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Virginia M. Wright
Joined12.23.13
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Virginia M. Wright is a Down East contributing editor.
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Home + Garden

Nice N’ Easy

A 1980s Cape is redesigned to take full advantage of its perch on a sinuous waterway in Camden.
Arts & Culture

Voices of Great Cranberry Island

Blair Colby Mechanic, Jack of All Trades “I was born and brought up on Great Cranberry. For 20 years, I...
Arts & Culture

Maine’s Oddest Graves

October is the month for strange stories of the dead, and Maine has more than its share. We’ve dug up four of our favorites.
Arts & Culture

Beth’s Farm Market

Come fall, this farm offers a variety of family-friendly activities, along with apples, pumpkins, squash, and a super-tough corn maze.
Issues & Politics

Which Way to Millinocket?

Vroom, vroom! We contemplate Maine's new highway speed limits.
Arts & Culture

Here Comes The Son

Lucas St. Clair is thawing, ever so slightly, in opposition to Roxanne Quimby’s vision for a Maine North Woods National...
Down East & AcadiaFeaturesTravel & Outdoors

Alone Together

Islesford and Great Cranberry Island face the Atlantic — and the future — side by side. By Virginia M. Wright...
Food & Drink

Dining: The Gothic

A vegetarian restaurant in Belfast's hippest building.
Issues & Politics

A Chat with Olympia Snowe

The former Maine senator speaks about gridlock and hyperpartisanship on Capitol Hill — and what we can do to shape a more productive government.
Travel & Outdoors

A Visit to Searsmont

In a world that’s changing with lightning speed (or so it can seem), Searsmont retains the sweet, timeless air of a country town.
History

Fantastic Voyage

Kennett Rawson, 15, and Joseph N. Field, 14, are about to embark on a great adventure, a three-month voyage to...
History

Rocks on a Hard Place

Hordes of visitors who descend on Ogunquit each summer want to leave their calling cards in the form of rock towers standing anywhere from 1 to 5 feet high.
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