About Clare Leschin-Hoar

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The Hero of Beer Drinkers Everywhere

How Zachary Heiden helped us get a taste of Santa's Butt        

As soon as he joined the Maine Civil Liberties Union in 2004 as its first-ever staff attorney—he's now its legal director—Zachary L. Heiden had his hands full. First was Sullivan v. City of Augusta, in which Heiden filed a suit on behalf of a protestor who wanted to demonstrate against the war in Iraq, but could not afford the fees or insurance required by the city. The case went to the district court twice and to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston, and Heiden recently asked the U.S. …

Never-Standing Pattis

Being a top criminal defense lawyer isn’t enough for Norm Pattis—so he bought a bookstore and a farm

It’s an unlikely place for a bookstore. Past a hand-painted “Hay 4 Sale” sign and next to a small pasture of grazing horses, it’s not exactly the high-traffic zone of Bethany. But it’s easy to see why Norm Pattis fell in love with it.   “It was like an old dream suddenly come true,” he says of the musty, quirky store he rescued from the clutches of developers in a 2004 estate sale. “I wasn’t out looking for a shop, but there it was.”   Much like its owner, Whitlock Farm …

A Stretch and Wine Saves Minds

Molly Lebowitz relaxes by doing yoga and making wine

“One of the things I like best about Vermont is no one is quite what they seem,” says Molly Lebowitz. “You might meet a lawyer, and then you start to dig down and you find out they run ultramarathons or are a master woodworker. They’ve made enough space in their lives that they can have a passion other than work.” Case in point. Lebowitz, the director and real estate attorney at Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew in Burlington, is an Ashtanga yoga instructor, an owner of a vineyard and a …

Never-Standing Pattis

Being a top criminal defense lawyer isn’t enough for Norm Pattis—so he bought a bookstore and a farm

It’s an unlikely place for a bookstore. Past a hand-painted “Hay 4 Sale” sign and next to a small pasture of grazing horses, it’s not exactly the high-traffic zone of Bethany. But it’s easy to see why Norm Pattis fell in love with it.   “It was like an old dream suddenly come true,” he says of the musty, quirky store he rescued from the clutches of developers in a 2004 estate sale. “I wasn’t out looking for a shop, but there it was.”   Much like its owner, Whitlock Farm …

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