The Skowhegan cheesemaker’s lemon-fennel ricotta won bronze in the fresh-cow’s-milk category at the 2023 World Cheese Awards. If you enjoyed this story, I hope you’ll consider supporting Down East.

When he was a kid, growing up in New Jersey, Peter Brown spent several summers venturing with his family to a rugged, far-flung island full of wonder and curious creatures. On Frenchboro, he recalls, ...

In one sense, Maria Girouard admits, this winter was a counterintuitive time to open Dawnland Handmade Creations, a gift shop in downtown Old Town, featuring work by artists and makers from the four ...

When Philander and Abner Coburn shuffled off this mortal coil, in 1876 and 1885, respectively, the Skowhegan brothers had hundreds of thousands of acres of Maine woodlands to their exquisite ...

Choices from the chalkboard at Milly’s Skillet include slices of pie made by owner Molly Ritzo. This bright-green food truck is hard to miss: located just across the street from the Peaks Island ferry ...

One of my favorite aspects of making custom hats is digging into people’s self-expression and what they want to portray with their hat. Madness is inherent to the style of hat that I’m making. Crazy ...

Looking back, Maine Public Radio host Jennifer Rooks recalls a series of connections that led her to settle in Maine — and one improbably lucky break that made it possible. Growing up in Atlanta, she ...

In 2003, Ellen and Peter Wood were among the very first “pioneer residents” of a brand-new, 55+ residential community in Topsham, called Highland Green. One reason they were so keen on the place? It ...

Sea kayakers favor this refreshing swimming hole scooped out of pink-granite ledges by quarriers in the late 1800s on Stonington’s 47-acre Green Island, now a Maine Coast Heritage Trust preserve. From ...

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So you’ve fantasized about a coastal dream home or a vacation place in Maine — can’t say we blame you. Before insuring either one, says insurance advisor Cale Pickford, AAI, there are a few things you ...