163 Design Company specializes in woodworking — its bestselling products include keychains, magnet sets, and “desktop adventures” sets.
It took Daniel Jenning several decades and 71,000 specimens to identify them.
Down East staff photographer Benjamin Williamson's favorite shots of the year.
What Maine's polar explorers have to teach us about schmoozing outside during a pandemic winter.
A sign outside bears a Penobscot word describing the building’s purpose.
Courtney Roberts crafts cozy
headgear that’s almost as adorable
as her customers.
This year’s contest saw nearly 1,300 submissions in three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle. And even in year six of the competition, we can’t stop marveling at our readers’ ability to capture the Maine mystique.
Molly Brown’s graphic paintings navigate the personal and the big picture.
From a profile of the Maine farmer saving the world’s rarest seeds to a small-town sports saga for the ages to the strange tale of the COVID cruise ship marooned Down East, these are our most-read stories of 2020.
It’s still a lousy idea to gather indoors. But don’t let that stop you from socializing, dining, and celebrating (safely!) with family and friends.
Leigh Kellis's vegan Sweet Sea Cookies are good for the ocean, anyway (and they taste great).
The artsy midcoast hub is placid in winter, but as new development comes to its historic seaside downtown, civic engagement is lively as ever.