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Soakology

Billed as a “foot sanctuary and tea house,” Soakology offers packages that pair therapeutic treatments with just the right leaves.
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Out of the Shadows

Underground puppeteers take center stage at a bawdy annual slam in Portland.
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Even before construction started, Scales was one of the most talked about restaurants in town. Everyone wanted to know how two Portland legends, restaurateur Dana Street and chef Sam Hayward, could possibly top their wildly successful prior endeavors
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8 Crazy Maine Ideas

We asked our contributors to throw skepticism out the window and float a few moonshot proposals that’d impact Maine for the better.
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Peace and Quiet

On her third record, Portland singer-songwriter Sorcha Cribben-Merrill gets intimate.
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November 2016

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On Deck

Photographer Justin Levesque considers Maine’s relationship to its subarctic neighbors — and the lines across the sea that link us.
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Scoring the Archives

Haunting modern guitar meets sepia-tinged nostalgia in Sumner McKane’s new deep-dive documentary Northeast by Eastern.
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Roadkill Hotspots

With the help of some 460 volunteers Barbara Charry has been able to identify hotspots where animals and humans seem most likely to meet on the road.
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