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Hike 12 miles of island trails, visit the island’s many studios and art galleries, view a 75-year-old shipwreck, and more.
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Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from June’s photo.
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Danny McGovern on 30 Years in Maine Craft Beer

The Lake St. George Brewing Company founder on the state’s explosive suds sector.
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The results of our 2020 Best of Maine poll, the midcoast communities of Phippsburg and Georgetown, and more.
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The winners of our 5th Annual Reader Photo Contest, a look at that iconic fish house in Cape Porpoise (you know the one), and more.
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The Maine coast's best invite-only speakeasy, a closer look at the state's oldest and most enigmatic rock, "counting the invisible" on Great Duck Island, and more.
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Exploring Acadia National Park during winter, why abstract paintings by the late Lynne Drexler are suddenly fetching upwards of a million dollars apiece, and more.
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Artist Eric Hopkins settles into his career’s third chapter, the results of our 7th Annual Down East Reader Photo Contest, and more.
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Cattle treading an unwise escape route. Plus, what happens if this Maine high schooler misses the ferry.
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Every book on our curated list — novels to memoirs, kids’ books to cookbooks — helps prove Stephen King’s maxim that “books are a uniquely portable magic.”
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From “Symbols of the Maine Coast — Herring Gulls” in our August 1956 issue.
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