For the grand opening of the World War Memorial Bridge, on August 17, 1923, citizens of Maine and New Hampshire crowded sidewalks, watched from nearby piers, and caused a traffic jam by vying to be ...

Yvon Chouinard remembers the day in 1946 that his family left Maine to chase opportunity in California. “It was kind of a traumatic day,” says the 80-year-old founder of outdoor retailer Patagonia.

Rowman & Littlefield [A] good lobster stew has a divine color, and it is good to make it ahead. A young Canadian friend visiting in the States a few years ago ordered a lobster stew at a diner and ...

An array of small plates, served with careful attention to flavor and texture. Local, seasonal ingredients used to maximum advantage. Well-balanced cocktails and a confident, savvy wine list. The ...

Chefs thrive on the daily chaos and pressure of the kitchen. Hunting, on the other hand, involves a quiet chaos that centers me. It allows me to slow down, breathe deeply, and spend time with my dad, ...

When you’re seated at a picnic table next to a lush field of flowers at Jordan’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth, you can almost forget that you’re not at home. The sun is setting, the kids are playing happily ...

Everyone has a different idea of the perfect Maine summer — one man’s breezy beach day is another’s mountain climb or demolition derby. In our May 2015 issue, we assembled an oversized guide to ...

One of the strangest parts about being famous in the particular way that Nirav Shah is famous is that strangers often approach him and burst into tears. That and the Diet Cokes, cans of which get tied ...

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 ...

On a recent Saturday at the Little Jubba Central Maine Agrarian Commons, Ali Hamsa and Muhidin Libah took a break from building a fence around a goat pasture to share a laugh at the orneriest kid in ...

The forest is falling away behind us when Scot Bubier turns his hatchback off the dirt road he calls Smuggler’s Lane and into a meadow, following a track of flattened grass. To our right is the edge ...

Sears Island is a wooded, egg-shaped piece of land in Penobscot Bay, about the size of New York City’s Central Park. Connected to the mainland via causeway, the island could provide commercial access ...