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Welcome to the Quarry
Can a used-up gravel pit become a bustling town center? By Greta Weber Photographs Courtesy of Waterstone Properties When a developer approached Westbrook’s city council last year with a grand plan to...
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Where in Maine
Can you name this landmark and the town where it's found? In 1743, three brothers with a 100-acre land grant came from Salem, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, to a pine-studded point in the...
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Home to Roost
The backyard-chicken craze hatches a flock of creative products. 101 Chicken Keeping Hacks Blogger at Fresh Eggs Daily and host of WCSH TV’s Welcome to My Farm, Lisa Steele tells how to give your...
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Things to Do in Maine
THINGS TO DO IN MAINE Maine’s 10 Must-Hike Mountain Trails Route 1 Road Trip Great Maine Scavenger Hunt Acadia Away From the Crowds Down East AdventuresCUSTOM MAINE TRIPS Visit our calendar to find the...
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Homeward Bound
HOMEWARDBOUND Make a new canine friend in Maine and chances are good she’s from down south, as the dog-crazy Pine Tree State is among the most common destinations for southern rescue dogs. To...
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Summer at Thompson’s Point
SPONSORED CONTENTSummer at Thompson's PointWhat’s Happening at the Point Every Wednesday in the summer Starting June 19 Overlooking the beautiful Fore River we invite you to flow, connect with nature,...
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Class Acts
Three Maine crafters who can teach you a lesson. Weave a Rug Sara Hotchkiss has been making boldly patterned woolen and cotton rugs for nearly 50 years. Her studio is on a retired farm, where she...
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The Feel-Good Maine Film Geek of the Year
Two thumbs way up! Ken Eisen is the man behind the 100-film slate — and A-list special guests — at the Maine International Film Festival. (Just don’t tell him you like superhero movies.) By Joel...
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Monhegan Museum Tour & Book Giveaway
THE MONHEGAN MUSEUMTickets & Exhibition Catalogue Giveaway A Life Made in Art: Maud Briggs Knowlton July 1–September 30, 2019 This summer the Monhegan Museum will celebrate the art and life of Maud...
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Yvon Chouinard’s Favorite Place
The Kennebec River Yvon Chouinard remembers the day in 1946 that his family left Maine to chase opportunity in California. “It was kind of a traumatic day,” says the 80-year-old founder of outdoor...
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Stunning Maine Photography
BEN'S PICKSOur photographer Benjamin Williamson highlights some of his favorite shots from around the state. Loon in the LupinesPHOTOGRAPHED BY DARYLANN LEONARD When teaching composition to students, I...
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Colonial Studies
New exhibitions reflect on the creative impact of three Maine arts colonies. By Joel Crabtree Dorian Zachai, "Allegory of Three Men," 1962-1965 Slab City Rendezvous Farnsworth Art Museum April 13–Feb....
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Say Uncle!
Kenny Ravioli, the mayor of Moody Beach — for one day a year, anyway. After 50 years, the exuberant ringleader of a Wells summer tradition is hanging up his hat. By Bridget M. Burns Photographs...
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To Catch the Morning Sun
By Susan Hand Shetterly Sometimes birds we think of as belonging somewhere else — birds from away — arrive in increasing numbers year after year and become one of our own. What brings them here? It...
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Taco Tuesdays
By Malcolm Bedell Photographed by Gabe Souza The Lions Club used to host lobster-boil fundraisers at its gray-shingled shed at South Thomaston’s town landing, but for the past decade the group hasn’t...
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The Hoot
Eggs benedict, with house-cured Breludin Farm ham. A tired roadside cantina wakes up refreshed as a brunch destination. By Will Grunewald Photographs by Gabe Souza I’ve had brunch at the Hoot maybe a...
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Monhegan Light
MONHEGAN LIGHTPHOTOGRAPHS BY BENJAMIN WILLIAMSONWhen Down East's staff photographer wants to shoot Maine at its most essential, he hops the ferry for Monhegan, 10 miles out to sea, year-round...
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Campus Couture
Scouting the state for wicked individual fashion, we found student Camden Hunt at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. By Arielle Greenberg Anachronism: Once I was old enough to drive, I sought out...
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Maine Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine York Alicia Jessop, from California, went for a bite of her first lobster roll, from Fox’s Lobster House. But while taking an...
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