To paraphrase Thomas Wolfe, you can’t go to the Old Port again. Or can you? A one-time Portlander returns to a city she knew in the late 1970s. By Suzanne Strempek Shea
Best Places to Live in Maine: Sweet ’16
After four rounds of voting in our online Maine Madness tournament, we now know Maine’s single most appealing hometown (hint, it’s in the mountains!), plus seven other dream locales in the Pine Tree State. Ready to relocate?
What’s Next for the World’s Best Teacher?
It’s been a year since Edgecomb’s Nancie Atwell won a million dollars for banning tests and letting students pick their own reading material. Where does she go from here? By Michaela Cavallaro
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Can you identify this mill building and the river on which it sits?
I recently ordered the March 2016 issue of Down East Magazine to read Suzanne Strempek Shea's excellent story about returning to Portland, Maine, where she had attended the Portland School of Art years earlier. She has a unique authorial voice, and she brings it to bear most enjoyably in this story. Highly recommended.
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