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Market Conditions
Which roadside flea markets are most worth a stop? We asked professional bargain hunters where they forage — and what they find there. Continue reading on MaineHomes.com. The post Market Conditions...
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Finding Its Footing
Two years in, after a rocky start, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument has found a clearer path forward — and so have the communities counting on it to drum up business. So rough and ready...
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Coastal Crusaders
SPONSORED CONTENTCOASTAL CRUSADERSPhotograph by Cody BarryIn August, Maine Coast Heritage Trust launched a dizzyingly ambitious campaign to address development pressures, increase access to Maine’s...
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The Salty Owl
A pair of first-time restaurateurs reinvents an airport snack bar as a dining destination for travelers and locals alike. By Willy Blackmore Photographs by Douglas Merriam Airport fare has been on a...
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House of Glass
A Friendship garage is bursting at the seams with old and rare bottles. By Virginia Wright Photographs by Benjamin Williamson Dave Copp’s shop is in a two-car garage with peeling paint and slightly...
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September 2018
Editor’s Note by Kathleen Fleury This issue pays homage to Route 1, the iconic highway that traverses Maine from top to bottom — all 527 miles of it. For many of you, this road no doubt represents...
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Our Favorite Letter
OUR FAVORITE LETTERWhere in Maine? July 2018 Marshall IslandPhotographed by Bridget Besaw Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter...
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Where in Maine?
Can you name this harbor haven? See that little island on the left, just offshore? Golden Age Hollywood’s “Viking god over whom the females swooned” spent some of his formative years there in the...
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Juggling Act
Michael D. Wilson Five restaurants, a brewery . . . and an eco-resort in Belize? How Matt Haskell, son of Bangor, started out scrubbing pots and wound up a restaurant mogul. By Joe Ricchio While...
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Things to Do in Maine
THINGS TO DO IN MAINE COOK'S LOBSTER AND ALE HOUSEBenefit Party for the MLCA Relief FundBAILEY ISLAND SEPTEMBER 14 GOOSEFARE ANTIQUESMaine Antiques ExpositionPORTLAND SEPTEMBER 15–16 BOOTHBAY HARBOR...
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Maine Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine Gardiner Four high school students took a business plan they formulated in an entrepreneurship class and opened the Cat Shack ice...
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Shawn Warren’s Favorite Place
Back Nine, Falmouth Country Club Shawn Warren Shawn Warren learned to play golf before he learned long division. He remembers playing his first course at age 9, falling in love, and soon spending...
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How to Talk Like a Mainer
What does it mean to talk like a Mainer these days? As writer and linguist Michael Erard explains, the answer is wicked complicated. Animations by Hanji Chang and Andy O’Brien From our August 2015...
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Moby and Me
By Suzanne Rico I love driving Route 1 in the later summer, right around peak blueberry-picking season, cruising past Ducktrap Harbor and the Camden Hills. And my favorite car to drive it in is a...
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Toasts of the Town
Photograph by Benjamin Williamson Six months ago, Seafolk Coffee opened in Rockport without a sign, website, or phone, but from day one, they were packed. Locals took to the low-key, harbor-view...
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Bees and Butterflies
A floral wave above the Saint Croix River supports nature’s tiny workers. This hillside above the Saint Croix River moves. It sways with the wind in great nodding swaths of gold, burgundy, orange, and...
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Avena Botanicals
Avena Botanicals 219 Mill St., Rockport. 207-594-0694. By Jesse Ellison Photographs by Nicole Wolf Production manager Stephanie Cesario harvests blossoms. The row of Washington hawthorns that...
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Fresh and Sweet
Photograph by Benjamin Williamson Blackberry buckle is a fine farewell to berry season. By Annemarie Ahearn From our September 2017 issue. Maine cooks are famous for their ingenuity in creating sweets...
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Deep in the Seaweeds
Maine author Susan Hand Shetterly takes readers on a captivating trip through the world of underwater flora. Beachgoers, boaters, fishermen — for many a recreationalist, seaweed is mostly just a...
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