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Down East Magazine, September 2025
Features
The Holdouts
What use does the world have for a video-rental shop, a record store, or a general store in this era of e-commerce, digital streaming, and big boxes? Mainers have some ideas.
By Joel Crabtree, Katy Kelleher, and Kaitlyn Schwalje
By Joel Crabtree, Katy Kelleher, and Kaitlyn Schwalje
Against the Grain
Twenty-two miles offshore, among the tiny and tight-knit community that embraced her when she was adopted as a child, Usha Beaudoin turns seawater into salt.
By Jesse Ellison | Photographed by Sofia Aldinio
Best of Maine
Our annual round-up of readers’ picks for Maine’s best everything, from farmers’ markets to sports mascots, festivals to food trucks. How did your picks do this year?
By Will Grunewald, Charlie Pike, and Sarah Stebbins
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Where in Maine
Dooryard
North by East
Dropping Anchor
Jeff Aumuller’s half a century of living on a sailboat.
Murder, She Wrote
The bodies stack up in a trio of new Maine-set novels.
Getting Their Dahlias in a Row
In Hope, columns of raised beds corral a leggy, late-season bloomer.
Shining a Light
A museum illuminates the work of its charismatic founder.
From Pasta to Present
A little Italian restaurant taps into family history.
One Home Led to Another
In Harpswell, a small cottage rebuild quickly snowballed.
Staging a Comeback
A historic MDI theater is ready for its next act.
Vegging Out
A taste for authentic, locally made kimchi is growing in Maine.
Room With a View
For the love of thrifting.
My Favorite Place
Maine Maritime Academy president Craig Johnson, on Smith Cove.
ON THE COVER
A crimson crustacean ready to be cracked. Photo by Tara Rice.
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Features
The Holdouts
What use does the world have for a video-rental shop, a record store, or a general store in this era of e-commerce, digital streaming, and big boxes? Mainers have some ideas.
By Joel Crabtree, Katy Kelleher, and Kaitlyn Schwalje
By Joel Crabtree, Katy Kelleher, and Kaitlyn Schwalje
Against the Grain
Twenty-two miles offshore, among the tiny and tight-knit community that embraced her when she was adopted as a child, Usha Beaudoin turns seawater into salt.
By Jesse Ellison | Photographed by Sofia Aldinio
Best of Maine
Our annual round-up of readers’ picks for Maine’s best everything, from farmers’ markets to sports mascots, festivals to food trucks. How did your picks do this year?
By Will Grunewald, Charlie Pike, and Sarah Stebbins
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Where in Maine
Dooryard
North by East
Dropping Anchor
Jeff Aumuller’s half a century of living on a sailboat.
Murder, She Wrote
The bodies stack up in a trio of new Maine-set novels.
Getting Their Dahlias in a Row
In Hope, columns of raised beds corral a leggy, late-season bloomer.
Shining a Light
A museum illuminates the work of its charismatic founder.
From Pasta to Present
A little Italian restaurant taps into family history.
One Home Led to Another
In Harpswell, a small cottage rebuild quickly snowballed.
Staging a Comeback
A historic MDI theater is ready for its next act.
Vegging Out
A taste for authentic, locally made kimchi is growing in Maine.
Room With a View
For the love of thrifting.
My Favorite Place
Maine Maritime Academy president Craig Johnson, on Smith Cove.
ON THE COVER
A crimson crustacean ready to be cracked. Photo by Tara Rice.
