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Features
All Aboard!
For some folks, the mere mention of the holidays evokes the romance of the rails — real trains, model trains, toy trains. Let us take you on a ride.
Maine-Made Gifts!
Our annual gift guide is your ticket to stylish, creative, and thoughtful gift-giving — all while supporting Maine’s small businesses and artisans. By Laura Serino
Family Trees
The best part about having a real Christmas tree? Putting your boots on and heading out to find it, of course Photographed by Cara Slifka
My Intractable, Gun-Loving, Anti-Government, Right-Wing Cousin, (Who I Like a Lot)
On a visit back home to central Maine, one writer contemplates “the two Maines,” peace on Earth, and good will towards Ben. By Ron Currie Jr.
Department
Where in Maine?
Can you name this pretty park and the town where it’s found?
Editor’s Note
Down East Family
The Mail
What You Said
North by East
Opinions, Advisories, and Musings from the Length and Breadth of Maine
Down East Dispatches
News You May Have Missed
Winter Beaters
It Only Has to Last the Winter
What’s in a Picture
The First Flying Santa
Q&A
Dooryard
Living the Maine Life
Home
A Currier & Ives farmhouse
in Durham
My Maine
Making It in Maine
Room With a View
Guide
What to Do in Maine This Month
Dining
Theater
Music
Celebrations
Maine Holiday Event Calendar
From Our Archives
On the cover: Bringing in the Tree, by Cara Slifka