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The kitchen in Amy Rees and Robert Lash’s 1887 Gardiner schoolhouse-turned-home features an original brick wall, tin ceiling, and blackboards — now forming an island top
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Transforming This Former Schoolhouse Provided Renovation and Life Lessons

First up: how to scrape fossilized spitballs from a 135-year-old tin ceiling.
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Our annual Maine-Made Gift Guide, holiday historic-home tours, an otherworldly look at rock salt, and more.
The Fryeburg Fair is one of several Maine fall festivals returning to in-person events in 2021
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7 Maine Fall Festivals Returning to In-Person Events This Year

After a year without mass gatherings, Maine’s AG fairs and end-of-season street festivals are making a comeback.
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Best Small-Town Downtowns: Gardiner

Along the Kennebec River, the Water Street scene is vibrant and varied — and a comeback story.
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Weekly Update: How Mainers Are Coping With COVID-19 (4/21)

Camden reinstalled its iconic holiday star, Maine students developed an emergency ventilator, first responders salute health-care workers.
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A roadrunner hitches a ride to Maine, New England's largest array of solar panels, the greenest school in the country, and more.
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Maine Urban Timber Company Is Making Forest Products Without the Forest

The Gardiner company is turning what would-be waste wood into things of beauty.
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Trash Becomes Treasure in This Gardiner Farmhouse

Art and curiosities fill every nook in the home of artists Allison McKeen and Matt Demers.
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Susan Montell’s Latke Recipe

Don't forget to add a dash of love — Susan says it makes all the difference.
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Meet the Maine Cabin Masters

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