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Meet Maine’s Macramé Queen
By Sarah StebbinsPhotographed by Meredith Brockington Tucked away on a dirt road in the woods of Limerick, macramé artist Christina Hill’s beige Cape is nevertheless easy to spot: an elaborate...
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The Experimental Method That Might Just Save Maine’s Salmon
By Ted Williams Unlike most New England rivers, the East Machias River never quite lost its salmon. Every fall, a small remnant population swam upstream, against waters that tumble and curl 36 miles...
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In Milbridge, an Offbeat Garden Project Fights Food Insecurity and Obesity
By Tina Fischer | Photographed by Molly Haley Chris Kuhni moved her family out of Pennsylvania to Cherryfield 25 years ago and describes her Down East surroundings as “paradise.” But as a nurse...
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Furloughed By the Pandemic, She Became a Champion for Maine’s Black-Owned...
By Michaela Cavallaro | Photographed by Brian Fitzgerald Rose Barboza’s brainchild went live back in June. Furloughed from her tourism job due to the coronavirus pandemic and grieving the killing of...
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The Portlander Who Saw a Medical Need and Filled it With Rummage
By Edgar Allen Beem | Photographed by Brian Fitzgerald Growing up in Camden, one of five children of a local doctor and nurse, Elizabeth McLellan took it seriously when her father, saying grace, bid...
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The 77-Year-Old Peaks Islander Who’s Never Missed a Soup Kitchen Shift
By Mira Ptacin | Photographed by Brian Fitzgerald Linda Holtslander remembers a story her dad once told her. One day, when he was young, he looked around the large table in the family dining room,...
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In Bangor, A Mighty Advocate for Cancer Patients, Founded By a College Student
By Susan Geib | Photographed by Molly Haley The young guy with the pressed shirt and unassuming smile handing out groceries from a tent outside Brewer’s Northern Light Cancer Care? That would be Matt...
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Maine Helped Rescue Him From Addiction, Now He’s Helping Others
By Joyce Kryszak | Photographed by Molly Haley When people in Machias describe Paul Trovarello, founding director of Arise Addiction Recovery, the word hero comes up a lot — which Trovarello shrugs...
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Maine Gifts From Our Advertisers
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The Best (and Oblong-est) Pumpkin for Making Pie
By Will Grunewald | Photographed by Ryan David Brown Pumpkin aficionados Tom Roberts and Lois Labbe at Snakeroot Organic Farm. Tom Roberts and Lois Labbe started Snakeroot Organic Farm 25 years ago on...
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Two Cute Maine Studios on Wheels
By Jen DeRose | Photographed by Elle Darcy Luksin Designs The Owner: Daria Boivin studied sculpture at Portland’s Maine College of Art, but has loved sewing since she was a kid selling her handmade...
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How to Make the Most of Life Here in the Pine Tree State
Sponsored Ask the Experts Planning your escape to Maine, for a visit or for good? Let these insiders show you the keys to making the most of life here in the Pine Tree State. Cale Pickford How to Save...
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Islesford Azalea Belle Gray was the first baby born on Little Cranberry Island since 1927 — most island babies are delivered at mainland hospitals. The previous baby born on Little Cranberry was...
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Maine Designer Erin Flett’s Whirlwind Year
By Sarah Stebbins When Erin Flett launched her bag and tote collaboration with L.L.Bean last May, “my people showed up,” the Gorham designer says of her more than 17,000 social-media followers (many...
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Features Rockport Has a Lot of Views The artsy midcoast hub is placid in winter, but as new development comes to its historic seaside downtown, civic engagement is lively as ever. Path Breaker Chris...
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MECA’s Holiday Sale Goes Virtual
By Will Grunewald Bucking a COVID-induced worldwide lull in the art market, Maine galleries and artists saw a surge in sales this year, according to recent reporting by the Portland Press Herald....
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Flour to the People
By Will GrunewaldPhotographed by Mark Fleming “Stress Baking More Than Usual?” a New York Times headline asked in March. “Amateur Bakers, Cooped Up at Home, Are Making Flour a Hot Commodity,” Time...
View ArticleCan You Name This Pastoral Little Village?
In this village, tucked between low mountains and the meanders of one of Maine’s great rivers, a self-taught 19th-century painter named Jonathan Adams Bartlett once rendered his hard-working fellow...
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4 Beautiful Winter Hikes in Maine
Grab your boots, your snowshoes, and your cross-country skis. These serene, super-scenic Maine Coast Heritage Trust preserves offer easygoing ways to embrace the snowy season — away from the crowds....
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Maine’s Wabanaki Museum Has Its First Ever Wabanaki Director
By Jesse Ellison | Photographed by Michael D. Wilson As a kid growing up in Motahkmikuhk, or Indian Township, a Passamaquoddy reservation of fewer than 1,000 people in eastern Washington County, Chris...
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