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Justin and Samantha Juray, the owners of Just-In-Time Recreation, embracing.
Our Towns

“You Can’t Explain It to Anybody”

After a mass shooting took the lives of 18 people last October, families, friends, and survivors were left to process their grief and trauma in myriad ways. For one couple, that meant endeavoring to reopen the bowling alley where the shooting began.
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The Winners of Down East’s 2024 Best of Maine Poll

Our 17th annual roundup of Maine’s best everything, from taprooms to bookshops, lobster rolls to toy stores. How did your favorites do?
The drive up Quill Hill, located between the towns of Rangeley and Stratton Maine, during peak foliage
Travel & Outdoors

How to Enjoy the Autumn Grandeur of Maine’s Western Mountains

When vivid fall colors get splashed across the quintessential small-towns around Rangeley Lake, you’ll discover a priceless foliage experience.
Camden Harbor, from the Mount Battie summit.
Travel & Outdoors

Why the Camden Hills Should Be Your Fall Foliage Getaway

Autumn brings a pastoral luster to the coastal mountains of the midcoast.
huevos Ocotillo with over-easy egg; Pork-pastrami Benedict with lemon-fresno hollandaise; brisket hash with poached eggs.
Food & Drink

Ocotillo Is the Place in Portland for a Relaxed Tex-Mex Brunch

The restaurant’s menu echoes the weekday breakfasts and Sunday brunches that its proprietors formerly ran at the first location of Terlingua.
a small boat with a clear reflection on the water
Travel & Outdoors

Where Is “Down East” Maine Anyway?

We head downwind and east on a road trip through the new Downeast Maine National Heritage Area.
Erik Francis, one of the three Passamaquoddy tribal members licensed to transport elvers around dams last spring.
Land, Water & Wildlife

The Upstream Battle to Preserve Maine’s Lucrative Elver Fishery

Some observers suspect that the number of baby eels migrating up Maine rivers is declining. Passamaquoddy fishermen have taken conservation into their own hands.
Saco River Tote Bag in green from Rogue Industries
Maine-Made

Shop the Fall Collection on the Down East Shop

Our curated fall collection features bags, hats, snacks, home decor, and more from Maine makers and artisans.
Travel & Outdoors

3 Fabulous Foliage Forays on the Blue Hill Peninsula

Fall road-trip recs, for whatever kind of leaf peeper you happen to be.
bikers enjoying graveled roads thanks to Appalachian Mountain Club's Maine Woods Initiative
Travel & Outdoors

Gravel Biking Comes to Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness

Newly friendly to cyclists, the Appalachian Mountain Club’s 330 miles of old logging roads are unpaved, with good intentions.
Christy Gardner takes a break from training in her home gym with Doug, a service dog, to sit for a portrait
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Army Vet, Double Amputee, and Athlete Christy Gardner Has Never Let Anything Stop Her

When she’s not training service and therapy dogs through her nonprofit work, she’s pushing herself to excel in parasports.
Gulf shrimp on a bed of fettuccine nero and escarole garnished with chervil sprigs
Food & Drink

Secundo, Chef Sam Ostrow’s New Restaurant, Is a Near-Perfect Italian Joint

Located in South Berwick, the downtown space lets him flex and expand on everything he loves about his primo place.
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