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Tiny Homes, Freeport
Home + Garden

6 Maine Tiny Homes We Love

Six homeowners find big-time pleasure in their tiny retreats.
loon on a Maine lake
Land, Water & Wildlife

Where the Loon Calls

After decades in free fall, how Maine’s loon population took off.
Cascade Falls, Saco Maine
Travel & Outdoors

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from the April photo of Cascade Falls in Saco.
Eric Mihan
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Bohemian Rhapsody

Bangor booze merchant (and secret operatic powerhouse) Eric Mihan joins the pros for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s production of La Bohème.
Turrets Seaside Garden
Home + Garden

Seaside Splendor

A decade of blooms follows decades of neglect in this off-the-beaten-path MDI garden.
Whitefield’s Townhouse Road.
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Country Way

Farming isn’t making a comeback on Whitefield’s Townhouse Road. It never went away.
Pappardelle with Arugula Walnut Pesto Recipe
Food & Drink

First Taste of Spring

Welcome spring with pesto, pasta, and greens.
Dahlia
Home + Garden

I Dream of Dahlias

She was getting on in years, and her cancer had come back, and so she offered me a present. She offered me her dahlias. I cross my fingers and hope that I am not the one who kills them.
Down East, April 1981
Food & DrinkHome + Garden

From Our Archives
April 1981

From the article “A Business Full of Beans” in our April 1981 issue.
Deer Pond in the Great Northern Maine Woods. Taken August 2014 by JoAnne Lambdin.
Arts & LeisureRoom With a View

Divos of the Wetlands

If Jeremiah was a bullfrog, he would be a good friend of Paul’s — never mind how loud he was at night.
Union Restaurant, Portland
Food & Drink

Union

Chef Josh Berry's vision is to give diners a grand tour of the best Maine has to offer – albeit an exotic detour or two along the way. Read our review of Union.
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Winter Harbor
Travel & Outdoors

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from February.
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