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December 2018
Editor’s Note by Brian Kevin Expand To Read Like many of you who read this magazine, I am From Away. And like, I imagine, many of you, I sometimes take a look at my trajectory thus far and sort of nod...
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Susan Montell’s Latke Recipe
SUSAN MONTELL'S LATKE RECIPE MICHAEL D. WILSONA WHOLE LATKE LOVE Without a local Hanukkah celebration in Gardiner for her young family to enjoy, Susan Montell decided to start one. “The synagogue in...
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30 Maine Christmas Celebrations
Bangor Festival of Lights Parade Dozens of floats, local marching bands, and dance troupes will lead the star of the parade, Santa, on a festive takeover of downtown Bangor. After the parade, there...
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Maine Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine Augusta A 50-pound piglet ran hog wild through traffic on Route 3, until police were able to apprehend the swine. They later...
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Reign of Terroir
We’re raising a glass this holiday season to the rise of Maine wine. Maine vintners have long had a knack for wines made from apples and blueberries, fruits we have in abundance. But as the wine scene...
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Our Favorite Letter
OUR FAVORITE LETTERWhere in Maine? October 2018 Flagstaff LakePhotographed by John Orrcut Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter...
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Victorian, Times Three
These very different house museums recreate Christmas as their owners might have celebrated it. Continue reading on MaineHomes.com The post Victorian, Times Three appeared first on Down East.
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Bach to the Future
Julia Adams has logged a half-century with the Portland String Quartet. The PSQ plays a set of 50th anniversary shows this month, and 78-year-old violist Julia Adams, along with 73-year-old violinist...
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Featured Maine Maker: Maine Bags & Goods
Art has always been a big part of Tori Yattaw’s life. Growing up in midcoast Maine, she loved perusing sketches and paintings created by her grandmother, and watching her mom stitch quilts and cut...
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Cutest Pets Photo Contest 2019
Share the cutest photo(s) of your pet with us for a chance to get your furry friend’s photo in Down East magazine and support P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center at the same time! Submission period is...
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Merry Christmoose!
Deck the halls with the Maine state animal. Moose Slate Ornament by A&E Stoneworks $14. 207-930-9424. Alana and Evan Hutchins pay homage to the largest member of the deer family in black slate....
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Gifts That Give Twice
You can feel doubly good about buying holiday gifts when you’re also supporting the work of Maine nonprofits. 1 For the Fine-Arts Aficionado There are many ways to appreciate art, as the Portland...
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Where in Maine
Can you name this seaside hamlet? Noted Pocahontas rescuee and New World hype man Captain John Smith laid eyes on this harbor in 1614 and wrote admiringly of the hills that encroach upon it, “against...
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For the Soul
Chicken soup with beans, greens, and homemade stock. This time of year, the alluring whiff of simmering chicken stock and the promise of a big bowl of soup, bolstered by the addition of greens and...
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In Memoriam: George H. W. Bush, of Walker’s Point, 1924–2018
George and Barbara Bush at their home on Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, in 1981. In 2015, Down East conducted the following written interview with then 91-year-old George H. W. Bush, discussing the...
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Favorite Maine Photos
BEN'S PICSSome favorite Maine shots by our photographer, Benjamin Williamson. BABB'S BRIDGE, WINDHAMBabb's Bridge in Windham is one of the few covered bridges in Maine. When it comes to locations to...
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The Bushes at Kennebunkport
Photographs by former White House photographer David Valdez Summertime is family time for the First Family at Walker’s Point. As published in our August 1989 issue Ronald Reagan spent his vacations in...
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Featured Maine Maker: Downeast Dealer
Like a lot of people, Rob Olson has always had a day job, and an idea for a project percolating in the recesses of his brain. Two years ago, after hearing an episode of Maine Calling about Maine-made...
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Picture-Perfect Christmas
Hollywood moment: snow started falling on cue as the team filmed at a Cape Elizabeth tree farm. Photograph courtesy of Michael Nickles. See southern Maine through the lens of Holly Star, a...
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A Vintage Down East Winter
A VintageDown East WinterThese are a few of our favorite things — a look back at our first decade (or so) of illustrated holiday covers.Text by Brian KevinWinter 1956, by Eugene Shepherd; Winter 1955,...
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