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As seen in: PhocusWire, Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP), The Peterborough Examiner, St. Catharines Standard, Welland Tribune, When Saturday Comes, Voice Magazine (United Kingdom), Portland Monthly (Maine), Others Magazine
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July/August 2026

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By Colin Sargent Verified, James V. Horrigan, Matthew Barker
| Portland Monthly (Maine)
Openings 11 Signal Flags By Colin W. Sargent 13 Letters 15 Chowder Exclusives 16 Bus Noir By James V. Horrigan 24 All the Waterfront’s a Stage Photos by Jill Blackwood From Staff & Wire Reports Crushes 39 Bohemian Tragedy By Matthew Barker 52 No Boat Required By Lily Ritch 59 Really Something From Staff & Wire Reports 61 Lobster Something or Other By Nancy English 67 Fine Dining 75 Touring DOuro By Colin W. Sargent 78 Maine! Live! 81 Get Out! 86 Romani Rhythms Interview by Colin W.
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Bohemian Tragedy

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By Matthew Barker
| Portland Monthly (Maine)
By Matthew Barker On February 22, 1864, in the third year of the Civil War, the RMS Bohemian went down off the coast of Cape Elizabeth. Thirty-six immigrant passengers and six crewmen were lost. It is the second-worst disaster in Maine maritime history. The British Royal Mail Steamer Bohemian, an iron-hulled screw steamer built in Scotland five years earlier for the Allan Line of the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, left Liverpool on February 4, stopping in Londonderry to board more passengers.
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Bull Feeney’s Bro

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By Matthew Barker
| Portland Monthly (Maine)
By Matthew Jude Barker The Searchers. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. The Grapes of Wrath. How Green Was My Valley. The Quiet Man. The Cape Elizabeth native who directed these classic films would most likely be unknown today if it were not for Frank Feeney, alias Francis Ford, director John Ford’s big brother. John Ford, winner of six Academy Awards (four movies, two documentaries), an achievement still unsurpassed, grew up on Munjoy Hill. He followed Frank to Hollywood in 1914.
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