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5 Illuminating Learning Vacations
From our 2016 Maine Vacation Guide! By Caroline Praderio Get all 121 events, trips, sweet spots, and insider tips in our 2016 Maine Vacation Guide — in the May issue (only $5.99)! Haystack Mountain...
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The Good Life in Seal Harbor
Buy this Special Collector’s Edition to get all 100 Tips, Secrets, and Ways to Love Maine’s Classic National Park! The village of Seal Harbor is known for its historic, grandiose “cottages” and the...
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Acadia Photo Contest
The top images, plus additional favorites, from our Acadia Adventure Photo Contest, presented by Acadia Insurance. The post Acadia Photo Contest appeared first on Down East.
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Have a Seat
Heck, have 1,000 of them. If you’re 83-year-old Lawrence Lord, proprietor of Lawrence Lord’s Old Farm Museum in Alexander, there is no such thing as too many tractor seats. The retired patriarch of a...
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The Islesford Dock
Buy this Special Collector’s Edition to get all 100 Tips, Secrets, and Ways to Love Maine’s Classic National Park! Suspended on pilings over the waters of Hadlock Cove, the seasonal Islesford Dock...
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Best of Maine Shopping & Self
We’ve been arguing for months. And eating. And shopping. And road-tripping. And at last, all that hard work has paid off. Presenting Maine’s best Shopping & Self, including Readers’ Choice winners!...
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On the Rocks
A family tradition endures on the Pemaquid Peninsula. By Meadow Rue Merrill Photographed by Cait Bourgault From the deck of her cottage perched on the rocks high above Muscongus Bay in the village of...
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From Our Archives July 1967
Taking to the Water From the unsigned “Letter from Home” column in our July 1967 issue. Click to see more from this issue! With graduations over and school recessed for the summer, teenagers either...
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Earnest Goes to Camp
On the occasion of finding his 50-year-old camp letters, one veteran journalist pens a heartfelt love letter to his Maine summer camp. By David M. Shribman It’s where I learned the difference between a...
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Pine Point Grille
Above: A scallop entrée is joined by cauliflower almond puree, broccoli rabe, and potato gratin; Pine Point Grille’s menu doesn’t overreach, with dishes like pappardelle, pizzas, and a standout roasted...
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Endless Summer
The lake is ever ready, the pace is undemanding, and one day folds softly into the next. This is Kezar. By Virginia M. Wright Photographed by Carl Tremblay Around Kezar Lake, a preference for quiet...
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Paul Doiron Books
In Paul Doiron’s Widowmaker, when a mysterious woman in distress appears outside his home, Mike Bowditch has no clue she is about to blow his world apart. Amber Langstrom is beautiful, damaged, and...
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Best of Maine Arts & Media
We’ve been arguing for months. And eating. And shopping. And road-tripping. And at last, all that hard work has paid off. Presenting Maine’s best Arts & Media, including Readers’ Choice winners!...
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The Bowl
(And Hopelessly Picturesque Ponds Like It) Click to see uncropped photo. There’s something oh-so-inviting about a mountain pond, and few in Acadia are more picturesque than the little spring-fed kettle...
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Nasty Summer Cold
It’s the 200th anniversary of Maine’s epically cold “year without a summer.” These days we might worry about winters growing too warm, but 200 years ago Mainers faced the opposite problem: a frigid...
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The Jaffa American Colony: Story of History and Revival The post Jaffa American Colony appeared first on Down East.
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Where in Maine?
Can you name the island and the peaceful cape where this boat is docked? Photographed by Susan Cole Kelly The original name of this island town was a tribute to a British lord best remembered for his...
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Paddling with the Current
Above: Rick Keim sands down a paddle-in-progress as visiting canoeist Jordan Guenther looks on. Patten’s Dri-Ki Woodworking may well have made part of your favorite canoe — and if you’re lucky,...
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Bunker, Sweet Bunker
An old Nike missile base in northern Maine could withstand the end times. Read on if you want to live. Amid the rolling farmland outside tiny Limestone, a stone’s throw from Canada, it’d be easy to...
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Best of Maine Food & Drink
We’ve been arguing for months. And eating. And shopping. And road-tripping. And at last, all that hard work has paid off. Presenting Maine’s best Food & Drink, including Readers’ Choice winners!...
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