Where in Maine?
Can you name this town and its cerulean bay?
A Magical Moment
The setting for this year’s Writing Retreat — Join us, September 6–9 to learn about writing more engagingly, making your work stand out, and getting published. Ample activities for non-writers include kayaking, lobster bakes, and more.
Best of Maine 2017 – Readers’ Choice
It’s time to vote for your favorite Maine art gallery, book store, gym, coffee, radio station, restaurant, ski mountain, library, and more. Cast your votes by May 8!
From our Archives
April 1963
From “Maine’s Merry Gardens” by George Taloumis, in our April 1963 issue.
A Lunch to Remember
We took a short stroll up the dirt road to the farm, where a table awaited us — the spread only outmatched by the view of the sparkling blue water in the Fox Island Thoroughfare. Come with us this summer!
Martha’s Cottage
Hope is the Key
We’re proud to be sponsoring this important event. Attend Martha’s Cottage’s Hope is the Key: Benefit Event, its first annual fundraiser, supporting safe housing and support services to older victims of abuse from across Maine. May 9, Cellardoor Winery, Thompson’s Point, Portland. Click for additional details and tickets.
Friends in High Places
Check out a few remarkable stats about the organization Friends of Acadia, and the work it does, from shores to summits.
Quoddy Lighthouse trail
Beautiful Bold Coast via West Quoddy Lighthouse trail Photograph by Alice Randall Hundley
Our Favorite Letter
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from the February photo of Sugarloaf Mountain.
Photo Bomb by a Seagull
Photo by Diana Onacki
Sorrel So Real
The first greens of a Maine spring make a soup that’s bright, rich, and perfect for still-cool evenings. Just ask Martha Stewart.
Beautiful day in Cutler Harbor
Photos by Alice Hundley