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The Maine Winters I Remember — And the Ones Yet to Come
Our Towns

The Maine Winters I Remember — And the Ones Yet to Come

The author of the book The Last Winter recalls the cold, carefree Maine winters of his youth — and considers the transformed winters ahead.
Scott Stevens is one of only about two dozen horse loggers left in the Pine Tree State.
Our Towns

In the Woods With of One of Maine’s Last Horse Loggers

Scott Stevens is one of only about two dozen horse loggers left in the Pine Tree State.
Camden National Wealth Management advisor Edmund “Ned” Muskie Jr.
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Investing Fundamentals

The pandemic prompted plenty of Americans to reassess their quality of life, and one of them was Edmund “Ned” Muskie,...
How Land Trusts Are Conserving Maine's Coastal Features
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How Land Trusts Are Conserving Maine’s Coastal Features

Maine’s coast is a patchwork of critical ecosystems and community resources. Here are what Maine land trusts are doing to preserve them.
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December 2021

Our annual Maine-Made Gift Guide, holiday historic-home tours, an otherworldly look at rock salt, and more.
The former B&M Baked Beans Factory in Portland Maine
Our Towns

Farewell to Portland’s B&M Baked Beans Factory

A defining feature of Portland’s cityscape is ceasing production.
The steeple from Camden’s former Methodist church, built in 1893, rises up behind ship-mast crosses in the harbor in this photo that Ralston calls Faith, taken in 1989.
Land, Water & Wildlife

A Season for Faith and Ritual

You don’t have to be a druid to appreciate spiritual customs this time of year.
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Can You Name the Town Where This Bridge Is Found?

A few miles downstream is a site where, this summer, one of Maine’s few remaining covered bridges was lost to fire.
Bethany Field at her sewing machine
Maine-Made

The Stitch Shop Pushing Maine’s Surrogate State Flag

Maine Flag Company found a niche with an old-school design.
Sufganiyot from Victoria Nam’s Siblings Bakery.
Food & Drink

Where to Find Sufganiyot in Maine

More Mainers are discovering the holiday joy of the traditional jelly doughnuts of Hanukkah.
herring smoking inside South Bristol’s 85-year-old smokehouse4
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Inside South Bristol’s 85-Year-Old Herring Smokehouse

Two brothers tend to a woodstove and a Maine tradition.
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Maine News You May Have Missed

The largest piece of Mars on Earth comes to Maine, bunnies, so many bunnies, in Dexter, and more.
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