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Broom making is a surprisingly physical art, says Eric McIntyre, owner of Village Handcraft. His workshop participants need some dexterity (not just for the cleanup).
Maine-Made

The Brooms at Wiscasset’s Village Handcraft Will Sweep You Off Your Feet

Shopkeeper Eric McIntyre’s handmade brooms are designed to be displayed and used.
Land, Water & Wildlife

Where Have All the Phalaropes Gone?

Millions of showy little shorebirds called red-necked phalaropes once descended on Passamaquoddy Bay during their fall migration. Then, they seemed to up and vanish.
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.
Can You Name This Landmark Lake?
Photography

Can You Name This Landmark Lake?

Fly tyer Carrie Stevens invented the legendary Gray Ghost fly while fishing nearby.
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.
Self-portrait of Kosti Ruohomaa in a diving mask
Photography

No One Photographed Maine Like Kosti Ruohomaa

The mid-century magazine photographer loved to turn his lens on his home state's out-of-the-way places and salt-of-the-earth people.
Bill Cohen on his 650-mile campaign walk
Issues & Politics

The Very Long Walk That Changed Maine Politics

A new book looks at how Bill Cohen’s 650-mile campaign jaunt became not only a success story, but also a Maine political tradition.
Fort Kent, Maine
Our Towns

Oniqueky Samuels’s Favorite Maine Place

UMaine at Fort Kent’s soccer coach on Lonesome Pine Trails.
Sean Turley holding apple picker tool
Food & Drink

Amazing Cider Man: The Maine Lawyer Turned Apple-Foraging Obsessive

Sean Turley knows that with great fruit come great libations.
lemon tart from Salt & Pepper and Sugar Too
Food & Drink

Salt & Pepper and Sugar Too Fulfills a Culinary Couple’s Longtime Dream

In Wilton, Don and Mary Beane serve up comforting and creative dishes they’ve been perfecting for decades.
Land, Water & Wildlife

A Paddler’s Paradise — and a Showpiece for River Restoration

With miles of undeveloped shoreline and quintessential down east quietude, Whiting’s little-visited Orange River is a critical link between ocean and inland ecosystems.
Postcards of the Old Gaol, the Emerson-Wilcox House, and Jefferds Tavern at the Old York Historical Society
History

There’s Plenty That’s New in Old York

Although one Old York Historical Society property currently has a gaping hole in it, there’s never been a better time to visit.
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