And at 85, he wants little more than a deck for lounging and strumming his guitar and a tiny cabin for retiring to at the end ...

How did a humble hot dog bun crammed with the simplest of ingredients attain rockstar status in the food world? We asked the seafood slingers, chefs, food-mag editors, and others who helped turn the ...

After a series of closures and years of restoration, the Art Deco playhouse on Mount Desert Island is ready for its next act.

Growing up in Maine’s capital in the ’80s and ’90s, Justin Fecteau thought of Water Street, the heart of downtown Augusta, as a museum that was always closed. “It was my parents and grandparents ...

A bald eagle visits me every day. I have learned to recognize his voice as he approaches, a querulous complaint against the crows that usually accompany him like a desperate ring of courtiers vying ...

Susan Leahy's cottage rebuild on Oakhurst Island quickly snowballed into revitalizing adjacent plots, which she opens up for ...

Monday, July 27, 2020, dawned sultry and bright on Bailey Island, a village of about 400 full-time residents in the midcoast town of Harpswell. Early that morning, lobsterboats sputtered out of ...

Has anyone described Maine’s most iconic mammal more memorably than Henry David Thoreau in The Maine Woods? “Singularly grotesque and awkward to look at,” he wrote. “They made me think of great ...

Down East Magazine helps readers discover Maine restaurants, things to do in Maine, and the best restaurants, breakfasts, and travel adventures in the state. Down East is the ultimate resource for ...

Portland’s Indigo Arts Alliance intended to launch the inaugural Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival as a kind of literary block party, hosting readings, concerts, and workshops on a ...

When chef Devin Finigan moved Aragosta from its prime spot overhanging Stonington’s harbor last year, it seemed she was maybe messing with a good thing. But her new location, 5 miles out of town, is ...

When Will Bonsall was growing up in Waterville in the 1950s and ’60s, his family lived modestly, and their grocery budgets were often tight. His folks weren’t much for gardening, and what fresh ...