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8 burgers in 6 days

Could you eat your way through “Maine’s 30 Greatest Burgers?" Saco city administrator Kevin Sutherland and his partner Kristin Forester have!
Friendship, Maine
Photography

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from June's photo of Friendship.
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Photography

Where in Maine

Can you name this pleasantly pastoral isle?
Deering High School
My Favorite Place

Allan Monga’s Favorite Maine Place

The student and burgeoning poet looks forward to Mondays.
Thunder Hole, Acadia National Park, Maine
Travel & Outdoors

Acadia Favorites: Thunder Hole

To find Acadia’s purest wilderness, just look up to behold the largest expanse of naturally dark sky east of the Mississippi.
Acadia Gardens
Travel & Outdoors

Acadia Favorites: Garden Splendor

Gardening and landscaping have always been big among the MDI gentry, and the island today is speckled with serene spots to enjoy the fruits of their leisure.
Five Islands Harbor - Maine harbors
Travel & Outdoors

Maine’s Prettiest Harbors

It’s time to lay anchor. Our pictorial tribute to the eight port towns and peaceful coves we never tire of gazing at.
canoe on a lake
Arts & Leisure

Dawnland

Author Porter Fox spent two years traversing the U.S.–Canada boundary, looking to better understand the wild borderland that rarely makes the news.
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Maine Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
Former mill in Topsham by Angus King
Arts & Leisure

Senategrams

Down East director of photography Benjamin Williamson on Senator Angus King’s sharp shooting.
Best of Maine 2018
Best of Maine

Best of Maine 2018

Thousands of readers took our poll to tell us what they love most in Maine — from landmarks to lobster shacks. So how’d your favorites do?
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Gelato Fiasco’s Wild Maine Blueberry Variegate

To celebrate Gelato Fiasco's book release, we are sharing their Wild Maine Blueberry Variegate recipe.
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