When she’s not training service and therapy dogs through her nonprofit work, she’s pushing herself to excel in parasports.
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Newly friendly to cyclists, the Appalachian Mountain Club’s 330 miles of old logging roads are unpaved, with good intentions.
A community anchor and one of the highest-aiming restaurants north of Bangor, it’s well worth a visit the next time you’re in the County.
Winners in three categories are eligible for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes and publication in the magazine.
Thirty-two activities across four categories that will keep you bouncing around the state all summer.
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When she’s not training service and therapy dogs through her nonprofit work, she’s pushing herself to excel in parasports.
Newly friendly to cyclists, the Appalachian Mountain Club’s 330 miles of old logging roads are unpaved, with good intentions.
A community anchor and one of the highest-aiming restaurants north of Bangor, it’s well worth a visit the next time you’re in the County.
Winners in three categories are eligible for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes and publication in the magazine.
Thirty-two activities across four categories that will keep you bouncing around the state all summer.
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Food & Drink
The Pine Tree State is lucky to have some old-school places still dishing out floats, frappes, and sundaes.
At the quarter-century-old honor-system pie stand, in Newry, trust is baked in.
At Shannon’s Unshelled, in Boothbay, customers can savor a lobster roll made with the state's love-it-or-hate-it soda.
Travel & Outdoors
We head downwind and east on a road trip through the new Downeast Maine National Heritage Area.
Over the years, the roadside attraction has grown into a place to learn about blueberry-farming heritage.
You don’t need to spend big in order to enjoy a big adventure.
Home & Garden
Their treasures frequently rotate between their home and shop, Damariscotta's The Kingfisher & The Queen.
Laura Boyett likes to shop specialty nurseries for rare varieties of familiar perennials.
For the last five years, painter Mercedes Foss has been riffing on her 1904 house’s quirky flourishes.
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Arts & Leisure
Mainers (not to mention the entire art world) had already come to know the immense talent of Andrew Wyeth, but they were only just making the acquaintance of Andrew’s 21-year-old son, Jamie, when frequent Down East contributor Marge Cook profiled the up-and-coming, preternaturally determined painter.
A dystopian future wrought by secessionist Mainers. A family drama on a Penobscot reservation. A seaside home with a century’s worth of secrets.
Make the destinations on this list part of your itinerary the next time you’re looking to explore Maine’s arts scene.
Photography
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