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Best of Maine 2022
HOME & GARDEN SHOPPING & STYLE HEALTH & WELLNESS TRAVEL & PLAY ARTS & CULTURE FOOD & DRINK Readers first voted in a write-in round, from which the top five vote-getters in each...
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There’s Plenty That’s New in Old York
Postcard attractions for generations: the Old Gaol, the Emerson-Wilcox House, and Jefferds Tavern, which is now part of the Old York Museum Center. By Brian KevinFrom our September 2022 issue With its...
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This Cookbook Is Good for Home Cooks — and Maine Fishermen
By Will GrunewaldPhotographs by Mark RockwoodStyling by Stacey StolmanFrom our September 2022 issue A couple of years ago, Monique Coombs and Rebecca Spear found themselves admiring a cookbook that...
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No One Photographed Maine Like Kosti Ruohomaa
By Brian KevinFrom our September 2022 issue There may be no one photographer who captured post-war, small-town New England as prolifically as Kosti Ruohomaa. Raised in a Rockland farming family by...
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Gem Lounge Jewelry Keeps It Stylish and Sustainable
When her younger sister asked her whether she could make a vegan “leather” bracelet, jewelry designer Melissa Evans was up for the challenge. It had been three years since she’d quit her corporate job...
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Summer of the Striper
Ralston captured this eagle dining on striped bass on Dogfish Island, off Vinalhaven. “The eagle swam 80 yards against a coming tide to land its striper on the nearest beach,” he remembers. “The...
View ArticleMaine News You May Have Missed
Augusta A piece of metal weighing six or seven pounds fell from the sky and landed near a Capitol security officer. The Federal Aviation Administration suspected it came off a plane on an...
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The Way Companies Should ‘B’
Ever taken a test that seemed designed to prevent anyone from earning a perfect score? The nonprofit B Lab’s B Impact Assessment is like that: It’s the most challenging, rigorous measure available of...
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer
Boothbay Harbor Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from July’s photo. Seeing the Pink Lady cruise ship in this photo brings me...
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A Paddler’s Paradise — And a Showpiece for River Restoration
By Adrienne PerronPhotographed by Tara RiceFrom our September 2022 issue I’m walking across the top of the historic Mill Pond dam, in Whiting village, admiring the beauty of the water rushing below,...
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5 Events Not to Miss During the 10th Annual Maine Craft Weekend
By Adrienne PerronFrom our October 2022 issue The Maine Crafts Association’s celebration of all things homespun, September 30 through October 2, finds Maine makers of every stripe offering demos and...
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Ownership Culture Makes These Maine ESOPs Soar
A team of employee-owners from Sebago Technics takes on an 80-ton 747 at the Portland International Jetport, raising funds for the Travis Mills Foundation. Photograph by Mark and Deanna Photography,...
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Can Tropical Ginger Find a Home in Un-Tropical Maine?
By Amber KapiloffFrom our September 2022 issue The trick to growing ginger in Maine, Dave Allen says, is to convince the ginger that it’s not in Maine at all. He and his partner, Erica Emery, own...
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For 40 Years, This Maine Forest Has Been One Elaborate Experiment
By Peter Andrey SmithPhotographed by Dave WaddellFrom our September 2022 issue On an overcast morning, in the midcoast town of Arrowsic, a group of researchers walked along an old Jeep trail in the...
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Why the Camden Hills Should Be Your Fall Foliage Getaway
Photographed by Benjamin WilliamsonText By Brian KevinFrom our October 2022 issue The autumn was Edna St. Vincent Millay’s favorite season — or anyway, it was the time of year that seemed to find the...
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Salt & Pepper and Sugar Too Fulfills a Culinary Couple’s Longtime Dream
By Catie Joyce-BulayPhotographed by Cait BourgaultFrom our September 2022 issue Salt & Pepper and Sugar Too resides in a low-slung, unassuming former Greek-pizza joint in rural Wilton, among a...
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Features Salt Cream Seafood Heat We asked three Maine chowder aficionados — chefs Matt Spector and Christian Hayes and Governor Janet Mills — to share their favorite takes on the classic New England...
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Night of the Living Rez Looks at Penobscot Identity in the 21st Century
By Michael ColbertFrom our October 2022 issue Morgan Talty, the 31-year-old author and Penobscot Nation citizen, didn’t anticipate his debut story collection, Night of the Living Rez ($16.95; Tin...
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