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Joel Crabtree is a writer and photographer from Orrington.
Duke's Cooper Flagg dunks on a fast break during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maine in Durham, N.C.,
Our Towns

Cooper Flagg Left a Big Mark on Small-Town Maine

How the rise of the nation's top basketball prospect is playing out at home.
Mainers mittens made by lab-gear company Tempshield Cryo-Protection
Maine-Made

This Maine Company Knows the Science of Warm Hands

The mitten manufacturer, which began as a lab-gear company, knows a thing or two about protecting against extreme cold.
Island Institute Fellow Alumnus Jes Stevenson on a lobsterboat with two lobstermen
Land, Water & Wildlife

How the Island Institute’s Fellowship Program Became a Maine Coast Fixture

At the program’s quarter-century mark, we look back at fellows’ local impacts and lasting connections to host communities.
Lobster claw with a stack of pictures of the Androscoggin River
Our Towns

The Auburn Lobster Festival Sure Seems to Have Legs

The idea for a celebration of Maine's famous crustacean in the inland city began as an April Fools’ Day gag in 2021.
broccoli floret
Food & Drink

Good Shepherd Food Bank Is Betting on Maine Broccoli

The hunger-relief organization has partnered with Maine farmers and blueberry processors on the frozen-produce venture.
pear varieties
Food & Drink

After Years of Apples, the Maine Heritage Orchard Grows a Pear 

Sixteen varieties have taken root, and staff finally got to bite into some of the fruit last fall.
snowmobilers riding on Maine's Interconnected Trail System
History

A Brief History of Maine’s Interconnected Trail System

Thanks to the ITS, it is now entirely feasible to hop on a sled in York County and wind up at the top of Aroostook County.
The night sky over Goose Eye Mountain
Travel & Outdoors

A Stellar Guide to Enjoying (and Preserving) the Night Sky in Maine

The night sky is a wonderful thing to get lost in, and it’s a terrible thing to lose.
Peter Rioux wearing magnifying glasses while working on a timepiece
Maine-Made

Clock Doc Peter Rioux Shares What Makes Him Tick

The Winterport tinkerer has rehabbed some 7,000 mechanical timekeepers.
baking ingredients and tools
Food & Drink

Cait Shibles Is Cooking Up Something New at Camp Susan Curtis

When she took over the kitchen at the Stoneham camp, where kids from disadvantaged backgrounds come for a classic summer experience, she decided to start from scratch.
Sean Sullivan, former executive director of the Maine Brewers' Guild
Food & Drink

Sean Sullivan Spills On 10 Years of Leading the Maine Brewers’ Guild

The outgoing executive director reflects on his experience raising the profile of Maine’s beer scene.
Crosby’s Drive-In in Bucksport, Maine
Food & Drink

5 Classic Maine Drive-In Eateries That Never Seem to Run Out of Gas

The 20th-century establishments continue to serve up griddled and fried comfort foods and heaps of nostalgia.
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