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Michaela Cavallaro
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Michaela Cavallaro is a Down East contributing editor.
Food & Drink

Maine’s Best Food Block Is on SoPo’s Ocean Street

South Portland’s Knightville neighborhood hosts five new establishments with standout dishes.
Ilulissat, Disko Bugt, 2021, in progress studio view, graphite, spray paint, and acrylic paint, Dimensions are variable, © Peter Soriano, Photo by Alan Wiener
Arts & Leisure

How the PMA Launched the New North Atlantic Triennial

The Portland Museum of Art’s ambitious international exhibit takes visitors “Down North.”
Tea With a View at Southern Maine Community College
Food & Drink

Tea With a View at Southern Maine Community College

At a new tea service in South Portland, the chefs get credit for their crumpets.
Fort Allen Park, Linda Aldrich Favorite Maine Place
Our Towns

Linda Aldrich’s Favorite Maine Place

The departing Portland poet laureate is drawn to Fort Allen Park.
Rose Barboza, founder of Black Owned Maine
Our Towns

Furloughed By COVID, She Became a Champion for Maine’s Black-Owned Businesses

Rose Barboza wished there was a way to support Black business owners — so she started her own.
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Food & Drink

Wood-Fired Meals Star at Walkers Maine, in Cape Neddick

The AAA four-diamond restaurant strikes a balance between chefy flair and homey comfort.
Built and launched in Maine this year, the Solar Sal, pictured, is the world’s first all-solar fiberglass passenger boat. Its builders and inventor hope it’s coming soon to a lake near you.
Maine-Made

Are Maine-Built Solar Boats the Future?

On the heels of a pioneering project, alternative energy may hold promise for Maine's marine industry.
Food & Drink

Got a Tiny Kitchen? Cook Like a Schooner Chef

Annie Mahle’s new cookbook offers lessons from two decades cooking below deck.
Portland Poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
Arts & Leisure

Portland Poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc on Fatherhood, Mortality, and Hockey

The Forest City’s former poet laureate says Maine’s literary community is uniquely close knit.
Artists Rachel and Ryan Adams in front of one of their murals at the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
Arts & Leisure

Artists Rachel and Ryan Adams Are All Over Portland

Fast becoming the first family of Portland art, they're giving the city an overdue new look.
Sam Hayward
Food & Drink

The Sam Hayward Ripple Effect

Nearly 25 years since opening Portland's Fore Street, "he's almost like the patron saint of the Maine food scene."
Mufalo Chitam
Features

When 448 Asylum Seekers Came To Portland Last Summer, City Officials Called Her

Portland’s Mufalo Chitam draws on her own experience to help the state’s newest residents rebuild their lives.
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