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Scoop of Spicy Rocky Road ice cream surrounded with nuts and marshmallows

62 Maine Ice Creams (and Other Frozen Treats) to Try This Summer

From popsicles to shaved ice to lots and lots of ice cream, dozens of frozen delights for a balmy, sun-drenched, blue-sky Maine summer.

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 knock-offs.

Vote for Your Faves in the 2025 Best of Maine Reader Poll!

Bookstores to burgers, museums to marinas, art galleries to architects — we want to know what Maine businesses and organizations YOU are rooting for.

Down East Magazine June 2026 Where in Maine? clue

Can You Name This Maine Waterway?

Its precise origins remain a muddy mystery.

a Ben Whalley fly that imitates a herring, for targeting stripers.

The Art of Saltwater Fly Tying

Ben Whalley’s saltwater flies elegantly balance form and function and represent a deep connection to fishing heritage.

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Bucky Fuller (R. Buckminster Fuller) with a cardboard dome model.

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.

University of Maine at Augusta students John Robinson, Bruno Mendes De Freitas, and Sammy Thornton

Balancing Learning With Life at UMA

The University of Maine at Augusta invites students from all stages of life to pursue an education online, or in-person.

Lewis Rossignol working on an illustration at his Portland studio

Saco Illustrator Lewis Rossignol’s Sketchy Figures Are Drawing a Huge Following

His shady characters have attracted celebrity clients and 750,000 social-media fans.

Chef Mimi Weissenborn’s Favorite Maine Place

The executive chef and Top Chef contestant on Harpswell’s Giant’s Stairs.

a mock-up of UMaine's new $82 million Green Engineering and Materials building, slated to open late next year, will house the Factory of the Future, a 3D-printing manufacturing hub staffed with robots

A UMaine Engineer’s Vision of a Factory Staffed With Robots Will Soon Be a Reality

Habib Dagher is spearheading a first-of-its-kind 3D-printing manufacturing hub on the campus.

Jerry Elwell shows two children the injured bird in her hand

A Feisty Good Samaritan of the North Woods

For more than three decades, Jerry Elwell took vulnerable wild creatures, including a kamikaze crow, a preemie duck with an identity crisis, and a goose that required mouth-to-beak resuscitation, under her wing.