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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.
Memorial Bridge between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine
History

Memorial Bridge Marks 100 Years Spanning the Piscataqua River

A century ago, Maine got a little cozier with its only U.S. neighbor.
At a circa 1960 festival, King Neptune poses with the Sea Goddess. Photo courtesy of the Maine Lobster Festival
Arts & Leisure

Rockland’s Maine Lobster Festival Says Goodbye to Its Sea Goddess

Instead, the long-running fest will crown a Maine Lobster Festival Delegate.
Food & Drink

5 of Our Favorite Classic Maine Diners

Most of Maine’s many diners feel almost inherently timeless. These five, though, are top of the class.
Hamilton Easter Field, the libertine (left), and Charles Woodbury, the traditionalist (right).
History

How a Pair of Rivals Birthed Maine’s Archetypal Art Colony

Charles Herbert Woodbury and Hamilton Easter Field made Ogunquit a destination for aspiring artists but also began a feud.
Food & Drink

Sam Hayward Came to Appledore Island a Bassist. He Left a Chef.

Cooking for hungry students and researchers in the ’70s, he learned to love seafood that other chefs ignored. Then, he kick-started a culinary revolution.
Kouign-amann, made with sugared croissant dough, toasted sesame, fennel, and cardamom.
Food & Drink

Gemini Cafe & Bakery Is Filling a Hole in Bethel’s Social Scene

It has become the community hangout after DiCocoa’s closed in 2021.
Margherita, salami, asparagus, and cherry-tomato pizzas from Il Leone
Food & Drink

It’s a Peaks Island Pizza Party All Summer Long at Il Leone

The alfresco oven turns out bubbly Neapolitan-style pies loaded up with Maine toppings.
biking on Chebeague
Travel & Outdoors

A Perfect Weekend on Chebeague

Cruise around the quiet island roads, explore an abandoned summer colony, take in the many ocean vistas, and more.
Dories lined up at Fish Beach on Monhegan Island
Travel & Outdoors

A Perfect Weekend on Monhegan

Hike 12 miles of island trails, visit the island’s many studios and art galleries, view a 75-year-old shipwreck, and more.
two scoops with rainbow sprinkles on a cone from Gifford's ice cream
Food & Drink

After a Factory Fire, Gifford’s Ice Cream Avoids a Meltdown

A fire shut down its Skowhegan plant this winter, but the Maine ice cream brand is still scooping.
With a combination of painting, sculpture, fabric art, audio, video, and more, Maine Maritime Museum’s SeaChange immerses viewers in the watery world of Cashes Ledge
Arts & Leisure

The Maine Maritime Museum Goes Where No Ship Wants to Go

Charting a fresh course, the museum, typically concerned with ships, takes a deep dive into a pristine underwater environment.
a coyote in the snow
Land, Water & Wildlife

Is Wildlife Getting More Photogenic Or Are Trail Cams Really That Good?

Increasingly accessible tech has allowed outdoors photographers to turn trail cams into an art form.
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