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Best of Maine Home and Garden

Tiny houses. Tiny trees. Homegrown seedlings. Fancy concrete. Here are our 2015 editors' choices for the Best of Maine Home and Garden.
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Habitat for Hobbits

Habitat for Hobbits — Wooden Wonders’ little playhouses offer plenty of room for big imaginations.
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Village Farm

Sandy Vogels calls his Damariscotta micro-homestead Ephemeral Farm, but there’s nothing ephemeral about his devotion to the circa-1850s house — or to his animals. He’s raised the goats since they were two-week-old kids.
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Our Hopper

Ever wanted to step inside a painting by your favorite artist? Veteran journalist David Millward did just that. Kind of.
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Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from May.
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Best of Maine – Readers’ Choice

Another year, another Down East Best of Maine Readers’ Choice poll. Some 5,000 of you cast a ballot this year, and you’re an opinionated bunch. The results include some newcomers in their categories and some stalwart shoo-ins that just can’t seem to lose.
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Annemarie Ahearn’s Biscuits with Summer Berries Recipe

Berries with biscuits and cream evoke memories of carefree days.
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Best of Maine Family

Rollercoasters. Jungle gyms. Blueberry clouds. Newbery Honors. Here are our 2015 editors' choices for the Best of Maine Family.
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Your Maine – July 2015

Each month we ask readers to share a piece of "Your Maine" with us, a reflection on the place we all love. This month we asked, "What's your best memory of a Maine lake?" Read on to see some of our favorite responses.
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Best of Maine Culture

Ukrainian fusion folk. Social media shutterbugs. Hollywood starlets. Highbrow foot laundry. The Best of Maine Editors' Choice winners for "Culture."
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Shattered

A historic process is exposing the injuries inflicted by Maine’s child welfare system on generations of Wabanaki people — and illuminating a way forward to bring healing and change.
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