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Babes in the Woods
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Babes in the Woods

Take a kid-friendly trip through the Katahdin region.
Home + Garden

Row by Row

Cold-loving veggies for your garden.
No Elder an Island
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No Elder an Island

For many seniors on Maine’s islands, the prospect of settling into a mainland care home is disquieting. The alternative requires a whole community’s investment.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
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Where in Maine

Can you name this striking church and the town it’s in?
Captain Harpswell
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Captain Harpswell

The year’s most talked-about big-screen superhero spends summers laying low (and occasionally battling aliens) on the midcoast.
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2018 Great Mainer Scavenger Hunters
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Tales of the Hunt

Last year’s second running of the Great Maine Scavenger Hunt enticed hundreds of readers and fans to explore the Pine Tree State’s weirder, woolier corners. Dozens returned home victorious — faces suntanned, quads aching from mountain hikes, hands stinking of codfish. Here are a few of their stories.
Opening Day
Land, Water & Wildlife

Opening Day at the Havey Quarry

Anticipation is in the air as miners dig for tourmaline.
Todd's Hot Sauce
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It’s a Hot One

One summer, WABI-TV meteorologist Todd Simcox had tomatoes growing like gangbusters in his garden. He made pasta sauce, but it tasted terrible. He tried salsa, and friends and family loved it.
Home + Garden

It’s Not Complicated

A home designed for efficiency and easy care
Photography

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from March’s photo of The New Portland Wire Bridge.
Maine Dispatches
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Maine Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
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