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5 of Our Favorite Classic Maine Diners
By Will GrunewaldPhotographed by Nicole WolfFrom our July 2023 issue The place doesn’t have to be filled with formica and chrome, but it sure doesn’t hurt. It definitely ought to have regulars who...
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Rockland’s Maine Lobster Festival Says Goodbye to Its Sea Goddess
By Will GrunewaldFrom our July 2023 issue Once upon a time, dozens of young women wished every year to wear the Sea Goddess crown, conferred on the first night of the Maine Lobster Festival, in...
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Where There’s a Mill, Is There a Way?
By Kathryn MilesPhotos by Peter Frank EdwardsFrom our August 2023 issue When Madison Paper Industries folded, in 2016, locals around the central Maine town of Madison feared their community’s...
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Can You Name This Riverside Maine Fort?
This riverside fort was built at the head of tide and as far upstream as old seafaring ships could navigate — the spot it occupies has been central to trade for thousands of years, first for the...
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Ode to the Last Great Red-Sauce Joints
By Joe RicchioPhotos by Nicole WolfFrom our July 2023 issue Growing up, I was obsessed with the mob movie Goodfellas, and bringing high-school dates to Maria’s Ristorante, in Portland, in the late...
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11 Pieces of Maine-Sourced Gear for a Summer at the Camp
By Adrienne PerronPhotos by Clayton SimoncicFrom our August 2023 issue Heading to the camp? Whether your summer hideout is deep in the woods, perched on the lake, or steps from the seashore, these...
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer
Two Bush Island Light Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from June’s photo. Some years after Two Bush Island Light was...
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20 Years On, Highland Green’s Original Residents Are Still Meeting New Friends
In 2003, Ellen and Peter Wood were among the very first “pioneer residents” of a brand-new, 55+ residential community in Topsham, called Highland Green. One reason they were so keen on the place? It...
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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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The Six Types of Waterfalls You’ll Find in Maine
By Adrienne PerronIllustrated by Claire BaldwinFrom our July 2023 issue No two waterfalls are alike, of course. And, as Maine guidebook author Greg Westrich reminded us recently, they can change...
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Sharp Images From 50 Years of Maine Media Workshops
By Michaela Cavallaro From our August 2023 issue In 1973, itinerant sailor, writer, and photographer David Lyman persuaded 150 of his fellow shutterbugs to meet at Union Hall, overlooking Rockport...
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Chef Lulu Ranta Brings a James Beard Award Home to Monson
By Tressa VersteegPhotos by Sienna ReneeFrom our August 2023 issue At 4 a.m. in Monson, when the main street is quiet, Marilou Ranta arrives at The Quarry, wearing her white chef’s coat and a “Queen...
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The Phantom of the Allagash Spooked Mainers and Stumped Investigators
By Andrew VietzeFrom our August 2023 issue On the morning of August 8, 1943, three gunshots rang out across Clear Lake, a wilderness pond in Maine’s Allagash region. Members of the posse combing the...
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6 Maine-Made Skin-Care Faves With a Little Vacationland Under the Lid
By Adrienne Perron From our July 2023 issue Fresh Pickins’ Sunsifter Solar Cream With plants grown on their Cape Elizabeth farm, Dan Marion and Dominic Thibault make lotions, oils, and elixirs (as...
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Kate Aldrich’s Favorite Maine Place
By Brian KevinFrom our August 2023 issue These days, operatic mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich lives with her husband and daughter in Rome, Italy. She speaks Italian and French fluently and has also...
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It’s a Peaks Island Pizza Party All Summer Long at Il Leone
By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Cara DolanFrom our August 2023 issue The Il Leone kitchen consists of a trailer, which serves as pantry, refrigerator, and prep station, and a wood-fired oven, which has two...
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Three New Novels Ask: Can Maine Fix Your Troubled Relationship?
By Brian Kevin and Bridget M. BurnsFrom our August 2023 issue Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly$29, hardcover, Harper In the first, uneasy weeks of the COVID pandemic, the titular New...
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5 Classic Maine Drive-In Eateries That Never Seem to Run Out of Gas
By Joel CrabtreeFrom our July 2023 issue Say it’s the summer of 1938, you have a shiny new Buick Roadmaster convertible, with its narrow nose, high chrome grill, and arching fenders, and heck, you...
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Memorial Bridge Marks 100 Years Spanning the Piscataqua River
By Will GrunewaldFrom our August 2023 issue For the grand opening of the World War Memorial Bridge, on August 17, 1923, citizens of Maine and New Hampshire crowded sidewalks, watched from nearby...
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How the Abol Bridge Opened Up the North Woods to a New Kind of Economy
By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Chris ShaneFrom our August 2023 issue For lumberjacks schlepping through the north woods back in the day, crossing the west branch of the Penobscot River was no easy task....
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