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March 2018

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The Swinging Bridge
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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 the March photo of The Swinging Bridge, Brunswick and Topsham, Maine.
home exterior
Home + Garden

Living Large in 900 Square Feet

Peek inside a Kittery Point bungalow that’s big for its size.
Bigfoot of Maine
Maine-Made

Boots for Your Boots

Bigfoot inventor Michael Thom, an architect from Belfast, boasts that Bigfoot has saved 5,001 marriages. Who are we to sling mud at his claim?
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History

Great Elms

New England Elms, long cherished as ornaments, became symbols, providing more than simply shade.
Maine-Made

All Hallowell and Goods

Let Augusta have its big-box stores — the shops along Hallowell’s historic Water Street are an expo of the curious, cozy, and hyper-local.
Maine Public Radio’s Abukar Adan
Arts & Leisure

Crossover Artist

Maine Public Radio’s rookie reporter straddles the cultural (and political) divide.
Mackworth Island State Park,
My Favorite Place

Lois Lowry’s Favorite Place

The renowned young-adult author crosses a causeway to a peaceful island.
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Penobscot Valley Spotlight

It’s long been known as “the heart of Maine,” and it only takes a quick spin through the Penobscot Valley to see why. From the mighty Penobscot River, which once carried timber from the great North Woods, to the University of Maine, to the home of Stephen King, the region is as authentically Maine as they come.
New Beat Farm
Food & Drink

United Farmers Market of Maine!

A mini-guide to Belfast’s mega-ambitious year-round bazaar.
A is for Allagash, masters of yeast
Arts & Leisure

Alpha-brew

Around the time that new contributor Carla Jean Lauter was reporting this month’s story on the nascent reboot of Maine’s august D.L. Geary Brewing Co. she was also penning and designing a fond tribute to Maine’s many breweries in the form of a vintage children’s alphabet primer.
maple brunch
Food & Drink

Holy Maple!

The thaw is on and the sap is flowing, heralding Maine Maple Sunday, with pancake eat-a-thons at sugarhouses around the state. So how much maple can you pack into one meal?
Dalayun Demmons
Maine-Made

Wabanaki Traditions Meet High Style From Decontie & Brown

All of the jewelry and fashions designed by Jason K. Brown and his wife, Donna Decontie-Brown, are contemporary riffs on Wabanaki crafts and iconography.
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