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While 2023 saw the closest thing to a “return to normalcy” since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, actual COVID numbers and hospitalizations were reported to be rising for the first few months of the year before dropping to unprecedented lows. With a drastic decrease in demand for on-site tests and vaccines, the South Peninsula COVID-19 testing and vaccine site closed its doors, giving way to at-home testing and treatment at the regular hospital facilities.

MONSON — Five master canoe artisans were honored for their craft and skill and efforts to preserve traditions thousands of years old. Steve Cayard, birch bark canoe maker; Barry Dana, a member of the Penobscot nation and birch bark traditional artist; Rollin Thurlow and Jerry Stelmok, wood-canvas canoe makers; and Alexandra Conover Bennett, paddle maker and master Maine guide were each presented with Legislative Sentiments during Monson Arts and Cultural Resources’ “Canoe Land” at the Moore Building on July 15 as part of Monson Summerfest.

BAR HARBOR — Maine’s unique and breathtaking landscape – from its rugged coastline, quaint harbors, majestic mountains and verdant forests – continues to have a powerful effect on the artists

Maine’s towering role in American art owes, in part, to enclaves of artists gathering in out-of-the-way places.

“Loved and Lost” memorial bench lamp-lighting ceremony honors Murnane and the missing