The official state treat has been through a lot over the course of the past century, from interstate rivalries to political spats to corporate knock-offs.
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Charlie is Down East's editorial assistant. He has written for the San Francisco Examiner, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, and The Sheet News.
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The executive chef and Top Chef contestant on Harpswell’s Giant’s Stairs.
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The university's marine-science center is a magnet for misfit crustaceans, including orange, yellow, blue, purple, calico, and split-colored varieties.
Stitching together the up, down, and up-again life of a Maine textile center.