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Down East’s 10 Most-Read Stories of 2022

From historical deep dives to political longreads to one extra-large pizza listicle, these are the Maine stories you read and shared most this year.
These Are A Few of Maine Makers' Favorite Things
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These Are A Few of Maine Makers’ Favorite Things

We asked a few of the state’s talented artisans to tell us about their most treasured heritage items.
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Why We’re Still Taken With We Took to the Woods

Eighty years after its publication, Louise Dickinson Rich’s best-known work still resonates.
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Arts & Leisure

The Curtain Comes Down on Belfast’s Colonial Theatre

But not before one final farewell run.
Our Towns

An Oral History of the Cross-Border COVID Wedding That Went Viral

The tale of the plucky couple who didn't let the pandemic, the law, or the St. Croix River stand in the way of their nuptials.
How Did Gulf of Maine Lobster Get Canceled?
Issues & Politics

How Did Gulf of Maine Lobster Get Canceled?

And does it matter? A look at the red-listing of Maine’s iconic export — and the fallout.
Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes, who runs Madawaska’s Poland Spring Seppala Kennels, and his sled dogs
Land, Water & Wildlife

Honoring Togo’s Legacy, a Maine Musher Sets His Sights on the Iditarod

After a wild year, Aroostook musher Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes, champion of a canine hero and a Maine heritage breed, looks ahead to another ambitious challenge.
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Food & Drink

The New Top of the East Is (Ahem) an Elevated Affair

Freshly refurbished, the cocktail bar on the 15th floor of the Westin Portland Harborview isn't your typical chain hotel lounge.
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Maine-Made

Store-Bought Menorahs Don’t Hold a Candle to These One-of-a-Kind Designs

ANK Ceramics’s bespoke menorahs are influenced by the modernist sculptures of Ruth Duckworth.
Where in Maine? December 2022
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Can You Name This Harborside Village?

For most of the 20th century, it was known for its lobstering fleet.
Painter Russell Cheney, left, and Harvard scholar F. O. Matthiessen, in Normandy, France, in 1925.
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Cheney, Matthiessen, and Me

For one writer, the preserved library of two eminent Mainers offers a window into their love story — and some welcome validation.
How Maine's International Border Got Its Shape
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How Maine’s International Border Got Its Shape

Every boundary, Maine state historian Earle Shettleworth Jr. says, reflects some “combination of geography and history.”
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