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Eat!

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Our annual guide to the best of the best.

Go!

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Our annual guide to the best of the best.

A Down East Delicacy

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Wrinkles — delicious edible whelks — mark the start of the summer seafood season.

Winslow Homer’s Odyssey

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In the centennial year of the painter’s death, few historians would argue that he wasn’t one of the great realists of the nineteenth century. But Homer would not be regarded as the greatest American artist of his age had he not moved to Maine.

There Will Always Be An Ogunquit

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When the Maine Legislature passed an act detaching Ogunquit from neighboring Wells to form a “Town Unto Itself” thirty years ago, it may not have known how true those words would prove.

Bold Strokes

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Over ten years, Andres A. Verzosa, owner of Aucocisco Galleries, has created a thriving business while working to radically transform Portland’s arts scene.

Just Breathe

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The former Pine Tree State Arboretum in Augusta has long been one of Maine’s best-kept secret sanctuaries — but that’s all about to change.

The Axeman Cometh

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Literary logger John S. Springer was, in many ways, the opposite of his contemporary, Henry David Thoreau. It’s a shame the two authors never met.

Gorham at a Crossroads

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Farm town? College town? Commuter town? One of Maine’s fastest growing communities faces a future filled with questions.

Waterworld

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Each of the four communities that make up the Boothbay peninsula is its own unique village. Yet one element unites them all.

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