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Butler Cove, on Merrymeeting Bay, Chris Toy’s favorite Maine place
Our Towns

Chris Toy’s Favorite Maine Place

Followers of the cookbook author’s YouTube channel will recognize this place from the background of his videos.
Deviled eggs, veggie cakes with beet hummus, and scallops from Waterville's Front & Main
Food & Drink

Front & Main Is a Hotel Restaurant Without the Hotel Guests

A downtown Waterville hotel provides overflow student housing while its restaurant serves a smart lineup of Maine-y meals.
Photography

A Gifted Maine Photographer, Gone Too Soon

When 30-year-old Alec Hartman passed away in 2019, after years of struggles with depression and anxiety, Maine lost a talented photographer at the start of a promising career. His stirring images of landscapes and wildlife endure.
Where in Maine, February 2022
Photography

Can You Name This Peak and the Cliff Beneath It?

The mountain was briefly a candidate for alpine-ski infrastructure when Maine flirted with a bid for the 1976 Winter Olympics.
New Maine Music: 4 Artists to Watch in 2022
Arts & Leisure

New Maine Music: 4 Artists to Watch

Plus, a dozen pandemic-era releases you might have missed.
Selection of Down East Reader Photo Contest winners
Photography

7th Annual Down East Reader Photo Contest Winners

This year’s contest saw nearly 1,000 submissions in three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle.
is B-52 Pizza & Subs' Maine Attraction pizza topped with red-snapper dogs and Humpty Dumpty chips the Maine-iest pizza ever?
Food & Drink

I Drove 450 Miles to Eat This Red-Snapper Hot Dog and All-Dressed Potato-Chip Pizza

It's in Aroostook County, if you'd like to do the same
Food & Drink

Pat’s Pizza: A Salute to an Old-School Maine Classic

As delicious as it is ubiquitous, Pat's endures in the era of the artisan 'za.
With handmade charcuterie boards suddenly on-trend, Maine woodworkers are going with the grain.
Maine-Made

6 Gorgeous Maine-Made Charcuterie Boards

With handmade charcuterie boards suddenly on-trend, Maine woodworkers are going with the grain.
Muleskinner, Saddleback Mountain, Rangeley
Our Towns

Chase Morrill’s Favorite Maine Place

Homebuilder Chase Morrill talks about his favorite ski trail and the success of Maine Cabin Masters.
the bar at Modern Barn in Bethel
Food & Drink

Bethel’s Funky Red Barn Was a Beloved Dive. Now It’s Modern Barn.

A once-motley skier’s hangout has a whole new vibe.
bluShift Aerospace is readying cutting-edge biofuel-powered rockets. It just needs a launch site.
Issues & Politics

In Jonesport, a Lobstering Community Is Keeping an Aerospace Startup Grounded

bluShift Aerospace is readying cutting-edge biofuel-powered rockets. It just needs a launch site.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Maine’s Beloved Whoopie Pie

August 2025 Where in Maine? photo clue

Can You Name This Parched Patch of Land?

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