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Our Towns

Westbrook’s Saccarappa Falls once powered the Dana Warp Mill

Best Places to Live in Maine: Westbrook

Is Westbrook stealing Portland’s thunder?
Brunswick, Maine

Best Places to Live in Maine: Brunswick

The college town is just the right size for staff photographer Benjamin Williamson and his family.
Downtown Ellsworth

Best Places to Live in Maine: Ellsworth

A town with momentum at Acadia’s front door.
Hope, Maine

Best Places to Live in Maine: Hope

Editor in chief Brian Kevin likes the woodsy vibe of this midcoast hamlet.
Raneley, Maine

Best Places to Live in Maine: Rangeley

Who really needs a ski mountain, anyway?
Augusta, Maine

Best Places to Live in Maine: Augusta

A new crop of downtown entrepreneurs has a message: Don’t Dis ’Gusta.
Augusta, Maine

The Best Places to Live in Maine 2020

From coastal villages to mountain hamlets to the state capital. Can you picture yourself in one of these 12 Maine towns?
Maine School of Science and Mathematics student-run clubs

Fast Times at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics

Excerpts from a brochure for student-run clubs at the nation's second-best high school.
Dr. Marie Battiste's Favorite Maine Place, Nickerson Lake

Dr. Marie Battiste’s Favorite Maine Place

Before she was a widely-traveled leader in indigenous education, Marie Battiste was an Aroostook County girl.
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Age-Friendly Communities are Growing in Maine

With help from AARP, Mainers are building the supports they need to thrive in their own communities for life.
Maine Dispatches

Maine News You May Have Missed

Oprah eats a lobster roll, a retired fire chief fights foxes, and more.

“There’s Just Something Here That Gives Us This Sense of Identity.”

What are Aroostook County values, and why should they matter to the rest of us? We asked Kathryn Olmstead, a founding editor of Echoes magazine, who’s spent her career chronicling what sets the County apart.
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