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Filling Station

SoPo’s new BYO container shop helps Mainers break their household plastic habit.
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A Storied Home

A Cape in South Portland helps tell the neighborhood’s story.
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Bright Spots

In her light-filled SoPo studio, Laurie Fisher ponders, procrastinates, and eventually paints her arresting, organic-geometric works. 
Planet Botanicals
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Featured Maine Maker:
Planet Botanicals

A passion for a sustainable natural world is at the core of Planet Botanicals Skincare Products.
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Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from June.
"Lost on a Mountain in Maine," by Donn Fendler
Arts & Leisure

Remembering Donn Fendler: The Boy Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Donn Fendler was 12 years old in July 1939, when a storm separated him from his group on top of Mount Katahdin. After Donn's recent passing, we asked John Thurlow to share his memories of his friend.
a stack of Maine's best bagels
Food & Drink

Where to Find Maine’s Best Bagels

Top-notch bagels are piling up around Maine.
November Dispatches 2019
Our Towns

Maine Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
Home + Garden

Feast Your Eyes

Three stylish new places to sip or sup.
Saer Huston, shown here with sons Riley, 4, and Keller, 7, built the family’s sauna with a kit from Almost Heaven Saunas.
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Cold Comfort

What’s more invigorating than a shvitz in a backyard sauna? How about sweating it out between an icy dip in Casco Bay and a roll in the snow?
among the flora at Moose Crossing
Best of Maine

Best of Maine 2017
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We spend all year thinking about it and countless hours tabulating your votes for it. See our annual list of Maine’s best everything.
Steven and the Dachshund
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Steven and the Dachshund

South Portland native Steven Rowley authors a megabucks bestselling novel, Lily and the Octopus, about loneliness, loss, and man’s best friend.
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Doughnuts in Maine: From Inception to Perfection

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