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Maine Gifts from the Pages of Down East
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David Bruggink Records Quiet Soundtracks Furnished By Nature
By Nora Saks Photos by Tristan SpinskiFrom our December 2023 issue David Bruggink was just a few yards into Harpswell’s Cliff Trail when he heard something in his earphones that he liked. He stopped,...
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Christmas in Maine
Introduction by Will GrunewaldIllustration by Cat O’NeilFrom our December 2023 issue By the middle of the last century, few poets were so prolific and esteemed as Robert P. Tristram Coffin. A...
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Clarisse Karasira’s Favorite Maine Place
By Virginia M. WrightFrom our December 2023 issue Before she released her first music video, in 2018, Clarisse Karasira asked for her friends’ opinions. “They said, ‘Are you sure you want to do this?...
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A Blogger Finds Peace Wintering In a Remote Maine Cabin
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotos by Eddie O’LearyFrom our December 2023 issue The first time Wendy Weiger found sanctuary outdoors was in 1986. Then a 24-year-old doctoral student at Harvard, she was...
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Our 10 Favorite Down East Photos of 2023
Picking favorite shots from the past year of Down East issues is no easy task. Our talented photographers have a way of filling our pages with an abundance of beautiful landscapes, delicious-looking...
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Buy This Issue! Features Down East Reader Photo Contest Our judges picked standouts in three categories — landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle — from a pool of nearly 1,000 entries. And our readers had...
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The Down East Stories You Loved Most This Year
Over the course of the past year, Down East delved into stories that ran the gamut: small islands, big ideas, long drives, and so much more. Whenever we take stock of what resonates with readers, it...
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Can You Name This Grand Gatehouse?
In the 1930s, the son of America’s first billionaire hired a New York architect to design gatehouses for a network of carriage roads in Maine. No need to spare any expense, never mind that there...
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Windows Are a Warren Muralist’s Preferred Canvas
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotos by Kristina O’BrienFrom our January 2024 issue “The thing I love about window murals is the shadows they create, especially in a home,” says Lauren Berg, from Warren, whose...
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Bethel Is Experiencing a Restaurant Renaissance
By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Brandon PullenFrom our December 2023 issue There have always been at least a few good spots around Bethel to warm up with a meal and a drink after a day on Sunday River’s...
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The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine Debuts Its First Wabanaki-Focused...
By Sara Anne DonnellyFrom our January 2024 issue The new playspace outside the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, in Portland, was a long time coming. Ckuwaponahkiyik Atkuhkakonol: Wabanaki...
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Look For Signs of Resident Wildlife at One of These Maine Nature Preserves...
Seventy-five percent of Maine’s native plants and animals are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. As temperatures warm, threatened species will have to move to survive, but too often...
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In Maine, the New School of Res-Hall Design Prioritizes Sustainability,...
By Sarah StebbinsFrom our January 2024 issue Colby College PROJECT With enrollment up by about 20 percent in the last decade, Colby, in Waterville, urgently needed more housing for its 2,300 students....
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer
Langlais Art Preserve Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from November’s photo. On a road heading out of Rockland, my husband...
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Good Shepherd Food Bank Is Betting on Maine Broccoli
By Joel CrabtreeFrom our January 2024 issue On a mid-October afternoon, the crimson blueberry fields surrounding Orland’s W. R. Allen blueberry-processing facility were tinged with the scent of wood-...
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9th Annual Down East Reader Photo Contest Winners
This year, talented Maine photographers J.K. Putnam, Hannah Hoggatt, and Séan Alonzo Harris took on the unenviable task of judging Down East’s reader photo contest. Unenviable not on account of the...
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In a Couple’s Freeport Home, What’s Old is New
Above: Kathleen Sullivan selected a Mondrian-esque palette for the kitchen, which features cabinetry from New Brunswick’s Classic Woodworking and a maple butcher-block island and cherry stools by...
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What Will Become of an Orrington Connoisseur’s Sprawling Formalwear Collection?
By Michele ChristlePhotos by Tara RiceFrom our January 2024 issue As a teenager in Bangor, Linda Mitchell-Storer took to wearing an 1890s-era green cashmere gown with a high collar and elaborate...
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Sailor Cole Brauer’s Favorite Maine Place
By Sara Anne DonnellyFrom our January 2024 issue Around the time this article comes out, Rhode Island-based sailor Cole Brauer should be rounding South America’s treacherous Cape Horn, alone. And for...
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