Your Island Awaits
Private islands don’t come cheap, even in Maine, but right now you can snag one — or three! — for less than you might pay for a condo on Portland’s peninsula.
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Maine Winter Wellness
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Our Favorite Letter
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from November’s photo of Fort Foster.
Featured Maine Maker: Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections
With their chocolate moose pops and iconic lighthouse logo, Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections is probably one of the state’s most well-known home-grown brands.
Christmas 1968
The story of Victor Stanley’s childhood reads like the beginning of a Steinbeck novel, but it’s all true.
Where in Maine?
Can you name the street that hosts these houses, and the town and neighborhood where it’s found?
A Town in Between
The easternmost village on the U.S. Atlantic coast charts a course through tradition and change, natives and newcomers, nature’s beauty and nature’s fury.
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill’s Favorite Place
For University of Maine paleoecologist Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Acadia National Park has always been as much a research destination as a respite.
Maine Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Slick Operation
The Maine Department of Transportation is responsible for snow removal on just 18 percent of roads in the state — county and local governments handle most of the rest — but their salting stats are mind-melting.
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