Chris McDowell learned how to sew from her mom. From her dad, she learned about building and architecture. For her career, she’s merged both. After traveling for many years, McDowell has been the resident costume and set designer at Bates College for the last decade. Two years ago, she also started Vintage Advantage, a line […]
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Face Time: Briar Pelletier, Japan or bust
For four months. To learn about woodblock printing. It’s part of an internship that will allow her to study the art form and to assist with a woodblock print exchange between Maine and Japanese artists. For the Lewiston artist who’s been fascinated by Japan since she was a middle-schooler watching kabuki theater videos with her […]
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Face time: Nikolas Whittemore, from this L-A to that L.A.
Auburn’s Nikolas Whittemore is spending senior year of high school jump-starting his acting career on the West Coast. He says he caught the acting bug in middle school. Whittemore will formally graduate from Edward Little High School next spring, but for now, he’s also a freshmen at Santa Monica College studying film production and grabbing […]
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Face time: Ron Morin, paramedic thanks to an ‘Emergency!’
In 1982, Ron Morin graduated with Maine’s very first class of paramedics. It would kick off a lifelong career. In the 33 years since, he’s owned and operated Sugarloaf Ambulance/Rescue, founded the Maine EMS Honor Guard and taught EMT courses to the next generation of first responders. And he’s saved lives. It all started because […]
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Face Time: Joanne Charpentier — Find a job you love, stick to it.
Joanne Charpentier took a chance, bested dozens of other applicants for the job of her dreams, and then stayed there. The Lewiston native has worked for four different sheriffs as an administrative assistant at the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office. That dedication hasn’t gone unnoticed: The Maine Sheriff’s Association recognized her last spring with an honorable […]
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Face time: Daniel Buck Soules, treasure spotter
For decades, Daniel Buck Soules has been able to look at castoffs and see treasure. He’s an auctioneer and appraiser — fine art his specialty — and it’s his job to tell clients if they have a rare antique of great value or a nice piece whose only value is sentimental. Soules has appeared on […]
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Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin on the rewards of the job
Joshua Potvin started his law enforcement career 19 years ago with the marine patrol in his native Harpswell. A year ago, he became chief of the Fryeburg police. We asked about his day job, one of his riskiest assignments and, on a much lighter note, stuck ducks. Name: Joshua Joseph Potvin Age: 38 Lives: Fryeburg […]
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Face Time: Dr. Asia Mubashir, Lewiston rheumatologist
Growing up, Asia Mubashir wanted to be an astronaut. However, she tended to get air sick, so it probably wasn’t the best career path. Become a world-traveling doctor? That she could do. Mubashir has spent years in the field as a rheumatologist, helping patients both inside and outside the United States with conditions like lupus, […]
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Jamie Hook on the art of picking the right act
Jamie Hook is an artist, performer and filmmaker, part-time Mainer and one busy fellow. Hook, who grew up in Denmark, Maine, is artistic director of the Denmark Arts Center there. We asked him about splitting his time between Maine and New York, picking just the right acts for the center and what sort of art he […]
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Annie Baker-Streevy, Calvary UMC’s new pastor in Lewiston
A decade later, she’s doing that work in Lewiston. Baker-Streevy — now the Rev. Annie Baker-Streevy — is the new pastor at the Calvary United Methodist Church. Emphasis on new. It’s her first assignment, her first church as pastor. It’s the fulfillment of a dream. And she’s raring to go. Age: 24 Town: Lewiston […]