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Joyce Kryszak is a freelance writer living in Down East Maine. She is an Edward R. Murrow Award winner whose work has appeared in the Buffalo News, and on NPR, WBFO, The Environment Report, and other media outlets.
Home + Garden

In the Shadow of a 19th-Century Resort, a Summer Community Grows on Moosehead Lake

Eight cottages, constructed between 1900 and 1912, are all that remains of the grand 1883 Mount Kineo House.
In Sharon and Paul Mrozinski’s collection-packed living room on Vinalhaven, an antique orchard ladder leads to a sleeping loft for their grandchildren.
Home + Garden

Collections Cover Every Surface In This Vinalhaven Home

Antiques dealers curate an eclectic summer retreat and shop in a 19th-century former gas station.
Artist Bo Bartlett rows his skiff, the Conrad K, in Matinicus Harbor toward Wheaton Island
Home + Garden

Painters Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby Find Peace and Inspiration On Wheaton Island

Andrew Wyeth, and his wife, Betsy, unwittingly led the couple to their 1905 home on the remote Penobscot Bay island.
Lubec, Maine
Our Towns

A Town in Between

The easternmost village on the U.S. Atlantic coast charts a course through tradition and change, natives and newcomers, nature’s beauty and nature’s fury.
Scythe Supply
Maine-Made

Scythe Supply

Old-school agricultural tools from Perry’s Scythe Supply.
Travel & Outdoors

Campobello Island Is Neither Here nor There

Residents of the Canadian isle depend on neighboring Lubec (and the goodwill of border agents) for everyday needs.
Paul Trovarello
Our Towns

Maine Helped Rescue Him From Addiction. Now He’s Helping Others

The pillars of Paul Trovarello’s addiction-recovery program are faith, hard work, and lending a hand around Machias.
The Pioneer Place: Smyrna's General Store
Our Towns

A Very General Store

In tiny Smyrna, the Amish-owned Pioneer Place carries (almost) everything you need.
Stim Wilcox, Wilcox Bows
Maine-Made

Wilcox Bows

Wilcox bows have a reputation among archers for beauty and function. He builds each one to suit its owner, taking into account the user’s height and strength.
raking Maine wild blueberries
Land, Water & Wildlife

Blueberry Blues

Growers leave fields unharvested as they confront plummeting prices and a glut of frozen berries.

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