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Nora Saks
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Nora Saks is a former Down East associate editor. A lover of narrative journalism in all forms, she began her career at Montana Public Radio, produced podcasts at WBUR, and taught audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She lives in Bath with her freckle-faced mutt, Raffi, and devotes her free time to exploring Maine’s nooks and crannies.
A former card catalog at Bucksport’s Buck Memorial Library is now a seed catalog
Home + Garden

Seed Libraries Are Sprouting Up Around the Pine Tree State

Maine libraries have added seed “borrowing” to their growing list of resources.
Photographer Aliza Eliazarov's Great Pyrenees-Border-collie mix
Photography

A Kittery Photographer Unleashes Two Years’ Worth of Dog Portraits

For Aliza Eliazarov, finding subjects for her new book, The Best Dog, was a walk in the park.
The Quoddy Tides newspaper
Our Towns

The Enduring Legacy of the Quoddy Tides, the Most Easterly Published Newspaper in the U.S.

Small-town papers aren’t nearly as numerous as they once were, but the few survivors are as vital to their communities as ever.
Food & Drink

Fox Family Potato Chips Are Getting Harder and Harder to Find

The Mapleton chip maker is frying as fast as it can to keep up with fans’ voracious appetites.
Eartha, a 1-to-1,000,000 scale model of Earth
History

The World’s Largest Revolving Globe, Eartha, Turns 25

A brief history of Yarmouth’s awe-inspiring, 42-foot-diameter landmark.
Food & Drink

America’s Sixth-Best Oyster Shucker Has His Eyes on the Prize

Andy Rogers is “getting his reps in” for Nationals. Cue the training montage.
Walter Reed and Genice Billings with their Memorial Ambulance Corps house-call vehicle
Our Towns

Deer Isle’s Memorial Ambulance Corps Is a Case Study in Community Paramedicine

House-call doctors might be a thing of the past, but house-call EMTs have started helping to fill the void, especially in underserved communities.
Crooked Face Creamery’s lemon-fennel ricotta on toast
Food & Drink

Crooked Face Creamery Takes Home One of the Dairy World’s Top Honors

The Skowhegan cheesemaker’s lemon-fennel ricotta won bronze in the fresh-cow’s-milk category at the 2023 World Cheese Awards.
Portland Public Library
Our Towns

Kristina M.J. Powell’s Favorite Maine Place

When the Telling Room executive director needs to quiet her mind, she heads to the sun-drenched atrium of the Portland Public Library.
David Bruggink making field recordings for his Sounds of Maine audiovisual documentary project
Land, Water & Wildlife

David Bruggink Records Quiet Soundtracks Furnished By Nature

His Sounds of Maine videos are not so much movies as postcards come to life.
19th-century wood-and-wrought-iron doors at Papi on Exchange Street in Portland Maine
Home + Garden

Do These Antique Puerto Rican Doors Threaten the Old Port’s Historic Character?

With passions running high on both sides, it's not an open-and-shut case.
whitetail deer at Brownville’s Food Pantry for Deerwhitetail deer at Brownville’s Food Pantry for Deer
Land, Water & Wildlife

Why Are Tens of Thousands Tuning In to Watch Maine Deer Feeding on YouTube?

For a lot of reasons, it turns out.
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