Reclaimed Maine Co.

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At Reclaimed Maine Co., we are inspired by the Maine outdoors and are committed to giving back to our environment. We do this through our use of reclaimed and eco-conscious materials, giving back to local environmental organizations, and inspiring exploration in all ages. As a small one-woman business, all of our products are custom designed and handcrafted to create one-of-a-kind pieces that show love for where you live.

Our wood items are hand scroll cut and hand painted with attention to detail and quality. Each glass item is personally designed, hand placed and etched to create the perfect gift of keepsake. Our apparel is custom designed, sustainably made, and printed in Maine. Each year, we donate a percentage of our proceeds to the Natural Resources Council of Maine to help protect and conserve Maine’s environment. Visit our website for more information.

  • For the love of Lakes, Pines and Coastlines
  • Reclaiming and protecting the places we love to explore
  • Proud member of 1 Perfect for the Planet

Royal Rose Syrups

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Topher Mallory and Matt Page, the brand-new co-owners of Royal Rose, both remember their first taste of a Royal Rose cocktail. Out at one of his favorite spots, Buzz Maine, Matt ordered a cocktail, took one sip, and grabbed the bartender before he could walk away. “The intensity and purity of the flavors, aromas and colors blew me away,” Topher explains. “I had to know how they had distilled so much taste into just a few teaspoons.”

Turns out, the small-batch, locally sourced, certified organic syrups were simmering just 20 minutes down the road in Maine. Royal Rose Syrups was founded by husband-and-wife team Emily and Forrest in Brooklyn and had moved operations to Brunswick, Maine in 2012. When Matt and Topher stopped by the shop in 2016 to see the Royal Rose kitchen for themselves, they had one goal in mind: to make Royal Rose the exclusive syrup in the tasting room of their own company, Split Rock Distilling in Newcastle.

The two companies shared a commitment to sustainability, authenticity, and extraordinary quality. “Royal Rose Syrups were the perfect pairing for our organic, grain-to-glass whiskeys, vodkas, bourbons and gins,” Topher says. “With Royal Rose, every single element in a cocktail can have the same quality, sustainability, and attention to detail. Other mixers muddied or masked the flavors we had worked so hard to create. Royal Rose reveals the true spirit.”

Over the past year, the two companies forged a stronger connection, collaborating on recipes, cocktails, and sharing sourcing, suppliers, and more than a few friendly drinks. So when Emily and Forrest decided to pursue new adventures in 2018, it felt right to entrust Royal Rose to Topher and Matt. The Royal Rose staff supported the transition and stayed on to keep everything running smoothly. Topher and Matt are not changing anything but they are determined to offer even more of a good thing: short-run seasonal syrups, regional flavors, larger bottle sizes, and more to the Royal Rose product line.

“We already live the small-batch life,” says Matt. “Royal Rose bottles fit perfectly alongside our barrels. We respect the history, we savor the recipes, we see the possibilities, and we will keep Royal Rose the company its customers care so much about.”

Pine Rim Publishing

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Books from Pine Rim Publishing provide history enthusiast with carefully researched stories about places and people of America. “Connecting Maine’s Capitals by Stagecoach” places emphasis on road building; stage line formation; and taverns or stage stops along the routes. Individual experiences. comments and editorials are added to support the idea that stagecoaches provided the best way to get there, until the railroads came along.
Our latest publication is a book on the history of Martin’s Point and the Marine Hospital in Portland, Maine. The hospital has been located on the Point since 1859 and is still being used by Martin’s Point Health Care for offices and meetings. The Point’s documented history began in the mid 1600s when Richard Martin married Widow Atwell and it became a working farm.
Masters degree in Electrical Engineering but inspired by my history teacher, Elizabeth Ring, at Deering High School in Portland to write history books.
So far, I have written six books on Arizona, one on Montana and now two about Maine.

Valley View Orchard Pies

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Valley View Orchard Pies has been making pies for almost 30 years and was recently sold in 2018 to a local family that lives in Oxford Maine. The new owners are excited about their new location which provides almost 15,000 square feet of bakery, storage and offices. Stop by to look at our new facility.
Our mission: To provide our customers with the best handmade pies, whoopie pies and tea cakes. We strive to have the best quality, most delicious bakery products made right here in Oxford, Maine.

Pam’s Wreaths

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As a family owned and operated business in Harpswell Maine since 1984 , we are dedicated to offering the best Maine-made Holiday wreaths to people all over the country. Hand-crafted from the freshest Balsam Fir, every one of our wreaths is made personally by founder, Pam Douglas, and her son, Sterling. Each wreath is made and delivered green, fragrant, and fresh, adding the perfect touch of holiday spirit to any home for the whole winter season. Pam’s Wreaths is now offering a new line of Seashell Wreaths. These are made with Seashells from the beaches in Harpswell Maine.
Have a look around our site for all the different styles of wreaths that we can create for your family and read Pam’s story about her beginnings in wreath making with her grandmother, along with how she continues the family tradition and business today.
We are now accepting orders now for both our Christmas wreaths and Seashell wreaths, so you can start placing your wreath orders online for your friends, family, and clients today. We ship everyday Monday through Friday for our Seashell wreaths and will begin shipping the week of Thanksgiving for our line of Christmas Wreaths.
Please note that to ensure delivery before Christmas, orders must be placed by December 15th. In addition to our standard shipped wreaths, we also offer a variety of different size wreaths, and prices for delivery in the surrounding area. Please call or email us with any questions or comments. We love hearing from you.
Thank you to everyone who purchased wreaths from us last season, we hope you all enjoyed them and we look forward to hearing from you this coming year!

