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Jay Bluck’s Sculptures Are Pure Cold

The founder of Topsham-based SubZero Ice Carvings is essentially a subculture of one.
Arts & Leisure

Eric Hopkins Is Ready to Be More Than Just “the Pointy-Piney-Island Guy”

The acclaimed North Haven artist, known for his aerial paintings of Penobscot Bay, looks ahead to his career’s third chapter.
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Most Read in 2021: Stories About Mainers

This year, we got to know cobblers and foresters, civil-rights pioneers and a certain 101-year-old lobsterer.
Our Towns

How Half a Million Tons of Salt Finds Its Way to Maine’s Roads

The stockpiles on South Portland’s waterfront are halfway through a surprisingly epic journey.
Maine-Made

Waterford Puzzle Company’s Popularity Isn’t So Puzzling

Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton, and Queen Elizabeth are among former customers of what is now Waterford Puzzle Company.
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Food & Drink

Locally Farmed and Foraged Ingredients Shine at Biddeford’s Magnus on Water

Most everything on the menu comes from the surrounding area, including the sea salt extracted from water collected at nearby Fortunes Rocks Beach.
Where In Maine? January 2022
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Can You Name This Historic Park?

Designed nearly two centuries ago, it served as a parade venue during the Civil War.
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Down East’s Top 10 Longreads of 2021

From a rabid-fox tale to a fisherman's elegy to a mystery of an enigmatic author, these are the Maine stories you read and shared most this year.
Ben’s Picks: 17 of the Best Maine Photos of 2021
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Ben’s Picks: 20 of 2021’s Best Maine Landscape and Wildlife Photos

Down East staff photographer Benjamin Williamson's favorite shots of the year.
Dajuan Eubanks’ favorite Maine place: the scenic stretch of the Moose River between Brassua and Moosehead lakes
Our Towns

Dajuan Eubanks’s Favorite Maine Place

Maine Celtics president Dajuan Eubanks, on the Moose River in Rockwood.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

Sulking in a Winter Wonderland

For writer Ron Currie, a Maine winter can bring with it a troubled mind. Might an idyllic mountain retreat offer refuge?
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Doug Rawlings on Peace, Poetry, and a New Generation of Vets

The Veterans for Peace cofounder found solace in the Maine countryside.
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