When sheep need to be shorn, there’s a good chance Maine farmers are going to call Jeff Burchstead.
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For more than 40 years, the tribes in Maine have had to play by different rules than other indigenous groups across the country.
Small-town papers aren’t nearly as numerous as they once were, but the few survivors are as vital to their communities as ever.
Still in its first year, its welcoming, genial atmosphere and rotating menu focused on local and seasonal fare attracts a regular crowd.
Instead, years of ownership issues, deteriorating infrastructure, and unrealized ambitions have reduced Big Moose to a shadow of its former self. Can anyone give the old resort a much-needed lift?
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When sheep need to be shorn, there’s a good chance Maine farmers are going to call Jeff Burchstead.
For more than 40 years, the tribes in Maine have had to play by different rules than other indigenous groups across the country.
Small-town papers aren’t nearly as numerous as they once were, but the few survivors are as vital to their communities as ever.
Still in its first year, its welcoming, genial atmosphere and rotating menu focused on local and seasonal fare attracts a regular crowd.
Instead, years of ownership issues, deteriorating infrastructure, and unrealized ambitions have reduced Big Moose to a shadow of its former self. Can anyone give the old resort a much-needed lift?
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Food & Drink
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Travel & Outdoors
For the lifelong Whiting resident, some things never change — not his Bean boots, not his skate blades, and certainly not his love of skimming up and down the ice on the Orange River.
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