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Will Grunewald
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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.
The Land Before L’Chaim
Maine-Made

The Land Before L’Chaim

How did a Portland artisan turn an old toy dinosaur into the coolest Hanukkah menorah?
LJ Hopkins
Issues & Politics

No Man an Island

For 21 years, LJ Hopkins had hauled mail and essential supplies to Swan's Island. What caused him to stop?
Barrels of Fun
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Barrels of Fun

Midcentury civic festivals in Aroostook County were (ahem) no small potatoes.
Goodnight, Beautiful Women
Arts & Leisure

Lovely Horrors

Anna Noyes’ debut collection of short stories is full of graceful writing about terrible things.
See Stuart Run
Arts & Leisure

See Stuart Run

The Humane Society rescued Stuart and sent him and four comrades to the Westbrook Animal Refuge League so that they could start to discover their dogness.
An old Nike missile base in northern Maine
Arts & Leisure

Bunker, Sweet Bunker

An old Nike missile base in northern Maine could withstand the end times. Read on if you want to live.
Jon Wilson od WoodenBoat magazine
Arts & Leisure

World of Watercraft

A new documentary reveals the man long at the helm of WoodenBoat magazine, who helped revive a dying craft.
Malcolm Gladwell Likes Bad Food and Is Wrong About Bowdoin College
Arts & Leisure

Malcolm Gladwell Likes Bad Food and Is Wrong About Bowdoin

The longtime New Yorker writer butchered his takedown of the Polar Bears’ cafeteria. Here’s how.
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Clearing the Air(bnb)

How did the popular vacation-rental service become a hugely contentious issue in Maine?
Lunch with Ann
Food & Drink

Lunch with Ann

Maine’s First Lady, at your service.
Gettysburg bites the dust in Brunswick.
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The Last Full Measure

Gettysburg bites the dust in Brunswick.
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Jumping Ship

As the Portland Pirates leave town, a former player remembers the team’s swashbuckling first season.
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