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May 2018

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Rumford, Maine
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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 May's photo of Rumford.
Angela Adams in her Munjoy Hill living room
Home + Garden

Angela’s Aerie

Take a tour of Maine rug designer Angela Adams' sunny living room.
McLoons Lobster Shack
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Air Bug

Lobster rolls anywhere, anytime.
behind the scenes may 2018
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3 Neat Things We Encountered in the Making of Our May Issue

The Digital Maine archive of Maine Fish and Wildlife mag, The opening of photographer Ashlyn J. Posiak’s documentary exhibit, and more.
Matthew Secich at his charcuterie shop in Unity, Maine
Food & Drink

Chef Matthew Secich Traded Working In Upscale Kitchens for Maine’s Amish Community

These days, he’s making smoked meats and cheeses in Unity’s Amish community, which he, his wife, and kids joined a few years ago.
Liza Gardner Wals's Fairy Houses
Maine-Made

The Fairy Queen

Liza Gardner Walsh uses a little magic to spark children’s imagination and love for the outdoors.
Peter Beerits owl
Maine-Made

Winging It

Peter Beerits, the artist behind the Nervous Nellie’s Jams & Jellies fantasyland, on building a bird.
Pinecone+Chickadee
Maine-Made

Sweet Pea

Amy Teh and Noah DeFilippis, the team behind Portland’s Pinecone+Chickadee clothing and accessories brand, take adorableness up a notch with their playful silkscreened onesies in soft, organic cotton.
Haunt ME
Arts & Leisure

Who You Gonna Call?

Maine’s YouTube paranormalists ain’t afraid of no ghosts.
canoe tripping up north
Room With a View

Up North, Early May

Up North, in the true canoe country, early May is to canoe-tripping what Thanksgiving to Christmas is to retailing. The whole year quickens toward those two weeks.
maine pottery
Maine-Made

Steep Thoughts

Teapots are among pottery’s most challenging forms, which is why only a few of Maine’s many potters include them in their repertoires.
2017 Great Maine Scavenger Hunters
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Happy Hunting

When we launched last year’s inaugural Great Maine Scavenger Hunt, we weren’t sure anyone would even be ambitious/crazy enough to attempt it. We underestimated you.
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