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Artist's Bridge, Newry, Maine
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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 June's photo.
Pemaquid Harbor, Maine
Our Towns

Andrea de Leon’s Favorite Maine Place

NPR's Northeast bureau chief is finishing a mystery novel set in a fictionalized version of this seaside hamlet.
Island Institute founders Peter Ralston and Philip Conkling skipping along next to a herring seiner in Penobscot Bay.
Our Towns

Catching Up with the Fellows Who Dreamed Up the Island Institute Fellows Program

Philip Conkling and Peter Ralston look back at the early days of island fellowships.
Food & Drink

A New Pastry Shop Brings a Czech Snacking Tradition to the County

Owner Donita Ayotte is selling some 4,000 of the micro hand pies a month at Northern Maine Kolache Co.
Campsites at the scenic Mount Desert Campground near Acadia National Park
Travel & Outdoors

Where to Stay While Visiting Acadia National Park

From glamping to grand inns to classic campgrounds, there’s lodging for every budget.
Island Institute Fellow Alumnus Jes Stevenson on a lobsterboat with two lobstermen
Land, Water & Wildlife

How the Island Institute’s Fellowship Program Became a Maine Coast Fixture

At the program’s quarter-century mark, we look back at fellows’ local impacts and lasting connections to host communities.
Blueprint Surf founders Luke Diehl and Mike Ballin with their Sea Mink and (flat-bottomed) Pogy shortboards
Maine-Made

Can a Portland Startup’s 3D-Printed Boards Shape the Future of Surfing?

Blueprint Surf is making waves with boards designed for New England waters.
biking on the road in Acadia National Park
Travel & Outdoors

Fun Things to Do While Visiting Acadia National Park

You don’t need to spend big in order to enjoy a big adventure.
Jeremy Frey in his studio, in Eddington. This year, his baskets are traveling to exhibitions from Portland to New York to Paris.
Maine-Made

The Modern Master of Wabanaki Basketry

Jeremy Frey is the subject of the first-ever major retrospective of a Wabanaki artist. Amid the hype, he’s still able to lose himself in the steady rhythm of weaving in his home studio, where he’s forever cognizant of tribal basketmakers’ challenging history and tenuous future.
Havana Parrilla, an open-air bar and grill in Bar Harbor, Maine, near Acadia National Park
Food & Drink

Where to Eat In and Around Acadia National Park On Any Budget

From popovers to lobster rolls to French-inspired entrées, here’s where to dine on Mount Desert Island.
the three-sided, glass-walled bump-out of jeweler Aaron Ruff’s multifaceted Arrowsic home
Home + Garden

In Arrowsic, a Father and Son Dream Up a Gem of a Retreat

On jeweler Aaron Ruff’s multifaceted home, a three-sided, glass-walled bump-out faces the Sasanoa River.
Savannah Saccarelli, owner of Muh.Kaa.Bruh, with her arthropod art
Maine-Made

Saco Maker Savannah Saccarelli’s Arthropod Art Is Scary Good

Her company name, Muh.Kaa.Bruh, nods to the grim perception many folks have of her art.
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