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May 2023

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blue flag irises
Land, Water & Wildlife

Natives and Transplants

In nature, not all flowers are created equal.
milk bottle mixers
Food & Drink

Milk Bottle Mixers Go Down Easy, With or Without Booze

Sold at Greater Portland farmers markets and online, the Maine-made mixers often feature seasonal produce.
Where in Maine, March 2023
Photography

Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from March’s photo.
wooden mushroom sculptures by cousins Luke and Edmund Couture
Maine-Made

In Benton, Turning Foraged Wood into Fungi Figurines

From functional to fungal, a pair of cousins combine their love of woodworking and mushrooms.
Kouign-amann, made with sugared croissant dough, toasted sesame, fennel, and cardamom.
Food & Drink

Gemini Cafe & Bakery Is Filling a Hole in Bethel’s Social Scene

It has become the community hangout after DiCocoa’s closed in 2021.
Freeport Chamber of Commerce executive director Tawni Whitney
Our Towns

What’s in Store for Freeport?

For decades, outlet retail has anchored Maine’s most-visited downtown. Now, its champions say the next iteration needs more than big brands.
With a combination of painting, sculpture, fabric art, audio, video, and more, Maine Maritime Museum’s SeaChange immerses viewers in the watery world of Cashes Ledge
Arts & Leisure

The Maine Maritime Museum Goes Where No Ship Wants to Go

Charting a fresh course, the museum, typically concerned with ships, takes a deep dive into a pristine underwater environment.
old black and white photo of couple driving in a car
Arts & Leisure

Maine’s Oldest Water Park Revives Maine’s Oldest Drive-In

A by-the-numbers look at the Saco Drive-In and the theater’s second chance.
John Jenkins, speaking to students in Oxford County, in 2014.
Arts & Leisure

A Tribute to the “Mayor of Maine”

A new biography chronicles John Jenkins’s journey from a magnetic young student and fish out of water to one of Maine’s most popular mayors and its first Black state senator.
Benjamin Moore’s Dark Teal in the living room, where a pair of oil paintings by Rev. Jon Hale hangs above a settee from a bygone Burnham auction house.
Home + Garden

A Searsport Home with a Spiritual and Artistic Past (and Present)

An art/religion scholar and a priest are deeply devoted to their former parsonage, built for Winslow Homer's uncle.
Land, Water & Wildlife

Maine’s Alewife Run: A Spectacle of Abundance

As alewives return to their historical migration routes, their restored runs are captivating photographers and other wildlife watchers.
Maine-Made

Kani Gutter Said Yes to This Maine-Made Grammy Dress

Kelsey Parker, of Lewiston’s Garbedge Designs,
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