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The drive up Quill Hill, located between the towns of Rangeley and Stratton Maine, during peak foliage
Travel & Outdoors

How to Enjoy the Autumn Grandeur of Maine’s Western Mountains

When vivid fall colors get splashed across the quintessential small-towns around Rangeley Lake, you’ll discover a priceless foliage experience.
Travel & Outdoors

3 Fabulous Foliage Forays on the Blue Hill Peninsula

Fall road-trip recs, for whatever kind of leaf peeper you happen to be.
September 2024 Where in Maine? clue WoodenBoat School
Photography

Can You Name This Renowned Maine Boat School?

It's operated by another Maine publication that happens to be celebrating a big anniversary this year too.
portrait of Jamie Wyeth by Paul Seligman
Arts & Leisure

An Artist Called Jamie

Mainers (not to mention the entire art world) had already come to know the immense talent of Andrew Wyeth, but they were only just making the acquaintance of Andrew’s 21-year-old son, Jamie, when frequent Down East contributor Marge Cook profiled the up-and-coming, preternaturally determined painter.
Where in Maine? August 2024
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Can You Name This Craggy Western Maine Chasm?

Accessing it isn't as fiendishly difficult as its name might suggest.
Primo's restaurant garden in Rockland, Maine
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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 April’s photo.
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October 2024

The rugged grandeur of Maine’s western mountains, the Passamaquoddy fishermen taking elver conservation into their own hands, and more.
Settlement Quarry, on Deer Isle
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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 July's photo.
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September 2024

The results of our annual Best of Maine poll, Army vet, double amputee, and multisport athlete Christy Gardner, and more.
Artist's Bridge, Newry, Maine
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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 June's photo.
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August 2024

Celebrate our 70th anniversary with 70 frozen Maine delights, a selection of stories from our archives, and more!
Where in Maine? July 2024 clue
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Can You Name This Quarry Perched Above a Quiet Maine Cove?

Its quarry saw its last major spurt of activity in the 1960s.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Maine’s Beloved Whoopie Pie

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