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For This Maine Meteorologist, There’s Always a Chance of Giant Pumpkins
By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Benjamin WilliamsonFrom our October 2023 issue In the 1980s, Charlie Lopresti grew pumpkins in the garden with his dad. Their biggest was about 200 pounds. A couple of...
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A Patten Preservationist Is a Historic Church’s Salvation
By Sarah StebbinsPhotos by Chris BattagliaFrom our October 2023 issue Marcia Pond Anderson began her quest to save Patten’s 1845 Regular Baptist Church with a simple plea. During a meeting of the town...
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On the Cusp of 90, Alison Hildreth Is Everywhere All at Once
By Jesse EllisonPhotos by Tara RiceFrom our October 2023 issue A couple years ago, Alison Hildreth was standing on a stepladder in her Portland studio, working on the top portion of an enormous...
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Forget Baubles and Bangles — Portland’s Newest Museum Is All About the Beads
By Chelsea DiehlFrom our September 2023 issue Portland’s new Museum of Beadwork houses millions of tiny beads, but the museum’s focus, cofounder Heather Kahn says, is on the bigger picture: how people...
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Cumberland’s Siblings Bakery Marries Flower Power and Flour Power
By Kate McCartyPhotos courtesy of Victoria Nam-SonensteinFrom our October 2023 issue With a smooth coating of brown-sugar buttercream as a backdrop, plump dots of apple butter nestle in fat squiggles...
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A New Owner Is Bowled Over By His Kennebunkport Domed Home
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotos by Nagle Media CompanyFrom the Fall 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East Last year, Boston entrepreneur Josh Johnson’s search for a vacation home led him to an off-grid...
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Peter Brown’s Favorite Maine Place
By Brian KevinFrom our October 2023 issue When he was a kid, growing up in New Jersey, Peter Brown spent several summers venturing with his family to a rugged, far-flung island full of wonder and...
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How a Norridgewock Powerhouse Became an Artful Residence
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotos by Mary LambFrom the Fall 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East “There was nothing hospitable about it, but it spoke to me,” says Mandy Lamb, reflecting on her decision,...
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Maine Micro Artisans Has Undergone Some Large-Scale Changes
By Adrienne PerronPhotos by Mike LerleyFrom our October 2023 issue Most artisans start small, as side hustlers and hobbyists. When they’re ready to start building scale, finding the right platform can...
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A Couple Leans into Retro Vibes in Their Portland Ranch
Pup Arlo soaks up passive-solar heat on a living-room sectional the couple purchased with the home and recovered. Woodworker Matt Hutton, one of Mack’s fellow professors at Maine College of Art &...
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer
Old Fort Western Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from August’s photo. I was the sole visitor at Old Fort Western one day...
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A Doll Maker Takes Over Maine Craft Portland
As told to Sarah Ann DonnellyPhotos by Dave DostieFrom our October 2023 issue “Making dolls has been my lifelong pursuit. I always dreamed of going to the Portland School of Art [now Maine College of...
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8 Pretty, Earth-Friendly Products for Your Maine Home
By Sarah StormsFrom the Fall 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East 1. Madder-root dye gives Portlander Allysun West’s organic-cotton shopping bag its rosy look. $20. Photo by Tara Rice 2. Level up...
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3 Fabulous Foliage Forays on the Blue Hill Peninsula
Photos by Dave WaddellText by Brian Kevin, Adrienne Perron, and Sarah StebbinsFrom our October 2023 issue What sets the Blue Hill peninsula apart? Some would argue it’s the scattered bits of...
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5 Sustainable, Stylish Homes We Love
By Sarah StebbinsFrom the Fall 2023 issue of Maine Homes by Down East On the coast and in the woods, in subdivisions and in former summer communities, Maine houses are becoming tighter, cleaner, and,...
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The World’s Largest Revolving Globe, Eartha, Turns 25
By Nora SaksFrom our October 2023 issue In the beginning — 1976, in this case — David DeLorme created the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer, the indispensable book of maps Mainers still rely on for getting...
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After Years of Apples, the Maine Heritage Orchard Grows a Pear
By Joel CrabtreeFrom our October 2023 issue When the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association planted its first trees in the Maine Heritage Orchard, in 2014, they were all apples — nary a pear...
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This Retired Science Teacher Is Perusing Roofs and Gutters for Space Dust
By Mary PolsPhotos by Clayton SimonicFrom our September 2023 issue The homemade signs taped above Jon Wallace’s computer suggest he’s prone to obsession: Learn When to Quit! and Avoid Pain!!! Get Off...
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Vintage Materials Inspire Topsham Designer Phinney Baxter White
By Adrienne PerronPhotos by Jamie MercurioFrom our October 2023 issue The Filson x Governor Baxter Reversible Vest costs $495, looks like something Kevin Costner might wear on Yellowstone, and — on my...
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In Newcastle, Parisian Transplants Build a New Home With an Old-World Feel
Exotic plants, such as lofty euphorbia trigonas, mingle with home-grown squash and dahlias in Erica Berman and Alain Ollier’s Newcastle living room. By Michaela CavallaroPhotos by Hannah HoggattFrom...
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