Cottrell Boatbuilding

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Cottrell Boatbuilding is Maine’s largest builder of small wooden boats. We build all manner of small boats for rowing and sailing. Wherries, Dinghies, Yacht Tenders, Dories and Daysailers. We also do custom boats. Whatever you are looking for. If your intention is to get on the water in a beautiful small wooden boat for rowing, sailing, exploring, or using as a yacht tender, come talk to us. We have the talent, expertise and reputation to build the perfect boat for you.
You can see and feel the quality of our workmanship. At Cottrell Boatbuilding, we use centuries old traditional methods as well as modern construction techniques. We love building traditional plank on frame boats but we realize it is not for everyone. These days most of our boats are a more modern composite construction, mainly glued lap wood epoxy. The new modern wooden boat. This modern construction method results in a very rugged, lightweight, strong hull. Less expensive and easy to maintain.

Brahm’s Mount

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Brahms Mount weaves textiles with a signature American look and soft, luxurious hand. Classically beautiful, wonderfully comfortable and grounded in the authentic character and centuries-old textile tradition of Maine, our products have been capturing hearts since the company was founded in 1983.

Our blankets, throws and linen towels are woven on antique shuttle looms by local artisans in our mill in Monmouth, Maine. To achieve our vibrant colors, we use specially engineered yarns spun from the finest natural fibers and colorfast, eco-friendly dyes. The pieces come off the loom feeling clean and untreated, rich and resilient.

We’re proud to carry on Maine’s textile tradition. Proud to use machines and methods that have stood the test of time – and still produce the best quality available. But most of all, we’re proud to play a role in keeping American manufacturing alive and well.

Georgetown Pottery

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Jeff Peters originally from California moved to Maine with some college friends from the University of New Mexico after finishing his third year as a ceramics student. After working at a ceramic workshop during the summer Jeff and his friend John Okie found a small log cabin for sale on a trip to Reid State Park.

Soon after the Georgetown Pottery began in 1972 in that one room log cabin on the rocky island of Georgetown on the mid coast of Maine. Soon they were making pots and having a great time. Better yet they were selling them to the people who drove by to the beach everyday. After a few years John decided he wanted to go start his own pottery shop in Wiscasset and called it Sheepscott River Pottery.

In the beginning at Georgetown everything was made with stoneware. It wasn’t until 1980 that the switch would be made to porcelain. So if any of you have some stoneware pieces consider yourself lucky, there aren’t many left. Since then the pottery shop has changed in size and shape but the idea behind the work is still the same. The one room log cabin that the pottery was started in still stands and is now a showroom. When you come visit ask for a tour and we’d love to show you around.

Rustic Workbench

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We are Gary and Kay Campbell, a husband and wife team. Because of our love of nature, in 2004 we bought a handmade log cabin on a lake in a remote part of Maine. It was only a shell, no electricity, no plumbing. It took us several summers, commuting from Boston, to complete and furnish it.

Because it was a 70 mile round trip to the nearest hardware store we had to become resourceful and learn to use materials provided by nature. Tree branches became wall hooks, logs and found wood became furniture and so on. Visitors would admire our work and ask us to make similar items for them. Before long we built a web site and offered our products online. Our cabin shed became Gary’s workshop. Our dream of relocating to Maine fulltime became reality.

We now visit that cabin as often as we can from our home in rural midcoast Maine where Gary has a large heated workshop and a woodlot. Our workbench may have grown but our inspiration continues to be the woods and lakes of Maine, as well as the enduring ingenuity of rural New Englanders who craft tools and gadgets for their farms, homes and camps.

Pemberton’s Gourmet Foods

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Pemberton’s is a fine food maker located in Gray, Maine, that has been creating regional gourmet food favorites for nearly 20 years. Pemberton’s signature sauces, jams, jellies and other original creations are available for sale through Shop Pemberton’s or in select retail stores, including TJ Maxx, HomeGoods and Hannaford supermarkets. Pemberton’s is known for its commitment to small-batch, artisan recipe creation and food production. Inspired by the wholesome ingredients available from local Maine farms, Pemberton’s specializes in using natural ingredients to deliver exquisite flavor. Production in Pemberton’s 12,000 square foot facility is overseen onsite by Chef Sam Mangino, who previously served as the in-house chef for Schlotterbeck & Foss

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