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Where in Maine? December 2022
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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 December’s photo.
Ralston never misses a year of shooting Rockport’s Holiday on the Harbor celebration — one of scores of Maine community events made possible by philanthropic support.
Our Towns

At Year’s End, It’s About People

How people decide which causes to support can be summed up in a short sentence: people give to people.
Hannah Hermes in her studio
Home + Garden

A Disco Ball Was the First Thing She Hung in Her Portland Place

In her studio apartment, maker Hannah Hermes cultivates local art, abandoned plants, and a Pee-wee’s Playhouse vibe.
These Are A Few of Maine Makers' Favorite Things
Maine-Made

These Are A Few of Maine Makers’ Favorite Things

We asked a few of the state’s talented artisans to tell us about their most treasured heritage items.
the refurbished lounge at Top of the East
Food & Drink

The New Top of the East Is (Ahem) an Elevated Affair

Freshly refurbished, the cocktail bar on the 15th floor of the Westin Portland Harborview isn't your typical chain hotel lounge.
Can You Name This Landmark Lake?
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 October’s photo.
Printmaker Addie Best at her 1946 Vandercook press
Maine-Made

How I Made This: Addie Best on Her Folksy Designs And Vandercook Press

Since graduating from college last spring, she has taken her whimsical printmaking full-time.
Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes, who runs Madawaska’s Poland Spring Seppala Kennels, and his sled dogs
Land, Water & Wildlife

Honoring Togo’s Legacy, a Maine Musher Sets His Sights on the Iditarod

After a wild year, Aroostook musher Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes, champion of a canine hero and a Maine heritage breed, looks ahead to another ambitious challenge.
Sidereal Farm Brewery
Food & Drink

Sidereal Farm Brewery Is Home to High-Flying Beers (and Science!)

A new Vassalboro farmhouse brewery houses a variety of fermentation enthusiast Justin Amaral's food-and-drink science projects.
the steel El Faro memorial in Rockland depicts two faceless merchant marines, a man and a woman, saluting above a stern the shape of El Faro’s, with the names of all 33 victims etched in it
Our Towns

Rockland’s El Faro Memorial Is a Heartfelt Sculptural Tribute

Former merchant marine Jay Sawyer memorializes the crew of the ill-fated cargo ship.
Marty, Erin, Reagan, and Wynnie hang out next to a pale-blue mural designed, Erin Gajan in the living room
Home + Garden

The Perks of Being a Wall Painter

A muralist’s Cape Elizabeth home benefits from her bright-but-not-splashy interior touches.
a copy of "We Took to the Woods," by Louise Dickinson Rich on a table
Arts & Leisure

Why We’re Still Taken With We Took to the Woods

Eighty years after its publication, Louise Dickinson Rich’s best-known work still resonates.
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