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Hoppy Days Are Here Again!
IStock | Terra24 Harvest season is the most wonderful time of year for beer lovers. Sure, with some 90 breweries sprinkled across the state, a Mainer will never want for fresh local beer. But we can’t...
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What’s in a Picture?
Before the YMCA in Boothbay was a YMCA, it was gymnast Walter Buzzell’s so-called health farm. Buzzell was the early-20th-century version of a wellness guru. Wanting to offer “healthful recreation amid...
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On the Road
“I have seen many spectacular stretches of highway in my travels around Maine, but my heart belongs to Route 3. And, no, I’m not talking about the much-lauded loop around Mount Desert Island, which...
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Our Favorite Letter
Where in Maine? July 2017 Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from July. Your beach scene in the July issue is the amazing...
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The Plunge
A bevy of Maine beaches, two friends, and one simple commitment: take a monthly dip in the ocean, no matter what. By Leah Hurley They say that being in nature is grounding, that it quiets the mind and...
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Maine’s Moment in the Sun’s Eclipse
By Isabel Currier Photographs by Marion Bradshaw From our July 1963 issue July 1963 cover by Francis Merritt. Back in the autumn of 1961 an inquiry from some farsighted scientists reached the Chamber...
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Old Bridge, New Cliques
When is a local landmark worth saving? In Brunswick and Topsham, the fate of the adored but dilapidated Green Bridge has residents at loggerheads. By Carly Berlin When the dam between Brunswick and...
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Dog Days of Summer Travel
By Virginia M. Wright Maine is an exceptionally dog-friendly state. That should come as no surprise: Mainers are outdoors people, and dogs are well suited to a life spent exploring our thousands of...
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Hearth & Soul
Amy and Alden Philbrick strip, polish, and perfect one of Cape Elizabeth’s oldest homes. By Kiley Jacques Photographed by Brian Vanden Brink The Cape Elizabeth home in which Amy and Alden Philbrick...
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Fresh and Sweet
Photograph by Benjamin Williamson Blackberry buckle is a fine farewell to berry season. By Annemarie Ahearn Maine cooks are famous for their ingenuity in creating sweets from summer’s colorful parade...
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The Summer Rush
Maine Places, by Sarah Stebbins Whoever coined the phrase “lazy summer days” must not have lived in a place where bone fide warm weather lasts a mere three months. Most Mainers I know view this...
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From Our Archives September 1969
Reid All About It See more from this issue! Cover by William S. Archibald From “The Man Who Gave Maine Its Reid State Park” by Ralph B. Whittum in our September 1969 issue. Photograph by John A. Lynch....
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Mason’s Brewing Company
Mason’s Brewing Company 15 Hardy St., Brewer.207-989-6300. By Brian Kevin Photographed by Mark McCall I got my first real part-time job when I was 15 years old, in 1995, bussing tables at this crazy...
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Swig of the Month
Paradise Maine Juice Co. 855-584-2999;129 Spring St., Portland Why we dig it Paradise is simply pineapple, ginger, and beets. Or at least those are the three ingredients in Paradise, a refreshing,...
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Down East Photo Contest
Winners receive prizes and publication in a special winter 2018 issue of Down East. Vote for your favorites or enter your Maine photos for a chance to win! The post Down East Photo Contest appeared...
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Down East Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine Bumpus Beryl at Maine Mineral & Gem Museum from The Story Board on Vimeo. 1 Bethel A two-ton beryl crystal that has been...
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Past Perfect
More than 250 years ago, when Falmouth and its surroundings were known as “New Casco,” this gabled Cape was likely one of only 60 or so houses sprinkled around the Presumpscot River. Continue reading...
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Room With a View
By Franklin Burroughs Just inside the woods behind our kitchen, a feldspar outcropping was blasted about a century ago, leaving a vertical ledge that looks like an ancient ruin. Ashes and maples have...
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North to Labrador
Braving icebergs, the schooner Bowdoin sailed 2,800 miles last summer along the route charted by Admiral Donald MacMillan on his twenty-six Arctic trips, 1924-54, in this venerable vessel. By James P....
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Show Business
After her husband died in 2013, Jeanette Gilmore took over Smokey’s Greater Shows, an institution on the Maine festival circuit. But in 50+ years of fairgrounds, Ferris wheels, and a fluctuating...
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