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Sam Hayward Came to Appledore Island a Bassist. He Left a Chef.

Cooking for hungry students and researchers in the ’70s, he learned to love seafood that other chefs ignored. Then, he kick-started a culinary revolution.
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History

Is Chamberlain’s Famous War Horse Secretly Buried on This Tiny Maine Island?

A persistent local legend surrounds Harpswell's Crow Island, favorite son Joshua Chamberlain, and the horse he rode in on.
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Our Towns

A Former Goop Editor, a Maine Island, Two Cafés, and a Lot of Bad Blood

When a young, hard-charging restaurateur bucked community expectations, tempers on Vinalhaven flared.
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Features

What Was the Art Colony?

Maine’s towering role in American art owes, in part, to enclaves of artists gathering in out-of-the-way places. With the days of the rusticators long gone, how is the tradition holding up?
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Photography

Can You Name This Maine Beacon and the Island It Marks?

The first keeper’s dog helped save two mariners when their schooner floundered on nearby shoals in a gale.
Travel & Outdoors

101 Reasons to Love Summer in Maine

The traditions, adventures, and events that make summer in the Pine Tree State unforgettable.
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Our Towns

It’s Lights Out for Maine’s Last Resident Lighthouse Keepers

Since an unexpected cable failure left Goat Island without electricity, its undaunted keepers are looking for ways to take the power back.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

Maine’s Best Bars for Watching Sturgeon Jump

Pull up a chair, order a drink, and wait for a glimpse of the pre-historic fish.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

What Exactly Does a Petrel Chick Smell Like?

On a quest to sniff a downy baby seabird on a far-flung island colony, Kimberly Ridley catches a whiff of uncertainty.
Our Towns

The Maine Coast’s Best Bar Isn’t a Bar At All

On Swan's Island, the proprietors and patrons of Daint’s Place are having more fun than should be legal anywhere.
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.
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At the New Alna Store, Tag a Deer and Get a Great Negroni

A midcoast native reboots the classic country store as a smart restaurant, bar, and market.
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