For eight years, Chris Cash captained a lobsterboat off Monhegan Island, where she and her family lived full-time. She was ...

At Mount Desert Island’s Gallery at Somes Sound, Tyra Hanson curates a fine-art collection to complement one-of-a-kind studio ...

The institution’s faculty empowers students to define their own path through personalized, interdisciplinary degree programs.

Lon Cameron's Maine Float crafts picnic table boats that feature umbrellas, retractable swim ladders, and quiet electric ...

Celebrating 100 Years of Maine’s Beloved Whoopie Pie The official state treat has been through a lot over the course of the past century, from interstate rivalries to political spats to corporate ...

All that remains of Jane Donelon's sloped lawn is a grassy path wending among flower beds planted in her free-spirited style.

Denning Up with Bucky Fuller on Bear Island A half century ago, the futurist was tinkering with a wind machine, writing love poems, and literally dancing to his own beat.

Students at Maine School of Science and Mathematics excel in the unique learning environment of the state’s only residential public high school.

Best of Maine 2021 Once again, we asked Down East readers to cast their votes for Maine’s best everything: burgers to bookstores, museums to marinas, art galleries to architects. plus, we’ve sprinkled ...

The mini abode seemed a fine spot to ride out a renovation — until the no-see-ums invaded. See inside their renovated Federal in Phippsburg.

By Virginia Wright Photos by Michael D. Wilson See the 11 other Maine towns in our 2020 Best Places to Live feature Growing up in Maine’s capital in the ’80s and ’90s, Justin Fecteau thought of Water ...

My Final Days on the Maine Coast Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, a writer meditates on life, death, and beauty from his small seaside cottage down east.