Category: People

Don Carrigan

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Character matters—Don Carrigan’s 50 years of storytelling

Don Carrigan of WCSH-TV is considered by many to be one of Maine's most trusted journalists and broadcasters. His 50-year career in Maine news has taken him from Portland to Bangor and everywhere in between. In 2016, Carrigan was inducted into the Maine Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Carrigan… SEE MORE
Newschäfer at Lyman-Morse boatyard in Thomaston in September 2020. PHOTO: ROBERT MITCHELL

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Solo sail around the world—for the win

On a solo round-the-world sailing race, Kirsten Neuschäfer had a teammate—her boat the Minnehaha. More than a tool, her boat was a partner in a race that takes incredible skill, determination, and a large dose of luck, she explained. It’s dubbed a race for “those who dare.” Neuschäfer dared and… SEE MORE
Patty Zimmerman of Peaks Island transports three children from the Mabuie of Mozambique. Several Peaks Island families have taken young people who are recent immigrants from African countries, now living in Portland, into their homes for short- and long-term visits.

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Peaks Island families welcome New Mainers

[caption id="attachment_38497" align="alignnone" width="700"] From left, Edlazio Antonio, Rita Mena, and Isaac Rodriguez.[/caption] Islanders are no strangers to helping their neighbors. But residents of one Casco Bay island have been going above and beyond by opening their doors to newcomers. Families on Peaks Island have been welcoming New Mainers—recent immigrants—into… SEE MORE
Monhegan School, 1972

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Monhegan school reunion

[caption id="attachment_38468" align="alignnone" width="780"] Monhegan School, 1972[/caption] In 1972, the student body of the Monhegan School posed for a photograph. In that image (above) are, from left: Ruth Ives (standing); back row from left: Kelani Cundy (seated), Lisa Dickson, Louisa Boehmer (Wickerd), Donna Cundy, Kris Boehmer, and Zoe Zanadakis (seated);… SEE MORE
Diana Young’s "Boom Island," (2023) tempera, 16 by 20 inches. PHOTO: MICHAEL HALLAHAN

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Diana Young’s Penobscot River view

In the half century Diana Young has lived in Bangor—she and husband Jim moved there in 1973—she has painted all over the Queen City, so many different scenes she should be declared painter laureate. Her views are always animated, full of a kind of motion that often compels one to… SEE MORE
Dave Macy FILE PHOTO: TOM GROENING

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Dave Macy steps away from the pulpit

After 32 years as pastor to the North Haven Baptist Church and missionary at large to the island, Dave Macy is retiring. Macy was hired in 1991 by the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society as a full-time minister, taking the pulpit from a part-time predecessor. “I would speculate that it always… SEE MORE
Artist David Hurley poses near his sturgeon mural on the Bayview Events Center, near Belfast’s harbor walk. PHOTO: TOM GROENING

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Mural honors Belfast’s sturgeon story

Let’s get the pronunciation lesson out of the way first. The river that flows into Penobscot Bay in Belfast is called the Passagassawakeag, which in the native Wabanaki language means, “Place where sturgeon may be speared by torch light.” It’s pronounced: puh-SAG-uh-sa-WAW-keg. There don’t seem to be many sturgeon in… SEE MORE