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The War Game

For one hundred summers, Pine Island Camp has engaged in a complex battle of deception and strategy.
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Maine Road Trip: Miles 452 to 527

Southern Maine Running parallel to Interstate 295 from Brunswick to South Portland and then alongside Interstate 95 until it reaches...
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Maine Road Trip: Miles 214 to 333

Down East It is called Coastal Route 1 now, although the coastal views are limited to either end of these 119 miles....
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Maine Road Trip: Miles 0 to 69

Acadian Country BY: VIRGINIA M. WRIGHT The Maine Road Route 1 in Maine spans 527 miles, 9 counties, 81 communities,...
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Route 1: Many Names, One History

It may be old, established, and familiar, but it is also a dynamic highway that refuses to lie quietly in its bed.
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Man on the Gallows

Portland’s Nathaniel Gordon was the only person in the United States to be executed for slave trading.
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Sarton By the Sea

Writer May Sarton was never fully embraced by York, the Maine town that she loved.
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Maine Road Trip: Miles 334 to 451

The Midcoast Driving becomes an exercise in speeding up and slowing down as Route 1 widens to carry heavy summer...
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Maine Road Trip: Miles 70 to 213

Potato Fields and Deep Woods In a state with a reputation for rugged shoresand impenetrable forests, the Aroostook County landscape...
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Maine Road Trip: The Road Less Taken

The many faces of Route 1A. BY: EDGAR ALLEN BEEM [T]he refusal of U.S. Route 1 to lay still is...
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Maine’s Got Moxie

It’s no longer regarded as a cure-all, but the curious-tasting soft drink does seem to be a prescription for happiness.
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