Down East Magazine, February 2017

Features

Cold Frontier

Hard by the Canadian border, the winters are long, the woods are impenetrable, and the roads are lonely. And that’s the way folks in the flinty town of Jackman like it. By Carrie Braman

Sheets, Shoots, & Leaves

A new compendium shows off the archival illustrations of Kate Furbish, Maine’s swashbuckling Victorian botanist.

Healers in the Sky

Suit up for a ride-along with LifeFlight of Maine, one of the country’s most elite air medical teams — and one of Maine’s most critical nonprofit enterprises. By Jesse Ellison

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Departments

Where in Maine?

Connect

The Mail

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North by East

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

Down East Dispatches

News You May Have Missed

The Bloody Business

Stephen King’s Researcher

Aw, Shucks!

Oysters for Valentine’s Day

Split Decision

Our Oddball Electoral System

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Dooryard

Living the Maine Life

Home

Somesville’s House of Straw

My Maine

Ida and Her Island

Room With a View

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Guide

What to Do in Maine This Month

Dining

Salt Pine Social in Bath

Theater

Future Tony Winners?

Special Ad Section: Retire in Maine

Directory Maine’s Retirement Communities

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_{On the cover: Harpswell’s Strawberry Creek, by Benjamin Williamson}