Heavy-duty pickups roared past Heather McCargo’s Prius as she pulled onto the shoulder of Route 11A, in Springvale. It was a cool, clear July day, and the 62-year-old founder of the nonprofit Wild ...
A visit to Winona’s, in Camden, feels like walking into a groovy ’70s dinner party. Vintage landscapes and still lifes adorn moody emerald walls; mid-century-style wooden tables and bright ...
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 ...
Sebago Lake, where her family went on day trips. “I loved how calming it was to be there.” This winter, she found herself idly surfing Sebago-area Airbnbs. ("I’m constantly planning vacations in my ...
Mysterious pyramids rise up along the Fore River in South Portland. On sunny days, they glitter white and opaque, as inscrutable as alien spaceships brought to Earth. In rain, they’re covered by ...
In a state where Mexico is less than an hour’s drive north of Norway, with Paris wedged in between, it’s easy to wonder why towns are called what they are. John McDonald and Marion Fearing’s ...
Hank Morton’s great-grandparents, Henry and Lucinda Morton, started making sleds by hand in their Oxford Hills home in 1861 — gorgeous rides with gracefully curved wooden runners, their decks ...
12 excursions all across the state, from hockey games to indie theaters to dogsled races. Winter won’t be the off-season anymore! If you are on a desktop, you’ll need to download the portal app to ...
Just a few minutes’ drive from the SoPo strip malls, funky Jordan’s is Maine’s rural-est urban farm stand (or its urban-est rural one?). Find famously crisp cabbage, terrific greens, and fall squashes ...
Who says this is the off-season? Food fests, concerts, snow sports, and more are going on across Maine all through the colder months. Hang out and watch as racers hurtle on wooden toboggans down a 400 ...
If there’s one thing that makes New England stand out among other outdoorsy regions of the United States, it’s the history. All across Maine, yes, but also Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, ...
When Will Bonsall was growing up in Waterville in the 1950s and ’60s, his family lived modestly, and their grocery budgets were often tight. His folks weren’t much for gardening, and what fresh ...