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Swig of the Month
A Bottle of Sunshine Hidden Spring Winery 1057 White Settlement Rd., East Hodgdon 207-532-0753 Why we dig it In 1924, Richard Sloat’s family started farming just outside Houlton. Some 20 years ago,...
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Christina and Me
Illustration by Jing Jing Tsong. This July marks the centennial of Andrew Wyeth’s birth, with exhibitions across the country commemorating the iconic American painter. Novelist Christina Baker Kline...
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Peaceful & Pristine
Residents of Grand Lake Stream have safeguarded thousands of acres of forest. Now they’re fighting for their community’s future. By Caitlin Shetterly Photographed by Daniel E. Davis For the last five...
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The Fort
By Tyler Macdonald When I was 8 years old, my dad and I set out to build a fort on the beach in front of my family’s summer home on Southport Island. We decided to use only materials that the tides had...
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Room With a View
By Franklin Burroughs Every night, in the small hours, Nature calls. Sigh, slip out of the cozy bag, pad across the floor, step sockless into boots, and clump outside. Full moon, high overhead. Path to...
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Property We Covet
The home’s bird’s eye view is celebrated in room after whitewashed room, with compositions of blue and green filling wavy glass windows. Honey-colored wood floors and unfinished wood ceilings bring...
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Where in Maine?
Can you name this lovely harbor village? In 1998, the working harbor in this quiet village did a star turn in an adaptation of a best-selling Nicholas Sparks novel — playing the Outer Banks of North...
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NEW Summer Collection
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The Coldest War
In the chilly coastal waters off Cutler, America’s oldest border skirmish continues apace. By Jesse Ellison Machias Seal Island lies 10 miles off the Maine coast, a lonely outcrop of rock and scrub in...
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Maine’s Prettiest Harbors
It’s time to lay anchor. Our pictorial tribute to the eight port towns and peaceful coves we never tire of gazing at. Stonington Stonington . . . does not look like an American town at all in place or...
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View the Latest Issue
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August 2017
Buy this issue Special Subscription Offer Download app Editor’s Note by Kathleen Fleury Expand To Read Earlier this summer, my family had a picnic at Laite Memorial Beach, near the mouth of...
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Working on Their Night Moves
Painter Linden Frederick collaborates with a murderer’s row of great authors for a one-of-a-kind cross-genre exhibit. By Frances Killea Outside, on New York City’s Park Avenue, rush hour was in full...
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Keepers of the Trail
In August of 1937, a crew from the Civilian Conservation Corps completed the final link of the nascent Appalachian Trail — right here in Maine, between Sugarloaf and Spaulding mountains. The...
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Full Speed Ahead
A smart recession-era move favoring new boats and innovation has made Sabre Yachts an industry leader. By John Grossmann Photographed by Brian Fitzgerald Just before noon on a sunny day this spring,...
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The Absent Majority
Why the recent ballyhoo over ranked-choice voting? Maine once enjoyed good old two-party rule: GOPer versus Dem for governor, majority winner assured. Then, in 1974, independent Jim Longley split the...
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Maine Summer Read: The Captain’s Daughter
Sponsored Content The Captain’s Daughter How Meg Mitchell Moore’s adolescent stint Down East birthed a pitch-perfect beach read about love, longing, and suburban ennui. Growing up, Eliza Barnes hauled...
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Walk This Way
A landscape designer creates a welcoming entry with swirling stonework and colorful, textured plants. By Virginia M. Wright Photographed by Douglas Merriam A house renovation should make you happy, but...
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Maine’s Coolest Historic Coastal Inns
Looking for lodging with character on the coast? These seven Maine inns have ocean views, the smell of salt air, and more than 1,200 years of history among them. Vacationers have sought refuge along...
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Special Exports
Inspired by Maine’s enterprising brewers, a few delicacy swaps we’d like to see. Maine’s deepening trade relationship with Iceland got a little sudsier this summer when the Maine Brewers’ Guild loaded...
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