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Arts & Leisure

This Retired Science Teacher Is Perusing Roofs and Gutters for Space Dust

The self-proclaimed “science nerd” from Durham is on the hunt for micrometeorites.
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Food & Drink

In Bristol, A Hog Farm Makes for Unlikely Destination Dining

Broad Arrow Farm's open-air charcuterie bar delivers guests to their food.
Aspen Golann
Maine-Made

A Berwick Woodworker Won a $100,000 Grant for Her Expertise — and Her Willingness to Share It

Aspen Golann plans to use most of the cash to support the Chairmaker’s Toolbox, a nonprofit she founded in 2020.
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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 July's photo.
ring made of preserved ladybugs set in epoxy
Arts & Leisure

Find Crystals, Diaphonized Critters, and More at Maine’s Odd and Unusual Show

The biannual Augusta craft fair welcomes makers of unusual wares.
beadwork lightning bug by Melanie Chouinard
Arts & Leisure

Forget Baubles and Bangles — Portland’s Newest Museum Is All About the Beads

The Museum of Beadwork draws a bead on what the tiny, decorative orbs reveal about history and culture.
Quill Hill Road, near Rangeley, Maine
Travel & Outdoors

8 Scenic (and Undersung) Maine Drives That Are Worth the Detour

They’re not the stuff of epic road trips — in fact, none are more than a few miles long.
burrito stuffed with smoked meat, rice, black beans, corn, peppers and salsa from Bub’s Burritos
Food & Drink

Bub’s Burritos Wraps Up Hearty Lunches in Southwest Harbor

RaeChelle Sexton’s homemade flour tortillas are stuffed with smoked meats and from-scratch salsas.
whale tail illustration from "Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man," by Robert McCloskey
Arts & Leisure

A Maine Library Sketches Out the Career of Children’s-Book Virtuoso Robert McCloskey

The exhibition is a rare chance to examine the loose, lively feel of McCloskey's lines up close.

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