Bangor Metro - September 2007

September 2007

Fete at the Farnsworth

The Maine in America Gala was a celebration of achievement, generosity, and a lovely way to kick off summer on the Midcoast.

Renaissance Man

Henry Garfield
With skilled optimism, interior designer and WBRC CEO John Rohman has been quietly steering a regional renaissance.

St. Joe's Healing Machine

Melanie Brooks
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is designed to put certain wounds to bed.

Charged Up About EVs

Doug Kesseli
Pinched by gas prices? Worried about carbon emissions? These visionary Mainers want to help you into some electric wheels.

From the Mill to the Hill

Mike Woelflein
Think every politician is cut out of the same cloth? Meet the congressman that paper made.

Best Restaurants 2007

Painting the Answer

Annaliese Jakimides
Lois Dodd's wonderful work, six decades of it, might not be here if she knew ahead of time how it would turn out.

Revved Up Learning

Henry Garfield
United Technologies Center is not your typical Maine high school - which is exactly why is is producing an unusually enthusiastic, career-oriented crop of students.

Appetizer Ace

Anne Gabbianelli O'Reilly
Susan Faloon is a household name in this area due to her years in journalism. Fewer know that she's an ace at dreaming up drop-dead-delicious recipes.

A True Mane Story

Mark Ricketts
Sit back and listen as Earl Hornswaggle tells the tale of a certain Maine governor.

Perspectives: Lynn Karlin

Lynn Karlin
This month's Perspectives highlights the work of garden photographer Lynn Karlin.

Land Development Woes

Sean Faircloth and Scott K Fish
For Maine developers, giving away part of their private land and/or profits for wetland mitigation and "set-asides" seems to be the new price of gaining permission to build. Is this right?

Bear Necessities

Brad Eden
It's not Fozzie Bear or Baloo out in the Maine woods, but a highly wary, wild animal. Here's why hundreds of Maine sportsmen hunt them.

Schoolsville

Todd Nelson
What happens when recess intersects with modern capitalism? You get a bustling boomtown called Schoolsville, complete with pinecone currency and red tape.

The Garden Fairy

Annaliese Jakimides
Special places have a way of attracting magical guests.