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Down East’s Top 10 Longreads of 2021

From a rabid-fox tale to a fisherman's elegy to a mystery of an enigmatic author, these are the Maine stories you read and shared most this year.
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Most Read in 2021: Stories About Mainers

This year, we got to know cobblers and foresters, civil-rights pioneers and a certain 101-year-old lobsterer.
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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 October’s photo.
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December 2021

Our annual Maine-Made Gift Guide, holiday historic-home tours, an otherworldly look at rock salt, and more.
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Maine News You May Have Missed

The largest piece of Mars on Earth comes to Maine, bunnies, so many bunnies, in Dexter, and more.
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November 2021

Here in the oldest state in the nation, we don’t let age hold us back. Our November issue features dozens of extraordinary Mainers we admire, ages 70 and older.
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January 2022

Artist Eric Hopkins settles into his career’s third chapter, the results of our 7th Annual Down East Reader Photo Contest, and more.
Our Towns

Maine News You May Have Missed

A roadrunner hitches a ride to Maine, New England's largest array of solar panels, the greenest school in the country, and more.
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Can You Name the Town Where This Bridge Is Found?

A few miles downstream is a site where, this summer, one of Maine’s few remaining covered bridges was lost to fire.
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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 September's photo.
Where in Maine, November 2021
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Can You Name This Gneiss-Looking Point?

The folded metamorphic bands found here are some of the more eye-catching exposures of what’s known as the Bucksport Formation.
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Here is our favorite letter from August's photo.
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