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Big on local sourcing, the "values-based" restaurant splits the difference between folksy and frilly.
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Margaret Chase Smith was a bipartisan hero — until suddenly she wasn't.
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Big on local sourcing, the "values-based" restaurant splits the difference between folksy and frilly.
Public radio’s David Brancaccio on Lubec Channel.
ME Water Buffalo Co. farm and creamery is a heartfelt affair.
A brewery starts offering protective face masks, UMaine and the Maine MEP create a safer way to transport COVID-19 patients, and more.
Margaret Chase Smith was a bipartisan hero — until suddenly she wasn't.
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Food & Drink
An ode to the Maine-made curries getting one Down East editor through self-isolation.
Food & Drink
An ode to the Maine-made curries getting one Down East editor through self-isolation.
Family recipes from all 16 counties fill the pages of the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook.
Big on local sourcing, the "values-based" restaurant splits the difference between folksy and frilly.
At her wholesale Norimoto Bakery, she's infusing classic pastries with farflung flavors.
ME Water Buffalo Co. farm and creamery is a heartfelt affair.
Travel & Outdoors
Our salute to the hundreds of Down East readers and fans who took to Maine's byways and backroads in 2019.
Travel & Outdoors
Our salute to the hundreds of Down East readers and fans who took to Maine's byways and backroads in 2019.
Buoyed by beloved institutions and a legacy of preservation, downtown is seeing a wave of new activity.
An inventory of Maine-made tools and resources to aid your back-to-the-land-y dabblings.
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Here is our favorite letter from April's "Where in Maine?" photo of Great Wass Island Preserve.
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Here is our favorite letter from April's "Where in Maine?" photo of Great Wass Island Preserve.
This month's Where in Maine is no place to jump the track.
Down East staff photographer Benjamin Williamson highlights some of his favorite shots from around the state.
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When I moved to Prospect Harbor with my family in the 1970s, I learned about its northern water, working harbor, and ...
Arts & Culture
When I moved to Prospect Harbor with my family in the 1970s, I learned about its northern water, working harbor, and ...
Fan artist Alysa Avery creates a world of centaurs, demons, and fairies.
Pat Costigan repairs and restores old writing machines.
Sara Hotchkiss makes colorful, highly textured rugs and wall hangings.
Artist Joseph Webster sees the world through rose-colored (and green, blue, and purple) glasses.
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