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Brian Kevin
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Brian Kevin is a former Down East editor. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Audubon, Travel + Leisure, and other publications. He’s the author of The Footloose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America, which won the Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Hope.
The view of Rockland Harbor from a window on The Apprenticeshop's workshop floor.
Our Towns

Isabella Feracci’s Favorite Maine Place

The Apprenticeshop executive director loves to take in the view from the nonprofit’s workshop floor.
The Midcoast’s Henry Knox Gets the Hamilton Treatment
History

The Midcoast’s Henry Knox Gets the Hamilton Treatment

Count Me In, the founding father's first-ever biopic musical, hits the stage in Thomaston.
The herb house at New Gloucester’s Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village.
History

Restoring the World’s Last Shaker Herb House

A by-the-numbers look at a unique building's impending facelift at New Gloucester’s Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village.
Portland’s Leeward Might Be America’s Best New Restaurant
Food & Drink

Portland’s Leeward Might Be America’s Best New Restaurant

The Arts District Italian eatery is on the James Beard Awards short list.
Frank Perham hands muddy crystals up from the floor of a pocket.
History

The 1972 Western Maine Mineral Find that Astonished the Gem World

Two tons of breathtaking tourmaline made the region's international reputation — and kicked off a decades-long mineral blitz.
Butler Cove, on Merrymeeting Bay, Chris Toy’s favorite Maine place
Our Towns

Chris Toy’s Favorite Maine Place

Followers of the cookbook author’s YouTube channel will recognize this place from the background of his videos.
the library at Washburn-Norlands Living History Center
Our Towns

Julia Bouwsma’s Favorite Maine Place

Maine’s poet laureate on the library at Livermore’s Washburn-Norlands Living History Center.
Arts & Leisure

Going Back to Calcasset? Bestselling Author Linda Holmes Didn’t Think So

In Flying Solo, Holmes returns to her make-believe midcoast hamlet — and to themes of independence, acceptance, and belonging.
The Four Maine Craft Vodkas Your Cocktail Cabinet Needs
Food & Drink

The Four Maine Craft Vodkas Your Cocktail Cabinet Needs

Big hat-tip to sugar kelp, organic horseradish, Oxford Hills spring water, and good old-fashioned Maine spuds.
Camp Natarswi, on Lower Togue Pond, in Baxter State Park
Our Towns

Dan Cashman’s Favorite Maine Place

The Nite Show host loves to escape to Camp Natarswi, where no one is on YouTube or TikTok.
Tribal members rally outside the Maine State House during the long negotiation period between Judge Gignoux’s ruling and the signing of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act.
History

Fifty Years Ago, Passamaquoddy v. Morton Launched a Pivotal Fight for the Return of Tribal Land

Wabanaki tribes made convincing claims to almost two-thirds of the state's land, with the federal government obliged to press their case.
is B-52 Pizza & Subs' Maine Attraction pizza topped with red-snapper dogs and Humpty Dumpty chips the Maine-iest pizza ever?
Food & Drink

I Drove 450 Miles to Eat This Red-Snapper Hot Dog and All-Dressed Potato-Chip Pizza

It's in Aroostook County, if you'd like to do the same
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