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Where in Maine? December 2022
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from December’s photo.
Where in Maine, February 2023
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Can You Name This Much-Visited Maine Cove?

The cove is at the southern end of a famous mile-long walkway, and it’s spanned by this rare wooden double-leaf draw-footbridge.
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8th Annual Down East Reader Photo Contest Winners

This year’s contest saw nearly 1,200 ​submissions in three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle.
Where in Maine, January 2023
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Can You Name This Maine Mill Town?

Settlers arrived here in the late 18th century, naming the place after a southern Maine town they left behind.
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From the Archives: “The Shameful Story of Malaga Island”

Read historian William David Barry's story about Malaga Island, published in the November 1980 issue of Down East.
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The New Maine Classics

From the highbrow(-ish) to the cult-y, these 25 Maine-media artifacts will stand the test of time.
Maine News You May Have Missed, February 2023
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Maine News You May Have Missed

Maine elects its first Black Speaker of the House, Bangor High School offers a new Mi’kmaw language course, and more.
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February 2023

Exploring Acadia National Park during winter, why abstract paintings by the late Lynne Drexler are suddenly fetching upwards of a million dollars apiece, and more.
Where in Maine, November 2022
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from November’s photo.
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January 2023

Our 8th Annual Reader Photo Contest winners, the return of an iconic roller rink, the rapid growth of the Wild Seed Project, and more.
Down East's 10 Most-Read Stories of 2022
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Down East’s 10 Most-Read Stories of 2022

From historical deep dives to political longreads to one extra-large pizza listicle, these are the Maine stories you read and shared most this year.
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