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Maine News You May Have Missed, August 2022
Our Towns

Maine News You May Have Missed

A Maine high-schooler wins big at an international science fair, Senator Susan Collins sells her Bangor home, and more.
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Food & Drink

In a New Anthology, Heavy-Hitting Maine Writers Focus on Food

With essays by Lily King, Richard Ford, and others, Breaking Bread raises funds to fight hunger.
In 1991, in Disko Bay, on Greenland’s west coast, the schooner Bowdoin passed an iceberg with a dramatic arch.
Photography

The 100-Year-Old Schooner Bowdoin as It Was Meant to Be Seen — In the Arctic

Revisiting a trove of stunning photos by Maine photographer Tom Stewart, who accompanied Maine’s official state vessel to the far north in the early 1990s.
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Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East magazine editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from August’s photo of Witherle Woods.
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Maine Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
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4 Terrific Paddling Day Trips

Check out these 5 terrific Maine canoeing and kayaking day trips, plus more in our Maine Vacation Guide.
Home + Garden

Smell These Roses!

That’s what passersby stop to do when they encounter this enchanting sunken garden on Castine’s Main Street.
Petite pastels and shrimpy shell-art in Castine’s free little art gallery.
Maine-Made

“Free Little Art Galleries” Are Catching on in Rural Maine

A largely urban phenomenon elsewhere, these small galleries are providing new, tiny outlets for local (and not-so-local) artists.
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The Life and Times of Charles Norman Shay

Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, a decorated Army medic and Penobscot elder is keeping his history alive.
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Nautical Style

Once a de facto frat house, this marine building is now a chic retreat for a Castine family
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Hidden Maine: 10 Under-the-Radar Spots

Even Vacationland still hides pockets of undiscovered country. We’re spilling the beans on 10 super-scenic locales you’ve probably never visited — but should.
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An Edible Arrangement

A sophisticated garden yields a wholesome bounty in Castine.
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