Bangor Metro - March 2006

March 2006

Big Ski Country

Brian Fiske
World class nordic skiing is now just a drive up the pike. Yet even novices can enjoy Maine Winter Sports Center's amazing trails.

Bird's Eye On Brewer

Mike Woelflein
How does a city that once depended on a bustling paper mill retool its economic vision? With intelligent partnerships, and an expansive vision.

Start Running

Angus S. King, Jr.
The world is no longer round, says writer Thomas Friedman. It's flat-because technology has leveled the playing field. What will it take for Maine to survive?

Beauty Sleep

Annaliese Jakimides
Sleep vs. Frugality-what's a girl to do? For years (about 40, believe it or not), sleep lost. Then came a fateful shopping trip to Marden's...

Coach Elian

Jenny-Lin Bennett
Laurie Elian, LD, CDE, brings a passion for healthy living into homes across Aroostook county, teaching simple, yet powerful lessons--like eating your veggies.

Frozen Stories

Todd Nelson
Shhhhhh. Listen. Can you hear it? The ice is talking.

Going with the Grain

Annaliese Jakimides
Joe Tracy's furniture is both livable luxury and artistic achievement.

Maine Coast Memorial Hospital's annual Benefit

Maine Coast Memorial Hospital's annual benefit, the Poinsettia Ball, is a flowering success.

Maine's Wily Coyotes

Brad Eden
Are they to be feared? Respected? Admired? The answer to understanding Maine's coyotes may be "all of the above".

Redeeming Sockalexis

Mike Woelflein
Ed Rice has made it his mission to give Louis Sockalexis the credit he deserves as baseball's first American Indian.

Soapbox Derby

Sean Faircloth and Scott K Fish
Question: Is Dirigo Health Plan delivering on the promise?

Sticky Business

Ria Biley
Rockland Chamber's Bob Hastings is an adhesive powerhouse.