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The Long Arc of Maine’s Coastal Economy
In the photo that photographer Peter Ralston calls “Front,” an approaching storm encroaches the Deer Island Thorofare Light, on Mark Island, off Stonington. By Philip ConklingPhoto by Peter...
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3 Maine-Made Canned Cocktails for Your Next BYOB Gathering
By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Nicole WolfFrom our August 2023 issue Mojitos aren’t too terribly hard to throw together — a simple marriage of rum, soda water, sugar, lime, and mint that’s in nearly every...
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A Novice’s Guide to Hiking Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness
By Bridget M. Burns, Will Grunewald, Brian Kevin, Adrienne Perron, and Greg WestrichFrom our August 2023 issue On his three journeys into Maine’s north woods, Henry David Thoreau three times skirted...
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Welcome to Bayside, Maine’s Storybook Village
By Virginia M. WrightPhotos by Benjamin WilliamsonFrom the Summer 2022 issue of Maine Homes by Down East A storybook village lies just east of Route 1, hidden behind a curtain of trees on a hill...
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Features Down East’s 16th Annual Best of Maine Our annual roundup of Maine’s best everything: food trucks to florists, diners to dentists, lodging to lobster rolls. How did your favorites do? Roads...
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Five Minutes with Colby’s Jacqueline Terrassa
By Sarah Stebbins Photos by Dave DostieFrom the Summer 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East A prized possession is… a gorgeous guipure lace skirt suit sewn by my grandmother [in my native Puerto...
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Color and Clever Solutions Transformed This Quirky Sedgwick Cottage
By Michaela CavallaroPhotos by Erin LittleFrom the Fall 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East Kitchen Last year, serial renovators Christina Salway and John Moskowitz fell for their latest project: a...
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Jeff Yorks Is Reconvening the Flock of Birds His Grandfather Carved
By Michele ChristlePhotos by Derek YorksFrom our August 2023 issue Frank Kilburn was a professor of natural history and ornithology at the Washington State Normal School — what’s now the University of...
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Can You Name This Island and the Town That Once Thrived On It?
It’s only a few dozen yards from the mainland, but no bridge reaches this long, narrow island, a haven for eagles, deer, and campers looking for a quiet getaway. In the 17th century, the English came...
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Best of Maine 2023
HOME & GARDEN SHOPPING & STYLE HEALTH & WELLNESS TRAVEL & PLAY ARTS & CULTURE FOOD & DRINK Readers first voted in a write-in round, from which the top five vote-getters in each...
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The Remnants of Katahdin Iron Works are a Reminder of Its Messy History
By Adrienne PerronFrom our August 2023 issue It’s a state historic site today, but in 1845, Katahdin Iron Works was an unlikely fledgling industrial site deep in the woods, just beginning a tumultuous...
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How an Instragrammer Designs on a Dime
By Jesse EllisonPhotos courtesy of Jesse BaileyFrom the Summer 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East DIYer Jess Bailey has saved big bucks on wall finishes, cabinetry, fixtures, and furnishings for...
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Find Crystals, Diaphonized Critters, and More at Maine’s Odd and Unusual Show
By Adrienne PerronFrom our September 2023 issue Misty Lane got used to being on the receiving end of glowering looks from passersby while running her Hillbilly Furniture and Furs stand at...
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Are These Maine Houses Haunted?
By Sarah Stebbins From our October 2022 issue From the Collections of Maine Historical Society Beckett’s Castle A lawyer, author, spiritualist, and gadabout in Portland intellectual circles, Sylvester...
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A Maine Library Sketches Out the Career of Children’s-Book Virtuoso Robert...
By Will GrunewaldFrom our September 2023 issue The new mural in the lobby stairwell at Curtis Memorial Public Library, in Brunswick, depicts a bear ambling through a blueberry barren, a small cub...
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer
Nubble Light Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from July’s photo. I first saw Nubble Light in 1965, when I was 11. I had...
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The Priciest Item in Her House Cost $100
By Sarah Stebbins Photographed by Danielle SykesFrom our April 2022 issue For the last six years, Danielle Filosa has worked with set decorators in her native Los Angeles to curate furnishings for TV...
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This Maine Hospital Is Helping Kids Cultivate Well-Being with “Dirt Therapy”
Shane McPherson, a psychiatric technician known by his preferred name of “Mr. Mack” to his pediatric patients at Northern Light Acadia Hospital, never considered himself a gardener. But five years...
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Bub’s Burritos Wraps Up Hearty Lunches in Southwest Harbor
By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Chris BattagliaFrom our September 2023 issue Lunches that are simultaneously hearty, tasty, and quick sometimes seem in short supply around Acadia National Park — especially...
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Sneak a Peek into Janet Mills’s Pandemic Diary
By Will GrunewaldFrom our September 2023 issue One notable tidbit: Mullen, pictured here, writes that when a woman in an assisted-living facility told the governor, in a letter, that she needed...
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