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Today, it is a well-preserved site full of original artifacts and a frequent field-trip destination for schoolkids.
Mom-and-pop mountains have hit plenty of bumps. Will they get a lift from the pandemic this winter?
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This year’s contest saw nearly 1,300 submissions in three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle. And even in year six of the competition, we can’t stop marveling at our readers’ ability to capture the Maine mystique.
It took Daniel Jenning several decades and 71,000 specimens to identify them.
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Today, it is a well-preserved site full of original artifacts and a frequent field-trip destination for schoolkids.
Mom-and-pop mountains have hit plenty of bumps. Will they get a lift from the pandemic this winter?
One of New England skidom’s undisputed greats, Saddleback is back, with a fresh drop of investment — and some lofty ideas.
This year’s contest saw nearly 1,300 submissions in three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle. And even in year six of the competition, we can’t stop marveling at our readers’ ability to capture the Maine mystique.
It took Daniel Jenning several decades and 71,000 specimens to identify them.
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Down East staff photographer Benjamin Williamson highlights some of his favorite shots from around the state.
Mom-and-pop mountains have hit plenty of bumps. Will they get a lift from the pandemic this winter?
One of New England skidom’s undisputed greats, Saddleback is back, with a fresh drop of investment — and some lofty ideas.
This year’s contest saw nearly 1,300 submissions in three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle. And even in year six of the competition, we can’t stop marveling at our readers’ ability to capture the Maine mystique.
Down East staff photographer Benjamin Williamson's favorite shots of the year.
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Today, it is a well-preserved site full of original artifacts and a frequent field-trip destination for schoolkids.
Recipes from farmers, fishermen, foragers, and others. Plus, Maine-made winter gear, Saddleback's return, and more.
Patience has paid off at the Newcastle distillery.
She's got a few, but the World Cup biathlete learned life lessons pulling shifts at an Old Port pizzeria.
Down East staff photographer Benjamin Williamson highlights some of his favorite shots from around the state.
Mom-and-pop mountains have hit plenty of bumps. Will they get a lift from the pandemic this winter?
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Patience has paid off at the Newcastle distillery.
Food & Drink
Patience has paid off at the Newcastle distillery.
What does the founder of Maine Crisp put on her buckwheat crackers?
No wintertime cocktail is Maine-ier.
It’s still a lousy idea to gather indoors. But don’t let that stop you from socializing, dining, and celebrating (safely!) with family and friends.
Keep calm and carry out from chef Cara Stadler's new Asian-fusion Brunswick cafe.
Travel & Outdoors
Learn to fly, photograph, and edit with Isaac Crabtree, of North Woods Aerial and Down East Adventures.
Travel & Outdoors
Learn to fly, photograph, and edit with Isaac Crabtree, of North Woods Aerial and Down East Adventures.
We asked a few questions that may be on the mind of parents navigating winter outdoor childminding and playdates.
Bristol is big on art, curios, and handmade treasures, if you know where to look.
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If Mainers didn’t curate this stuff, who would?
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Today, it is a well-preserved site full of original artifacts and a frequent field-trip destination for schoolkids.
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Today, it is a well-preserved site full of original artifacts and a frequent field-trip destination for schoolkids.
Down East staff photographer Benjamin Williamson highlights some of his favorite shots from around the state.
This year’s contest saw nearly 1,300 submissions in three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle. And even in year six of the competition, we can’t stop marveling at our readers’ ability to capture the Maine mystique.
Down East staff photographer Benjamin Williamson's favorite shots of the year.
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Dolly Pawton and Aura earned a round of a-paws at an American Humane Society awards show.
Arts & Culture
Dolly Pawton and Aura earned a round of a-paws at an American Humane Society awards show.
A flock of family and friends helped the late Peter Vickery's sweeping account of Maine's birds become a full-fledged reality.
In the Blue Hill writer's new book, The Arrest, the fallout of worldwide technological collapse plays out Down East.
Chris Newell followed a winding trail to his new role as executive director of the Abbe Museum. Now, as Maine’s museum of Wabanaki culture confronts both the pandemic and its own colonialist underpinnings, he’s helping blaze a new one.
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