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Joel Crabtree

Bangor, Maine
As seen in: Down East Magazine, Men's Health, Bangor Daily News, Battle Creek Enquirer, Ex Bulletin, Our Community Now
Writer. Editor. Terrible, yet persistent, doodler.
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No Snow? No Problem at This Maine Cross-Country Ski Center

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By Joel Crabtree
| Down East Magazine Verified
Back in the 1930s, a ski slope in Waterville opened, served by a rope tow, one of the first of its kind in Maine. The little downhill destination shut down during World War II, but the Colby College outing club revived it in the late 1940s and continued to operate it until the 1970s. For several decades afterward, the land sat abandoned, turning into an overgrown tangle.
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Down East Magazine,September 2025

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By Joel Crabtree, Katy Kelleher Verified, Kaitlyn Schwalje Verified, Jesse Ellison
| Down East Magazine Verified
Features The Holdouts What use does the world have for a video-rental shop, a record store, or a general store in this era of e-commerce, digital streaming, and big boxes? Mainers have some ideas. By Joel Crabtree, Katy Kelleher, and Kaitlyn Schwalje Against the Grain Twenty-two miles offshore, among the tiny and tight-knit community that embraced her when she was adopted as a child, Usha Beaudoin turns seawater into salt.
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Propelling the Electrification of Maine’s Working Waterfront

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By Joel Crabtree
| Down East Magazine Verified
Growing up in Southwest Harbor, Lia Morris spent her childhood surrounded by boats. It was inevitable. She had a boatyard in her backyard, because her father, Tom Morris, was a boatbuilder and the founder of Morris Yachts, maker of elegant sailing vessels. Exploring Mount Desert Island, both on the water and on foot, she took an interest in the environment at a young age and became increasingly interested in how to protect it.
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