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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.
Home + Garden

The Secret Lives of Houses

Got 100-year-old shoes in your walls? Beneath layers of wallpaper and dropped ceilings lie clues to your old home's hidden story.
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Mr. CMP

Jim Wright is Maine’s most famous power-line worker — evah!
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Hike!

Musher Ashley Patterson says the Can-Am Crown is the most physically and mentally challenging dog sled race in the East.
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Nice N’ Easy

A 1980s Cape is redesigned to take full advantage of its perch on a sinuous waterway in Camden.
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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...
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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.
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Ogunquit Leads the Way

For its ordinance aiming to protect residents from toxic chemicals, we are proud to award the 33rd Down East Environmental Award to the town of Ogunquit.
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Vroom (Ouch!) Vroom

All you need for this race is a vintage sled, a helmet, and a lot of ibuprofen.
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A Winter Place

Much of Maine goes into hibernation in winter. Indeed, in some parts of the state, entire villages become virtual ghost towns. Not Fort Kent.
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Alone Together

Islesford and Great Cranberry Island face the Atlantic — and the future — side by side. By Virginia M. Wright...
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Dining: The Gothic

A vegetarian restaurant in Belfast's hippest building.
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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.
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