The Chickadees are chiseling away at a male-dominated craft.
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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.
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