Down East Magazine, October 2017

Features

Quiet Splendor

The wild-blueberry country of Hancock and Washington counties is a colorful, off-the-beaten-path choice for a fall foliage tour. Director of photography Benjamin Williamson leads the way.

A Place of Grace

It’s not in the mountains. It’s not on the coast. But something about friendly little Pittsfield evokes the Maine community ethic.

By Virginia M. Wright

Wild Man

Jensen Bissell manages Baxter State Park, 210,000 acres of the loveliest peaks, ponds, and trails east of the Rockies. Lately, he spends a lot of his time trying to keep people out of it. (Or does he?)

By Brian Kevin

Departments

Where in Maine?

Connect

The Mail

North by East

Opinions, Advisories, and Musings from the Length and Breadth of Maine

All Hail the Curry King!

Arif Shaikh’s Midcoast Curry Empire

Down East Dispatches

News You May Have Missed

Talk of Maine Maine’s “Serendipitous” Media Mogul: Reade Brower

Dooryard

Living the Maine Life

Home

A Retro Ranch in Portland

Making It in Maine

Sewall Organic Orchard

Recipe

Chicken Potpie

My Maine

Postcard from Home

Room With a View

Guide

What to Do in Maine This Month

Dining

Biddeford’s Biscuits & Company

Books

Maine for Your Coffee Table

Event

Midnight Menagerie in Hinckley

On the cover: Mount Katahdin and Sandy Stream Pond, by Chris Lawrence