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Travel & Outdoors

The Four Maine Antiques Trails No Treasure Hunter Should Miss

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite antiques stores, vintage shops, flea markets, and more.
The view of Rockland Harbor from a window on The Apprenticeshop's workshop floor.
Our Towns

Isabella Feracci’s Favorite Maine Place

The Apprenticeshop executive director loves to take in the view from the nonprofit’s workshop floor.
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The Fading Americana of Down East Maine

In the easternmost counties in the country, fragments of a nostalgic American aesthetic linger along the byways and back roads.
Our Towns

Can Northeast Harbor Stay Livable Year-Round?

The vitality of one Mount Desert Island villag rests on the ties that bind locals and summer folk.
the library at Washburn-Norlands Living History Center
Our Towns

Julia Bouwsma’s Favorite Maine Place

Maine’s poet laureate on the library at Livermore’s Washburn-Norlands Living History Center.
Alister Holmes, of Misty Brook Farm, walks through a pile of manure mixed with straw bedding.
Land, Water & Wildlife

We’re Only Beginning to Grapple with the Toxic Legacy of “Forever Chemicals”

Maine leads the nation in its response to the PFAS crisis, but we're just waking up to the problem.
An array of dishes from Elevation Sushi and Tacos
Food & Drink

Tacos and Sushi Become One in Bridgton

Jump between Mexican and Japanese flavors in one sitting at Elevation Sushi and Tacos.
Camden's 200-year-old Montgomery Dam
Our Towns

Should Camden Remove Its 200-Year-Old Harbor-Front Dam?

In a small-town squabble over a scenic waterfall, it’s one dam disagreement after another.
Bridget M. Burns, outside the Freedom Farm barn, with daughters Sinead and Clodagh and husband Kevin.
History

This Unassuming Maine Farm Once Sheltered Families Displaced By War

For Bridget M. Burns, whose unconventional Kennebunkport home is all that remains of Freedom Farm, its legacy feels pressing today.
Where in Maine, July 2022
Photography

Can You Name This Harborfront Town and the Movie Musical Filmed There?

The waterfront provided the backdrop for a musical number in a Rodgers and Hammerstein film adaption.
State representative Jeffrey Evangelos is the legislature’s criminal-justice reformer in chief.
Issues & Politics

The State of Maine v. Parole

Maine was the first state to eliminate the possibility of parole. Now, a hard-nosed state legislator and a once-incarcerated PhD student are making the case that parole deserves a second chance.
The Four Maine Craft Vodkas Your Cocktail Cabinet Needs
Food & Drink

The Four Maine Craft Vodkas Your Cocktail Cabinet Needs

Big hat-tip to sugar kelp, organic horseradish, Oxford Hills spring water, and good old-fashioned Maine spuds.
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