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A New Lifelong Learning Hub
Say you’d like to bone up on the history of Maine’s lighthouses, learn the ins and outs of mushroom foraging, or pick up some pointers on starting a podcast. Sure, you can take your chances wading...
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Can You Name This Landmark Lake?
This roadside overlook, named for a late legislator and real-estate titan, overlooks a lake at the heart of a region renowned for its lakes and ponds and bountiful fishing. In the late 19th century,...
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Brunswick Designer Jared DeSimio Piles Clothes on His Roof For Weeks — Then...
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotographed by Hannah HoggattFrom our September 2022 issue The mysterious provenance of used things has always fascinated Jared DeSimio. He began his creative career in 2004 as a...
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Amazing Cider Man: The Maine Lawyer Turned Apple-Foraging Obsessive
By Will GrunewaldPhotographed by Danielle SykesFrom our October 2022 issue By day, Sean Turley is a Portland lawyer. But when he swaps out his business suit for denim overalls, he turns into one of...
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Maine’s Oldest Towns Square Off in a York County Border War
By Peter Andrey SmithIllustration by Kelsey GrassFrom our October 2022 issue Mostly, it’s easy to know whether one happens to be standing in Kittery or in York. There are, however, some places where...
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Oniqueky Samuels’s Favorite Maine Place
By Will GrunewaldFrom our October 2022 issue Oniqueky Samuels grew up in a part of Jamaica where daytime temperatures rarely drop out of the high 80s. Funny, then, that his favorite place in Maine is...
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After Years of Neglect, the Waldo Theatre is Back in the Limelight
By Will GrunewaldPhotographed by Tristan SpinskiFrom our October 2022 issue In the mid-20th century, architect Ben Schlanger had a hand in seemingly every major theater construction — his New York...
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Where Have All the Phalaropes Gone?
By Willy BlackmoreIllustrations by Jada FitchFrom our October 2022 issue Charles Duncan never exactly planned on coming to Maine. During the summer of 1981, he was off from his job teaching chemistry...
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These Handsome Walking Sticks Are “Little Pieces of Islesboro”
By Arielle GreenbergPhotographed by Chris BattagliaFrom our October 2022 issue For nearly 40 years, 72-year-old Stephen Miller’s career has brought him close to the trees. Since cofounding the...
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The Iconic, Ironic Boat and Tote
By Adrienne PerronFrom our November 2022 issue The L.L.Bean Boat and Tote bag — usually embroidered with the name or initials of its owner — has become a ubiquitous accessory in its 78-year history,...
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Can You Name This Landmark Bridge and the River Beneath It?
Some 85 years ago, the woman for whom this bridge is named took a job as secretary for the commission that oversaw its construction and, later, its upkeep. During the bridge’s early planning meetings,...
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Ian Trask’s Favorite Maine Place
By Joel CrabtreeFrom our November 2022 issue When he was studying biology at Bowdoin College in the early 2000s, Ian Trask was set on a career in science research. Then, after graduating, the...
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Are Maine-Built Solar Boats the Future?
By Michaela CavallaroIllustration by Mike O’LearyFrom our October 2022 issue As boatbuilder Dan Miller drove west on Route 3 one Saturday morning in April, headed for Liberty’s Lake St. George, he...
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Allen’s Coffee Brandy Tastes Better Out of a Collectible Lighthouse Bottle
By Will GrunewaldPhotographed by Clayton SimoncicFrom our November 2022 issue Lighthouses and Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy — a couple of Maine icons, with their rightful place in the pantheon...
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5 Maine Nonprofits Giving Back in Big Ways
LifeFlight of Maine MCD Global Health Good Shepherd Food Bank Kents Hill School Wyman’s + Gateway Milbridge When Minutes Matter LifeFlight of Maine is ready during Mainers’ most critical moments. Back...
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A Penobscot Elder Keeps the Tradition of Birch-Bark Moose Calls Alive
By Jaed CoffinPhotographed by Michael D. WilsonFrom our November 2022 issue Not all bark is created equal, 82-year-old Butch Phillips says, and he should know. For more than 30 years, Phillips, a...
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A Climate of Sun and Fun?
Ralston calls this image, shot in 2007, Guardians. He spent hours in the fog shooting these dories, anchored up in a North Haven cove by a territorial fisherman guarding his claim to the inlet should...
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How Renys Became the Maine Adventure
Quality Merchandise, Great Values, and a Truly Unique Shopping Experience. You Will Find All Of This And More At Renys! In 1949, Robert H. Reny (better known to all as “R.H.”), opened his first store...
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer
Clarry Hill Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from September’s photo. This is Clarry Hill, in Union. On our first visit to...
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Camden’s wolfpeach Restaurant is Unorthodox — and Unmissable
By Brian KevinPhotographed by Hannah HoggattFrom our November 2022 issue Two unorthodox decisions paved the way, recently, for one of the best dinners I’ve had out all year. The first was when I...
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