COLE, Stephen A. 1955-

PERSONAL: Born February 13, 1955, in Fall River, MA; son of Alton H. (a banker) and Elizabeth W. (a teacher; maiden name, Wade) Cole; married Linda S. Gifford (an art director), September 12, 1981; children: Phoebe E., Eliza M. Cole. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Brown University, B.A., 1977; University of Massachusetts, M.R.P., 1996. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, music, canoeing, natural history, tennis.

ADDRESSES: Home—80 Bristol Rd., Damariscotta, ME 04543. Offıce—Coastal Enterprises, MC, P.O. Box 268, Wiscasset, ME 04578. E-mail—scole@celmaine. org.

CAREER: Maine State Planning Office (economic and environmental policy development), Augusta, senior planner, 1991-98; CEI (a community development corporation), Wiscasset, ME, project manager, 1998—. Affiliated with Belfast-Northport-Lincolnville Land Trust, 1991—, Maine Arts Commission traditional arts panel, 1994—, and Coastal Transportation Board, 1999—.

WRITINGS:

I Was Content and Not Content, Southern Illinois University Press (Carbondale, IL), 2000.

WORK IN PROGRESS: The Rangeley and Its Region: The Rangeley Boat and the Rangeley Lakes of Maine, 2001; On the Bogs: Cranberry Culture in Massachusetts, 2002.

SIDELIGHTS: Stephen A. Cole told CA: "My interest is to document traditional life and work in New England and its intersection with modern life. My literary influences are Robert Coles, John McPhee, William Warner and Olive Pierce. Visual influences are Todd Webb and Olive Pierce."