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Katie Spotz running

Ultra-Athlete Katie Spotz Bikes 360 Miles Across Maine

The Coast Guard officer hasn’t taken any shortcuts on her fundraising treks around Maine (and the rest of the world).

Rockport’s New Drive-In Is a Beacon for Film Buffs

From its projector room in the top of a lighthouse, the Shotwell Drive-In marries the new and the nostalgic.
Portland Poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc

Portland Poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc on Fatherhood, Mortality, and Hockey

The Forest City’s former poet laureate says Maine’s literary community is uniquely close knit.
Maine Is Finally Going to Gets Its Big Bicentennial Parade

Maine Is Finally Going to Get Its Big Bicentennial Parade

The pandemic rained on Maine’s big birthday parade last year, but the rebooted parade is ready to roll through downtown Lewiston and Auburn.
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It’s Never Too Late to Go Back to School

These Mainers find that lifelong learning buoys their mind, body, and spirit.
Mark Freeman spent this spring continuing to tinker with Foolish Pleasure while it was perched on a trailer on the side of Route 1 in York.

Foolish Pleasure, The World’s Fastest Lobsterboat, Rides Again

After the untimely death of its longtime owner, the famously fast lobsterboat motors back onto Maine’s racing circuit.

The Midcoast Sternmen Are What the NBA Used to Be

Maine‘s new semi-pro basketball team is scrappy, physical, and full of players hungry for their shot.
David Driskell at his Falmouth Studio

Remembering the Remarkable Life of David Driskell

At the Portland Museum of Art, the late Maine painter gets his first major solo exhibition.
Mom's Hammer | Down East Magazine

For Mom, Picking Crab Meat Wasn’t About The Money

In the ’70s, a lobsterman’s wife had a lot of obligations and little autonomy.
Down East Magazine, Winter 1955

Remembering Robert P. Tristram Coffin

The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet contributed to Down East just once, in the magazine’s fifth issue, in 1955.
Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America, by Gigi Georges

The “Unseen Story” of Growing Up Down East

A new book shares the stories of five girls coming of age in rural Washington County.
A giant, bearded troll hiding in the woods of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor

5 Giant, Eco-Conscious Trolls Are Hiding at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

And each has its own unique identity and story.
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