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Bob Sewall pressing cider
Food & Drink

Maine’s Oldest Organic Orchard Is the Apple of His Eye

Bob Sewall’s Lincolnville farm is his life’s passion and a wellspring of innovation.
autumn field overlooking lake
Where in Maine?

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from October.
Land, Water & Wildlife

Room With a View

For reasons reason cannot elucidate, some people in Bowdoinham keep guineas. They don’t eat them, can’t domesticate them, and have to feed and shelter them through the winter.
Stephen King, pictured on the hood of his Cadillac.
Arts & Leisure

King of the Occult

Forty-seven years ago, Stephen King had three best-selling novels under his belt — and the stomachaches and chain-smoking habit to prove it.
Illustration of Jensen Bissell
Features

The Onetime Forester Defending the East’s Last Great Wilderness

Jensen Bissell manages Maine’s Baxter State Park, 210,000 acres of the most dramatic peaks, prettiest ponds, and finest trails east of the Rockies. Lately, he spends a lot of his time trying to keep people out of it. (Or does he?)
Mid-century modern ranch in Portland, Maine
Home + Garden

Modern Family

Owners of an Eisenhower-era ranch discover what’s old is cool again.
Arts & Leisure

SuperOrono-ism

“Who Is Superorganism And Why Is This Song So Addicting?”
Dancers in the Bossov Ballet Theatre at Maine Central Institute.
Features

Pittsfield Is a Place of Grace

It’s not in the mountains. It’s not on the coast. But something about friendly little Pittsfield perfectly evokes the Maine community ethic. (Also, ballerinas!)
Bob cat taxidermy
Arts & Leisure

Midnight Menagerie

At a natural history museum in Hinckley, the living meet the dead with the lights turned out.
Illustration of hands passing postcard
Uncategorized

Postcard From Home

I’d never heard of Brunswick. And Maine? All I knew was that there’d be lobsters and snow.
Fernet Michaud
Food & Drink

Swig of the Month

Traveling in Italy, Liquid Riot owner Eric Michaud fell in love with Fernet-Branca. So he and brother/head distiller Ian Michaud worked out their own version.
Chicken Potpie recipe
Food & Drink

Down–Home Comfort

Creamy, rich chicken potpie is as satisfying as it is humble.
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Longfellow Books, Portland, Maine

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Doughnuts from the Cookie Jar Pastry Shop.

Doughnuts in Maine: From Inception to Perfection


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