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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.
The William Jefferds House
Home + Garden

A Fresh Look for Four Storied Federals

The Kennebunkport Captains Collection brings new life — and new luxury — to the historic-district inns.
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.
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.
fried chicken at Walkers Maine4
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.
Alewives Fabrics
Maine-Made

Material Girls

Alewives Fabrics is a draw for quilters and sewists in Maine and beyond.
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.
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.
Munjoy Hill, Portland, Maine
Home + Garden

Before Munjoy Hill Was Hip, It Was Their Home

Natives of Portland’s once-maligned Munjoy Hill neighborhood reflect on the place they knew, and the changing winds that have been steadily whooshing up the slope.
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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Aragosta Has a (Stunning) New Setting

A Deer Isle favorite makes itself at home in new waterfront digs.
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