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charred corn and tomato salad
Food & Drink

Camden’s wolfpeach Restaurant is Unorthodox — and Unmissable

Simplicity is the mantra at this hyper-local (and gratuity-free) fine-dining spot.
Built and launched in Maine this year, the Solar Sal, pictured, is the world’s first all-solar fiberglass passenger boat. Its builders and inventor hope it’s coming soon to a lake near you.
Maine-Made

Are Maine-Built Solar Boats the Future?

On the heels of a pioneering project, alternative energy may hold promise for Maine's marine industry.
record-setting distance runner Danny Mejia
Our Towns

Danny Mejia Is Running Every Street in Portland

The record-setting distance runner will log (and map) close to 400 miles while methodically running every block of the Forest City.
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.
Butch Phillips in his basement workshop in Milford
Maine-Made

A Penobscot Elder Keeps the Tradition of Birch-Bark Moose Calls Alive

Each horn-shaped, 18-inch-long call is made from bark Butch Phillips harvests from tribal land.
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Photography

Can You Name This Landmark Bridge and the River Beneath It?

A substantial rebuild, completed a few years ago, changed the bridge’s look and design, allowing taller ships to travel the tidal waters below.
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?
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Can You Name This Landmark Lake?

Fly tyer Carrie Stevens invented the legendary Gray Ghost fly while fishing nearby.
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