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Swimming Holes
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Our 12 Favorite Maine Swimming Holes

Our 12 favorite Maine swimming holes are little heralded and sparsely visited, sylvan spots along quiet trails where locals gather when the mercury rises.
Glow Babies
Travel & Outdoors

Glow Babies

Almost 60 years later, memories of a transformative summer, childhood hijinks, and smokes at the beach still smolder.
Maine Antiques Guide
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Portal to the Past

A Maine Antiques Shopping How-To
Steven and the Dachshund
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Steven and the Dachshund

South Portland native Steven Rowley authors a megabucks bestselling novel, Lily and the Octopus, about loneliness, loss, and man’s best friend.
A Garden Legacy
Home + Garden

A Garden Legacy

Dedicated to her mother-in-law’s vision, Cynthia Hosmer tends a landmark coastal garden in York.
Scales, Portland
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Scales

Even before construction started, Scales was one of the most talked about restaurants in town. Everyone wanted to know how two Portland legends, restaurateur Dana Street and chef Sam Hayward, could possibly top their wildly successful prior endeavors
Lobster Roll
Food & Drink

The Definitive Oral History of the Lobster Roll

From the seafood slingers, chefs, glossy food-mag writers, and entrepreneurs who helped turn the unassuming lobster roll into a national phenomenon.
Where in Maine? August
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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 the August photo of Cape Newagen and Southport Island.
See Stuart Run
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See Stuart Run

The Humane Society rescued Stuart and sent him and four comrades to the Westbrook Animal Refuge League so that they could start to discover their dogness.
August 2016
Home + Garden

True to Form

Two artists add color and spark to an 89-year-old bungalow while embracing its beautiful simplicity.
Elle Logan
Arts & Leisure

Clean Sweep

Elle Logan rowed in Beijing and London and won gold both times. This summer in Rio, she's made it three for three. So why haven’t you heard of Maine’s baddest Olympian?
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