From our March 1978 issue: A visit with Elizabeth Coatsworth at the storybook farm where she and Henry Beston shared their lives for forty years.
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Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from the March photo of The Swinging Bridge, Brunswick and Topsham, Maine.
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine — including a rogue chicken, a Mainer named Jesus Christ, and a new way to "get there from here."
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from March 2016.
Enter for a chance to win two spots on the ultimate Maine vacation. Stay on a secluded island and explore the Maine coast on our Weekend Island Getaway this summer!
Each year on Maine Maple Sunday, some 100 sugarhouses open their doors to visitors. Here are a few facts about syrup season.
When we launched last year’s inaugural Great Maine Scavenger Hunt, we weren’t sure anyone would even be ambitious/crazy enough to attempt it. We underestimated you.
Can you name this scrappy mill town? Submit your answer here for a chance to win a Down East wall calendar.
A longtime chronicler of Maine’s farm- and forage-to-table scene, Down East contributing photographer Douglas Merriam left the 'Learn the Fern' shoot with a pile of freshly harvested fiddleheads and made this magnificent salad. Get the recipe.
The popular PBS series has never swung through our state — what’s up with that? So we created our own version, enlisting top appraisers to evaluate your Maine antiques.
Artist and illustrator Jodie Neal inked one of our favorite early covers 60 years ago this month.
In our April 2018 issue we're asking people, "Where is your favorite spot to watch the night sky?" We've gotten a few responses so far, but please tell us yours.