In a brief chapter of Moby-Dick, Ishmael and his crewmates encounter flip aboard a passing whaler, off the coast of Patagonia. “Flip? Did I say we had flip?” he gushes. “Yes, and we flipped it at the ...

Know your seaweed: when it's in season, what it tastes like, and how best to use it in the kitchen. Location: Subtidal on rocky substrate, found in more sheltered environments and in areas of strong ...

Known for his screen roles (in, say, Lost or Deadwood), Welliver is also a painter. He’s exhibited at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art and at galleries in Camden and Portland (as well as outside ...

The long drive to Castine from Portland puts me in a headspace where the present collides with the past. The sun is warm and bright; the car hums with the prospect of adventure. Beautifully maintained ...

When the longtime owners of Saddleback Mountain pulled the plug on their Rangeley ski resort in 2015, citing the expense of capital improvements and nixing some 300 seasonal jobs, few Maine ...

Eastport rings in the new year twice— first at 11 p.m. (when it’s midnight in neighboring New Brunswick), with the drop of a big maple leaf and a round of “O Canada,” and then again at 12 a.m., with ...

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Dr. Henry Puharich's research involved gathering “sensitives” from around the world for testing at Rockport's Glen Cove. One Sunday afternoon in August 1955, the world-renowned British author Aldous ...

He was a young man living in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, when his neighbors and mentors, Andrew and Betsy Wyeth, introduced him to the midcoast, where they had a home. He settled in Rockport, a town of ...

It’s just an hour from both Boston and Portland and 10 miles north of comparatively bustling Kittery, but South Berwick still feels plenty rural (so do its home prices). Downtown overlooks the Salmon ...

If you’re wondering where to find Rod Vogel, check the weather. After a snowstorm, chances are he’s motoring his single-track groomer through Bradbury Mountain State Park, in Pownal, priming the ...

Noah Kleiner, an American Mountain Guides Association certified ice instructor, founded the Camden-based Equinox Guiding Service in 2016. Across Maine, he teaches rock climbing and mountaineering and, ...