Bangor Metro - August 2009

August 2009

A Growing Market

Craig Idlebrook
Mainers look forward to the opening of their local farmers market for fresh produce and a sense of community. But there’s more behind the food you buy than you think

Why we love the Folk Festival

Chandler Hendrix
Why we love the Folk Festival (and why we all need to pitch a little more in the donation buckets).

Fresh Moves

Annaliese Jakimides
Alison Chase, artistic director and choreographer, fuses dance with everything from film clips to front-end loaders. She’ll go wherever those collaborative works take her—as long as it’s in front of an audience.

Built to Share

Ashley Pearson
The BrightBuilt Barn in Rockport recycles electricity, measures its own energy output, and is so well insulated that it doesn’t need a furnace. The best part? Owner Keith Collins is willing to share his secrets online.

Earth Angels

Molly F. McGill
For over 10 years, LifeFlight of Maine has been giving critically injured people in rural areas the same access to emergency medicine that city folk have had access to for decades. by Molly F. McGill

Family Justice

Henry Garfield
No one in the state turns more children and parents into “legal kin” than probate judge Allan Woodcock Jr. He even has the pictures to prove it.

Peachy in Brooklin

Craig Idlebrook
Maine isn’t known for its sprawling peach orchards, but a couple in Brooklin has made a happy home for the southern fruit

Perspectives: Bert Call

Photographs by Bert Call

Poultry Personified

Brad Eden
Raising farm animals for the table is not for the soft-hearted

Soapbox Derby: What makes a good restaurant?

Sean Faircloth and Scott K Fish
In honor of the Best Restaurants issue, Fish and Faircloth were asked to take off their boxing gloves and pick up some silverware. It may not be hard-hitting political debate, but it’s something to chew on.

Earl Hornswaggle: Cookin' with Earl

Mark Ricketts
Earl Hornswaggle, the oldest man in Bangor.

Licensed to Smile

Annaliese Jakimides
Face-recognition software be damned. Long live “cheese”!