Find That Phoenix!

The original phoenix was carved into the facade of one of Portland's banks after the Great Fire of 1866 and stayed there for 60 years. It then moved inside for another 70. Ten years ago the statue went missing after KeyBank moved it to its Monument Square branch. Or so the company thought. It turns out it was a replica and there are no current leads as to where the original remains. Andrew Graham, president of Creative Portland, is helping to track down this mythical bird. Read more at The Portland Press Herald.

Portland Press Herald

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	Mr. Rockefeller's Roads \| This updated version of the 1990 best-seller has new photography, more archival photos, and descriptions of recent improvements to the 51-mile carriage road system.
	Take Heart \| In this collection of verse, Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair has collected the work of Maine poets from his popular “Take Heart” column, featuring a poem each week in thirty newspapers across the state and reaching a quarter of a million readers.
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