It’s unnerving that most fruit-flavored vodkas are as clear as water. But the blueberry vodka at Split Rock Distilling is the color it ought to be.
A clubhouse on the bank of the Penobscot River recalls the days when salmon — presidential or otherwise — were plentiful.
From “Machias River Log Drive,” in our May 1971 issue. A couple of months after this article was published, the Maine State Legislature passed a law to end log drives for good.
In 2009, after years of dam removals and fishway constructions, alewives swam through Benton en masse for the first time in two centuries.
Author Alex George spins a rollicking coming-of-age tale on the Maine coast.
Two dishes perfect for early summer, from Annemarie Ahearn’s gorgeous cookbook.
A sudden paucity of waitstaff, hosts, and housekeepers has Maine’s hospitality industry feeling the heat this year.
With Disgraced, Portland Stage dives into an escalating national debate over religion, ethnicity, and American identity.
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from March.
Unapologetic in its boldness and, in many dishes, its heat, Tulsi North is an unexpected and exciting addition to Wells’ restaurant scene.
A University of Southern Maine professor’s unlikely new opera takes a run at a pioneering black baseball legend.