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Safe at Last
After decades of violence at the hands of her husband, Priscilla got out alive — with help from a Maine safe house that’s among the first of its kind. By Jesse Ellison Photographed by Cig Harvey When...
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A Giant Among Pumpkin Growers
Ed Pierpont’s pallid-green pumpkin slumped on its pallet like an overturned Jabba the Hutt pinned under his own grotesque size. But at the 2015 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta, big was...
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Barrels of Fun
Midcentury civic festivals in Aroostook County were (ahem) no small potatoes. In Presque Isle, 1940 was an even bigger year than usual for all things potatoes. In July, the Lewiston Daily Sun billed...
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Center Lovell Inn
Center Lovell Inn 1197 Main St., Lovell 207-925-1575, centerlovellinn.com By Joe Ricchio Photographed by Mark Fleming It’s not surprising that Center Lovell Inn, a beautifully restored 1805...
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From Our Archives October 1996
Bogged Down From “Crazy Over Cranberries” by Ken Textor in our October 1996 issue. See more from this issue! In the past seven years, Brooks Holmes (above), of Jonesboro, and nearly a score of other...
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Apples to Donuts
There’s little more satisfying than the crunch of a just-picked apple — except maybe a warm, freshly baked cider donut. Bet you can’t resist. Treats ahoy: Captain Jack McAdam — and his robot — turn out...
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Where in Maine?
Can you name this park? The ravine spanned by this mottled stone footbridge cleaves a property once owned by one of Maine’s first families. The arched bridge was built in 1911, some 30 years after the...
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Room With a View
By Franklin Burroughs Vacation, vacuous, vacancy, evacuation, vacuum. The root signifies emptiness, abhorrent to nature and innkeepers alike. So for a vacation, in the strict sense of the word, I...
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A Kaleidoscope of White
Melissa Sweet’s new E.B. White biography is a (literally) colorful portrait of Maine’s most beloved writer. Buy it here! In an illustrated biography ostensibly meant for grade-schoolers, Maine author...
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The Sand Castle
A Bar Harbor home is built from the ground up — literally. By Virginia M. Wright Photographed by Meredith Perdue No fans of teardowns, Sue Turner and Karl Karnaky wanted to save their rambling, crooked...
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Maine’s Best Fall Farm Stands
Five roadside farm markets we can’t pass by. Zach’s Farm Stand 371 Cider Hill Rd., York. 207-475-7857. Bushel baskets piled high on hay bales, pepper bundles dangling from the ceiling like chandeliers...
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Ghost Town
Like Stephen King, the famous author it raised, Durham is quiet and a little weird, with some strange stuff going on upstairs. By Sara Anne Donnelly Photographed by Douglas Merriam The town of Durham...
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Down East Calendars
It’s like hanging a piece of art on your wall. Our calendars feature some of our favorite photographers and tons of beautiful Maine images. See our selection! The post Down East Calendars appeared...
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Down East Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine Caribou Some 40 snowmobilers jumpstarted the racing season at the second annual Caribou Grass Drag — a misnomer, since the grass...
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Undeadheads
Want to play zombie for a day? Shuffle this way, to Bangor’s sixth annual celebration of the living dead. It’s an odd sight, a phalanx of zombies stumbling through city streets. Startling, really, if...
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View the Latest Issue
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November 2016
Editor’s Note by Kathleen Fleury Expand To Read I love the state of Maine like I love my family: unconditionally, although I’m aware we’re not perfect. I aspire to support us when we struggle, and I...
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#Mainelife Snapshot
Red blueberry bushes, Mount Battie, Camden By Benjamin Williamson Get our weekly Snapshot: downeast.com/email See more Maine photos! The post #Mainelife Snapshot appeared first on Down East.
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Book Giveaway
Enter our book giveaway by November 30, for a chance to win Stop Here, This is the Place by Susan Conley. Photographs by Winky Lewis. The post Book Giveaway appeared first on Down East.
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Straight Talk
From our November 2016 issue. This summer, Maine Governor Paul LePage became a national poster boy for the state of political discourse, making headlines for branding people of color “the enemy” and an...
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