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Will Grunewald is Down East's editor in chief and has been with the magazine since 2016, after previously working at Washingtonian. He lives in Brunswick with his wife, Heidi, and a spunky little dog named Wally.
Biscuits
Food & Drink

Biscuits & Company

Stacy Cooper has created a farm-meets-city vibe at Biscuits & Company in Biddeford, where she conveys just how much she loves biscuits.
Common Ground Country Fair’s annual posters - pig and praying mantis
Travel & Outdoors

Prints of the Barnyard

Love the Common Ground Country Fair’s annual poster designs? Thank the rural jurors who select them.
Food & Drink

Hoppy Days Are Here Again!

Harvest season is the most wonderful time of year for beer lovers.
three men in limestone
Arts & Leisure

When Phish Fans Took Over an Aroostook County Town

Twenty years ago, Limestone was briefly the biggest city in Maine and these festooned fellows were fairly characteristic of its citizenry.
Illustration of person playing piano - Mount vernon classical meets pop concert
Arts & Leisure

Mess with a Classic

Orthodoxy isn’t the point when world-class performers play Mount Vernon’s Independence Day pops concert.
Trapani at Owls Head Light.
Arts & Leisure

Mr. Lighthouse

Bob Trapani Jr. carries the torch for Maine’s beloved-but-antiquated seaside beacons in the GPS era.
Curry King
Food & Drink

All Hail the Curry King!

Arif Shaikh has designs on a midcoast curry empire.
Arts & Leisure

What’s in a Picture?

A place for wholesome Recreation. Dedicated to the Health and Happiness of the American Family.
Cruise ship
Issues & Politics

Not on Board

In a state that thrives on tourism, why do cruise ships still leave so much discord in their wake?
The Absent Majority
Issues & Politics

The Absent Majority

Why the recent ballyhoo over ranked-choice voting?
waves on rocks
Issues & Politics

Another Tempestuous Term

Maine’s Sea Grant program, responsible for delivering practical scientific know-how to fishing communities, now faces an existential political threat.
old photo of a steamboat next to another sinking steamboat on Moosehead Lake
Arts & Leisure

What’s in a Picture?

In their heyday, dozens of steamboats plied Maine’s largest lake. Soon, though, the Great Depression and the age of the automobile took their tolls, and as steamboats grew obsolete, they were scuttled or simply allowed to sink at mooring.
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