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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 December.
Reeds Mill Church, Madrid, Maine
Arts & Leisure

Into the Wildwood

One writer finds a serene holiday moment in a quiet country church.
Harpist Liza Rey Butler’s new collection of lullabies
Arts & Leisure

Smooth Jazzz

Harpist Liza Rey Butler’s new collection of lullabies — yes, lullabies — is good for more than just baby bedtime.
Flying Santa Claus Captain Bill Wincapaw (left) and his son, Bill Jr., with gifts in their Douglas DC-3
Arts & Leisure

No Reindeer Necessary

Remembering Captain Bill Wincapaw, New England’s flying Santa Claus.
Portland Pâtisserie - Portland Restaurants - Down East
Food & Drink

Portland Pâtisserie

The pastries, quiches, soups, and sandwiches at Portland Pâtisserie and Grand Café, in the Old Port, are well on their way to standing on their own, with authentic French underpinnings and just enough New World innovation to keep things interesting.
Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Down East Magazine, Maine
Arts & Leisure

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from October's, Cadillac Mountain picture.
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Arts & LeisureRoom With a View

Lingua Franca

Assimilation shouldn’t mean leaving your language behind.
My Intractable, Gun-Loving, Anti-Government, Right-Wing Cousin
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My Intractable, Gun-Loving,
Anti-Government, Right-Wing Cousin (Who I Like a Lot)

A treatise (with gunplay) on “the two Maines,” peace on Earth, and good will towards Ben.
The Toymakers, Down East Magazine
FeaturesMaine-Made

The Toymakers

You think Santa’s busy? Meet Jim and Teresa England, who coax trains, trucks, and airplanes out of blocks of wood.
Model Trains, Down East Magazine
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His Own Lilliput

Engineer Eric Schade has created an elaborate railway village in his Phippsburg garden.
Snow Meadow Farm in Durham5
Home + Garden

The Christmas Farm

Anne and Matt Ware find a longed-for Currier & Ives lifestyle in Durham.
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Sunshine State

There are many reasons solar energy is on the rise in Maine, but one of the biggest is ReVision Energy.
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