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. Founded in October 1985 by Colin Sargent and Nancy Sargent of Sargent Publishing, Inc., it has featured notable writers such as

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, Jason Brown,

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, Dan Domench,

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, Barbara Lefcowitz, Diane Lefer, Tomislav Longinovic, Mameve Medwed,

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, and

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. In September 1987, the publication broke the story that

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's painting ''Irises'' was about to be auctioned. The painting was auctioned at

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for a record $53.9 million. Another 1980s feature, "Pizza Diplomacy", reported crews from

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fishing trawlers off the coast of Maine were radioing in orders for

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s in Rockland, and having them sent out in launches. ''Portland Magazine'' writer Kevin LeDuc went out with a pizza order, interviewed crew members, and photographed the captain in his cabin. In recent years, the perfect-bound glossy has regularly eclipsed 200 pages. A strong emphasis on dramatic photography and interviews with prominent Mainers including

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, Rachel Nichols,

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and more and has resulted in 40 American Graphic Design awards in 2007-2008.Graphic Design USA
/ref> ''Portland Magazine'' is a grand prize winner for Best Cover at the Maggie Zine Awards sponsored by ''Newsstand Resource''. In June 2017, ''Portland Magazine'' set an all-time record with a page count of 304 in their Summerguide 2017. The magazine holds the registered U.S. trademark Portland Monthly from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, as well as the domain www.portlandmonthly.com.

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