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Autumn Is Acadia National Park’s Best Season

It's a time of transitions, vivid contrasts, and quiet beauty.
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Issues & Politics

The 27-Year-Old Cold Case That Will Put Familial DNA on Trial

Critics of the justice system’s reliance on familial DNA are looking to the trial of a Maine man, accused of a horrific crime, as a case that could change the status quo — with repercussions outside the courtroom.
Bennett-Bean Covered Bridge in Wilsons Mills, Maine
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Can You Name the River Beneath This Historic Bridge?

This turn-of-the-20th-century bridge bears the names of two of the region’s pioneering families.
Moose Drawing
History

Forty Years Ago, Some Mainers Called Bull on the Moose Hunt

Today, both the hunt and lottery are widely embraced traditions.
Our Towns

The COVID Cruise Ship and the Maine Fishing Town

Eastport tried for years to lure mega cruise ships. Then, amid a global pandemic, it got one, along with a skeleton crew of coronavirus exiles.
Where in Maine, September 2020
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Can You Name This Magnificent Maine Waterway?

This month's Where in Maine is a wilderness ribbon.
Illustrations by Kelsey Grass
Features

5 Things a Maine Newcomer Should Know

Other than how to pronounce Passagassawaukeag.
Stone Barn Farm, Bar Harbor, Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Our Towns

An Old Farmer Saves an Old Barn

Turning Bar Harbor's Stone Barn Farm into a preserve was a labor of love.
Bull market: A male and female taxidermy moose sold for $4,500 and $1,600, respectively. Their new home is the Lobster Pound, in nearby Lincolnville Beach.
Issues & Politics

Going, Going, Gone: The Colorful Vestiges of MBNA’s Lavish Midcoast Legacy

Last month's auction of a former retreat center felt like an epilogue to an era of corporate largesse.
The harbor at Five Islands
Our Towns

Georgetown and Phippsburg: “More Maine Than Maine”

Straddling the Kennebec, the midcoast communities of Phippsburg and Georgetown embody the best of Maine’s sylvan, scenic, seagoing character.
Photo by Michael D. Wilson
Best of Maine

Best of Maine 2020

Readers and editors share their picks for Maine’s best everything: bookstores to breweries, museums to marinas, art galleries to architects. How'd your favorites do?
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In Search of the Old Home Place

For a rootless descendant of some of Maine’s earliest settlers, solace is a quiet shore on a secluded tidal bay.
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