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Jesse Ellison
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Jesse Ellison is a Down East contributing editor.
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Issues & Politics

Bait and Switch

In a tug-of-war between lobstermen and regulators over catch reporting, Mainers didn’t get the deal they expected.
New Maine Photo Books
Arts & Leisure

Put Maine on Your Coffee Table

Three new photo books explore vastly different aspects of the state’s character.
Issues & Politics

Town-Gown Reboot

A century ago, Waterville helped bail out a struggling Colby College. Can Colby return the favor?
Restaurant
Issues & Politics

Summer Squeeze

A sudden paucity of waitstaff, hosts, and housekeepers has Maine’s hospitality industry feeling the heat this year.
Bottling Maine
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Bottling Maine

Building a company’s brand around its Maine identity isn’t as straightforward as it might seem.
Cap N’ Stem
Food & Drink

Fun Guys

In a central Maine warehouse, the fungus–loving partners of Cap N’ Stem are running Maine’s weirdest farm.
Maine State Prison warden
Issues & Politics

Liberty’s Prison

In Maine’s maximum security lockup, warden Randall Liberty is offering inmates gardens, therapy, and a sense of purpose.
Machias Seal Island
Travel & Outdoors

The Coldest War

In the chilly coastal waters off Cutler, America’s oldest border skirmish continues apace.
Jeff Wolovitz grinding organic soy beans for Heiwa Tofu
Food & Drink

Peace, Love, and Tofu

Tofu is a passion product for the couple behind Maine’s only commercial soy beanery.
Life Flight Healers in the Sky
Our Towns

Healers in the Sky

Suit up for a ride-along with LifeFlight of Maine, one of the country’s most elite air medical teams — and one of Maine’s most critical nonprofit enterprises.
Safe at Last
Issues & Politics

Safe at Last

After decades of violence at the hands of her husband, Priscilla got out alive — with help from a Maine safe house that’s among the first of its kind.
Elle Logan
Arts & Leisure

Clean Sweep

Elle Logan rowed in Beijing and London and won gold both times. This summer in Rio, she's made it three for three. So why haven’t you heard of Maine’s baddest Olympian?
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