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Elizabeth Arden Belgrade Lakes destination spa Maine Chance
History

How Elizabeth Arden Lured Urban One-Percenters to the Maine Woods

The cosmetics maven came to the Belgrade Lakes and invented the destination spa.
Lupines
Arts & Leisure

Why We Love Miss Rumphius Now More Than Ever

"You must do something to make the world more beautiful." Barbara Cooney's simple and profound message still resonates.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

Can Looking to the Past Protect the Future of Maine’s Woods?

Communities around the state are taking control of their own forests again.
fire
Arts & Leisure

Interesting Times

In her latest Room With a View column, Susan Hand Shetterly writes about reconnecting, keeping busy, and tamping down fears during the pandemic.
Home + Garden

From an Overgrown Farm Field, an Enviable Garden Retreat

A Nobleboro couple's labor of love
browntail moth caterpillars emerging from their nest
Land, Water & Wildlife

The Tiny, Toxic Caterpillar Wreaking Havoc on Maine

An outbreak of browntail moth caterpillars is vexing a large swarth of the state, and Mainers are itching to find a solution.
Arts & Leisure

John Gould’s Beloved Golden Road is Still a “Wilderness Pleasure”

A rugged road trip into the Thoreau country, beloved by writers.
100 Maine books
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100 Books Every Lover of Maine Should Read

Novels to memoirs, kids' books to cookbooks.
Arts & Leisure

5 Superb Maine Poetry Collections

Maine’s most important writers of verse, as selected by Gary Lawless, poet and co-owner of Brunswick’s Gulf of Maine Books.
metal bracelets by Ebenezer Akakpo
Maine-Made

Ebenezer Akakpo’s Jewelry Has Something to Say

The Portland jeweler makes patterns out of traditional symbols from his native Ghana.
a virtual tour of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Arts & Leisure

See the CMCA’s Latest Shows from the Comfort of Home

Interactive virtual tours of the Rockland museum are their own works of art.
Great Wass Island Preserve, Where in Maine April 2020
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Here is our favorite letter from April's "Where in Maine?" photo of Great Wass Island Preserve.
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