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Maine Ideas
Features

8 Crazy Maine Ideas

We asked our contributors to throw skepticism out the window and float a few moonshot proposals that’d impact Maine for the better.
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 the September photo at Sebasco Harbor Resort.
Apples to Donuts
Food & Drink

Apples to Donuts

There’s little more satisfying than the crunch of a just-picked apple — except maybe a warm, freshly baked cider donut. Bet you can’t resist.
Where in Maine?
Travel & Outdoors

Where in Maine?

The ravine spanned by this mottled stone footbridge cleaves a property once owned by one of Maine’s first families.
Farm Markets8
Travel & Outdoors

Maine’s Best Fall Farm Stands

Five roadside farm markets we can’t pass by.
Ed Pierpont and his pumpkin
Land, Water & Wildlife

A Giant Among Pumpkin Growers

Ed Pierpont has his sights set on parading another state-record squasher in Damariscotta.
Kernels Of Truth
Arts & Leisure

Kernels of Truth

From the essay “Aroostook Yesterdays,” by Anne Hannan, in our November 1956 issue.
Kittery
Features

Where-to-Eat Town: Kittery

In 180 paces (we counted), you can traverse the nucleus of Kittery’s snug Foreside district, passing eight restaurants, a whole-animal butcher, an import market of Euro delicacies, a dim craft-cocktail bar, and a coffee shop with the best vibe (and crullers) for 50 miles in any direction.
George J. Mitchell and Bob Dole in 1990
Issues & Politics

Straight Talk

We asked George J. Mitchell, Maine’s Democratic U.S. senator from 1980 to 1995, for his thoughts on political rhetoric in 2016. He graciously complied.
Dispatches
Arts & Leisure

Down East Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
Bogged Down
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Bogged Down

From “Crazy Over Cranberries” by Ken Textor in our October 1996 issue.
Where in Maine? August
Photography

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from the August photo of Cape Newagen and Southport Island.
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