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Travel & Outdoors

The Perfect Fall Foliage Road Trip is in Western Maine

An autumn ramble through western Maine's backwoods and back roads.
November Dispatches 2019
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Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
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Stories of Giving Back

Maine’s nonprofit community provides helping hands wherever there’s need, and offer much to say thanks for this season.
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Where in Maine?

Where in Maine?

Can you name this waterfall and the bridge that’s framing it?
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Maine Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
Maine Birds
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A Dilettante’s Guide to Maine Birding

A beginner-friendly handbook to the Maine-iest Maine species, the greatest great black hawks, the biggest big days, and more.
TOC NOVEMBER 20195
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November 2019

A salute to Mainers who are doing their part to make the Pine Tree State a better place.
Witherle Woods, Where in Maine August 2019
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Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East magazine editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from August’s photo of Witherle Woods.
Herbal Revolution Shrub
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Try a Shrub, Bub

Fruity drinking-vinegars were all the rage in turn-of-the-18th-century Maine, and now shrubs are enjoying a comeback.
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October 2019

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Class Acts

At George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, education continues beyond the classroom walls.
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Saving Birdland

By conserving more than 150,000 acres for wildlife and recreation, Maine Coast Heritage Trust helps ensure that Maine remains for the birds (and the birders).
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