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Photography

Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from April's photo.
History

1972: The Year That Changed Maine

Looking back on a watershed year in the Pine Tree State, a tranformational moment between old Maine and new.
A clammer on the Medomak River in the ’60s or ’70s, before the red tide of 1972
History

The Gulf of Maine’s First Massive Red Tide Stunned Coastal Mainers

In 1972, an unprecedented algae bloom wreaked havoc on fisheries and confounded ocean observers.
SoPo designer Valerie Beggs modeling the dress from her Woodland Waders line
Maine-Made

The SoPo Designer Modeling Fashion on Fishing Waders

For her Woodland Waders line, Valerie Beggs takes inspiration from lobsterers, anglers, and her stint on a shingling crew.
truck and sign on the golden road in Millinocket
History

The Golden Road Brought “Tectonic Change” to the Maine Woods

Great Northern's wilderness thoroughfare replaced the Penobscot log drives — and opened the woods to a new kind of visitor.
Home + Garden

Four Repurposed Churches You Can Dine (Or Imbibe) In

A Portland bar is the latest in a string of venues to open in historic former churches.
Rustic Workbench’s dibble may have a funny name, but it gets serious work done in the garden.
Maine-Made

The Maine-Made Hand Tool Every Gardener Should Own

Rustic Workbench’s dibble may have a funny name, but it gets serious work done in the garden.
In his Prouts Neck studio, Homer painted The Gulf Stream, inspired by time he spent in the Bahamas.
Arts & Leisure

How Winslow Homer Fell in Love with Maine

A new biography looks at how Prouts Neck shaped the artist.
Camp Natarswi, on Lower Togue Pond, in Baxter State Park
Our Towns

Dan Cashman’s Favorite Maine Place

The Nite Show host loves to escape to Camp Natarswi, where no one is on YouTube or TikTok.
Mount Bigelow, seen here from Eustis Ridge on an early-1972 postcard
History

Why Maine Owes Its Most Breathtaking Public Lands to One 1972 Newspaper Story

Reporter Bob Cummings's dispatches led to the preservation of Mount Bigelow, the Mahoosucs, Tumbledown, and other crown jewels of the Maine landscape.
Food & Drink

Dolce Amici Brings a Taste of Italy to Downtown Norway

Part cocktail bar and part gelateria, the multipurpose restaurant serves up everything from meatballs to panini to tiramisu.
Frank Perham hands muddy crystals up from the floor of a pocket.
History

The 1972 Western Maine Mineral Find that Astonished the Gem World

Two tons of breathtaking tourmaline made the region's international reputation — and kicked off a decades-long mineral blitz.
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