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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
Travel & Outdoors

Fryeburg and Bethel Are Notch Your Average Towns

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

The 8 Best Day Hikes in Maine’s White Mountains

Four gentle treks and four high-country rambles through Maine’s stretch of the Whites.
the George Brook Flowage, near Indian Township, or Motahkomikuk
Our Towns

Noël Bonam’s Favorite Maine Place

The AARP Maine state director on the George Brook Flowage.
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
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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.
Travel & Outdoors

The Best Swimming Holes in Maine’s White Mountains

The perfect place to cool off after a mountain hike — or just while away a summer afternoon.
Land, Water & Wildlife

An Unlikely Rescue in the Kennebec Gorge — And Its Aftermath

A close call on the Kennebec interrupted author Franklin Burroughs’s life. Two years later, he reflects on the accident and on the changes since — for him and for all of us.
Chip Lagerbom, the diver in the front, is a dive leader and an AP U.S. History teacher.
Our Towns

What Lies Beneath the Water in Frankfort’s 150-Year-Old Abandoned Quarry?

It’s what inspired a group of scuba lovers to ditch the ocean and go quarry diving.
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7 Independent Bookstores That Maine Authors Love

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Doughnuts in Maine: From Inception to Perfection

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