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Brian Kevin is a former Down East editor. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Audubon, Travel + Leisure, and other publications. He’s the author of The Footloose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America, which won the Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Hope.
Harpist Liza Rey Butler’s new collection of lullabies
Arts & Leisure

Smooth Jazzz

Harpist Liza Rey Butler’s new collection of lullabies — yes, lullabies — is good for more than just baby bedtime.
Mount Katahdin from within Baxter State Park.
Travel & Outdoors

End of the Trail

Baxter State Park’s administration has threatened to reroute the end of the Appalachian Trail off Katahdin. Don’t worry — we have some ideas for the new terminus.
Maine Restaurant, Van Lloyd's Bistro, Damariscotta
Food & DrinkRestaurant Reviews

Van Lloyd’s Bistro

Van Lloyd’s Bistro is the delightfully weird restaurant that Damariscotta deserves.
Spose
Arts & Leisure

Why is Spose So Happy?

Make a decent middle-class living doing what you love or die tryin'.
Maine Beer Bars
Features

In Praise of the Beer Bar

Any old bar can pour you a pint. Where do serious beer lovers settle in among their tribe?
Maine Summer Beers
Features

5 Essential Maine Summer Beers

Summer is unarguably the best time of year to drink beer — at picnics and ballgames, on boats and at barbecues, at sunny, seaside beer gardens. Whatever the setting, these five brews are eminently quaffable.
Does Maine Need Coyotes, Maine Wildlife, Magazine Maine
Arts & Leisure

Does Maine Need Coyotes?

A chat with the species’ wiliest ally, biologist and author Geri Vistein.
Salt Water Farm, Rockport Maine, Down East Magazine
FeaturesFood & Drink

Hard Opening

Last year, 170 new restaurants opened in Maine. Statistically, more than a quarter of them won’t make it through their first year. This is the story of one that did — restaurateur Annemarie Ahearn’s ambitious Salt Water Farm — and of what it took to get there: bruised egos, broken friendships, and tough lessons about what Mainers want.
Blurred Lines
Arts & Leisure

Blurred Lines

Passions can run high over the imaginary lines subdividing Maine into regions, as they are not only unofficial, they are also fickle, situational, and entirely open to debate.
Travel & Outdoors

Appalachian Trials

For a new breed of Appalachian Trail thru-hikers, running is the new walking. Scott Jurek recently established a new fastest known time for an end-to-end supported hike of the AT.
Beer Barrels, Jeremy Ricketts
Food & Drink

5 Maine Beers That Might Surprise You

Maine's breweries churn out some of the nations tastiest and most inventive brews. Here's a round of Maine beers with ingredients that might surprise you.
Maine Beer Jobs
Features

Stop Us If You’ve Heard This One

Maine's craft beer scene enables full-throttle entrepreneurship. Get a behind the scenes look at our photo shoot at Allagash Brewing Company with some of the personalities of the Maine beer world.
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