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Brown Mountain Gatehouse, Acadia National Park
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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 January’s photo.
Pottle's menu surrounded by dishes of prepared food
Food & Drink

For Homey Fare, There’s No Place Like Pottle’s

Comfort food and a complete lack of pretense prevail at the cozy new pub in Liberty.
snowy owl flying
Land, Water & Wildlife

A Flurry of Research Gives New Insight into Elusive Snowy Owls

Project SNOWstorm is tracking the rare winter visitors’ every move.
Harold Crosby wild skating on the frozen Orange River in Whiting, Maine
Travel & Outdoors

A Beginner’s Guide to Wild Skating on Maine’s Frozen Lakes and Rivers

To head out on what skaters call “wild ice” requires some skill, some specialized gear, and some caution.
a cross-section of the Garden State bagel from Dutchman’s Wood-Fired Bagels in Brunswick, Maine
Food & Drink

This Burgeoning Brunswick Bagel Shop Can Hardly Keep Up

Dutchman’s wood-fired bagels are selling faster than owner Jeremy Kratzer can make them.
a Mondrian-esque palette in the kitchen, which features cabinetry from New Brunswick’s Classic Woodworking and a maple butcher-block island and cherry stools by Cutler’s Scott Carpenter
Home + Garden

In a Couple’s Freeport Home, What’s Old Is New

Their motto: "Only buy used things."
a biblioquilt by Larry Clifford of Flyleaf Gallery
Maine-Made

This Maine Artist Is Making Elaborate Mosaics from Discarded Books

Larry Clifford’s biblioquilts are inspired by classic and contemporary quilt patterns.
Jeffery Becton holding up a print of "Olivia's Room," one of his photomontages
Arts & Leisure

The Art of Being Jeffery Becton

Long content to toil in obscurity from his quiet perch on Deer Isle, the septuagenarian master of photomontage drives fast, takes chances, and wonders whether he’s getting somewhere.
76-year-old Whiting resident Harold Crosby wearing his homespun skates made in 1961
Travel & Outdoors

76-Year-Old Harold Crosby Hopes You’ll Take a Skate on the Wild Side

For the lifelong Whiting resident, some things never change — not his Bean boots, not his skate blades, and certainly not his love of skimming up and down the ice on the Orange River.
Pinnacle Tree owner Harry Wolfington works to remove the weather vane Thursday April 6, 2023 at the Second Street building that used to be home of Hallowell Fire Department.
History

This Historic Maine Weather Vane Has Left Its Perch for Good

Once stolen and then returned for a ransom, the wind indicator atop Hallowell's old fire station may be replaced with a replica.
Our Towns

Sailor Cole Brauer’s Favorite Maine Place

When she's not racing solo around the world, she enjoys mornings on her parents' dock on Boothbay's Back River.
Linda Mitchell-Storer's vintage clothing and costume collection at Vintage Finery, in Orrington, Maine
Maine-Made

What Will Become of an Orrington Connoisseur’s Sprawling Formalwear Collection?

Since 2017, the fate of Linda Mitchell-Storer's tens of thousands of items — ranging from Civil-War-era frocks to set jackets owned by Gilda Radner and Cher — has remained in question.
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