In Maine, the end of summer always stings a little. Farewell, beach days. Goodbye, ice cream for dinner. But it’s not all bad. The silver lining is that fair season kicks off just as the temps start ...

Forty years ago, Jeff Aumuller sailed into Portland Harbor, and he’s lived aboard his boat ever since. In the spring and summer, he moors at Centerboard Yacht Club, in South Portland. When cold ...

At first, Susan Leahy sought only to replace the ramshackle 19th-century cottage she purchased on a small island in Harpswell in 2018. But then the dilapidated cottage next door and falling-down barn ...

Tucked down an easily overlooked side street in Bethel’s village center, a few hundred feet back behind the local hardware store, is the small blue-clapboard building that houses Watershed Wood-Fired ...

When Bar Harbor’s Criterion Theatre opened, in 1932, nearly 2,000 people gathered for back-to-back screenings of Arsène Lupin, a crime movie with a seductive female lead, released shortly before the ...

Karen Beeftink developed a love for the outdoors in childhood, when family vacations usually included a trip to a national park. After college, she worked as an adventure educator, rock climbing ...

Rick Cochran repurposed rocks unearthed on his property to create a sprawling, sun-dappled forest garden he calls Rock Haven.