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A 42-year-old parking ticket finally gets paid, a black bear swims to Vinalhaven, and more.
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The Bloody Business

How a physician’s assistant in Bridgton became Stephen King’s Hippocrates of horror.
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Cabin Masters

A family finds solace, and creative footing, at a former summer retreat in Bridgton.
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Sitting Pretty

A family strikes real estate gold on a largely spoken-for stretch of Bridgton’s Highland Lake.
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Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from our January 2017 issue.
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Cold days and long nights wearing on you? To bust through those mid-winter doldrums, we have four heart-pounding, adrenaline-pumping races for you to check out (or try out) this year.
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We plucked a narrow-eyed racing cyclist out of retirement and dropped him into the “vacation on two wheels” that is BikeMaine. Can he learn to relax and enjoy the ride?
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