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Land, Water & Wildlife

Circe’s Island

Like the Homeric enchantress, Betsy Wyeth created a magical new world on Allen and Benner islands.
Topsham blacksmith Nicholas Downing is bringing back the loggerhead, an old-school cocktail tool.
Food & Drink

If You’re Not Heating Your 19th-Century Flip with a Maine-Made Loggerhead, What Are You Even Doing?

Topsham blacksmith Nicholas Downing is bringing back an old-school cocktail tool.
Edmund Muskie speaking outside the Manchester Union Leader
History

How Ed Muskie’s Disastrous Presidential Campaign Changed Maine Politics Forever

Wiping away what may or may not have been tears, the Maine senator and brief presidential front-runner dooms his primary chances — while shaping a generation of Maine leaders.
perfectly salted chocolate-chip cookies from Sullivan House Bakery in Gorham, Maine
Food & Drink

Sullivan House Bakery is the Carb-y Hangout Gorham Needed

And its inch-thick, perfectly salted chocolate chippers are pure bliss.
Big Nate comics
Arts & Leisure

Maine’s Own Big Nate Gets His Big Break on TV

Portland illustrator Lincoln Peirce’s 30-year-old comic strip is now an animated Nickelodeon series.
Home + Garden

Meet Maine’s Off-Grid Influencers

With videos on woodpiles, composting toilets, and canned moose meat, a Solon couple finds TikTok fame.
Tribal members rally outside the Maine State House during the long negotiation period between Judge Gignoux’s ruling and the signing of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act.
History

Fifty Years Ago, Passamaquoddy v. Morton Launched a Pivotal Fight for the Return of Tribal Land

Wabanaki tribes made convincing claims to almost two-thirds of the state's land, with the federal government obliged to press their case.
Austin Phillips and his puppets
Maine-Made

Portland’s Austin Phillips Is Among the World’s Finest Professional Dummy Makers

The puppet maker and restorer once hid his passion for the craft. Not anymore.
Where in Maine, February 2022
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 February's photo.
Bath, Maine: The City of Ships
Our Towns

“Maine’s Cool Little City” And Other (Dubious?) Maine Town Mottos

Civic slogans from around the Pine Tree State, ranked for credibility and style.
Our Towns

Maine News You May Have Missed

Abraham Lincoln is the Colby art museum’s million-dollar man, the Portland Museum of Art announces an $85 million expansion, and more.
Where in Maine, April 2022
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Can You Name This Popular Maine State Park?

It is home to one of the state's most photographed lighthouses.
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Doughnuts in Maine: From Inception to Perfection

Longfellow Books, Portland, Maine

7 Independent Bookstores That Maine Authors Love


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