Our Stories

Old School, New School

December 2015
Thanks to a grant from the city, la vieille ecole at 83 Sherman Street is now an upscale urban art colony opening doors to artists and their patrons.

Icicles & Bicycles

December 2015
Neither snow nor sleet nor gloom of night stays these stalwart biking commuters.

Money Makeover

December 2015
Maine banks and credit unions are anxious to win you over. Pull up a chair and get to know them.

What R U Doing New Year’s Eve?

December 2015
Be part of a happening, join the crowd, and kick up your heels–2015 is so last year. Here are a few ideas.

Tuscan Brick Oven Bistro

December 2015
The Tuscan Brick Oven Bistro is just the place for feasting after a day of shopping.

Paula Poundstone

“I’ve always loved making people laugh.”

Walter Rhodes watched a man get out of a trumpet-orange rag-top Jeep in the hayfield in front of his farmhouse. The engine-idling bass drum kicked one-two, one-two, one-two… Wind blasted the old man as he drew near, with muscular tan legs sticking out of khaki shorts, biceps pushing at the short sleeves of a faded red T-shirt. The guy had to be in his 70s, carrying a magazine in his right hand, walking toward Walter’s screen door with a side-to-side gait that said I don’t fall or stumble. Sea legs.