Nobleboro resident Chuck Benton holds his two books, “The Acadia Enigma” and “The Cape Cod Enigma.” Benton began writing with his bestselling co-author, Steven Becker, in 2020. (Nate Poole photo)
When asked, Chuck Benton isn’t sure how to explain what he does. Not because he doesn’t have anything to say, but because he has so much.
“I’m a chameleon. I take whatever role makes sense in the setting of the moment,” Benton said.
These days Benton can be seen playing the keys with his bands at a variety of venues around Lincoln County, but the man sitting behind the keyboard at Schooner Landing has quite a bit more going on in an average year than many do in a lifetime.
Now a resident of Nobleboro, Benton was born and raised in central Massachusetts. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and trained as a commercial airline pilot before he got his first…

