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Eat Like a Franco-American at Dolly’s Restaurant
By Joel CrabtreePhotographed by Michael D. Wilson Frenchville is only a few hundred yards from French Canada, and yet even in this small Aroostook County town, only a portion of the locals still speak...
View ArticleMaine Gets Its Northern Crown
By Will Grunewald The only combat fatality at the Battle of Caribou — and in the whole of the Aroostook War — was a bear. In late 1838, lumberjacks from New Brunswick were spotted cutting trees near...
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Ben’s Picks
Orr’s and Bailey Islands A ride down Route 24 to Orr’s and Bailey Islands always delights the senses. I especially love coming down here in the winter when it’s snowing. There are so many great things...
View ArticleShop Our Maine Pride Collection!
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They Love Vintage Snowmobiles in Caribou
By Mitch Breton In the ’60s and ’70s, snowmobiles were pretty rudimentary machines, with single-cylinder engines and simple, accessible engine blocks that were easy to work on, if not the most...
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Maine News You May Have Missed
Harpswell Oprah Winfrey, a former talk show host who now runs a book club, visited Maine for the first time, prompted by Elizabeth Strout’s novel, Olive Again. With some book club members, she made an...
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Age-Friendly Communities are Growing in Maine
Volunteers set posts for Sullivan’s community garden; Sullivan’s Bucket Brigade delivers sand to make icy walkways safer for residents with mobility issues; students in Old Orchard Beach interview...
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Hurrah for the Maine Voter!
From our February 1980 issue. By Clark T. Irwin, Jr. Forty years ago, in enumerating It some of the many things he liked about Maine, best-selling author Kenneth Roberts tackled the subject of the...
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Take Your Aerial Photography to the Next Level
Isaac Crabtree has been teaching science at Greenville High School for the past 12 years, and while he has always been interested in taking pictures, it wasn’t until he flew a drone for the first time...
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On Tap in the County? Truly Local Beers
By Will GrunewaldPhotographed by Mark Fleming More often than not, a locally brewed beer is local inasmuch as a Volkswagen assembled in Tennessee is Tennesseean. Most U.S. hops come from the Pacific...
View ArticleDr. Marie Battiste’s Favorite Maine Place
Marie Battiste’s education and career have taken her all across the continent — to Harvard, for a master’s degree in 1974; to Stanford University, in California, where she became the first Mi’kmaw...
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Features Best Places to Live Community. Natural beauty. Opportunity. Momentum. These 12 oh-so-Maine towns just might have what you’re looking for in your next home base. (And anyway, it’s fun to...
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How to Tackle Climate Change
From its vast forests to its highlands to its iconic coastline, Maine has a wealth of natural resources. For 65 years, The Nature Conservancy in Maine has played a critical role in conserving those...
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How to Nail Public Speaking
As chief of one of Maine’s largest public relations agencies and a “PR Maven” with her own weekly podcast and regular appearances on Greenlight Maine, Nancy Marshall spends a lot of time speaking to...
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How to Get Started With Estate Planning
For many of us, the prospect of planning our financial futures can be daunting. As more immediate-seeming expenses demand our attention — car repairs, tuition, or fixing that leaky roof up at the camp...
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How to Insure a Maine Home
So you’ve fantasized about a coastal dream home or a vacation place in Maine — can’t say we blame you. Before insuring either one, says insurance advisor Cale Pickford, AAI, there are a few things you...
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Can You Name This Maine Mystery Spot?
On February 22, 1862, the British passenger steamer Bohemian struck a rock and sank not far from here. Among those who volunteered for the salvage efforts was the namesake of the beach that hosts...
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Artist David Hanna
By J. Malcolm Barter From our September 1971 issue. At age thirty, David Hanna of Round Pond, Maine is something of a marvel in the modern-day art world. The son of a coal miner, he never went to art...
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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 Adventures Visit our calendar to find the best things to...
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The Great Maine Travel Bonanza of 2020
Jostling along crowded Old Port sidewalks, staking out a towel-size piece of sand at Kennebunk Beach, or moving in lockstep up the Precipice Trail in Acadia National Park, one senses that Maine is a...
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