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In warmer months, hiking and fishing are popular activities.
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The Results of Our Best of Maine Beer Poll

It’s no easy task picking favorites from the thousands of Maine beers out there, but we tapped our readers to do just that.
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November 2023

The result of our Best of Maine Beer poll, a look at some of Maine's remaining general stores, and more.
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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 August's photo.
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8 Scenic (and Undersung) Maine Drives That Are Worth the Detour

They’re not the stuff of epic road trips — in fact, none are more than a few miles long.
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Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from October’s photo.
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Stats on Maine’s supersize holiday celebrations, a guide to beautiful, thoughtful Maine-made gifts for the home, kids, and clotheshorses, and more.
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Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from September's photo.
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Can You Name This Monumental Maine Art Walk?

In 2017, a local land trust opened the property to the public, with a graveled quarter-mile path winding past the dozen remaining big sculptures.
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Autumn on Maine's Blue Hill peninsula, the future of the DaPonte String Quartet, philosopher Daniel Dennett on the illusion of consciousness, and more.
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Can You Name This Footbridge and the Town Where It’s Found?

The footbridge was built in the ’80s, after a design student at a local university pitched the idea to a professor.
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