
Sun & Surf in York Beach. By Colin W. Sargent 

HOMES & DESIGN 

91 Talking Walls
“Prom Queen” Baby got backstory. By Colin W. Sargent 

94 Maine Real Estate LAST WORDS 

104 Town Meeting
New fiction by Rufus Brown 

23 Daring Diplomat
Penobscot Nation Ambassador Maulian Dana shows it’s hard to hate up close.
By Gwen Thompson 

28 Light Showman
Oscar-winnier Erik Messerschmidt grew up in the shadow of Portland Head Light.
By Colin W. Sargent 

30 Eagle Eyes
Where better for Navy test pilot Colleen Nevius to land than here?
By Colin W. Sargent 

34 Spotify Smasher
Zach is back. The Hurd man returns to his musical roots.
By Colin W. Sargent 

38 Artist in Renaissance
Asata Radcliffe’s installation shares the hidden life of the Black Guards.
By Gwen Thompson 

43 Atmospheric Oracle
Climate guru David Reidmiller says we’re damned if we don’t.
By Diane Hudson 

46 Chanteuse Mogul
Thanks to Jane Morgan, we all know it was “Fascination.”
By Gwen Thompson 

52 Big Star on Littlejohn
CNN’s Joe Lockhart gives us the inside scoop.
By Colin W. Sargent 

54 Inner Beauty Queen
Miss Muslima Zehra Abukar struts her sheathed stuff.
By Diane Hudson 

56 20th Century Vox
Broadcaster/filmmaker Mary Marvin Breckinridge brought WWII’s “over there’’ over here.
By Colin W. Sargent