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Kim Ridley
Kim Ridley
Joined12.23.13
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Kim Ridley of Brooklin is the former editor of Hope magazine, and her articles on science, culture, and food have appeared in the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, and the New York Times.
Essays

Cardinal

Kim Ridley reflects on life and death in this moving personal essay.
Down East & AcadiaNature + Wildlife

Maine’s Songbird Highway

Scientists aim to unravel the mysteries of migration in the Gulf of Maine.
Greater PortlandNature + WildlifeTravel & Outdoors

Where the Wild Things Are

Once the State Game Farm on the brink of closure, the Maine Wildlife Park has become a haven for animals and humans alike.
Arts & CultureMidcoastTravel & Outdoors

All the Town’s a Stage

A renovated opera house has brought life —and laughs —to the remote fishing village of Stonington. BY: KIM RIDLEY PHOTOGRAPHY...
My Maine

Winter’s Bloom

He probably thought I was just another nosy newcomer to his coastal Maine village. He was right.
Arts & CultureFood & DrinkFood FeaturesMidcoastTravel & Outdoors

Back to the Land 2.0

60 years after Helen and Scott Nearing came to live “the good life,” Brooksville is sprouting farms and a fertile food culture.
Down East & Acadia

2 Cats

Eat Bar Harbor’s best breakfast at 2 Cats. By Kim Ridley Photograph by Ted Axelrod By 9:30 on a sunny...

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