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Escaped bison, support for an official state rock, a crackdown on provocative vanity plates, and more.
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A Portland Second Empire Gets a Glow Up

A couple who loves to host trades tight Boston quarters for a 1900 place in the Forest City, but its jigsaw of dark rooms and small backyard needed reworking before party time.
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A Portland Printmaker’s Designs are Cropping Up Everywhere

The flower-packed motifs are destined to become perennial favorites.
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With passions running high on both sides, it's not an open-and-shut case.
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Why alewives are catching the attention of photographers and wildlife watchers, a look at Maine's art colonies, reasons to love summer in Maine, and more.
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Lifting the Curtain on Custom Design

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At 50, Maine’s One-of-a-Kind Salt Institute Is Still “Feisty”

A look back — and a look at what’s current — as Maine’s Salt Institute for Documentary Studies marks 50 years.
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