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Back to Center

Henry Garfield
Patrick Myers was born the yea Center Theatre closed. He came back to Dover-Foxcroft in time to see its revival; now it's his job to keep it hoppin'.

Perennial Beauties

Doug Kesseli
Still nursing tomato seedlings under your grow light? No worries: Backyard Beauties are ripe and ready at your local grocery store all year long.

Hitting the Pavement

Melanie Brooks
If you see a cross section of humanity running along a road near you, it's probably the Sub5 Track Club. They're hoping you'll join them.

Reinventing Downtown

Henry Garfield
Bangor is seeing a resurgence of venues, investment, and community spirit. Ditto for Ellsworth and Belfast. And it's all centered around the cobblestoned stretch they all call downtown.

History in Motion

Russ Van Arsdale
The U.S. has no single national film archive. Our moving history's survival depends on a few climate-controlled treasure chests - like the one at Northeast Historic Film in Bucksport.

Sweet Work

Annaliese Jakimides
Two decades ago, artist Melissa Sweet gave herself a month to break into children's boom publishing. She's been coloring young readers' worlds with delight ever since.

Survival Food

Anne Gabbianelli O'Reilly
When Thom Lloyd's wife, Jeni, got cancer, he researched every healthy recipe he could find to make her well. Now he's working to keep her that way.

Soapbox Derby: Greenhouse Gases

Scott K Fish and Sean Faircloth
Last year, the legislature passed the Regional Greenhouse Gas Iniative (RGGI) Act, creating a new carbon dioxide cap and requiring power plants to participate in a regional carbon credit trade program. Fish and Faircloth: What say you? Is RGGI a good law or a bad law?