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The Residential Rebirth of Historic Bangor Buildings
By Virginia M. Wright From our September 2023 issue Downtown Bangor is surrounded by neighborhoods of fine 19th-century homes, but sophisticated residences in the commercial district are something...
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She Calls This Lighthouse Home
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotographed by Tara RiceFrom our Summer 2023 issue The black-and-white, spark-plug-style lighthouse that is criminology professor and CNN contributor Casey Jordan’s summer...
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A Berwick Woodworker Won a $100,000 Grant for Her Expertise — and Her...
By Adrienne PerronPhotos by Aliza EliazarovFrom our September 2023 issue Aspen Golann wasn’t always interested in woodworking, but she took to it fast. Six years ago, after spending the previous six...
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A New Portland Glamping Spot Mixes Style with 19th-Century Military History
By Sara Anne Donnelly Photos by Jared McKennaFrom the Fall 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East In a city whose every square inch seems to have been explored and reexplored over the years, the forts...
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A Mini Eliot Dwelling Debuts on HGTV with Actress Glenn Close
By Sara Anne Donnelly From the Fall 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East Last fall, Portland prefab house designer BrightBuilt Home secretly filmed an episode of Celebrity IOU with stars Jonathan...
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A West Bath Grower Cedes Her Yard to Dozens of Dahlias
By Aurelia C. ScottPhotos by Hannah HoggattFrom our September 2023 issue Retired school superintendent and educator Judy Stallworth believes that teachers never stop learning. So in May 2012, she was...
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What Does a Reinvigorated Downtown Mean for Waterville?
By Alexandra HallPhotos by Séan Alonzo HarrisFrom our September 2023 issue First Rangeway is a long residential thoroughfare off Kennedy Memorial Drive, about a mile east of where you might exit I-95....
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Antonio Rocha’s Favorite Maine Place
By Hadley GibsonFrom our September 2023 issue Antonio Rocha came to Maine from his native Brazil in 1988, to study under the late Tony Montanaro, one of the 20th century’s most praised mime artists,...
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These New Maine Shops Are Part of a Growing Houseplant Trend
By Michaela CavallaroFrom the Fall 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East Pistil & Page “People are going nuts for air plants,” Alex Smith reported soon after her sunny plant and lifestyle shop...
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The Winners of the 2023 Maine Homes Design Awards
Around here, Design Awards season feels a bit like Christmas morning on repeat. Every day, the handful of us overseeing the contest eagerly sifts through the online submissions and delights in the...
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Maine-Based Coffee Chain Aroma Joe’s Surpasses 100 Locations
By Will GrunewaldFrom our September 2023 issue In 2000, Aroma Joe’s opened its first shop (on the wrong side of the New Hampshire state line, but they can be forgiven for that). Now, the...
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Can You Name This Footbridge and the Town Where It’s Found?
It’s a common misconception that this charming bridge, which spans a creek on the Eastern Seaboard’s second-largest island, is a historic relic — after all, the village where it’s found is the...
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8 Scenic (and Undersung) Maine Drives That Are Worth the Detour
By Will Grunewald, Jesse Ellison, Brian Kevin, Kat Englishman, Adrienne Perron, and Sarah StebbinsFrom our September 2023 issue Photo by Dave Waddell Uphill From Here Quill Hill | near Rangeley › 4.1...
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A New Build for a Family with Old Ties to MDI
Britt and Anthony, pictured with their kids, Charlie, 12, and Hadley, 10, took a yin-yang approach to their home’s color palette, cladding the exterior in charcoal board-and-batten–style siding to...
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Buy This Issue! Features He’s Been Thinking Philosopher Daniel Dennett has written more than a dozen influential books, but his new one is in an unfamiliar genre: memoir. We visited his place on...
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In Bristol, A Hog Farm Makes for Unlikely Destination Dining
By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Hannah HoggattFrom our September 2023 issue For the squeamish or the vegetarian, digging into a charcuterie board while watching a sow and her piglets snuffling around in...
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This Garden Is a Haven for Family, Fauna, and Pollinator Friends
By Aurelia C. ScottPhotos by Kelsey KobikFrom the Fall 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East Tufts of Little Bluestem grass burst through golden drifts of coreopsis in the undulating meadow James...
View ArticleA Smarter Way to Stay Cozy This Fall
Fireplace logs that cozy up your living room with the flip of a switch. Flickering lanterns that lend old-world appeal to your front porch. Evenly distributed heat for simmering a Sunday sauce. And...
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Where to Find Enchanting Forest Preserves on the Maine Coast
Maine Coast Heritage Trust is a nonprofit land-conservation organization protecting and caring for vital lands on the coast of Maine, including forested areas, which can contribute to slowing the...
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