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Michele Christle
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Michele Christle received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and her work has been published in Cultural Survival Quarterly, the Kenyon Review, and Maine Homes by Down East. She lives on the midcoast.
Erik Francis, one of the three Passamaquoddy tribal members licensed to transport elvers around dams last spring.
Land, Water & Wildlife

The Upstream Battle to Preserve Maine’s Lucrative Elver Fishery

Some observers suspect that the number of baby eels migrating up Maine rivers is declining. Passamaquoddy fishermen have taken conservation into their own hands.
The Blanchard family in Acadia National Park
Arts & Leisure

A Family Fulfills Its Goal of Hiking Every Footpath in Acadia

Two years into a family hiking challenge, David Blanchard received a life-changing diagnosis. Instead of letting it sideline him, he picked up the pace.
Chip Lagerbom, the diver in the front, is a dive leader and an AP U.S. History teacher.
Our Towns

What Lies Beneath the Water in Frankfort’s 150-Year-Old Abandoned Quarry?

It’s what inspired a group of scuba lovers to ditch the ocean and go quarry diving.
Linda Mitchell-Storer's vintage clothing and costume collection at Vintage Finery, in Orrington, Maine
Maine-Made

What Will Become of an Orrington Connoisseur’s Sprawling Formalwear Collection?

Since 2017, the fate of Linda Mitchell-Storer's tens of thousands of items — ranging from Civil-War-era frocks to set jackets owned by Gilda Radner and Cher — has remained in question.
Jeff Yorks with a bird carving by F.M. Kilburn
Maine-Made

Jeff Yorks Is Reconvening the Flock of Birds His Grandfather Carved

Their family estimates he made between 800 and 1,000, many of which have flitted off to faraway homes.
The Second Empire Treat/Peirce mansion on the corner of Route 1A and Loggin Road in Frankfort, Maine
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In Frankfort, This Second Empire Slows Traffic

A writer investigates a deteriorating landmark-turned-yard-sale-spectacle.

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