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Features The Write Stuff. Maine boasts the country’s second most bookstores per capita, and we asked some notable Maine writers — Stephen King and Lois Lowry, among others — where …

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North by East Fire and Ice. A smoked-apple hard cider, brewed last winter, is now ripe for enjoying. Maine Moment What Floats Their Boats. For a group of winter sailors, racing tiny …

Since 1954, the goal of Down East has always been to hold a mirror up to the state and to celebrate its independent character and unhurried way of life. Today, the magazine is known …

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Features A Very Merry Down East Christmas Classic. In “Grandpa’s Christmas Present,” from our January 1963 issue, the author and his father and grandfather get themselves into some …

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"I thoroughly enjoyed my Mid Coast Maine Photography weekend with Down East Adventures. I was one of the less experienced photographers in our group of 10, but I quickly became …

Features “You Can’t Explain It to Anybody” After a mass shooting took the lives of 18 people last October, families, friends, and survivors were left to process their grief and trauma in myriad …