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Blue Butterfield in her airy studio at Portland’s Peregrine Press
Maine-Made

Portland Printmaker Blue Butterfield’s Memoir Cuts Deep

Maine: A Love Story comprises 32 essays illustrated with her woodcut prints.
Peter Rioux wearing magnifying glasses while working on a timepiece
Maine-Made

Clock Doc Peter Rioux Shares What Makes Him Tick

The Winterport tinkerer has rehabbed some 7,000 mechanical timekeepers.
Primo's restaurant garden in Rockland, Maine
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Can You Name This Culinary Oasis?

The five-acre farm is situated in the backyard of a Mediterranean restaurant owned by a James Beard Award winner.
Mike Zubik, pictured in his Passadumkeag kitchen
Maine-Made

When It Comes to Cast-Iron Pans, Collector Mike Zubik’s a Seasoned Pro

He resells and restores hundreds of pieces of antique and vintage cookware through his home business, Passadumkeag Iron.
Gus Fillebrown sharpening a saw blade at Complete Sharpening Service in Bridgton, Maine
Maine-Made

There’s Never a Dull Moment at Gus Fillebrown’s Bridgton Sharpening Shop

He’s honed everything from knives and pizza cutters to arrowheads and samurai swords.
Brian Allen fixing a lamp, at the Lamp Repair Shop in South Portland
Maine-Made

In South Portland, the Lamp Repair Shop Shines a Light on the Artistry of Old Fixtures

Not to throw shade, but new lamps have nothing on Brian Allen’s rehabbed antiques.
Pine Point Road, in Scarborough, flooded on January 13, 2024.
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Storm Surge: Scenes from Last Winter’s Devastating Storms

A handful of intrepid Maine photographers set out to document the historically severe weather's full force.
sour-cream-striped barbecued carrots and tobiko-studded French onion dip with malted-vinegar potato chips from bon Vivant
Food & Drink

Voilà, Lewiston’s New French-Inspired Restaurant, Bon Vivant

The welcoming eatery in a former Subway sandwich shop has a certain je ne sais quoi.
Farmhand Pia Capaldi’s tiny home in
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4 Stylish, Efficient Maine Dwellings Under 1,000 Square Feet

In an era of sky-high housing and construction costs, it’s little wonder some Mainers are seeing the appeal of a tinier abode.
Maine upholsterer Molly Hutchins, owner of The Recovery Room, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Home + Garden

Throwing Out Old Furniture Doesn’t Sit Well with Upholsterer Molly Hutchins

At the Recovery Room, in Boothbay Harbor, she and her husband restore everything from bar stools to sectionals.
Lake & Co.’s wedding soup, meatballs, and mac and cheese make for one heck of a comfort-food spread.
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Lake & Co.’s Meals Make a Night In Feel Like a Night Out

From mouthwatering meatballs to herb-roasted chicken, the Yarmouth catering company delivers one heck of a heat-and-serve spread.
April 2024, Where in Maine?
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Can You Name This Anchor of Maine’s Seafaring Past?

Now a museum, visitors can stroll among more than a dozen 19th-century buildings.
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