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Carrabassett Valley’s Johanna Fowler painted her vintage Maine Central Railroad caboose Benjamin Moore’s Heritage Red as a classic alternative to the car’s original yellow.
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Home Sweet . . . Caboose?

For an itinerant Sugarloafer, a vintage train car in need of TLC was the ticket to putting down roots.
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How Mainers do winter, a look back — and a look ahead — at the Salt Institute, what every would-be Mainer needs to know, and more!
Winter Starts Now opens in Maine, and follows the owners of Freeport’s Amalgam Skis.
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Maine Ski and Board Makers Star in New Warren Miller Film

Winter Starts Now opens in Maine, and follows the owners of Freeport’s Amalgam Skis.
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The Maine-iest Drink from Each of Maine’s 16 Counties

Lobster beers to lobster cocktails, raw milk to milkshakes. Who's ready for a Moxie bomb?
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The results of our 2020 Best of Maine poll, the midcoast communities of Phippsburg and Georgetown, and more.
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A look back at 200 years of life in Maine, centenarians from across the state reflect on the Maine that was, and more.
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Maine News You May Have Missed

Sugarloaf starts carving out new trails, Marden’s closes one of its stores, an exhibition for a Maine musician Dick Curless opens, and more.
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December 2022

Our favorite Maine-y Advent calendar, Maine-made menorahs, festive holiday-lighting displays, Maine’s very own Christmas song, and more.
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Sunday River vs. Sugarloaf:
Mega-Resort Matchup

Maine's two biggie resorts are each epic in their own special way.
October 20205
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October 2020

Autumn in Acadia National Park is a time of transitions, vivid contrasts, and quiet beauty. Plus, the little city of Eastport tried for years to lure mega cruise ships to its docks. Then, amid a global pandemic, it got one, along with the ship’s skeleton crew of coronavirus exiles.
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Slopeside Retreat

A Sugarloaf condo is given a playful makeover.
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For the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team member, one Maine run stands out.
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