Of course, December isn’t the only month when Down East features wonderful images. If you love Maine photography as much as we do, want to keep on top of all future contests, and would enjoy a dose of ...

Ice cream is a critical element of every Vacationland summer. Strolling down Main Street or sitting on a bench by the shore or relaxing after a hike — are any quintessential Maine experiences not ...

Shannon Richards thrives on bringing people together. That, combined with her background in building and design and her deep understanding of Maine, led her to found Hay Runner, a real estate, ...

Now please go home? Ron Currie has some thoughts on Maine’s most rapidly changing city and the gentrification that displaced him from a neighborhood he loves. [cs ...

Back in the 1930s, a ski slope in Waterville opened, served by a rope tow, one of the first of its kind in Maine. The little downhill destination shut down during World War II, but the Colby College ...

Since its founding in 1983, the nonprofit and its partners have contributed $128 million to Maine conservation, environment, climate, and resilience efforts. In 2011, Maine Farmland Trust acquired a ...

Long before the Portland Hearts of Pine, Maine’s first professional soccer club, kicked off its inaugural season in March, fans were showing their love. Last fall, 4,500 folks put down deposits on ...

Finally, at midnight, Poor set off in a sleigh, his horses tramping through deepening snow. Six hours later, he had reached only as far as Falmouth and the temperature had fallen to nearly 20 below.

Thomaston’s newest fast-casual hotspot, Honey’s Fried Chicken Palace, is on a mission to prove that even fast food can be prepared with care, creativity, and attention to detail. The result is crispy, ...

With plants grown on their Cape Elizabeth farm, Dan Marion and Dominic Thibault make lotions, oils, and elixirs (as well as fresh bouquets, teas, and honeys). Avid surfers, they make their sunscreen ...

Readers tell similar stories about their first encounters with the book. Many seemed to have found it at health-food stores, and many say they read it in a single sitting. Some were moved to write the ...

Monday, July 27, 2020, dawned sultry and bright on Bailey Island, a village of about 400 full-time residents in the midcoast town of Harpswell. Early that morning, lobsterboats sputtered out of ...