Bangor Metro - November 2007

November 2007

Healing Hit

When a family lost a beloved brother, they decided to honor his memory with an annual fundraiser Jimmy MacKenzie would have loved.

Steering Down East

Henry Garfield
Forty-eight-year-old Bob Fernald is proud papa to 53-year-old Down East magazine, and much more. It's quite a family.

The Quest for Red Gold

Doug Kesseli
Blood: It's in all of us to give. Here's how and why local officials are trying to convince you to donate this live-giving liquid.

Clean Drinking

Doug Kesseli
How good would it be if you could dip into a cold stream or tap a faucet in Montezuma and drink the water without fear? Life is now that good, thanks to an invention called the SteriPEN.

Peter Big View

Mike Woelflein
No private citizen has made the front page more than Cianbro's Peter Vigue. Here's a glimpse of how he became Maine's private sector growth guru - and what pushes him to drive his home state full speed ahead.

The Guiding Life

Katherine Cassidy
What does it take to make a living as a Maine guide? Start with a boatload of respect for the outdoors, keep plenty of knowledge in your tackle box, and make sure you know how to spin a good yarn.

It's All Good

Annaliese Jakimides
Where in the world is pianist Paul Sullivan? Try Brooklin, Maine; Wilson, Connecticut; Frankfurt, Germany; Rome, Italy; Eugene, Oregon; or Exeter, New Hampshire. It doesn't matter where he is or what he's playing; this Grammy winner is always home.

Honeymoon Pie

Chandler Hendrix
Frank Van Riper and Judy Goodman had such great pizza on their Italian honeymoon more than 20 years ago, Van Riper found a way to make it at home.

Earl Hornswaggle: Burning Emission

Mark Ricketts
That ol' Earl Hornswaggle is up to no good again.

Perspectives: Bill Kuykendall

Bill Kuykendall

Soapbox Derby: Term Limits

Sean Faircloth and Scott K Fish
In 1993, Maine's voters enacted a term limits law that allows state legislators a maximum of eight consecutive years (comprised of four two-year terms) in either chamber in Augusta. This month, voters will have the chance to extend that to six terms, or 12 years of consecutive service.

Another Day, Another Dollar

Bruce Pratt
What would it feel like to have to pay a per diem fee just to sit on your granddad's porch? Ask the people who live past the "20 mile checkpoint."

Babes in the Woods

Brad Eden
It's not just a boys club anymore out there in the Maine woods. Here's how to introduce new hunters to the ranks.

38 Vases

Annaliese Jakimides
A full life can never have enough containers.