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Alstation Station's seared Maine dayboat scallops with cranberry risotto and cranberry-orange relish; duck breast à l’orange with shiitake mushrooms and quinoa pilaf; pan-roasted Maine halibut in a bouillabaisse sauce.
Food & Drink

Alsace, Union’s New French Restaurant, Serves Positively Provincial Fare

The menu, like the restaurant’s decor, leans into what Alsatians would call gemütlichkeit: hominess, comfort.
Lights Out Gallery founders Karlë Woods, Reed McLean, and Daniel Sipe in an under- construction studio
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Can Norway’s New Lights Out Gallery Power an Artistic Surge?

The nonprofit aims to transform a tumbledown old snowshoe factory into a creative hub.
Adam Ayan of Ayan Mastering mixing music in his Portland area-studio
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You Might Not Know Adam Ayan, But You’ve Heard His Work

He finesses recordings by the music world’s biggest names from a Portland-area barn.
Josh Rowan and Erin Desmond (seated), in Thomaston with the crew restoring their historic schooner Hindu
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In Thomaston, A Couple Saves a Classic Maine Schooner Just in Time for Its Centennial

After a painstaking restoration, the Hindu is about to hit the water again as it sails toward its second century.
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How to visit Acadia on any budget, Passamaquoddy basketmaker Jeremy Frey, twenty-five years of the Island Institute, and more.
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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 April’s photo.
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Stop to Smell the Roses in This Brunswick Garden

Really — the owners of this perennial-and-sculpture garden welcome visitors.
Smoke alewife and pickled onion pizza from Odd Alewives Farm Brewery
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Catch a Slice of This Smoked Alewife Pizza While You Can

Odd Alewives Farm Brewery’s seasonal pie is only on the menu for about one month a year.
Artist's Bridge, Newry, Maine
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Can You Name This Historic Covered Bridge?

In 1958, after a new bridge was built downstream, it was closed to auto traffic, but it still sees plenty of foot traffic.
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