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Bridget M. Burns is Down East's branded content editor. She joined the staff in 2022 after freelancing with the magazine since 2018, and she covers paid content and custom publishing projects like Journeys with VIP for VIP Tires & Service. She graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington with a BFA in creative writing, and now lives in a renovated barn in Kennebunkport with her husband and two daughters.
The Chickadees are chiseling away at a male-dominated craft.
Caitlin Shetterly, Emily Henry, and William Dameron each have their own takes.
For decades, outlet retail has anchored Maine’s most-visited downtown. Now, its champions say the next iteration needs more than big brands.
The midcoast musician loves to get outside at Jefferson’s 1,000-acre Hidden Valley Nature Center.
For Bridget M. Burns, whose unconventional Kennebunkport home is all that remains of Freedom Farm, its legacy feels pressing today.
Thanks to local land-preservation efforts, there’s no shortage of trails for hikers to enjoy in Camden and the surrounding area — including this inexhaustive list for all ability levels.
A dystopian future wrought by secessionist Mainers. A family drama on a Penobscot reservation. A seaside home with a century’s worth of secrets.
The author and screenwriter got his start as a reader at the South Portland Public Library.
We reached out to four smart Mainers whose professional lives revolve around new arrivals, and we asked them: what have you learned that every prospective Mainer needs to hear?
The author of the hugely popular Rizzoli & Isles series on Piscataquis County’s Lobster Lake.
In York, the excavator comes for a writer’s beloved home.