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Features
Where to Eat Now
Some are so new, the menus are stiff. Others are old faves firing on all cylinders. Check out the
20 statewide restaurants — and one entire town! — making Maine’s dining scene one of the hottest in the country.
The Wreck Chaser
Hundreds of military planes crashed in Maine during World War II, and their wreckage is still scattered in forests, on mountain slopes, and at the bottom of lakes. Aviation archaeologist Peter Noddin is on a mission to document all of them — and honor those who died.
Crazy Maine Ideas
Our contributors shoot the moon with eight proposals to make life in Maine better. Their ideas are so crazy, they could never happen — or could they?
Departments
Where in Maine?
Can you name this park?
Connect
The Mail
North by East
Opinions, Advisories, and Musings from the Length and Breadth of Maine
Down East Dispatches
News You May Have Missed
No Man an Island
Hopkins v. Postal Service
Bowdoin College Food Fight
Malcolm Gladwell’s Misfire
Talk of Maine
Senator George J. Mitchell on “Straight Talk”
Dooryard
Living the Maine Life
Built to Last
A New Family Legacy in Hancock County
Making It in Maine
Recipe
My Maine
Room With a View
Guide
What to Do in Maine This Month
Indulgence
Theater
Art
Music
From Our Archives
On the cover: Drifters Wife mackerel by Douglas Merriam
Additional photos: Douglas Merriam (Where to Eat Now); Michael D. Wilson (LJ Hopkins); Sarah Szwajkos (Home); Mark Fleming (Grains); Stacey Cramp (Soakology)