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a Jumping worm — also known as a crazy worm, a snake worm, and an Alabama jumper
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A Destructive Earthworm Is Wriggling Its Way into More Maine Gardens 

And there might not be anything that can halt its spread.
Where in Maine? February 2024
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from February’s photo.
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.
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.
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.
Lake & Co.’s wedding soup, meatballs, and mac and cheese make for one heck of a comfort-food spread.
Food & Drink

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.
A former card catalog at Bucksport’s Buck Memorial Library is now a seed catalog
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Seed Libraries Are Sprouting Up Around the Pine Tree State

Maine libraries have added seed “borrowing” to their growing list of resources.
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