If you’ve ever wondered at a ruby-red cardinal or black-capped chickadee flitting about your frozen yard, you know that winter bird-watching is something to crow about. “Some species that can be ...

Jason K. Brown spent the first weeks of the year innovating a form of inlaid jewelry. Descended from a long line of Penobscot beadworkers and basketmakers, Brown wove thin strips of argentium silver ...

The shape of Maine is nothing if not peculiar. Quite unlike, say, the perfect rectangles of Wyoming and Colorado, Maine flouts geometric sensibility, from its craggy coastline to the great span of its ...

Since its founding in 1983, the nonprofit and its partners have contributed $128 million to Maine conservation, environment, climate, and resilience efforts. In 2011, Maine Farmland Trust acquired a ...

The bar at the Somerset Pour House was bustling on a Saturday afternoon this winter. The lone server juggled drink and food orders, bantered with regulars, and seemed to know everyone’s usual by heart ...

When tourism to Acadia National Park began to pick up in the early 1900s, Wabanaki people sold handmade baskets along the roadside. When I was a child, my father and I spent a lot of time in Bar ...

Down East ’s deep roster of talented photographers fills our pages with an abundance of beautiful landscapes, interesting people, and much more. Photo editor Tara Rice and staff photographer Dave ...

Last winter, Mark and Jennifer Tripp tried something new with their Ona-Tripp food truck: hitching it behind a snow-cat so it could be towed up some 1,000 feet of vertical to a mid-mountain perch at ...

Main Streets with moxie! In our July 2021 issue, we took a look at six of our favorite downtowns from all across the state — and the businesses, buildings, and boosters that make them great. Read up ...

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