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Split Rock Distilling blueberry vodka being used an a blueberry martini
Food & Drink

Swig of the Month

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.
Arts & Leisure

Fish Story

A clubhouse on the banks of the Penobscot River recalls the days when salmon — presidential or otherwise — were plentiful.
Old photo of loggers working on logs
Arts & Leisure

From Our Archives
May 1971

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.
Boat full of fish
Arts & Leisure

What’s in a Picture

In 2009, after years of dam removals and fishway constructions, alewives swam through Benton en masse for the first time in two centuries.
Boys of Summer
Arts & Leisure

Boys of Summer

Author Alex George spins a rollicking coming-of-age tale on the Maine coast.
Aly Spaltro, also known as Lady Lamb
Arts & Leisure

Lady Lamb the Mystery

Who is Aly Spaltro and what does she have to say?
Grilled Spring Lamb and Salsa Verde with Baby Beets, Beet Greens, Fried Garlic, and Chèvre
Food & Drink

Flower Moon Favorites

Two dishes perfect for early summer, from Annemarie Ahearn’s gorgeous cookbook.
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Summer Squeeze

A sudden paucity of waitstaff, hosts, and housekeepers has Maine’s hospitality industry feeling the heat this year.
Illustration of differing beliefs around a table
Arts & Leisure

Culture Clash

With Disgraced, Portland Stage dives into an escalating national debate over religion, ethnicity, and American identity.
Shed on dock with lobster traps
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.
“Cauliflower 65,” fried cauliflower with chutneys.
Food & Drink

Tulsi North

Unapologetic in its boldness and, in many dishes, its heat, Tulsi North is an unexpected and exciting addition to Wells’ restaurant scene.
Daniel Sonenberg at the piano
Arts & Leisure

Ball Canto

A University of Southern Maine professor’s unlikely new opera takes a run at a pioneering black baseball legend.
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