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Where to Find Maine’s Lobster Trap Trees

Mainers have developed quite a knack for building huge Yuletide trees — out of lobster traps, of course. Want to be awestruck this year? Here’s where to go.
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Her Art Is Everywhere

An unconventional sculptor (and a marine biology student) on bridging the art-and-science divide.
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October 2016

The table of contents from the October 2016 issue of Down East.
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Best of Maine 2016: Arts & Media

Presenting Maine’s Best Arts & Media selections, including Readers' Choice winners!
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Meet the Pie Moms

For the last 14 years, these women have been working for free at the Berry Manor Inn as chambermaids and pie makers, an arrangement they jokingly call “indentured servitude.”
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July 2016

The table of contents from the July 2016 issue of Down East.
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Where to Eat Now

We’re not asking you to dine out at every amazing restaurant in Maine. Just these 20. Plus one entire town. Hope you’re hungry.
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Down East Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
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Best of Maine 2016: Food & Drink

Restaurants, diners, lobster shacks, food trucks, beer. Presenting Maine’s Best Food & Drink selections, including Readers' Choice winners!
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Best of Maine 2016
Shopping & Self

Presenting Maine’s best Shopping & Self selections, including Readers' Choice winners!
Maine-Pies
Food & Drink

10 Maine Pie Makers Worth a Slice of Your Time

Nothing smells and tastes more like summer in Maine than a berry pie. What better way to embrace the season than by filling a pie or patronizing one of Maine’s expert pie makers? Ready your forks and remember that Maine’s flaky summer treats are best enjoyed outdoors and with friends.
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Creating Man

Sculptor Jonathan Borofsky’s monumental works can be found around the globe, but he’s never exhibited in his home state — until now.
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