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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.
State representative Jeffrey Evangelos is the legislature’s criminal-justice reformer in chief.
Issues & Politics

The State of Maine v. Parole

Maine was the first state to eliminate the possibility of parole. Now, a hard-nosed state legislator and a once-incarcerated PhD student are making the case that parole deserves a second chance.
A sure sign of a hemlock woolly adelgid infestation is a cottony (or “woolly”) white substance at the base of hemlock needles.
Land, Water & Wildlife

Maine’s Mysterious Foot-Staining Beaches Were Not What We Thought

Officials blamed kelp flies, but the true culprit is even stranger.
knish from BenReuben’s Knishery in South Portland
Food & Drink

There’s Something Knish-y Going On at BenReuben’s

A South Portland takeout spot riffs on a classic nosh.
Food & Drink

Dolce Amici Brings a Taste of Italy to Downtown Norway

Part cocktail bar and part gelateria, the multipurpose restaurant serves up everything from meatballs to panini to tiramisu.
Bath, Maine: The City of Ships
Our Towns

“Maine’s Cool Little City” And Other (Dubious?) Maine Town Mottos

Civic slogans from around the Pine Tree State, ranked for credibility and style.
hot-chocolate bombs from Splendiferous Sweet Shoppe in Searsport, Maine
Food & Drink

Searsport’s Splendiferous Sweet Shoppe Is Mad for Hot-Cocoa Bombs

The Alice in Wonderland-inspired candy shop offers fun flavored hot-chocolate bombs even the Queen of Hearts would approve of.
rhubarb squares
Food & Drink

Make Amanda Beal’s Grandma’s Yummy Rhubarb Squares

The Maine cabinet member’s family recipe is one of more than 200 in the new volume of the Maine Community Cookbook.
Breaking Bread: Essays from New England on Food, Hunger, and Family cover
Food & Drink

In a New Anthology, Heavy-Hitting Maine Writers Focus on Food

With essays by Lily King, Richard Ford, and others, Breaking Bread raises funds to fight hunger.
In his Prouts Neck studio, Homer painted The Gulf Stream, inspired by time he spent in the Bahamas.
Arts & Leisure

How Winslow Homer Fell in Love with Maine

A new biography looks at how Prouts Neck shaped the artist.
Topsham blacksmith Nicholas Downing is bringing back the loggerhead, an old-school cocktail tool.
Food & Drink

If You’re Not Heating Your 19th-Century Flip with a Maine-Made Loggerhead, What Are You Even Doing?

Topsham blacksmith Nicholas Downing is bringing back an old-school cocktail tool.
pork-filled tofu-skin rolls, shrimp dumplings, and beef ramen from Kittery's 518 Noodle Bar
Food & Drink

518 Noodle Bar Turns Out One Standout Bite After Another

The Kittery restaurant’s menu is a paradox of choice, so why choose just one dish?
shipwreck of the Oakey L. Alexander
History

The Historic Shipwreck of the Oakey L. Alexander

Looking back on the high-wire maritime rescue on its 75th anniversary.
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