Features Here are the top six rides for your cycling vacation. By Melissa Kim
Maine leads the nation in cat ownership. But are we taking our pets for granted? By Joshua F. Moore
John Bunker has made it his mission to rescue Maine's forgotten fruits. By Michael S. Sanders
A new exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art challenges our perceptions of the real Maine. As Maine's Jews celebrate their new year, they are reembracing the past even as they confront the challenges of the present. By Abby Zimet
When the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory opens for pedestrians this month, it promises to become a new Maine landmark.
A new "lodge style" house in the midcoast respects its lakeside setting. By Andrew Vietze

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Mummies at the mill. | How to train your husband. | Back to the sixties in UMO dorms. | An unwanted honor for the turnpike. | Monty the Moose goes global. | Canvases for the choosy artist. | Teeing off on two dimwit golfers.
UMaine's Hutchinson Center in Belfast has surprised just about everyone. By Jeff Clark
A new attack on the Allagash. | The laptop success story. | Maine's economic embarrassment. | The BathPort debate.
Dining The creative cuisine at Valerie Jean's puts Milo on the culinary map. By Christine Parrish
Books Running Aground gives an inside account of the destruction of New England's fisheries. By Colin Woodard
Getaway When the leaves begin to thin, so do the crowds, yet the Boothbay Region in autumn has lots to offer. By Allison Cole
Events Autumn comes alive with performances, exhibits, and music.
Plus: A new CD from Portland's Seekonk. | A grand hike at Little Mayberry Cove in Grand Lake Stream. | Old sails that end their days as sturdy bags.
In North Rumford, where my great uncle lived, time seemed to move in reverse. By Dan Abbott
A tidy home and a coiffed youngster could not conceal tough times for Maine's potato farmers during the Great Depression. By Joshua F. Moore