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Travel & Outdoors

The New Innkeepers

There are plenty of fresh faces on the Maine hospitality scene these days — and they’re running some of our favorite destination inns, lodges, boutique hotels, and more.
Northern Maine Brewing Co
Food & Drink

Swig of the Month

Northern Lite has an alluringly hazy amber complexion and a fortifyingly grainy, earthy flavor — a refreshing bridge between micro and macro brewing styles.
David Boynton with seagull on Monhegan Island
History

From Our Archives
August 1956

From “Symbols of the Maine Coast — Herring Gulls” in our August 1956 issue.
A Rockefeller’s Refuge
Home + Garden

A Rockefeller’s Refuge

Earlier this year, David Rockefeller gave away a Jericho Bay island, an Andrew Wyeth painting, and millions of dollars to the Land & Garden Preserve and Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Now those charities, among others, stand to benefit from the sale of the late billionaire’s 14 ½-acre Seal Harbor estate.
The Captain’s Daughter
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Maine Summer Read:
The Captain’s Daughter

How Meg Mitchell Moore’s adolescent stint Down East birthed a pitch-perfect beach read about love, longing, and suburban ennui.
Hidden Spring Winery - A Bottle of Sunshine
Food & Drink

Swig of the Month

Some 20 years ago, Richard’s wife, Jean, gave him a hobby winemaking kit. Two years ago, the couple opened a winery on the farm.
Travel & Outdoors

Where in Maine?

Can you identify this peak?
Arts & Leisure

Down East Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Travel & Outdoors

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from June.
Home + Garden

Walk This Way

A landscape designer creates a welcoming entry with swirling stonework and colorful, textured plants.
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Where in Maine?

Where in Maine?

Can you name this lovely harbor village?
Best of Maine 2017
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Best of Maine 2017
Arts & Media

We spend all year thinking about it and countless hours tabulating your votes for it. See our annual list of Maine’s best everything.
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Doughnuts in Maine: From Inception to Perfection

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