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What We Talk About When We Talk About Character

As Maine grapples with age-old, freshly relevant issues of livability, growth, and belonging, an inquisitive look at a complicated word.
a spotted salamander
Land, Water & Wildlife

Maine Big Night Volunteers Want You to Make Way For Amphibians

Data collected by the citizen-science project indicates that about one of every three frogs, toads, and salamanders crossing a road gets run over.
Arts & Leisure

More Women+ Surf Is Making Maine’s Surf Scene More Welcoming (Even in Winter)

Undeterred by the cold, they're hoping to bring others into the lineup.
In Searsport, Rio’s Serves Up Creative Classics in a Surprising Space
Food & Drink

In Searsport, Rio’s Serves Up Creative Classics in a Surprising Space

In a Route 1 mini strip mall, chef Gary Cooper turns out standout dishes.
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Travel & Outdoors

What Every Would-Be Mainer Must Know

We reached out to four smart Mainers whose professional lives revolve around new arrivals, and we asked them: what have you learned that every prospective Mainer needs to hear?
Rockport Post Office
Our Towns

Todd Field’s Favorite Maine Place

The Oscar-nominated director finds the essence of community at the Rockport post office.
Where in Maine, April 2023
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Can You Name This Harborside Community?

When a sardine cannery opened in the 1940s, it became one of the peninsula’s largest employers.
Sarah Johnson, of Sundew Sewing Company, wearing one of her five-panel hats
Maine-Made

No Two of Sundew Sewing’s Signature Five-Panel Hats Are Alike

The handcrafted caps are Yarmouth seamstress Sarah Johnson’s canvases for creativity.
Arts & Leisure

For MDI’s Clique of All-Season Swimmers, The Colder the Water, the Better

The women of Cold Tits, Warm Hearts love wading in when it's cold as a witch's...well, you know.
a group called Inclusive Ski Touring skiing on the trails at Mt. Abram
Arts & Leisure

At Mt. Abram, A Community of Newbie Uphillers Takes Shape

The nonprofit Inclusive Ski Touring is out to make ski touring more affordable and approachable.
Pamela Wood, Salt’s founding teacher, with Reid Chapman. Wood, who died in 2018, spearheaded Salt through 2001. All of these photos of Chapman were shot by photographer Jay York, part of Salt’s inaugural 1973 class and still a working photographer, in Portland.
Arts & Leisure

At 50, Maine’s One-of-a-Kind Salt Institute Is Still “Feisty”

A look back — and a look at what’s current — as Maine’s Salt Institute for Documentary Studies marks 50 years.
Where in Maine, March 2023
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Can You Name This Blustery Maine Peak?

It’s topped with a number of communications towers engineered to withstand thick layers of ice and extreme winds.
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