Best known for hit songs like, “Same Old Lang Syne,” “Leader of the Band,” “Longer,” and the Kentucky Derby theme, “Run for the Roses.” Fogelberg was an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who performed a one-man show at Carnegie Hall when he was 27. With seven platinum albums to his name, he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame, the Red Rocks Performers Hall of Fame, and the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2017 for his contributions to the music industry. “The Reach,” his song about life and lobstering on the coast of Maine, is a local radio staple.
Thomaston Place owner and auctioneer Kaja Veilleux said: “We are honored to have the opportunity to handle Fogelberg’s amazing collections from his Maine home.”
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Fogelberg’s wife Jean noted: “Dan’s taste in art was as diverse and eclectic as his taste in music and he collected from all over the country. As an art major at the University of Illinois, he studied American and European masters and their techniques. After his first hit records, he left Los Angeles for a ranch in Colorado and became immersed in the western and Native American cultures of the Four Corners region of the southwest. In the mid-eighties he purchased an old Captain’s cottage on Deer Isle and sailed the coast of New England until the last months of his life.”
The sale will include outstanding examples of European marble and bronze sculpture, important European prints, finely crafted Native American woven and beaded artifacts, and decorative arts. Featured items will include: a Carrara marble sculpture depicting a young Neapolitan fisherman by Cesare Lapini (1848-1893), a circa 1652 etching with drypoint titled “Faust” by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669), a beautiful watercolor depicting a grey whale mother and calf by Robert Wyland (1956- ), a 19th Century Sioux Native American beaded and quilled pipe bag, an early 20th Century Navajo eye dazzler Germantown rug, and a pair of Buccellati Italian sterling silver dolphin form candlesticks. The auction will also offer a man’s moose skin fringed and beaded jacket by the Overland Sheepskin Co.
All lots will be available for viewing at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ website, www.thomastonauction.com. Virtual catalogs will be available; and live in-person bidding, telephone, absentee, and online bidding on three internet platforms will be available for each auction.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is Northern New England’s premier international auction company located on U.S. Route 1 in Thomaston, ME. Thomaston Place is a leader in discovering antique and fine art treasures by offering Free Appraisals each Tuesday at the gallery, creating fundraiser events for civic and charitable organizations, and providing house call appraisal services. Their expertise in researching and marketing antiques and fine art has earned Thomaston Place the respect of buyers, collectors, and experts worldwide.
Just one day after Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced a new state council tasked with studying the impacts of AI data centers in Maine, a new poll suggests a majority of Mainers oppose their construction.
A new poll from UMass Lowell found that 72% of Mainers are against AI data centers being built in their communities.
That includes 51% who strongly oppose the projects, while only 28% support them.
In April, Mills vetoed a bill that would have paused all large-scale AI data center projects in the state, citing a planned facility in Jay.
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Since then, several Maine communities have adopted moratoriums of their own. The latest is Scarborough, which enacted its moratorium earlier this week.
PRESQUE ISLE (WGME) — The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon launched from Presque Isle in 1978.
Early Thursday morning, a group of pilots took flight with the goal of crossing the Atlantic Ocean and landing in Europe.
The hydrogen balloon in the air on its way to Europe. (Courtesy: Bert Padelt)
The Atlantic Explorer 2026 is a gas balloon that uses hydrogen.
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If successful, this balloon team would be the first to cross the Atlantic using hydrogen as the lifting gas. All others used helium.
“They can vent hydrogen to go down, although they try to avoid doing that. They have expendable weight in the form of sand ballast,” Atlantic Explorer 2026 Press Officer Kim Vesley said.
The hydrogen balloon in the air on its way to Europe. (Courtesy: Bert Padelt)
They can offload the weight to make the balloon go up, or keep it from coming down.
And there are three pilots inside.
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“They work in shifts, and they have everything they need: food, clothing, water, a little port-a-potty type bucket,” Vesley said.
The hydrogen balloon in the air on its way to Europe. (Courtesy: Bert Padelt)
“The trajectory and the winds that they have available to them determine where they will come into Europe. It could be probably 3,100 to 3,500 miles, in that vicinity. They expect to be aloft four to six days,” Vesley said.
They have survival equipment, including a life raft, survival suit and more in case of an emergency, but they’re all optimistic.
The hydrogen balloon in the air on its way to Europe. (Courtesy: Bert Padelt)
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“These are all friends with a common goal. That is to do something very special and very rare. The other thing is they may also set a couple of world records during this for the size and type of balloon they are flying,” Vesley said.
To track where the balloon is and the flight path it’s taken, you can visit their website.
Six Maine food producers were honored at the 16th annual Good Food Awards.
Awardees announced Tuesday include Allagash Brewing Company for their Allagash Lager and Kickabout Lager; Bixby Chocolate of Rockland for their Belize organic dark chocolate bar; Maine Grains of Skowhegan for their organic einkorn farro; Maine Sauce and Provisions of Newcastle for the Resurgam Spruced Up chile verde hot sauce; Tootie’s Tempeh of Biddeford for their curry-seasoned and traditional tempehs; and Turtle Rock Farm of Camden for Strawberry Chamomile Spreadable Fruit.
The total of 242 winners nationwide were selected through a blind tasting process from more than 1,200 entries.
The awards program is overseen by the Specialty Food Foundation. According to the foundation’s website, “The Good Food Awards Seal, found on winning products, assures consumers they’ve discovered something exceptionally delicious that also supports sustainability and social good.”
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Earlier this year, Tern Coffee of Brunswick was named one of the seven Maine finalists in the Good Food Awards for its Familia Diaz Honey Pacamara coffee.
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Tim Cebula has been a food writer and editor for 23 years. A former correspondent for The Boston Globe food section, his work has appeared in Time, Health, Food & Wine, CNN.com, and Boston magazine,…
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