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Skowhegan’s New Balance Shoe Factory Is Sizing Up
By Adrienne PerronFrom our March 2023 issue Among the big-name shoe companies, New Balance is the only major American outfit doing most of its sneaker manufacturing stateside — and three of its five...
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Todd Field’s Favorite Maine Place
By Brian KevinFrom our March 2023 issue A few years ago, Todd Field and his wife, Serena Rathbun, took a trip to Cuba — and uncharacteristically left their phones and other devices behind. “Ten days...
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At 50, Maine’s One-of-a-Kind Salt Institute Is Still “Feisty”
By Brian KevinPhotos by Jay YorkFrom our March 2023 issue Octogenarian farmer Reid Chapman was pulling up cucumbers and tomatoes one afternoon in the summer of 1973 when two teenagers walked across...
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Watch: Portland Potter Ayumi Horie Explains Her “Quirky Line of Work” on PBS
By Adrienne PerronFrom our March 2023 issue Portland-based potter Ayumi Horie, who won the Maine Craft Association’s 2022 Maine Craft Artist Award, is getting national attention now too. The PBS...
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer
New Limerick Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from January’s photo. This is the Louisiana-Pacific mill, in New Limerick. I...
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What Every Would-Be Mainer Must Know
As told to Bridget M. Burns From our March 2023 issue Katie Shorey Director of engagement, Live and Work in Maine Katie Shorey was visiting family in Sweden, in Oxford County, when she saw a TV ad for...
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Mix a Maine-ier Drink With a Dash of Maine-Made Bitters
By Joel CrabtreeFrom our March 2023 issue Doled out in dashes and drops, bitters are but a minuscule portion of any cocktail, yet they’re often the difference between just-okay and great, the way a...
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At Mt. Abram, A Community of Newbie Uphillers Takes Shape
By Adrienne PerronPhotographed by Tara RiceFrom our March 2023 issue “To provide this space that gives people opportunities to meet others is exciting,” Zachary McCarthy says. Zachary McCarthy was 12...
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The World Snowshoe-Racing Champ Loves Running Up Volcanoes (and Cadillac...
By Adrienne PerronPhotographed by Tara RiceFrom our March 2023 issue During her first snowshoe race, 10 years ago, at Pownal’s Bradbury Mountain, Jennifer Britz’s lungs and legs were on fire. Never...
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In Searsport, Rio’s Serves Up Creative Classics in a Surprising Space
By Will Grunewald Photographed by Dave WaddellFrom our March 2023 issue The first and obvious thing to say about Rio’s, in Searsport, is that it’s a heptagon. You can’t help but notice the shape,...
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Maine’s Wing Sailors Prefer the Ponds Frozen, Thanks
By Adrienne PerronPhotographed by Tara RiceFrom our March 2023 issue Left to right: Tim Hynd, Morgan Hynd, Stacey Keefer, and Scott Carlson, skating on Compass Pond, near Baxter State Park. In the...
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More Women+ Surf Is Making Maine’s Surf Scene More Welcoming (Even in Winter)
By Adrienne PerronPhotographed by Tara RiceFrom our March 2023 issue More Women+ Surf’s Pamela Chévez, Miranda Rico, and Britt Dahlberg. The beauty of swells under pastel skies, the surreality of...
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For MDI’s Clique of All-Season Swimmers, The Colder the Water, the Better
By Adrienne PerronPhotographed by Tara RiceFrom our March 2023 issue Rose Iuro-Damon dips into ice-covered Somes Pond. She’s a member of Cold Tits, Warm Hearts, a group that hosts swims on MDI...
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Buy This Issue! Features Maine Fauna A–Z Husbandry and harvest, conservation and awe — they’re all a part of our way of life, as evidenced by this alphabetical menagerie of Maine animal stories. A few...
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Maine News You May Have Missed
Georgetown A solitary Steller’s sea eagle made an appearance on the Maine coast for the second winter in a row. One of only about 4,000 of its species, its native range is in eastern Asia. Westbrook...
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No Two of Sundew Sewing’s Signature Five-Panel Hats Are Alike
By Ann Pollard RancoPhotographed by Jamie MercurioFrom our March 2023 issue Sarah Johnson’s favorite style of brimmed hat has almost always been the playful and nostalgic five-panel — a...
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Maine Big Night Volunteers Want You to Make Way For Amphibians
By Will GrunewaldPhotographed by Greta RybusFrom our April 2023 issue To find one of Greg LeClair’s favorite spots in Waterville, take the I-95 exit for Main Street, pass the access to the Walmart...
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Can You Name This Harborside Community?
It’s at the southern tip of the peninsula where Maine’s first granite cutters’ union was founded, but this harborside community has long been better known for its marine resources than its mineral...
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A Wander in the Wetlands
Peter Ralston pointed his camera at the muck underfoot while on a wetland walk on Isle au Haut. “Nothing special, very quiet,” the photographer says. “Makes me think of something Rachel Carson said of...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Character
By Jesse EllisonFrom our March 2023 issue Let’s start by acknowledging that change can be hard, and it can be scary. People tend to dislike it. We crave consistency. We want to be certain of outcomes,...
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