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The Shelter Institute Celebrates a Half-Century of Home Building
By Brian KevinPhotos by Brandon BuzaFrom our October 2024 issue On a recent afternoon in Woolwich, three generations of Hennins guided a visitor across the grounds of the Shelter Institute, offering a...
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“You Can’t Explain It to Anybody”
By Jesse EllisonPhotos by Sofia AldinioFrom our October 2024 issue To understand why Justin and Samantha Juray felt they had no choice other than the hardest choice, it’s important to understand that...
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Whimsical Décor Informs a 19th-Century Former Academic Building
By Sarah StebbinsPhotos by Rachel Sieben From our October 2024 issue There’s an elephant in John and Cynthia Orcutt’s living room. A reproduction Eames animal in white molded plastic. There’s a black...
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November 2024
Buy This Issue! Features Star Power The night sky is a wonderful thing to get lost in, and it’s a terrible thing to lose. All across Maine, people are getting out to gaze up at the state’s distinctly...
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Can You Name This Maine Lakeside Retreat?
From our November 2024 issue On the shore of Maine’s largest lake lies this resort’s main lodge, which has looked out at sunrises over Mount Kineo for nearly a century. The rustic, nearly century-old...
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Kents Hill School Is Evolving Education
When Kents Hill School students arrived on the central Maine campus to kick off the 2024–25 school year, they were greeted by new head of school, Dr. Molly T. MacKean. The boarding and day school has...
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Bernard Langlais and His Gigantic Art
By Isabel CurrierFrom our June 1972 Issue Bernard Langlais has earned his secure place in the top rank of Maine artists by living and working in a wonderland of his own creation. Today, his works are...
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In Veazie, A Grower of Giant Gourds Confronts Hefty Challenges
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotos by Emory HargerFrom our November 2024 Issue Sarah Whitty’s entire .15-acre Veazie yard is devoted to growing freakishly large fruits. There are lime-green long gourds...
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How Much Longer Will the Threat of Industrialization Loom Over Sears Island?
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotos by Ryan David BrownFrom our November 2024 issue Sears Island is a wooded, egg-shaped piece of land in Penobscot Bay, about the size of New York City’s Central Park....
View ArticleAvita of Stroudwater’s Day Memory-Care Program Keeps Adults Active
How do you know if an adult day memory-care program is right for your loved one? We call it the window of opportunity. We want folks to come in at a higher functionality because it is a lot of...
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Caitlin Fitzgerald’s Favorite Maine Place
By Sarah StebbinsFrom our November 2024 issue Like many Maine kids, Camden native Caitlin Fitzgerald read Lost on a Mountain in Maine in grade school, and met its co-author, Donn Fendler, during one...
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The Stargazer’s Guide to Maine
A Stellar Guide to Enjoying (and Preserving) the Night Sky in Maine The night sky is a wonderful thing to get lost in, and it’s a terrible thing to lose. How to Photograph the Night Sky Maine...
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A Stellar Guide to Enjoying (and Preserving) the Night Sky in Maine
By Joel Crabtree & Mary PolsFrom our November 2024 issue John Meader runs a company called Northern Stars Planetarium, traveling around the midcoast and central Maine with an inflatable-dome star...
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The Down East Shop Gift Guide
ORDER BY DECEMBER 17 FOR DELIVERY BY CHRISTMAS Unique Maine Gifts From surprising food finds to tools they didn’t know they needed, you’re bound to find something for the person who has everything....
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer
WoodenBoat School Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from September’s photo. My husband, Bob, and I bought a Maine farm in 1970...
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Twenty Years of Dean’s Sweets
When Dean and Kristin Bingham started making truffles in their home 20 years ago, they never imagined their business would grow to two retail locations in Portland, each with its own commercial...
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How the Forest Society of Maine Became One of the Nation’s Largest Land Trusts
By Brian KevinFrom our November 2024 issue When Philander and Abner Coburn shuffled off this mortal coil, in 1876 and 1885, respectively, the Skowhegan brothers had hundreds of thousands of acres of...
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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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How to Photograph the Night Sky
By Will GrunewaldFrom our November 2024 issue Location The first rule of astrophotography is to go somewhere far from bright lights — rural and remote. “Light pollution is more pronounced in photos...
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