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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.
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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.
Lobster Lake, Terry Gerritsen's favorite Maine place
Our Towns

Terry Gerritsen’s Favorite Maine Place

The author of the hugely popular Rizzoli & Isles series on Piscataquis County’s Lobster Lake.
Maine-Made

Beautiful Turned-Wood Bowls for a Cause, Courtesy of the Maine State Prison

An outside-the-box fundraiser teams up local artists, a local gallery, and the local penitentiary.
Clarry Hill, Where in Maine, September 2022
Photography

Can You Name This Hill and the Town Where It’s Found?

The little knoll, just 643 feet tall, is named for a family that settled on it before the Civil War.
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.
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Best of Maine 2022

Our 15th annual roundup of Maine’s best everything: art galleries to architects, beers to boutiques, golf courses to gift shops. How did your favorites do?
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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2022 Down East Lobster Roll Competition!

Maine lobster roll lovers have spoken, and these three winners of the 2022 Down East Lobster Roll Competition are the best in the state.
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Food & Drink

In Praise of the Stow Corner Store

There’s just one option for stocking up on essentials or grabbing a meal at the edge of Maine's stretch of White Mountain National Forest. Luckily, it’s an awfully good one.
The recently muralized Gem Theater, in Bethel Maine
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Fryeburg and Bethel Are Notch Your Average Towns

Get to know Maine’s funky White Mountains gateway communities.
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