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Great Expectations

There ’ s a legend that when English novelist Charles Dickens visited Maine in 1867, he praised the mills in Biddeford and Saco for their progressive design—particularly their windows. Even if he did this as a slam to the satanic mills in Manchester, England, at least it was a feather in Maine’s cap.

Well, Charles, you should see us now! e juice bars, gluten-free brewing, lo y new lo s in the Pepperell Mill, City eater, Batson River Brewing & Distilling, bougie food at Magnus on Water, high-end Scandinavian bakeries, and the magic ingredient: parking to the moon. We knew something was up as early as 2018, when New York magazine named Biddeford Pool “ e Maine Coast’s Most Beautiful Beach.” Anita Shreve’s breakthrough novel Fortune’s Rocks was another precursor to the celebrity of this area.