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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from March’s photo.
Taxidermist Bethany Hickey working on a silver pied peacock
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Death Becomes a Scarborough Artist’s Lifelike Birds

Bethany Hickey, a.k.a. the Taxidermy Chick, specializes in preserving peafowl of all varieties.
Walter Reed and Genice Billings with their Memorial Ambulance Corps house-call vehicle
Our Towns

Deer Isle’s Memorial Ambulance Corps Is a Case Study in Community Paramedicine

House-call doctors might be a thing of the past, but house-call EMTs have started helping to fill the void, especially in underserved communities.
Wedding Cake House, Kennebunk, Maine
Home + Garden

Restoring Kennebunk’s Wedding Cake House Is No Piece of Cake

Keeping up the landmark that resembles an elaborate confection hasn’t always been sweet.
Maine sheep shearer Jeff Burchstead
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The Wild and Woolly Life of a Maine Sheep Shearer

When sheep need to be shorn, there’s a good chance Maine farmers are going to call Jeff Burchstead.
Dover-Foxcroft’s Central Hall,
Our Towns

Restoring Maine’s Once-Vibrant Public Buildings

In rural pockets across the state, residents are finding community in rehabbed antique structures (and bringing back contra dancing).
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Maine-Made

These Maine-Made Wares Are a Chip Off the Old Quilt Block

From cards to coasters, each piece is inspired by classic patchworks.
Grafton Notch State Park
Our Towns

Kevin Hawkes’s Favorite Maine Place

The children’s-book illustrator finds inspiration at Grafton Notch State Park.
Photographer Aliza Eliazarov's Great Pyrenees-Border-collie mix
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A Kittery Photographer Unleashes Two Years’ Worth of Dog Portraits

For Aliza Eliazarov, finding subjects for her new book, The Best Dog, was a walk in the park.
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Food & Drink

Cait Shibles Is Cooking Up Something New at Camp Susan Curtis

When she took over the kitchen at the Stoneham camp, where kids from disadvantaged backgrounds come for a classic summer experience, she decided to start from scratch.
Crooked Face Creamery’s lemon-fennel ricotta on toast
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Crooked Face Creamery Takes Home One of the Dairy World’s Top Honors

The Skowhegan cheesemaker’s lemon-fennel ricotta won bronze in the fresh-cow’s-milk category at the 2023 World Cheese Awards.
Brown Mountain Gatehouse, Acadia National Park
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from January’s photo.
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