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Peter Andrey Smith is a reporter who has contributed to The New York Times, WNYC’s Radiolab, Outside, Bloomberg Businessweek, and other publications.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

Bar Harbor’s Mouse Mecca, By the Numbers

From drug development to medical research, the mice at Jackson Laboratory are advancing science and potentially saving lives.
Maine’s Oldest Towns Square Off in a York County Border War
Issues & Politics

Maine’s Oldest Towns Square Off in a York County Border War

Centuries after their incorporations, York and Kittery still can’t agree where one ends and the other begins.
Land, Water & Wildlife

The Unwavering Wolf Truther Who Would Be Maine’s Next Governor

John Glowa has spent decades arguing that wolves have a clandestine presence in Maine — never mind what state agencies say.
Time and Temperature Building
Our Towns

Portland’s Sign of the Times

Looking up at the blinking sign on the Time and Temp Building — and back on its half-century history.
Heather McCargo, founder of the Wild Seed Project
Land, Water & Wildlife

This Woman Wants to Destroy Your Lawn

Heather McCargo and the Wild Seed Project want us all to think differently about what we plant (and yeah, to think about it in the winter).
Jack McCann (left), a research technician in UMaine’s forest-ecology program, takes measurements with Marin Harnett, a summer research technician from North Carolina in the Holt Research Forest
Land, Water & Wildlife

For 40 Years, This Maine Forest Has Been One Elaborate Experiment

Now, Arrowsic’s unique Holt Research Forest is shifting focus.
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What’s Worth Saving in Portland?

As the city undergoes major changes, historic preservationists face tough questions.

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