Down East Magazine, March 2016

Once More to the City

To paraphrase Thomas Wolfe, you can’t go to the Old Port again. Or can you? A one-time Portlander returns to a city she knew in the late 1970s. By Suzanne Strempek Shea

Best Places to Live in Maine: Sweet ’16

After four rounds of voting in our online Maine Madness tournament, we now know Maine’s single most appealing hometown (hint, it’s in the mountains!), plus seven other dream locales in the Pine Tree State. Ready to relocate?

What’s Next for the World’s Best Teacher?

It’s been a year since Edgecomb’s Nancie Atwell won a million dollars for banning tests and letting students pick their own reading material. Where does she go from here? By Michaela Cavallaro

Where in Maine?

Can you identify this mill building and the river on which it sits?

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The Mail

Down East Dispatches

News You May Have Missed

GQ: Do We Need It?

A Satirical Retort

What’s in a Picture

A Satirical Retort

Environmetal Award

The Weed Wackers

Home

An Art Enclave in Rockland

My Maine

Art Collector Follies

Making It in Maine

Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Recipe

Pork and Beans

Room With a View

The Winter Excuse

Dining

Kittery’s Anju Noodle Bar

Music

Maine’s Punk Rock Triplets

March Calendar