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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.
In 1991, in Disko Bay, on Greenland’s west coast, the schooner Bowdoin passed an iceberg with a dramatic arch.
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The 100-Year-Old Schooner Bowdoin as It Was Meant to Be Seen — In the Arctic

Revisiting a trove of stunning photos by Maine photographer Tom Stewart, who accompanied Maine’s official state vessel to the far north in the early 1990s.
Down East Magazine, October 20214
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October 2021

The schooner Bowdoin's centennial, Maine's 9-year-old beekeeper, what's next for the Moosehead region, and more!
Maine News You May Have Missed
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Maine News You May Have Missed

A historic bridge gets destroyed by fire, Maine students discover a new fish gene, a beaver-induced rock slide in Acadia, and more.
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Best of Maine 2021

Once again, we asked Down East readers to cast their votes for Maine’s best everything: burgers to bookstores, museums to marinas, art galleries to architects. plus, we’ve sprinkled in picks of our own. How’d your favorites do?
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.
Photo by John Lane, Evening Tide Photography
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Here is our favorite letter from August's photo.
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Can You Name This Lovely Lakeside Town?

A trail that skirts this lake’s northwestern shore brings thousands of folks into this otherwise quiet town each year.
Arts & Leisure

More From Our Conversation With Titus Welliver

The actor on Maine childhood summers in the '60s and '70s and his father, the late artist Neil Welliver.
Where In Maine, July 2021
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Here's our favorite letter from July's Where in Maine photo.
Hoping for an early rescue, the author and the Outward Bounder wave anxiously at their charter plane.
Land, Water & Wildlife

Lost in the Woods: A Minor Misadventure

How a Down East editor and photographer came to spend an overnight lost in the Maine north woods.
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August 2025 Where in Maine? photo clue

Can You Name This Parched Patch of Land?

Doughnuts from the Cookie Jar Pastry Shop.

Doughnuts in Maine: From Inception to Perfection

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