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A Couple Gives New Life to a Humble Portland Home

Erected in another home's backyard, it may have once been a boarding house.
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A Portland Designer’s Living Room Will Make You Rethink an Overlooked Wall Color

Marianne Lesko had been trying to persuade clients to use the non-traditional shade for years.
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Construction begins on Maine’s largest solar farm, a revitalization project at Big Moose Mountain is on indefinite hold, and more.
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Store-Bought Menorahs Don’t Hold a Candle to These One-of-a-Kind Designs

ANK Ceramics’s bespoke menorahs are influenced by the modernist sculptures of Ruth Duckworth.
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The world’s first hybrid-powered cruise ship stops in Maine, a Canadian Pacific Railway train derails in Orneville, and more.
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In Brief: Miyake Is Back (And So Is Portland’s Dining Scene)

Chef Masa Miyake has reopened his one-of-a-kind sushi bar — just one indicator of the city’s restaurant rebound.
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The New Top of the East Is (Ahem) an Elevated Affair

Freshly refurbished, the cocktail bar on the 15th floor of the Westin Portland Harborview isn't your typical chain hotel lounge.
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Our favorite Maine-y Advent calendar, Maine-made menorahs, festive holiday-lighting displays, Maine’s very own Christmas song, and more.
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Danny Mejia Is Running Every Street in Portland

The record-setting distance runner will log (and map) close to 400 miles while methodically running every block of the Forest City.
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