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Illustrated dogs on african stamp
Arts & Leisure

Sealed with a Dog Kiss

What’s a pair of Maine pooches doing on a West African postage stamp?
Steve Brettell. Photographed by Michael D. Wilson
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Bird Man

For almost 40 years, Steve Brettell has worked with monkish devotion in a tiny attic workshop, crafting countless exquisitely lifelike duck decoys.
Train Station
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Quite a Track Record

From “The Real Peculiar Railroad” by Charles Morrow Wilson, in our March 1958 issue.
Down East Magazine - Home - Fire and Ice
Home + Garden

Fire and Ice

For descendants of Maine’s 19th-century Finnish immigrants, the sauna ritual has lost none of its sanctity.
Stranger in the Woods
Arts & Leisure

The Stranger in the Woods

In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Michael Finkel explains the origins of the whispered myth that haunted central Maine for decades.
Mallett Brothers Band
Arts & Leisure

Reclaimed Timbre

The Mallett Brothers Band’s latest album gives new life to old backwoods ballads.
Little Machias Bay
Travel & Outdoors

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from March.
Storm Gathering - My Maine
Arts & Leisure

Storm Gathering

The federal government later declared the March 11, 2005, storm a disaster — but we knew better.
Bag of coffee beans
Food & Drink

Swig of the Month

If there’s a more versatile potable out there, we’d be mighty surprised.
Cottage Pie
Food & Drink

Cottage or Shepherd’s Pie

Cottage pie or shepherd’s pie is great winter comfort food, particularly if you’ve spent the day working outdoors and need respite from the elements.
Aqeel Mohialdeen, publisher of Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Maine's first Arabic-language newspaper
Arts & Leisure

Pressed Together

Can an Iraqi immigrant build community with a newspaper?
Washington
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Boy Oh Boycott

Boycotts can have unintended consequences, and Maine’s history with them has been checkered. When we at Down East received a few impassioned messages warning us that we too were included in a “total boycott of all businesses linked to Maine in any way,” it prompted some reflection.
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