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Kathryn Miles
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Kathryn Miles is a Down East contributing editor and the author of five books, including Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders.
toy train set
Maine-Made

A Hobbyist’s Train-Village Model of Belfast Veers Slightly Off Track

Sam Green’s intricate model celebrates Belfast’s past, present, and potentially permissive future with a downtown strip club and nods to naturism. 
TimberHP mill in Madison, Maine
Our Towns

Where There’s a Mill, Is There a Way?

The scrappy eco-insulation startup TimberHP is taking a big swing by bringing Madison's shuttered paper mill back online. Can a novel pulp product sow the seeds of a homegrown green-manufacturing success story?
The Colonial Theatre in Belfast, Maine
Arts & Leisure

The Curtain Comes Down on Belfast’s Colonial Theatre

But not before one final farewell run.
Jay Frontierro (left) and Gordon Collins cross the Riverlands 100 finish line in 2021
Features

The Strange Subculture of Maine’s Only 100-Mile Ultramarathon

The wildest thing about the Riverlands 100 isn’t the sleep deprivation or the epic blisters. It’s the folks the race brings together.
Mark Freeman spent this spring continuing to tinker with Foolish Pleasure while it was perched on a trailer on the side of Route 1 in York.
Features

Foolish Pleasure, The World’s Fastest Lobsterboat, Rides Again

After the untimely death of its longtime owner, the famously fast lobsterboat motors back onto Maine’s racing circuit.
Greenville’s Big Squaw Mountain in 1973
Our Towns

The State of Maine’s Small Ski Hills

Mom-and-pop mountains have hit plenty of bumps. Will they get a lift from the pandemic this winter?
Christy Gardner takes a break from training in her home gym with Doug, a service dog, to sit for a portrait
Features

Army Vet, Double Amputee, and Athlete Christy Gardner Has Never Let Anything Stop Her

When she’s not training service and therapy dogs through her nonprofit work, she’s pushing herself to excel in parasports.
Black Lab Chili Bean, one of the Science Dogs of New England
Land, Water & Wildlife

Following Their Noses to Endangered Species

The Science Dogs of New England are helping researchers turn up elusive, endangered wood turtles.
How Did Gulf of Maine Lobster Get Canceled?
Issues & Politics

How Did Gulf of Maine Lobster Get Canceled?

And does it matter? A look at the red-listing of Maine’s iconic export — and the fallout.
A clammer on the Medomak River in the ’60s or ’70s, before the red tide of 1972
History

The Gulf of Maine’s First Massive Red Tide Stunned Coastal Mainers

In 1972, an unprecedented algae bloom wreaked havoc on fisheries and confounded ocean observers.
Land, Water & Wildlife

Shark Attacks in Maine Were Unthinkable — Until Bailey Island

Maine's first-ever fatal shark attack jolted natives and visitors alike into acknowledging that great whites regularly swim off the state's shores — and that there’s plenty about them we don’t know.
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Issues & Politics

The 27-Year-Old Cold Case That Will Put Familial DNA on Trial

Critics of the justice system’s reliance on familial DNA are looking to the trial of a Maine man, accused of a horrific crime, as a case that could change the status quo — with repercussions outside the courtroom.
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