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Michael Burke is a professor of English at Colby College and the author of The Same River Twice: A Boatman's Journey Home.
Phone Mart is a helpful radio segment in Franklin County Maine
Our Towns

In Praise of Phone Mart

In a small Maine town, the call-in radio swap-show is a way of knowing your neighbors.
Reeds Mill Church, Madrid, Maine
Arts & Leisure

Into the Wildwood

One writer finds a serene holiday moment in a quiet country church.
Travel & Outdoors

In the Shadow of Sugarloaf, A Ski Town Turned Summer Place

Kingfield no longer slumbers after the skiers have gone.
Fiddleheads
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Lessons from a Day Picking Fiddleheads in Maine

What does a veteran forager know about Maine’s iconic fiddleheads that you don’t? Curl up with Michael Burke’s tale of a tagalong day in the field.
sock-covered feet propped up near a woodstove
Features

All Hail the Woodstove!

Mainers have a special relationship with their woodstoves — and plenty to say about them. Michael Burke is just getting warmed up.
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Soup For You! Cafe

By Michael Burke   
Photographed by Mark Fleming Soup For You! Cafe 222 Broadway, Farmington, 207-779-0799 Over here is a young...

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