Down East Magazine, December 2025
Features
Heat of the Moment
Whether they're in the woods, in the city, or rolling around Maine on wheels, saunas are hotter than ever here.
By Katy Kelleher | Photographed by Greta Rybus
11th Annual Reader Photo Contest
Winners, runners-up, and readers-choice shots across three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle.
Christmases to Remember
With warm mittens, blazing hearths, and scents of spruce and fir, this trio of yuletime reminiscences from theĀ Down EastĀ archives unwraps what's timeless, essential, and wonderful about the holiday season in Maine.
By Elizabeth Longfellow Brown, J. Alvin Fisher, and Anne Fuller | Illustrations by Ross MacDonald
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Where in Maine
Dooryard
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North by East
Santas Helpers
Maine-made toys that make the Big Guy look good.Ā
Maine Moment
Singing a Different Tune
A conductor jazzes up Maine's classical-concert scene.
Where the Wild Things Are
An illustrator draws inspiration from the Maine forest.
Carving His Own Path
Menorahs and mixed-media sculptures etched with memories.
Maine Dispatches
Dining
Omelets, omelets, and more omelets in Ogunquit.
Turning Heads
Belfast residents straight up love seeing their town's off-kilter Santas.Ā
Put a Bow on It
How a Cape Elizabeth designer wraps up her holiday decorating.
Room With a View
A reflection on family ties.
My Favorite Place
Sculptor and holiday-lighting maven Pandora LaCasse, on Tommy's Park, in Portland.
ON THE COVER
Pondicherry Parkās Bob Dunning Memorial Bridge, in Bridgton.
Photo by Darylann Leonard.Ā
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Features
Heat of the Moment
Whether they're in the woods, in the city, or rolling around Maine on wheels, saunas are hotter than ever here.
By Katy Kelleher | Photographed by Greta Rybus
11th Annual Reader Photo Contest
Winners, runners-up, and readers-choice shots across three categories: landscape, wildlife, and lifestyle.
Christmases to Remember
With warm mittens, blazing hearths, and scents of spruce and fir, this trio of yuletime reminiscences from theĀ Down EastĀ archives unwraps what's timeless, essential, and wonderful about the holiday season in Maine.
By Elizabeth Longfellow Brown, J. Alvin Fisher, and Anne Fuller | Illustrations by Ross MacDonald
Ā
Ā
Where in Maine
Dooryard
Ā
Ā
North by East
Santas Helpers
Maine-made toys that make the Big Guy look good.Ā
Maine Moment
Singing a Different Tune
A conductor jazzes up Maine's classical-concert scene.
Where the Wild Things Are
An illustrator draws inspiration from the Maine forest.
Carving His Own Path
Menorahs and mixed-media sculptures etched with memories.
Maine Dispatches
Dining
Omelets, omelets, and more omelets in Ogunquit.
Turning Heads
Belfast residents straight up love seeing their town's off-kilter Santas.Ā
Put a Bow on It
How a Cape Elizabeth designer wraps up her holiday decorating.
Room With a View
A reflection on family ties.
My Favorite Place
Sculptor and holiday-lighting maven Pandora LaCasse, on Tommy's Park, in Portland.
ON THE COVER
Pondicherry Parkās Bob Dunning Memorial Bridge, in Bridgton.
Photo by Darylann Leonard.Ā
