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Ron Currie is the author of four novels, including Everything Matters! and most recently, The One-Eyed Man. He lives in Portland.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

Sulking in a Winter Wonderland

For writer Ron Currie, a Maine winter can bring with it a troubled mind. Might an idyllic mountain retreat offer refuge?
Big Al aka Al Cohen
Maine-Made

Big Al’s is Huge!!!

You’ve seen the ads. You’ve seen the suspenders. Now get to know the discount king of Route 1.
My Intractable, Gun-Loving, Anti-Government, Right-Wing Cousin
Arts & Leisure

My Intractable, Gun-Loving,
Anti-Government, Right-Wing Cousin (Who I Like a Lot)

A treatise (with gunplay) on “the two Maines,” peace on Earth, and good will towards Ben.
Endless Vanished Days, McGrath Pond, Maine
Our Towns

Endless Days at the Family Camp

For author Ron Currie, childhood summers on McGrath Pond are the stuff of memories— wistful, fickle, and poignant.
Munjoy-Hill-Portland
Issues & Politics

Welcome to Portlyn

Ron Currie has some thoughts on Maine’s most rapidly changing city and the gentrification that displaced him from a neighborhood he loves.
Mill Towns
Features

Last Summer in the Magic City

Many in the Katahdin region fear an exodus of young people. So what’s it like to be staring down adulthood in 2015 in the shadow of the Millinocket mills?

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