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Pamela Wood, Salt’s founding teacher, with Reid Chapman. Wood, who died in 2018, spearheaded Salt through 2001. All of these photos of Chapman were shot by photographer Jay York, part of Salt’s inaugural 1973 class and still a working photographer, in Portland.
Arts & Leisure

At 50, Maine’s One-of-a-Kind Salt Institute Is Still “Feisty”

A look back — and a look at what’s current — as Maine’s Salt Institute for Documentary Studies marks 50 years.
Table full of waffles from Peace, Love & Waffles
Food & Drink

What’s So Funny ’Bout Peace, Love, and Waffle Branding?

Sure, the name’s whimsical, but Dover-Foxcroft’s Peace, Love & Waffles takes brunch seriously.
Blizzard of 1952
Arts & Leisure

Need We Say Nor? One Author’s Case Against “Nor’easter”

Recalling a mid-century storm for the ages, Cathie Pelletier's plea: don’t drop that digraph.
Boundary Peak
Travel & Outdoors

Boundary Peak, the Maine–Quebec High Point, Is a Stunner of a Hike

Want to walk the line? Plan a trek to the border’s highest point this side of Montana.
charred corn and tomato salad
Food & Drink

Camden’s wolfpeach Restaurant is Unorthodox — and Unmissable

Simplicity is the mantra at this hyper-local (and gratuity-free) fine-dining spot.
Self-portrait of Kosti Ruohomaa in a diving mask
Photography

No One Photographed Maine Like Kosti Ruohomaa

The mid-century magazine photographer loved to turn his lens on his home state's out-of-the-way places and salt-of-the-earth people.
Rockport Post Office
Our Towns

Todd Field’s Favorite Maine Place

The Oscar-nominated director finds the essence of community at the Rockport post office.
Falls Bridge in Blue Hill, Maine, Kate Stookey's favorite place
Our Towns

Kate Stookey’s Favorite Maine Place

The Maine Coast Heritage Trust president and CEO has fond memories of jumping off Blue Hill's Falls Bridge.
Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes, who runs Madawaska’s Poland Spring Seppala Kennels, and his sled dogs
Land, Water & Wildlife

Honoring Togo’s Legacy, a Maine Musher Sets His Sights on the Iditarod

After a wild year, Aroostook musher Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes, champion of a canine hero and a Maine heritage breed, looks ahead to another ambitious challenge.
Portland Head Light
Our Towns

Nicolás Alberto Dosman’s Favorite Maine Place

University of Southern Maine's director of choral studies on Portland Head Light.
Camden Harbor, from the Mount Battie summit.
Travel & Outdoors

Why the Camden Hills Should Be Your Fall Foliage Getaway

Autumn brings a pastoral luster to the coastal mountains of the midcoast.
Postcards of the Old Gaol, the Emerson-Wilcox House, and Jefferds Tavern at the Old York Historical Society
History

There’s Plenty That’s New in Old York

Although one Old York Historical Society property currently has a gaping hole in it, there’s never been a better time to visit.
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