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A Very Bruce Christmas
Maine children’s-book author Ryan T. Higgins has penned a series of hits — and drawn his titular grumpy bear into the holiday spirit. By Joel Crabtree Bruce is a bear who lives alone in a cabin in the...
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The Bottom of the Page
Courtesy of Oregon State University A book reviewer once described Franklin Burroughs as “the kind of essayist whose vision transcends time and place.” And we agree, in the sense that his work can be...
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Facing Winter with Bionic Ears
A line of clothing and learning toys for deaf children is born out of a couple’s efforts to help their son. By Geneviève Beaudoin Photographed by Kari Herer This cutie is wearing a winter hat designed...
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Paradise Found
Paradise Found "It was incredible. You just appreciate the coast of Maine in a whole new way." — Peter Chase, Acadia Cruise Peter Chase always wanted to spend more time sailing. He grew up an hour from...
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Merry and Bright
We scoured Instagram to find holiday décor by some of our favorite local style-setters. Continue reading on MaineHomes.com. The post Merry and Bright appeared first on Down East.
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Kittery or Bust
Why are Portsmouth restaurateurs crossing state lines? In the 24 years that Scott and Karen Logan ran Blue Mermaid restaurant in Portsmouth, they watched as the New Hampshire city morphed from plucky...
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Artists in Their Studios
Artists in their StudiosA photography project of the Maine Crafts Association Artists in Their Studios is a photography project developed by the Maine Crafts Association to document Maine fine craft...
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Whoa Tannenbaum!
Whoa Tannenbaum! By Willy Blackmore Illustration by Kelsey Grass Taking over a long-running Christmas tree farm is a daunting affair, but as a generation of Maine’s tree farmers ages out, new growers...
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All in Good Fun
A Belfast home brimming with art, curios, and color Nothing stays put for long in Kathy Feyler’s downtown Belfast house, which teems with curios and art. “When I buy one piece, I get excited and think,...
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Ada’s Kitchen
Prosciutto white pie pizza with garlic, Parmigiano, arugula, red onion, and cherry tomatoes. Facing page: handmade ravioli filled with butternut squash, gorgonzola, and ricotta; winter salad with...
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Harvest for the Holidays
A hearty winter salad with tangy homemade dressing. By Annemarie Ahearn This salad is a complete meal, packed with protein and full of diverse flavors. The medley of chicken, eggs, potatoes, and greens...
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Featured Maine Maker: LESL Ware
Leslie Forsdick always knew she wanted to do something creative and during her more than 20-year professional career, constantly felt the pull towards artistic design. So in 2014, after a company...
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Slick Operation
The Maine Department of Transportation is responsible for snow removal on just 18 percent of roads in the state — county and local governments handle most of the rest — but their salting stats are...
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Maine Dispatches
shutterstock | sirtravelalot Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine Cranberry Isles Lobsterman Cory Alley’s 40-foot boat, Under Pressure, sank on its mooring, and a...
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January 2019
Editor’s Note by Brian Kevin Expand To Read I’ve already put my Subaru into a ditch this winter. I’m fine, the car is fine, no other cars involved. I was schlepping down to Portland during the year’s...
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Dr. Jacquelyn Gill’s Favorite Place
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill Gorham Mountain, Acadia National Park For University of Maine paleoecologist Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Acadia National Park has always been as much a research destination as a respite....
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Favorite Maine Photos
BEN'S PICSSome favorite Maine shots by our photographer, Benjamin Williamson. CAPE PORPOISE SUNRISEIt’s hard to believe how awesome the sunrise was this morning. This image felt like it was burning a...
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A Town in Between
A Town in BetweenThe easternmost village on the U.S. Atlantic coast charts a course through tradition and change, natives and newcomers, nature’s beauty and nature’s fury.By Joyce Kryszak Photographed...
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Where in Maine?
Can you name the street that hosts these houses, and the town and neighborhood where it’s found? This now-colorful stretch of row houses was built in 1847 and 1848 by a self-taught architect who has...
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Christmas 1968
By Victor Stanley Arriving Down East was like going back in time 13 years. The story of my childhood reads like the beginning of a Steinbeck novel, but it’s all true. Times were tough in the mid-1950s...
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