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Brunswick’s Shop-and-Stroll Strip
The artsy midcoast town clusters a lot of fun and funky retail on just a few streets. By Tina Fischer Photographs by Benjamin Williamson Just outside Portland’s suburban orbit, Brunswick is a...
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Taking It to the Streets
A Bangor restaurant steeped in Maine political lore rides again. By Joel Crabtree Photographs by Michael D. Wilson Rosemary and Robert Baldacci married in 1951 and had eight children. John grew up to...
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Treasured Islands
SPONSORED CONTENTTreasured IslandsMaine’s wild islands number in the thousands and are among the state’s crown jewels — and now more than ever, their conservation is key to preserving Maine’s...
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Great Maine Scavenger Hunt: Landmarks
The Great Maine Scavenger HuntLANDMARKS Span History on a Covered Bridge A bridge is just a way to get from point A to point B, but a covered bridge is a shelter, an invitation to linger, to soak up...
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The Beautiful Bones
By Susan Hand Shetterly A few years ago, I walked into the lobby of the Science Building at University of Maine at Machias and found, suspended within a glass box by almost invisible airplane wires,...
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Find Your Maine Lake
Maine is home to some 3,400 lakes, each with its own character and charm. We've plucked our favorite 1 percent and grouped them by our (subjective, yet authoritative!) reasons for loving each one. Use...
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Endless Days at the Family Camp
ENDLESSVANISHEDDAYS For author Ron Currie, childhood summers on McGrath Pond are the stuff of memories — wistful, fickle, and poignant. ENDLESS VANISHED DAYSFor author Ron Currie, childhood summers on...
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Wilcox Bows
By Joyce Kryzak Photographs by Michael D. Wilson Mud season has turned Stim Wilcox’s road into a slippery slope, so the 79-year-old master bowyer offers me a hand as we hike a rooty woodland path to...
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Best of Maine 2019
More Down East readers voted in our annual Readers’ Choice poll than ever before, dishing on all their Maine favorites — from oysters to orchards and hotels to harbors. As always, we have a few picks...
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Piera Gelardi’s Favorite Place
Piera Gelardi Funtown Splashtown USA, Saco Like most any Maine millennial or Gen-Xer worth her salt, Piera Gelardi can still sing the jingle, note for note: “The great American family comes to play at...
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Farmer, Father, Drummer, Pol
In Lincolnville, Phish percussionist Jon Fishman marches to many beats. By Will Grunewald Phish formed at University of Vermont in 1983. Its members based in Burlington for years. Ben & Jerry’s...
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Great Maine Scavenger Hunt: Family
The Great Maine Scavenger HuntFAMILY Photographed by Mark Fleming. © Yankee Magazine, 2019. Swim in Vinalhaven’s Quarries Vinalhaven had some of the state’s most productive granite quarries in the...
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What Floats Their Boats
Like generations of Mainers drawn to the water, expedition kayaker Dr. Deborah Walters uses the state as a home base and safe harbor between globe-spanning adventures. We asked some seasoned Maine...
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Maine Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine Bath Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson smashed champagne bottles over the USS Lyndon B. Johnson, christening the...
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Cold School
Jean Abbott retired from Spencer’s Ice Cream this year after showing new owner Jack Watkins the ropes, although she still stops by to check on him. A passing of the cone at Spencer’s Ice Cream in...
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Every Lobster Must Get Stoned
Every Lobster Must GetStonedBy Will Grunewald Photographed by Michael D. Wilson Is your lobster looking a little glazed over? Does it suddenly seem tired all the time? Is its favorite movie The Big...
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Stunning Maine Photography
BEN'S PICKSOur photographer Benjamin Williamson highlights some of his favorite shots from around the state. Field of DreamsPHOTOGRAPHED BY BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON It was an incredible experience standing...
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July 2019
Editor’s Note by Brian Kevin Expand To Read For a few years there, Down East threw a small party in the summer to toast the people and businesses and organizations we recognize in our annual Best of...
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Our Favorite Letter
OUR FAVORITE LETTERWhere in Maine? May 2019 St. Andrew’s Episcopal ChurchPhotograph by Benjamin Williamson Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our...
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