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Arts & Leisure

Sap Tap Throwback

Artist and illustrator Jodie Neal inked one of our favorite early covers 60 years ago this month.
Milky Way over Reid State Park
Travel & Outdoors

Where’s your favorite place to watch the night sky?

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.
Where in Maine?
Where in Maine?

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from February.
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Retire to Maine Podcast

Planning or hoping to retire to Maine someday, or are you helping family members with the move? We're putting together some resources to help you in the process and to keep you in touch with Maine until the time is right. Listen to the Retire to Maine Podcast.
Penobscot Valley
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How We Do It:
Penobscot Valley Spotlight

It’s long been known as “the heart of Maine,” and it only takes a quick spin through the Penobscot Valley to see why. From the mighty Penobscot River, which once carried timber from the great North Woods, to the University of Maine, to the home of Stephen King, the region is as authentically Maine as they come.
A is for Allagash, masters of yeast
Arts & Leisure

Alpha-brew

Around the time that new contributor Carla Jean Lauter was reporting this month’s story on the nascent reboot of Maine’s august D.L. Geary Brewing Co. she was also penning and designing a fond tribute to Maine’s many breweries in the form of a vintage children’s alphabet primer.
Maine maple syrup, sap buckets
Land, Water & Wildlife

Sweet Season

Each year on Maine Maple Sunday, some 100 sugarhouses open their doors to visitors. Here are a few facts about syrup season.
Bubble Pond
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Where in Maine

Can you name this pond-and-mountain pairing? Submit your answer here for a chance to win a Down East wall calendar.
Longfellow at Bowdoin
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Longfellow at Bowdoin

From 1822 to 1825, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow attended Bowdoin College, where he would become one of America's great poets.
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Maine Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Bigfoot of Maine
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Boots for Your Boots

Bigfoot inventor Michael Thom, an architect from Belfast, boasts that Bigfoot has saved 5,001 marriages. Who are we to sling mud at his claim?
maple brunch
Food & Drink

Holy Maple!

The thaw is on and the sap is flowing, heralding Maine Maple Sunday, with pancake eat-a-thons at sugarhouses around the state. So how much maple can you pack into one meal?
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Celebrating 100 Years of Maine’s Beloved Whoopie Pie

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