BLUE HILL — Ellen Best always looks her best in apparel she’s sewn, looking a cut above the rest. Forgive the rhyme but the Blue Hill attorney and selectman has an eye for color and fit. Perhaps you’ve seen her strolling around downtown in a charcoal swingy coat emblazoned with fuschia swirls one of these …
ELLSWORTH — In Ellsworth High School’s award-winning production adapted from French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s fable “The Little Prince,” Emma Henry plays the part of an artist who illustrates The Little Prince and the Aviator’s tales as they recount them on stage. In her senior year, Henry is an actor who has performed …
Brooklin author/photographer Richard J. Leighton creates the popular “In the Right Place” posts online about life and nature in Maine. He shares a post the second Thursday of each month in The Ellsworth American. The season of hope By Richard Leighton The problem with March here is that you can’t trust her. Her primary jobs are to bring …
Island Readers & Writers, a nonprofit based in Southwest Harbor, strives to instill a love of reading and learning among children living in coastal Maine. The organization shared a few of the many books on its “Light Up Your Winter with Stories” list. To learn more, visit islandreadersandwriters.org. “Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World,” …
PORTLAND — Brunswick-based author James Hornor has released “Victoria Falls,” his debut novel, a poignant and timely literary work that speaks to the times we live in now. Published by Green Writers Press, “Victoria Falls” (2019, $19.95) is the story of James Monroe, a sophisticated American professional on a mission for The World Bank in …
CHERRYFIELD — Scratches, scars and other imperfections. They are usually reason to reject something. But on a custom-made motorcycle seat, a weathered hide looks just right and conveys character. It’s those marks on animal hides that appeal to Cherryfield artist Emma Thieme, who crafts custom leather motorcycle seats. She also creates a variety of leather …
ELLSWORTH — Greg Winston may be best known locally as the friendly fellow scooping a cone of Nutty Bovine, Udderly Divine or some other ice cream flavor at Mortons Moo. The ice cream emporium’s co-owner, though, has another life as an English professor at Husson University in Bangor. The full scope of what the Ellsworth …
COREA — Twenty years ago, Carmen Weeks was a high school teacher living in Woodbury, Conn. On weekdays she drove to her job in Newton, about 20 miles northeast, often listening to public radio during the commute. “Every day there was a program on driving home — ‘The Faith Middleton Show,’” said Weeks. “One day …
Editor’s note: Brooklin author/photographer Richard J. Leighton creates the popular “In the Right Place” posts online about life and nature in Maine. He shares a post the second Thursday of each month in The Ellsworth American. The Yellow Trail By Richard Leighton The late Mary Oliver was one of many poets and essayists who …
WINTER HARBOR — Visiting Ellsworth’s Birdsacre-Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary, one of the first things you might notice is the large barred owl perched in an enclosure’s corner, and how it follows your movement with its large, black eyes. As you move around the aviary, the owl’s head swivels too. “That robotic way they turn their heads. …
