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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.
Amy Pollien stands in front of a hoop house where she keeps art supplies so she can set up her easel in the garden. At her feet is a mound of composting garden waste and other organic materials — a future vegetable bed.
Home + Garden

A Cheerful Mess

Controlled chaos yields a bounty of vegetables and flowers in Bar Harbor.
Maine's Oddball Museums
Travel & Outdoors

7 Oddball Maine Museums You Need to Visit

If Mainers didn’t curate this stuff, who would?
Lobster Roll
Travel & Outdoors

The Definitive Maine Coast Lobster Roll Road Trip

Nine of our favorite spots to enjoy the state’s quintessential treat — and our favorite places to explore nearby.
Home + Garden

Shared Vision

Chanel Lewis and Patrick Jones create a home that reflects who they are together.
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Maine-Made

Die-Hard Gamer Girl

Fan artist Alysa Avery creates a world of centaurs, demons, and fairies.
Home + Garden

Making His Own Path

Respect for the climate and natural landscape guide a Phippsburg gardener.
all the edible parts of a lobster
Food & Drink

The Edible Parts of a Lobster, Ranked

From yeah! to meh: An opinionated guide to bug bites.
Maine's Bald Mountains, Camden, Maine
Travel & Outdoors

Every “Bald Mountain” in Maine: A Concise Guide

Reasons #54–70 in our "200 Reasons to Love Maine" special bicentennial issue.
Home + Garden

Sound Plan

A patchy landscape is made worthy of its perch on MDI’s famous fjard.
Lupines
Arts & Leisure

Why We Love Miss Rumphius Now More Than Ever

"You must do something to make the world more beautiful." Barbara Cooney's simple and profound message still resonates.
Pat Costigan, Maine's only typewriter repairman
Maine-Made

Typewriter Repairman Is Still Clattering Away

Pat Costigan repairs and restores old writing machines.
At Belfast's Repair Cafes, Broken Belongings Find New Life
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At the Belfast Repair Café, Broken Belongings Find New Life

Volunteers patch sweaters, rewire lamps, tune bikes — and teach their skills to others.
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