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Talking Heads
The word on Liz Polkinghorn’s first statement hat was a four-letter one. She knitted it to wear out to her Falmouth barn when she cared for her horses, a private source of amusement about an...
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February 2019
Editor’s Note by Brian Kevin Expand To Read Fun fact: all three dining establishments in this month’s Food & Drink department are run by married couples. That happened by accident, but we went with...
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2019 Down East Reader Photo Contest: Readers Choice
2019 Down East Reader Photo ContestTOP 10 READERS’ CHOICE Another year, another crop of more than 2,600 amazing photos submitted to our annual photo contest. We’ve been hosting this contest four years...
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Bixby & Co. Contest
One Sweet DealEnter the Bixby & Co. contest, and get chocolate delivered to your door step every month! Enter using the form below. Four lucky winners will each get a $30 shipment of Bixby &...
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Making His Mark
A Belfast artist designs the U.S. Mint’s commemorative moon-landing coin. Courtesy of the U.S. Mint As a kid at the beach, Gary Cooper had a knack for spotting loose change, which he’d exchange for...
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Can name this island beacon? It took three attempts to build a lighthouse that could withstand the storms that sweep over this barren island. The first tower, constructed of wood in 1808, lasted only...
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Stunning Maine Photography
BEN'S PICKSOur photographer Benjamin Williamson highlights some of his favorite shots from around the state. The Androscoggin Swinging Bridge, Brunswick–Topsham, by Ben WilliamsonThe Androscoggin...
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Maine Dispatches
Shutterstock | Don Mammoser Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine Buckfield Sumner artist Byron Bassett discovered an 1895 collage of photographs of the hospital that’s...
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Portraits of Courage
After a brush with tragedy, photographer Rogier van Bakel honored local heroes the best way he knew how. One night last January, my 13-year-old daughter, Jolie, didn’t come home. She and her best...
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Going All-In
<p style='text-align: center;'>Carrot harissa pickles</p> <p> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'>Turnip and beet pickles</p> <p> </p> <p...
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Our Favorite Letter
OUR FAVORITE LETTERWhere in Maine? December 2018 Camden HarborPhotograph by Benjamin Williamson Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite...
View ArticleDrinking Buddies
The hosts of Portland’s Green Architects’ Lounge podcast mix tasty cocktails with sustainable building lessons. For hosts of a podcast ostensibly about environmentally friendly architecture and...
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Cage Fight
Mixed martial artist Catie Denning is an unlikely champion — for shelter animals. When Catie Denning joined a new gym in 2014, she didn’t imagine that three years later, she’d be in a steel cage in a...
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Jack & Mary Designs
Marilyn Robertson refashions old sweaters into mittens, skirts, and more. By Caitlin Gilmet Portrait by Mark Fleming Clothing designer Marilyn Robertson’s mom was an accidental pioneer of the green...
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Oceans 7
OCEANS 7Frigid waters, jellyfish hordes, riptides, and things that go bump in the night — nothing has stopped sexagenarian aqua-woman Pat Gallant-Charette on her quest to beat marathon swimming’s...
View ArticleFeatured Maine Maker: Planet Botanicals
A passion for a sustainable natural world is at the core of Planet Botanicals Skincare Products. Growing up in coastal South Portland, Michele Gilfoil was outside all the time, swimming at the beach or...
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2019 Down East Reader Photo Contest
2019 Down EastReader Photo Contest Another year, another crop of more than 2,600 amazing photos submitted to our annual photo contest. We’ve been hosting this contest four years now, and we’re still...
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My Youth in the Shadow of Walker’s Point
My Youth in the Shadow of Walker’s Point How growing up where George Bush summered shaped one writer’s views on privilege, politics, and hometown pride. By Joshua Bodwell Photograph by Heidi Kirn In...
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Fluffy, sticky, soft, or icy — Pleasant Ridge Plantation’s Bob Howe has a snowshoe for that. During long winters in the North Woods, Master Maine Guide Bob Howe snowshoes 10 to 12 miles a day, taking...
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The Cathance River Nature Preserve provides a wooded wonderland for the 55+ set to make an exhilarating fresh start. When Rob Potvin retired from a career in construction management at age 53, he...
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