Bangor Metro - August 2008

August 2008

Bangor Metro Best Restaurants 2008

From haute cuisine to truck-stop fare, Bangor Metro readers share their preferences on where to go to satisfy any and every craving

Brew North

Voscar
Artist Frank Sullivan brought his family north for a calmer existence with more time for the good things in life -- like home-brewed beer.

Dancing in Glass

Annaliese Jakimides
Studio glass sculptor Richard Remsen takes an ancient practical art and turns it into a joyous high-temperature dance.

Earl Hornswaggle - Missing?

Mark Ricketts

Fashion Funds

Creative minds in Bucksport design a runway project to support Buckport's Performing Arts Center.

Gephyrophilia

Annaliese Jakimides
Let every woman praise the bridge that carries her.

Green Gavelers

Go Green auction nets $19K for Orono Library Foundation

Hearts of Gold

American Heart Association ball honors givers and raises $100K.

Lending Wisdom

Craig Idlebrook
The Northeast Harbor Library shows how a privately funded project can serve the public good—from the school year through the summer.

Ms. Biz

By Henry Garfield
Debbie Neuman of UMaine’s Target Technology Incubator is coach, cheerleader, and announcer for our economy’s most important “contest”: succeeding in small business.

Perspectives - Don Dunbar

Photographs by Don Dunbar

Pro Bass Lessons

Brad Eden
When you think you know all there is to know, a young sportsman comes along and teaches you new tips and techniques.

Soapbox Derby: Earmarks

Scott K Fish and Sean Faircloth
Voters often complain about congressional earmarking (some call it pork barrel politics) as fiscally irresponsible. Others clamor for their U.S. senators and representatives to bring home the bacon. Is earmarking right? Wrong? Somewhere in between?

Special Deliveries

Craig Idlebrook
Most of us were born in a hospital; if we’re old enough or young enough, we might have been born at home. Now, birthing options, even in midcoast Maine, are all of the above

Steering Toward Luxury

Henry Garfield
These days, Maine’s boatbuilders are keeping their craft alive largely by creating custom vessels for clients with deep pockets. It’s not perfect, but it still gives these time-honored craftsmen the chance to do what they love: build high-quality boats.

Working in Vacationland

Craig Idlebrook
Somebody has to pamper all those tourists. Finding summer employees in hubs like Bar Harbor requires a new global net and old-fashioned Yankee ingenuity.