Features
The New Freeport
Maine’s shopping destination reinvents itself once again By: Joshua F. Moore
Hope is Hip
How a midcoast farming community became one of the coolest places in Maine. By: Virginia Wright. Photography by: Chris Pinchbeck
The Man Who Saw the Future
A University of Maine professor says the state will be warmer, wetter, and stormier before we know it.
Where the Wild Flowers Are
Wanda Garland teaches people to see the beauty right under their feet.
The Alder Patch
Along the side of a wooded road, in a place no one notices, I became part of a drama of life and death. By: Susan Shetterly
The Surprise of Togus
The nation’s oldest veterans facility enters a brave new era. By: Richard Grant
Where to Eat Now
Maine’s top chefs pick 53 favorite restaurants. By: Kathleen Fleury
Online Extra: Ten Questions for Paul Mayewski
A University of Maine professor is at the forefront of climate studies. Here he offers his opinions on the changes taking place By: Jeff Clark
Online Extra: Talking Food with Chef Melissa Kelly
Maine’s a must-stop for foodies.
Departments
Where in Maine?
Take a guess. Add your comments to this month’s “Where in Maine,” a popular feature of Down East Magazine. Photography by: Alan LaVallee
Editor’s Note
Editor in chief Paul Doiron on Hope and beyond. By: Paul Doiron
Letters to the Editor
Read what our readers have to say about Maine.
North By East
Monthly musings from Maine.
Talk of Maine
Despite wide support, GoMoos, Maine’s ocean monitoring network, suffers partial collapse. By: Colin Woodard
The Maine Viewpoint
Editorial opinions from across the state.
Inside Maine
Tutus for Tots
The Victoria Inn
Dining in a Maine Mountain Mansion By: Monica Wood. Photography by: Jeff Scher
It’s a Fine Old World
Eric Bettencourt shines in solo album.
May Editors’ Picks
Events not to miss in May.
Book Reviews
Fellow Traveler: Thoreau By: Richard Grant
North Woods Graduation
At the Jackman commencement, I may have been the only one wearing a sport coat. By: Michael Burke
What’s in a Picture?
Nature and modern technology moved logs to mill in 1947. By: Joshua F. Moore