Peaks Island Star : January 2024, Vol. 44, Issue 1

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Wilbur F. Blake, Inc., Plumbing and Heating, 1939.

Managers and staff of Wilbur F. Blake, Inc., Plumbing and Heating, 9 Forest Street. Apartment building at 7 Forest Street, at right. Photo published in the Evening Express, on 29 April 1939.https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/1726/thumbnail.jp

Peaks Island Star : February 2024, Vol. 44, Issue 2

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Midcoast Convenience Store Chain is Sold to Georgia Conglomerate

Brief announcement of the sale of thirteen midcoast convenience stores by Maritime Farms to the Georgia-based company Majors Management LLC

Music, Similar Experiences Connect Hip-Hop Artist with Audiences

Profile of the Syrian-born musician called Assasi. Assasi performed Arabic hip-hop to a sold-out crowd at Mayo Street Arts in February, accompanied by a member of his ensemble Bilam el-Sham, Duncan Hardy, who played Qanun, a Syrian stringed instrument. Assasi talks about culture shock and feeling like a ghost and about how his experiences and emotions are reflected in the music that he makes

North by East: Sincerely, the Governor

A brief article noting the release of the book In Other Words, Leadership: How a Young Mother\u27s Weekly Letters to Her Governor Helped Both Women Brave the First Pandemic Year, by Shannon Mullen (Steerforth Press). Describes the subject of the book, letters written between Maine governor Janet Mills and Maine resident Ashirah Knapp during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020

Peaks Island Star : July 2023, Vol. 43, Issue 7

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Maine Fauna A to Z

An alphabetical collection of articles celebrating the critters of Maine. Longer pieces are abstracted separately under the title Maine Fauna A to Z. Shorter pieces (which range from snippets to a few paragraphs) are as follows: B is for Blackflies; E is for Eiders; F is for Fishers; G is for Goats; I is for Immer (as in Gavia immer, the common loon); K is for Kingfishers; L is for Lynx; N is for North Atlantic Right Whales; O is for Ospreys; Q is for Quail; R is for Rabbits; T is for Togue; U is for Ursus; V is for Variability (referring to the various colors lobsters can be); X is for Xiphosura (the order of arthropods which includes horseshoe crabs); Y is for Yaks; and Z is for Zoos

Photography and Immigrants

A reflection on an exhibit on display at Portland Public Library called Africa to Maine:Photographs of Maine Immigrants\u27 and Refugees\u27 Homelands. The author discusses the importance of photography in his own family, and how the photographs in this show depict an Africa that is not a monolithic entity, but a place of great diversity, of tradition and modernity, of complexity. These family photos, taken by Mainers of African descent, are also, above all, about love of family and community

Good Things From Maine: Bangor\u27s Retro Renaissance?

Snippet noting three vintage stores - White Lobster Village, UniKue & OriJinals, and Red Rabbit Bazaar - suddenly open in Bangor, which previously had none