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July 2018

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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 July’s photo of Marshall Island.
Drifters Wife - Black bass with chickpeas, squid, and yogurt
Food & Drink

Drifters Wife

Once a tiny restaurant crammed inside a wine shop, this creative East Bayside bistro now has bigger digs and a more elaborate menu to match.
Maine Birds
Room With a View

Ordinary Birds

"Rare birds, high-value birds, please us. But no more than the cliff swallows that once arrived in abundance every spring."
Deering High School
My Favorite Place

Allan Monga’s Favorite Maine Place

The student and burgeoning poet looks forward to Mondays.
Former mill in Topsham by Angus King
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Senategrams

Down East director of photography Benjamin Williamson on Senator Angus King’s sharp shooting.
Stuart Loten
Maine-Made

Loten Art Lighting

Stuart Loten uses a silk-painting technique to turn home lighting into art
Wiscasset Traffic
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Gridlocked in Wiscasset

Will the state’s latest plan for Wiscasset solve a traffic nightmare or ruin a town?
Good To-Go
Food & Drink

Roughing It?

A decade ago, Jennifer Scism was running a Michelin-starred restaurant in New York. But along the way she married a Mainer, got tired of the grind, moved to York, and started backpacking.
Your Maine Mountain Trail Guide
Travel & Outdoors

Maine’s 10 Must-Hike Mountain Trails

Brought to you by the badass hikers of the Alpine Women Collective.
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Food & Drink

We All Scream

For super-creamy strawberry ice cream!
Found in Kennebunk Maine
Maine-Made

Uptown ’Bunk

Do you cruise through downtown Kennebunk on your way to the ’Port? Well, stop. No, really — stop.
Best of Maine 2018
Best of Maine

Best of Maine 2018

Thousands of readers took our poll to tell us what they love most in Maine — from landmarks to lobster shacks. So how’d your favorites do?
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