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2025

Brooklin school kids are ‘growing up with trees’ The Weekly Packet

An Ode to Uncle Henry’s Swap or Sell It Guide: Local memories from the beloved classifieds’ 55-year run* Island Ad-Vantages, The Weekly Packet, River Observer

Dam owner hands over 1,000 pages of documents: Estimated $1M lost tax revenue if water released* The Weekly Packet, River Observer

Deal made with Salt Pond Barrens landowner The Weekly Packet

2024

Wild Blueberry Land is History Down East magazine

Vazquez Mexican Takeout is Spicing Things Up in Millbridge Down East magazine

A Maine town’s oldest elm comes down at 158 years old Bangor Daily News, The Weekly Packet

High schools put cell phone restrictions in place: Parents texting students a problem* Island Ad-Vantages, River Observer, The Weekly Packet

Cemetery poses challenges of not-so-eternal rest: What happens when gravesites meet shoreside erosion? The Weekly Packet

Maine Maritime Academy custodian retires after nearly four decades River Observer

Schooner Bowdoin returns to the Arctic The River Observer

School enrollment follows housing trends The Weekly Packet, River Observer, Island Ad-Vantages

’Blueberries not McMansions’: Dozens voice concerns about Salt Pond subdivision The Weekly Packet

2023

A Maine community comes together to save a candlepin bowling tradition NPR Digital

Staying in Her Lanes: an old candlepin alley finds an unlikely new champion Down East magazine

Chef Lulu Ranta Brings a James Beard Award Home to Monson Down East magazine

Blue Hill Pride draws all-ages crowd to celebrate local LGBTQ community* The Weekly Packet

Skaters remain hopeful, despite rough start to ice skating season The Weekly Packet, Island Ad-Vantages

2022

For generations, local wreath makers carry on tradition and holiday spirit River Observer, Island Ad-Vantages, The Weekly Packet

New Surry Theatre celebrates 50 years of performance, truth, and community* The Weekly Packet

*Award Winning from Maine Press Association