Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
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Frigid waters, jellyfish hordes, riptides, and things that go bump in the night — nothing has stopped sexagenarian Westbrook aqua-woman Pat Gallant-Charette on her quest to beat marathon swimming's globe-spanning challenge.
The novelist and memoirist has a lifetime of memories from her family's midcoast camp.
Summertime is family time for the First Family at Walker's Point.
In 2015, Down East conducted the following written interview with then 91-year-old George H. W. Bush, discussing the former president’s love of Maine and the role that the family’s Kennebunkport home at Walker’s Point has played in the Bushes’ public and private lives. The interview never ran in the magazine. We present it here, alongside photographs of the Bushes at Walker’s Point, courtesy of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
The veteran News Center Maine anchor Rob Caldwell never tires of the Casco Bay islands.
In summer, Camp Ellis moves at its own carefree pace. But beneath the sultry calm, the beach enclave is waging a desperate battle with rising seas.
Off the beaten path, Richmond’s old-fashioned downtown is way ahead of the "shop local" trend.
The dancer and musician takes to the water in her home city.
Maine’s smallest city has been down but never out, author James Fallows says.
To paraphrase Thomas Wolfe, you can’t go to the Old Port again. Or can you? Author Suzanne Strempek Shea revisits the Portland she once knew.
It’s long been known as “the heart of Maine,” and it only takes a quick spin through the Penobscot Valley to see why. From the mighty Penobscot River, which once carried timber from the great North Woods, to the University of Maine, to the home of Stephen King, the region is as authentically Maine as they come.