Five Cruiser Faves
North to south, the Maine day cruises not to miss (even if you don’t own a boat).
Maine Coast Explorer’s Guide
Ready to discover your new favorite coastal sanctuary?
Our Favorite Letter
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from the March photo of The Swinging Bridge, Brunswick and Topsham, Maine.
May 2018
Where in Maine
Can you name this scrappy mill town? Submit your answer here for a chance to win a Down East wall calendar.
Maine Homes Design Awards
Calling all design enthusiasts! We want to see what you’ve been up to. Enter the inaugural Maine Homes Design Awards here.
Maine Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine — including a rogue chicken, a Mainer named Jesus Christ, and a new way to “get there from here.”
Foraging Around
A longtime chronicler of Maine’s farm- and forage-to-table scene, Down East contributing photographer Douglas Merriam left the ‘Learn the Fern’ shoot with a pile of freshly harvested fiddleheads and made this magnificent salad. Get the recipe.
Food Truck Fridays
Join us for a Down East inspired afternoon of food and fun July 14, July 28, and August 11. Food trucks will be open from 12 p.m.–7 p.m., with live entertainment and cash bar starting at 4 p.m. Play lawn games and peruse our shop of Maine-Made gifts all day. Free admission. Family-friendly!
Winter Hikers
Submitted by Laura G. A couple and their dog out for a winter hike on the Maine Hut Trail in Carrabassett, Maine.
Our Favorite Letter
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from March 2016.
(Maine) Antiques Roadshow
The popular PBS series has never swung through our state — what’s up with that? So we created our own version, enlisting top appraisers to evaluate your Maine antiques.