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5 Under-the-Radar Shops on the Pemaquid Peninsula
By Jesse EllisonPhotographed by Benjamin Williamson Lovely, sleepy Bristol, on the Pemaquid Peninsula, may not be a shopping mecca; in fact, the near absence of commercial activity is part of its...
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Islesboro A rare report of a bear sighting put islanders on high alert, in what turned out to be a case of mistaken identity: the supposed bear was Sugar, a shaggy brown dog who’d gotten loose....
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Meet the “Salty Girl” Making Home Decor from Beach Debris
By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotographed by Abby Johnson The best beaches, Cherie Herne says, are the hidden ones. On her paddleboard, the eighth-generation Yorker accesses remote shores near her home, with...
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Going, Going, Gone: The Colorful Vestiges of MBNA’s Lavish Midcoast Legacy
By Jesse EllisonPhotographed by Tristan Spinski The recent liquidation sale at Point Lookout, in Northport, would not have been to Charles Cawley’s liking. Cawley was the hard-charging head of...
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Features An Affair of Changing Light Autumn in Acadia National Park is a time of transitions, vivid contrasts, and quiet beauty. Port in a Storm The little city of Eastport tried for years to lure...
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Making Maine an Extraordinary Place to Be a Child
With a 100-seat theatre, a 10,000 sq ft science center, an entire floor devoted to arts, culture, and community, and over a 1/2 acre of outdoor play area, the reimagined Museum & Theatre offers...
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RIP, Port City Music Hall
By Kate McCarty Rapper and Wells native Spose was a frequent headliner at Port City Music Hall. So fond did he grow of the place, he got married there. And so, he says, he’ll miss it now that a...
View ArticleCan You Name the River Beneath This Historic Bridge and the Village Just...
This turn-of-the-20th-century bridge bears the names of two of the region’s pioneering families, among the few to have farmed this sparsely settled country in the 19th century. The only nearby village...
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Two of Maine’s Biggest Agricultural Fairs Are Going Virtual
By Marta Denny The cancellation of more than two dozen of Maine’s agricultural fairs left a seasonal hole this year for folks who love fried dough, ox pulls, petting zoos, and homemade...
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An Old Farmer Saves an Old Barn
By Joel CrabtreePhotographed by Michael D. Wilson In 1963, when Harry and Cindy Owen walked into Bar Harbor Savings & Loan to see about borrowing $17,000, the bank president looked askance at...
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Oysters vs. Mussels
By Joel Crabtree Bivalves have been a big part of the regional diet ever since Native peoples started feasting on them millennia ago — ancient heaps of discarded shells along the Maine shore document...
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Ben’s Picks: Weekly(ish) Photo Faves
The Power of Water September 22, 2020 The remnants of Hurricane Teddy brought huge surf to the coast of Maine yesterday. Staff photographer Ben Williamson was out in Kittery, taking in this view of...
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Does Anyone Remember Ruth Moore?
By Will Grunewald Courtesy of Islandport Press Great Gott Island native Ruth Moore long harbored literary ambitions but didn’t see her first novel, The Weir, published until 1943, the year she turned...
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The 27-Year-Old Cold Case That Will Put Familial DNA on Trial
By Kathryn Miles It’s a case that has made national headlines not once but twice. First, in 1993, when a young woman from a remote Native Alaskan community was found brutally murdered in a residence...
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5 Things a Maine Newcomer Should Know
By Jennifer Van Allen Illustrated by Kelsey Grass When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Kevin Gillespie to temporarily shutter the five restaurants he owns in Atlanta, he was left with plenty of time to...
View ArticleWhere in Maine? Our Favorite Answer
Rockland Breakwater Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from August’s photo. “The breakwater can be reached from Samoset Road,...
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Autumn Is Acadia National Park’s Best Season
Photographed by Benjamin WilliamsonText by Kimberly Ridley The light on Frenchman Bay sharpens from shimmer to glint. Groves of aspen and birch glow gold against green-black forests of conifers that...
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Bean’s, But Make It Fashion
By Alexandra Hall Courtesy of L.L. Bean In February, when designer Todd Snyder debuted his “From Away” menswear collection at New York Fashion Week, it marked the first time that L.L.Bean has ever...
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Could Cobscook Bay Be the Next Mount Desert Island?
By Brian Kevin | Photographed by Chris Shane The first time Gilbert Butler saw kayakers running a wild river, he was a young man visiting Maine. Even then, he was a capable outdoorsperson, fond of...
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They Call Him Uncle Lumpy
By Rachel SladePhotographed by Ryan David Brown Custom cribbage boards are among McCrillis’s specialties. Last year, the Bethel Art Fair designated him its Artist of Honor. In his first incarnation,...
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