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Virginia M. Wright
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Virginia M. Wright is a Down East contributing editor and the author of A Town Built by Ski Bums: The Story of Carrabassett Valley, Maine.
Mount Royal Motel
Travel & Outdoors

Vintage Road Tour

They’ve all but disappeared from America’s highways, but mom-and-pop motor courts still live on in Vacationland.
Nathan Nicholls
Maine-Made

Endangered Species

An artist’s family wrestles with the future of his metal jungle.
Pinecone+Chickadee
Maine-Made

Sweet Pea

Amy Teh and Noah DeFilippis, the team behind Portland’s Pinecone+Chickadee clothing and accessories brand, take adorableness up a notch with their playful silkscreened onesies in soft, organic cotton.
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Maine-Made

Steep Thoughts

Teapots are among pottery’s most challenging forms, which is why only a few of Maine’s many potters include them in their repertoires.
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Home + Garden

3 Fancy-Pants Camps in Maine

These three spots are taking camping to the next level.
Home + Garden

Welcome to Mud Season in Maine

In which we muckrake about the season that turns our world into mush.
Alison Harris, Jean Herlihy, and Claudia Knox
Home + Garden

Growing Together

A gardening trio creates a blooming oasis in downtown Brunswick.
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Travel & Outdoors

The Blackfly Survival Guide

Everything you wanted to know — and more — about Maine’s most fearsome creature, the blackfly.
Hiking in Maine, Bigelow Preserve
Travel & Outdoors

Walking in Solitude

For some, hiking's biggest reward is not at the summit.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

Where the Loon Calls

After decades in free fall, how Maine’s loon population took off.
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Home + Garden

Maine Goes Prefab: 6 Homes We Love

In their quest for affordable, energy-efficient homes, some Mainers are thinking outside the site-built box.
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Maine-Made

A Better-Built Bag

The first time I put on an Anchorpak, it felt different from any bag I’ve ever used. It felt right.
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