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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 April’s photo.
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Don’t Let a Lack of Gear Keep You From Enjoying The Maine Woods

A new breed of libraries is making the great outdoors even more accessible to Mainers.
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Portland Printmaker Blue Butterfield’s Memoir Cuts Deep

Maine: A Love Story comprises 32 essays illustrated with her woodcut prints.
For her Maine Maritime Museum exhibit, sound artist Dianne Ballon pointed her mic at the radio-controlled foghorn of Portland Head Light
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Maine Maritime Museum Has All the Bells and Whistles

The Bath museum’s latest exhibit tunes in to the sounds of the coast.
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Storm Surge: Scenes from Last Winter’s Devastating Storms

A handful of intrepid Maine photographers set out to document the historically severe weather's full force.
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5 Maine-Made Items That Celebrate Maine’s Sea Creatures

Well shucks, when it comes to seashell products, we’re hard-pressed to pick a favorite.
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A Couple Leaves Their Mark on a West Bath Cape

Sharon Eblacker and James Haibach have been rehabbing their 1760 place since 2018.
a clump of Eurasian milfoil pulled from the waters of Cobbesseecontee Lake
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Can Conservationists Save Cobbosseecontee From an Aggressive Lake Weed?

As the upstream battle against Eurasian watermilfoil stretches into a sixth year, the long-term health of Cobbosseecontee — and of lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams around Maine — could hang in the balance.
Coastal Trail, in Cutler, Maine
Land, Water & Wildlife

Briana DeSanctis’s Favorite Maine Place

The record-setting hiker fell in love with solo backpacking on Cutler's Coastal Trail back in 2013.
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Shooting the Breeze with Stacy Wentworth at the Kennebunk Farmers’ Market

A popular topic of conversation, he says, is the relentless pace of change in Kennebunk.
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From Bissell Brothers, a New and Improved H20

The brewery's hop-infused water is a far cry from an IPA, but its piney, citrusy flavor profile sure is refreshing.
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