Her cut-glass creations, some nearly three feet tall, are designed to bounce color and light around a room.
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With increasingly frequent run-ins between pinnipeds and humans, the nonprofit's passionate crew is constantly on call.
The menu at the new Portland restaurant skews toward Thai street food.
Photographers Dave Waddell and Tristan Spinski hit the road (and the water) to see what keeps these far-flung holdouts ticking.
It’s no easy task picking favorites from the thousands of Maine beers out there, but we tapped our readers to do just that.
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Her cut-glass creations, some nearly three feet tall, are designed to bounce color and light around a room.
With increasingly frequent run-ins between pinnipeds and humans, the nonprofit's passionate crew is constantly on call.
The menu at the new Portland restaurant skews toward Thai street food.
Photographers Dave Waddell and Tristan Spinski hit the road (and the water) to see what keeps these far-flung holdouts ticking.
It’s no easy task picking favorites from the thousands of Maine beers out there, but we tapped our readers to do just that.
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Chef Neil Zabriskie’s take on a Mexican classic relies on flint corn grown at the Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farm.
A new and improved class of booze-less beer has bubbled up around the state.
The rustic wainscoting is made of wood repurposed from dismantled horse stalls in the owner’s barn.
Want to be wowed this holiday season? In Maine, there’s no shortage of groups taking merrymaking to the next level.
The Natural Resources Council of Maine CEO is captivated by Acadia’s Wonderland Trail.

Food & Drink
Craft beer became big business, but some brewers say they’re perfectly happy remaining micro.
More and more craft breweries are adding their own kitchens, tapping into a business model that had its heyday in the '90s.
From barrens to breweries, the Maine ale that started it all (and it might not be the one you think).

Travel & Outdoors
Fall road-trip recs, for whatever kind of leaf peeper you happen to be.
They’re not the stuff of epic road trips — in fact, none are more than a few miles long.
You don’t need to be a grizzled thru-hiker to enjoy the remotest stretch of the Appalachian Trail.



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Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from September's photo.
In 2017, a local land trust opened the property to the public, with a graveled quarter-mile path winding past the dozen remaining big sculptures.
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from August's photo.

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Two years into a family hiking challenge, David Blanchard received a life-changing diagnosis. Instead of letting it sideline him, he picked up the pace.
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