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Somewhere North of Me

Remembering my father's stories — and his fondness for potatoes.
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My Washington County Honeymoon

How one couple fell hard for the unlikeliest of love nests.
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Martha! Martha! Martha!

How the world’s wedding expert nearly ruined mine.
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Fighting Over Fireworks

Just two years after consumer fireworks were legalized in Maine, a move is under way to ban them again.
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One island resident laments her seemingly endless role as hostess during Maine’s popular season.
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An evening snowshoe across a frozen lake to see the northern lights turns into a fight for survival.
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Maine’s Songbird Highway

Scientists aim to unravel the mysteries of migration in the Gulf of Maine.
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Maine has the nation’s third highest rate of Lyme disease, but the illness 
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After losing his son, a father questions 
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Where’s the Fire?

Twenty-five years after Maine voted for Enhanced 911, the system remains a work in progress.
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Spring plantings not only celebrate new life but also help us remember lives that have passed.
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A Moosehead Lake poker run is the way life should be in winter.
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