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Maine-Made

The Maine Crafts Guild’s Fine Craft Shows Are Back, With a Twist

After merging with the Maine Crafts Association, the guild’s three much-loved fine-craft shows make their return this summer.
Photography

Maine’s Abandoned Military Forts:
A Photo Tour

From colonial outposts to midcentury batteries, Maine’s former military forts are bastions of history and marvels of engineering. Photographer Benjamin Williamson captures their splendors, grand and subtle.
Allagash View Farms the first Maine farm to go big on haskap berries
Food & Drink

Are Haskap Berries the Next Big Aroostook County Crop?

The hardy little berry resembles an oversize, oblong blueberry, and it tastes like a blueberry-raspberry hybrid.
a sampling of the fermented products available at Onggi in Portland, Maine
Food & Drink

Find Funky Fermented Foods and Beverages at Onggi

Portland’s new fermentation-focused market carries everything from kimchi to preserved lemons to sourdough.
David Driskell at his Falmouth Studio
Arts & Leisure

Remembering the Remarkable Life of David Driskell

At the Portland Museum of Art, the late Maine painter gets his first major solo exhibition.
Where in Maine May 2021 clue
Photography

Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Here's our favorite letter from May's Where in Maine photo.
Arts & Leisure

The Midcoast Sternmen Are What the NBA Used to Be

Maine‘s new semi-pro basketball team is scrappy, physical, and full of players hungry for their shot.
Home + Garden

Behold: Belfast’s Boozy Cure-All!

The latest installment of our appraisal series considers this and other Maine-y treasures.
Trent and Colleen Schriefer, in the Hickory Arms workshop.
Maine-Made

Hickory Arms’s Maine-Made Swords Are Keeping Chivalry Alive

Trent and Colleen Schriefer craft highly precise wooden training swords at their North Berwick studio.
What's in a Name? The Story Behind Every Town Name in Maine
Our Towns

How Every Maine Town Got Its Name

A new book reveals the historical quirks, Native words, civic ambitions, and personal whims behind the names of Maine’s cities and towns.
Home + Garden

Flowers and Veggies Mingle in This Ellsworth Garden

And Mary Blackstone's family has been tending them for generations.
Where In Maine, July 2021
Photography

Can You Name This Island Town?

The demolition of the old bridge connecting this island community to the mainland might have ruffled a few feathers.
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